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« Reply #105 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 07:50:41 » |
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Think thats enough for me.Will catch up when we are 250-1 in the morning.
For 1 you twats- Not all out! |
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« Reply #106 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 07:56:48 » |
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Hmm. That's not good- I went to sleep when Pietersen went, weren't in that bad a position then but a Peter Siddle hatrick? Fucks sake, he's not exactly Malcolm Marshall is he.
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« Reply #107 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 08:27:17 » |
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Bit of a meh day really.Could and probably should have been much better.Still KP looked good and he didn't get out to the spinner.Cook and Bell also played well,but we needed one of them to make a big score,sadly didn't happen and the best player by far was Siddle.
At least we batted first and the conivcts weren't able to make the usual 400 for none on the first day.
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« Reply #108 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 10:09:00 » |
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Well that was a fun day in the sun for me.... We started badly with Strauss getting out and then looked ok for 195 or so for 4, then Siddle got a hattrick... The noise at the Gabba was immense for the third wicket!! Well plenty more cricket to be played, little plug for my blog... http://keithontour.blogspot.com/Opened up the comments section, so any comments welcome. I will be adding pics when I find a comp that actually allows me to plug a SD card in!! |
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« Reply #109 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 13:29:21 » |
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just woke up, stayed up and watched it live, thought we were lucky to get to 260, england looked really nervous, siddle was superb and is going to be a handfull me thinks, petersons tash  , i think its for charity so fair play  |
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« Reply #110 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 18:07:00 » |
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Same old England, different series sadly. Knew our batting would be suspect and it's already been proved on day 1. Confidence and momentum has already switched to the convicts. Great start....
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« Reply #111 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 18:11:48 » |
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You've changed your tune pretty quick IOB. Not suprising though given you're probably the most negative cunt on here.
One bad day and everyone starts writing us off... it's fucking sad. If you actually watched it, we weren't even that bad. Just the Aussies bowled bloody well and the ball/pitch is doing a bit.
We'll still win the series.
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« Reply #112 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 18:18:11 » |
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It's not a disastrous total, bit below par but far from a lost cause if we bowl well- it depends how the pitch comes up today- if Siddle could swing it, Anderson is going to have a whale of a time unless it's gone dead overnight, which a few people have mentioned it might.
Overall, a bit behind the curve but not time to sound the panic alarms.
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« Reply #113 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 18:35:59 » |
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Australia have got to bat last which is usually a bit of death slot at Brisbane. I can still see it being a very close match if Swann gets wickets. Hes going to bowl a huge amount of overs tommorow.
Just seen ITV News labeling Englands performance as awful? Bizarre. Good job the team wont see that sort of shit.
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« Reply #114 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 19:49:31 » |
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The commentators also said that the pitch should quicken up which will help the bowlers even more.
Don't panic it's only day one. The Aussies have had their fair share of collapses in the last couple of years.
I remember at the Oval last year when we made around 350 on the first day, and the press were saying that we fucked it up. We then bowled them out for less than 200...and we all know what happened next.
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« Reply #115 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 20:17:26 » |
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This will be a great Test Match....could go either way still.
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« Reply #116 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 22:49:47 » |
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Wonder whether our bowlers will continue to bang the ball into the middle of the pitch or will learn from Siddle and pitch it up a bit?
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« Reply #117 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 22:51:57 » |
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I want to see the sprinkler tonight.
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« Reply #118 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 22:53:06 » |
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Wonder whether our bowlers will continue to bang the ball into the middle of the pitch or will learn from Siddle and pitch it up a bit?
I'm no cricket expert. But I do wonder why they don't try bowling at the stumps a bit more often. |
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« Reply #119 on: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 22:58:53 » |
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Generally because it's much easier for most batsman to score on the leg side, so if you aim right into their legs a Test Class batsman will tuck it away for one most times. If you bowl outside off, you make them play away from themselves and bring the slips into play.
That said, if the ball is swinging a bit then it's a very valid strategy and should be used a lot more against the lower end batsmen.
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