The Cricket Thread 2013

[eastie]

What would be good score on this wicket?
I think 300 would put us in an excellent position to win as the wicket will take spin pretty early.

[paul_e]

I agree, the wicket looks like it will crack up badly, 300 would be par, 350+ is advantage England.

[PaulWinch again]

We should be looking at 350 +. If you win the toss and bat, that really is the minimum you should be looking at.

[eastie]

We should be looking at 350 +. If you win the toss and bat, that really is the minimum you should be looking at.

Depending on the wicket that is,  this wicket is not easy for batsmen.
I think the Aussies could struggle to get past 250 with our attack.
Certainly they won't want to chase over 180 batting last.

[PaulWinch again]

We should be looking at 350 +. If you win the toss and bat, that really is the minimum you should be looking at.

Depending on the wicket that is,  this wicket is not easy for batsmen.
I think the Aussies could struggle to get past 250 with our attack.

The wicket is fine for batting at the moment, little bit of seam movement but it's fine. The conditions make it tricky, but once you're in you should be getting runs on this pitch. Later in the game it'll probably break up, but we should be looking at 350+.

[PaulWinch again]

Just got to watch Trott and Root's running, they've had a few issues in the past.

[Nev]

Every time I hear them mention Agar on TMS I keep thinking of Hagar The Horrible off of the back of The S*n.

[eastie]

Far cry from the Chappell brothers, marsh , Lillee and thomson when I first started watching cricket - this Aussie team holds no fears.

[paul_e]

Siddle's Test record is much better than I thought.

That first over showqs why he's not considered world class, the first boundary was off an absolutely rank delivery wide on leg, that's as simple a 4 as you'll see all match.  Top class bowlers don't give runs like that so cheaply, or at least it's a lot rarer, Siddle has given those chances for his whole career.  On top of that he, like Broad, tends to have purple patches where he takes lots of wickets in a match but he has far too many 0 and 1 fors to be the backbone of a bowling unit.  Compare him to Anderson for example.

[PaulWinch again]

Far cry from the Chappell brothers, marsh , Lillee and thomson when I first started watching cricket - this Aussie team holds no fears.

Give them time and Pattinson, Starc, Bird and Faulkner will be very very good.

[PaulWinch again]

Agar on to bowl.

[paul_e]

Just got to watch Trott and Root's running, they've had a few issues in the past.

Not a massive issue in these conditions though, balls you can score from and often going to go all the way, not really the situation for nurdling but I agree, the running needs to be sensible, Trott seems to have a lot of issues running from the non-strikers end.

[eastie]

Trott looks on his game today - he and kp can take this game away if they get in and are on form.

[PaulWinch again]

Lets not jinx us Eastie!

[andyaston]

Andeson's bowling average is still over 30! His few years were up and down and it's affected his actual overall aveage. Anderson's ability should produce figures of 25 to do him real justice.

Siddle is around the 28 mark, they must play some rank teams.