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[LabouredSubterfuge]

Horrific leave. Way to give them a morale boost Strauss.

 

[edbrat]

it gets worse with the replays, how the hell Strauss thought that was leavable I will never know. Momentum with the Aussies.

 

[Salazar]

Momentum with the Aussies.

I missed the first session. 1 for 90 seems solid.

 

[Ashes]

Basically after that, the aussie bowling was average.

 

[Empty]

yep. the lack of potency from the ozzie attack is making it very easy for batsmen not playing like idiots.

 

[Rezbit]

Don't even look like getting a wicket.

 

[Salazar]

Run-rate is good. It would be nice if this pair could get close to Australia's total. Of course, it would be grand if they went beyond it, but giving Bell and Kev a platform would be decent.

Sweet shot from Cook just as I posted. Go on my boys.

 

[Salazar]

Hmmmmm.

Not out.

:lol

Better luck next time, Siddle :lol

I love these appeals.

 

[Ashes]

Reviewed it. And he won it.

 

[Salazar]

:lol Doherty.

Stop bowling it there, you git.

And a drop :lol

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

This is moider.

 

[Papa]

I can't watch this

 

[Ashes]

Trott finally goes.... Clark took it.

 

[Salazar]

Please KP. Stay in for a bit.

 

[Papa]

I'd hate to be in the English dressing room with Pietersen padded up for 9 hours. One can only imagine the whining that would be coming out of him.

 

[Salazar]

I'd hate to be in the English dressing room with Pietersen padded up for 9 hours. One can only imagine the whining that would be coming out of him.

It's the accent that would drive you mad. Never mind what he's saying.

 

[speedpop]

:lol

Trust it to rain for days straight in Brisbane as soon as the 1st Test is over.

I hope England post 600+ and call it stumps. Cook to get another double century.

 

[speedpop]

Ponting with 130-140 BPM. Either the heat is bad in Adelaide, or he's stressing like a mofo.

 

[Salazar]

I vote for both.

They're just going to feed Doherty to Pietersen and hope he does something stupid, right ?

 

[Dead Man]

Ponting with 130-140 BPM. Either the heat is bad in Adelaide, or he's stressing like a mofo.

It's warm, but I hope he is stressing. Incredibly weak attack today.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

I vote for both.

They're just going to feed Doherty to Pietersen and hope he does something stupid, right ?

Precisely. A tad formulaic.

 

[speedpop]

So what happens if Australia loses this badly? Will my wish of a reformation by Cricket Australia occur, or is that a pipedream?

Seems absolutely ridiculous for TV to show "The Chappell Stands" and then pan back to Australia getting flogged whilst they lay down with all four limbs in the air.

 

[Salazar]

Kev is mad. Here's hoping he grinds Doherty into tiny pieces.

Edit: Kudos, Cook.

 

[Ashes]

fifty. fifty. 250.

 

[Salazar]

Ahead with eight wickets in hand, and KP hasn't even started to properly steam yet.

 

[Ashes]

ot but your avatar is so disconcerting; though I suppose that's deliberate

 

[Salazar]

Highly deliberate.

Platitudinous to say so, but Australia do not look like taking a wicket.

They'll collectively wet themselves if they do, but I don't see it coming.

 

[Ashes]

here is hoping it's alastair cook. Poor bloke, needs a break before the second innings.

 

[Salazar]

Close of play

England: 2/317
Australia: Fucked.

Good times.

 

[Mush]

Close of play

England: 2/317
Australia: Fucked.

Good times.

Oh shit, I thought it was starting tomorrow! :lol

 

[artist]

Notice the sudden lack of Aussies in this thread now .. :lol

 

[Dead Man]

Notice the sudden lack of Aussies in this thread now .. :lol

For fucks sake. Give it a rest.

 

[edbrat]

KP finally gets a ton, time to pad your average now Kev

 

[Dead Man]

KP finally gets a ton, time to pad your average now Kev

He looks in worryingly good form. Might be a long tour for the Aussies if they don't find some form with the ball.

 

[Empty]

well he's certainly having fun out there. wonderful stuff.

 

[Ashes]

place your bets, will Kev p get to 150?

 

[Salazar]

place your bets, will Kev p get to 150?

I bet my manhood, literal and figurative, on it.

 

[Ashes]

I bet my manhood, literal and figurative, on it.

I too bet your manhood, literal and figurative.

edit: oh there it is. :lol
edit: 158, kp to get out.... He has got out on that figure a few times.

 

[Empty]

KP KP KP

 

[Empty]

just noticed that doherty is 0-100. oh dear.

 

[Yagharek]

Australia's last 2 innings worth of bowling:

1/517
3/440
-------
4/957

That's fucked. :lol

 

[artist]

For fucks sake. Give it a rest.

Um .. it is a fact. Where is Grug & the rest of his gang?

 

[Salazar]

Um .. it is a fact. Where is Grug & the rest of his gang?

I'm happy enough seeing Hayden on tv pretending the ship isn't sinking.

 

[Yagharek]

I'm happy enough seeing Hayden on tv pretending the ship isn't sinking.

Hayden could probably land better bowling figures than the current lot, I agree.

 

[pieatorium]

I really hope north gets dropped like a rock for the next test, not that it will probably matter but fuck sakes the guy has done fuck all for so long. I'm wondering if the reason ponting is bowling him is him trying to fool the selectors into thinking he isn't a total waste of space.

 

[The Friendly Monster]

It'll be very disappointing if we don't get a win out of this match.

 

[pieatorium]

It'll be very disappointing if we don't get a win out of this match.

If theres one cricket ground in the world that a team can go from a 300 run deficit on the first innings to batting out the rest of the game its Adelaide. I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't make it to lunch on day 4 at the way things are happining at the moment though.

 

[Yagharek]

I really hope north gets dropped like a rock for the next test, not that it will probably matter but fuck sakes the guy has done fuck all for so long. I'm wondering if the reason ponting is bowling him is him trying to fool the selectors into thinking he isn't a total waste of space.

Quite likely.

Which also leads to the next logical question: why isnt Clarke being bowled? He sure as fuck cant bat right now and is in a protracted form slump just as long as North's.

Drop them both.

 

[pieatorium]

Quite likely.

Which also leads to the next logical question: why isnt Clarke being bowled? He sure as fuck cant bat right now and is in a protracted form slump just as long as North's.

Drop them both.

His back is still fingered i think?

 

[artist]

I'm happy enough seeing Hayden on tv pretending the ship isn't sinking.

Give him a bat and he could do better than the current Aussie opening pair.