Ashes 2010/11

[beness]

Play abandoned for the day. England 306 in front. Think they might declare overnight.

[VillaZogmariner]

Is VillaSub there? If so, I bet he's having a terrible time.
England to post 550 plus and then a day an a half to bowl at 'em.

Yes I am!!

[beness]

Is VillaSub there? If so, I bet he's having a terrible time.
England to post 550 plus and then a day an a half to bowl at 'em.

Yes I am!!

Well get back out there man. your our bloke at the match. get some interviews.

[TopDeck113]

Is the forecast such that Tuesday may be a wash-out?

I'd still be in favour of having a two-hour thrash tomorrow morning before declaring. 

[cdbearsfan]

Get em in. If we start early tomorrow hopefully it might swing a bit. Will be very disappointed if Strauss chooses to waste time batting.

[OzVilla]

As your resident Australian weather reporter, here is the forecast for Adelaide for Days 4 and 5;

Forecast for Monday
Cloudy with a shower or two and the chance of a thunderstorm. Light to moderate
northeast winds and a light northwest to southwest afternoon sea breeze.

Precis        Shower or two. Possible thunder.
City:         Min 20    Max 32
Elizabeth:    Min 20    Max 33
Mount Barker: Min 18    Max 31
Noarlunga:    Min 20    Max 31

UV Alert:     9:00 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Fire Danger:  Low to Moderate   (Mount Lofty Ranges Fire Ban District)

Tuesday       Showers. Afternoon thunderstorm.       Min 20    Max 29

[hawkeye]

Straus has form for being indecisive, if we dont get a win from this situation it will be madness,

[KevinGage]

Not sure what I'd do in the circumstances.

300 could still be quite chasesable.

Ponting and Watson raced to 100 in less than no time in that short stint at the end of day 5 at the Gabba, and this pitch seems even more batsman friendly.

Having to chase something like 400 just to make England bat again would be a big psychological blow to the Aussies though and should mean -at the very least- that England don't need to bat again.

But you'd have to balance those kind of considerations against the time that could be lost tomorrow and the day after due to rain.

I'd be inclined to give KP and Bell an hour or two in the morning just to push the score on. Both of them + Prior tend to score their runs quickly. KP and Prior more than Bell, obv.

Time in the middle for the batsmen in favourable conditions plus topping the 600 mark should inspire confidence for the remaining tests anyroad, even if this one does  become a washout.

[olaftab]

Nice to see 3 Aussies also get 100's:

Ryan Harris 29.0 5 84 2
Doug Bollinger 27.0 1 121 1
Peter Siddle 26.0 3 100 0
Shane Watson 19.0 7 44 1
Xavier Doherty 24.0 3 120 0
Marcus North 18.0 0 62 0
 

[taylorsworkrate]

We have to declare straight away.  That is our best chance of winning the game.  Losing the game is impossible from this position.

Katich is injured, Clarke and North are under massive pressure and their tail is very long.  With the forecast cloudy conditions and humidity, the ball could swing around a bit.   Swann will also be licking his lips at the amount of spin North got out of the rough.

We cannot bat on, that would be madness.

[cdbearsfan]

Well said that man.

[Warren Aspinall]

We should declare overnight, but don't be surprised if Strauss bats for an hour (depending on weather forecasts), to eradicate the chance of a nasty couple of hours batting at the end of the 5th day. Personally I think we'll bowl em out for 200 anyway as I think they're ready to implode.

[olaftab]

There can be no cricketing reason for batting on. They need to face up to the west face of Everest  and  batting for two whole days to save the match.  Taking any time out of that by batting  on would be a tactical error and  give them a slight  chance of  actually spoiling it for England..

[olaftab]

Is VillaSub there? If so, I bet he's having a terrible time.
England to post 550 plus and then a day an a half to bowl at 'em.

Yes I am!!

You ...could have mentioned that

[Warren Aspinall]

There can be no cricketing reason for batting on. They need to face up to the west face of Everest  and  batting for two whole days to save the match.  Taking any time out of that by batting  on would be a tactical error and  give them a slight  chance of  actually spoiling it for England..

Totally agree with you, but Strauss does have a habit of being over cautious & for that reason I wouldn't be surprised if we came out for an hour.