England 2012 Cricket Thread

[villajk]

Damn bloody sodding weather.  5 hours spent at Edgbaston watching the weather and forecasts and no bloody sodding cricket.

[The Left Side]

I bet the bars at Edgbaston did well

[villajk]

I bet the bars at Edgbaston did well

The members bar was certainly busy.

[andyaston]

It hardly rained after 2pm. i wasn't there but I feel sorry for the 25,000 who had nothing to watch. It was a day night game which given how the rain relented should of meant some play?

[villajk]

It did rain after 2pm.  It kept raining on and off all day.  They needed a couple of hours of sunshine and no rain to dry the pitch.  That didn't happen. When the game was abandoned (approx 6.10 pm) it was pouring down.

[andyaston]

Edgbaston must of been stuck underneath a cloud then.

Shame this summer has been a washout for international fixtures.

[villajk]

Edgbaston must of been stuck underneath a cloud then.

Shame this summer has been a washout for international fixtures.

May be we should move the ground somewhere drier. -;).  For about three quarters of a hour every hour, we thought we were going to be lucky and then we'd see the umbrellas going up.  *sigh*.

At least we've got the t20 against South Africa to look forward to in September.  Surely it can't still be raining then.

[PaulWinch again]

Finn really is very very good and what a catch by Kies. Finn should be in the Test side.

[paul_e]

Finn#s got the potential to be a top test bowler, and he would take wickets but he's at times very expensive when batsman aren't trying to score off every ball because he always throw down 1 that can be smacked to the fence fairly safely.  If Jimmy and Broad weren't taking regular wickets then he'd come in as the 3rd option, but whilst they're effective a stingy Bresnan who can come in and build pressure, whilst still taking a decent amount of wickets, is a slightly better choice.

[Villan For Life]

Finn#s got the potential to be a top test bowler, and he would take wickets but he's at times very expensive when batsman aren't trying to score off every ball because he always throw down 1 that can be smacked to the fence fairly safely.  If Jimmy and Broad weren't taking regular wickets then he'd come in as the 3rd option, but whilst they're effective a stingy Bresnan who can come in and build pressure, whilst still taking a decent amount of wickets, is a slightly better choice.

And Bresnan offers more with the bat. He has a test average of over 40 whereas Finn averages 7. Finn does have time on his side as he is not yet 24. If he's patient he will be an able replacement for the time when Jimmy calls it a day.

[paul_e]

Fair play to Hussey and Lee, good performance from them to make it reasonably competitive, can't help thinking we've let them get 50 more than we should've there though.

To reverse that we got very unlucky with the review that we didn't win (in situations like that I don't think you should lose the review, it was hitting afterall) and then a plumb lbw a couple of balls later that we couldn't review.  Add in a couple of fairly tough catches (and a dolly for Morgan) that we let go down and we certainly had them on the ropes most of the innings.

Back to Finn, just showing the highlights, the rank full toss just after his 2nd wicket clarifies what I was saying better than anything else I could type.  He's very close to being a world class bowler but he needs to cut out those deliveries that just gift runs to the opposition, once he does he's the clear choice to come in to replace Jimmy long term.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

The Windies fans in Jamaica have taken up the vuvuzela with great zeal. :-(

[Dr Butler]

Mark Boucher retiring from international cricket, after 147 tests what a way to go.

get well soon Mark.

[PaulWinch again]

Hope he recovers soon, a fine player.

[paul_e]

Horrible injury for something so innocuous, poor guy, hope he recovers ok.