The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

Aus have a hell of a bowling attack, we’re going to need to bat well.

I think they have an average bowling attack. It's more a worry that England's top 5 out of 6 batsman are poor.

[PaulWinch again]

Really? Cummins in the number 1 bowler in the world, Hazlewood is excellent and Pattinson would be one of the best if he stayed fit. Then you have Lyon who has over 300 test wickets. I’d say that’s pretty good.

[Villan For Life]

Really? Cummins in the number 1 bowler in the world, Hazlewood is excellent and Pattinson would be one of the best if he stayed fit. Then you have Lyon who has over 300 test wickets. I’d say that’s pretty good.

I agree, their attack is as good as ours. In fact their bowling unit is slightly better because Nathan Lyon is a much better spinner than anything we’ve got.

[Villafirst]

Hopefully conditions will be better for batting with more sun forecast today. About time Root had a good innings.

[PaulWinch again]

Be batting at the end of the day England.

[Villan For Life]

Be batting at the end of the day England.

I think today is the pivotal day in the series. If we bat well then we should win the test and I expect us to go on and win the series. If we bat poorly and let them back into the game then the series and the Ashes will be gone.

[olaftab]

Really? Cummins in the number 1 bowler in the world, Hazlewood is excellent and Pattinson would be one of the best if he stayed fit. Then you have Lyon who has over 300 test wickets. I’d say that’s pretty good.

We will have to remain disagreed on this.
They are all ok but no where near the class of bowling attacks from the past. Without going too far back there is no one like  Lee, Anderson, Jones (Simon), McGrath, Wasim, Muralitharan, Warne , Swann to mention but a few. Accumulation of wickets in this era of over cricket is not a sign of great bowling.

[Nev]

Roy looking a bit shaky already, and we had to sprint for the opening run. Why? Just sit for a maiden, wait for the opportunities, they will come, wear the bowlers out, we have all the time in the world.

[PaulWinch again]

Poor from Roy.

[taylorsworkrate]

I think this is probably going to be Roy's last test as opener.
It was definitely worth a try, but its clear that if he's going to be in the test team it should be lower down the order.

[Villan For Life]

Roy is still in one day mode. So early in the day he could have left that ball which was somewhere around a sixth stump line. Instead he went for it and paid the price.

[hilts_coolerking]

I'd be inclined to drop Roy and keep Denly in the side, rather than drop Denly and move Roy to the middle order.  Sibley in for Roy.  Still, there's always the second innings.

[taylorsworkrate]

Oh for fuck sake.

[PaulWinch again]

Root duck. He’s doing really well.

[PaulWinch again]

This is fucking poor.