The Cricket Thread 2013

[eastie]

@Aggerscricket: So KP nicks the persevering Siddle to slip. They've conceded too many 4's, but Aus have had the better of it so far

[Dave Cooper please]

Cloud doesn't seem to be lifting today .

Sun poking it's head through here, and as the weatherman said the clouds will retreat east it might be a nice evening session in Nottingham.
You ALWAYS bat first in Test cricket but I reckon we'd have had them 6 or 7 down in these conditions if we'd put them in.

[paul_e]

I'm not sure I agree with him there, the one that got KP seemed to do a fair bit on the bounce, that we've not seen the ball misbehave a lot more is largely down to the bowling being pretty erratic.  The line and length Siddle got for the delivery was perfect on this pitch but they've sent far too many down that were either too wide or on leg.  That's why there's been lots of 4s, there have been too many easy shots on offer and we haven't really had to work to keep our rate up.

On an unrelated subject I think Root shoul be allowed to pin Warner down and wax that fucking stupid tache from his face.

[PaulWinch again]

Shocking shocking way for Trott to get out. That's shocking.

[PaulWinch again]

Another start and out.

[eastie]

Cloud doesn't seem to be lifting today .

Sun poking it's head through here, and as the weatherman said the clouds will retreat east it might be a nice evening session in Nottingham.
You ALWAYS bat first in Test cricket but I reckon we'd have had them 6 or 7 down in these conditions if we'd put them in.

Totally agree dave, in fact if we had put them in I think they would be all out for less than 200.
As it is i still think 300 will be a winning position for us, not sure we will get that many though.

[PaulWinch again]

That's 3 batsmen who have got themselves out, that's mentally poor.

[paul_e]

It really was a terrible shot from Trott, easily the worst of the lot, he should have been looking to bat through.

[PaulWinch again]

I really think there is a problem with our batsmen getting starts and getting out. It seems to be happening too much to be a coincidence. There is a lot of pressure on Bell, Bairstow and Prior.

[eastie]

I really think there is a problem with our batsmen getting starts and getting out. It seems to be happening too much to be a coincidence. There is a lot of pressure on Bell, Bairstow and Prior.

I don't hold out great hope for Bairstow to be honest - i think bell is a key player now if we want to post a respectable score.

[PaulWinch again]

I really think there is a problem with our batsmen getting starts and getting out. It seems to be happening too much to be a coincidence. There is a lot of pressure on Bell, Bairstow and Prior.

I don't hold out great hope for Bairstow to be honest - i think bell is a key player now if we want to post a respectable score.

Well you need batsmen around him, and Bell is hardly in great form. They all need to turn up if we're going to get a reasonable score.

[paul_e]

Never seen it before but the spin meter thing is quite good, interesting see how much Swann gets compared to Agar.  I'd love to see the result for Monty as well, as he always seems to get a lot of speed on the ball but isn't controlled enough to make the most of it.

[PaulWinch again]

These two are doing well, but they have to go on.

[eastie]

These two are doing well, but they have to go on.

Indeed.

[PaulWinch again]

Bell start and out, poor again.