The Winter Cricket Thread 2013/14 - The Ashes Down Under

[fittons_coaching_badge]

The problem isn't the bowlers. Even if the Aussies were bundled out for 250-300 we look so fragile batting anything above 200 heaps pressure on the batsmen.

It's like role reversal in the Ashes.

Can see a number of players having their last hurrah on this tour

Not the major concern but a concern nonetheless.

In all 3 tests England have had the Aussies 4/5 down relatively cheaply but have been unable to force home the advantage.

[kerry red]

Wanky catching explains that!

[RedRag]

We're still in this. We've lost three pretty big tosses in a row, which is a bit shit.

We've hammered them in all other departments, eh!

[leefer]

Lets hope we can get back into it with a win,could be a bit tasty as well

[Nomoreheroes]

I'd also interpret your post to imply that you are advocating dropping Broad. In which case, you are mental.

Did you watch 'The Verdict' tonight?

What they said is that England don't have a bowler with 'X Factor'. The bowlers they picked were all very samey. They also talked about 'grouping' and the fact that Broad was lucky not to have sore toes from pitching it so short. Also, what Saker intimated was that they should have selected from the 3 giants - but if the bowlers selected had done what they were told they would have done better. What they also discussed was that Anderson has been ineffective for a while and that Swann's effectiveness is diminishing.

That was what I was trying to get across in my post. So, if I am mental, then so are all the pundits on Sky 2 ! (Maybe not the best of people to compare against admittedly ! :-) )

[Nemo]

We've hammered them in all other departments, eh!

I think we've thoroughly wiped the floor with them in the wild hooking, comedic collapses and forlorn looks categories

[Cookie]

unlucky for Root but it was bloody close so can't blame the umpire. Cook and Peiterson, time to turn this series around now boys.

[Cookie]

That turned out to be wishful thinking.

[kerry red]

KP really is a jerk, sometimes. Almost out in the previous over to Johnson and then goes and plays the exact shot against Siddle and gets caught.

Numbnut

[Nemo]

Hmm. Good opportunity for Stokes, to be positive.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Wish we would bin off KP. He's a fucking useless idiot. Has been for a long time now. Once again it's left to Bell to dig us out of the shite. At least the convicts didnt reach 400 this time. Only positive i can think of right now.

[Nemo]

One more positive than you can usually think of so that's nice.

[JoeMezz]

Very very slow batting. Only will be positive IF we can survive the last 20 minutes. 

[RedRag]

I think we've thoroughly wiped the floor with them in the wild hooking, comedic collapses and forlorn looks categories

You did make a good point about losing 3 tosses on the trot.  It may have helped to have had the opportunity at least to set the tone and put a bit of pressure on the Aussies

Wild pulling and forlorn looks now and the comedic collapse still a possibility.  Our score is still better thatn how the Aussies had started, so let's see.

[Ardiles]

Our score is still better thatn how the Aussies had started, so let's see.

Difference is that they have a tail, while we don't.  Sadly.