The Cricket Thread 2013

[Villan For Life]

I really like the way that Jim Maxwell says " De-boo"

On Wednesday and Thursday I've listened to TMS on my way home from work. They stick Jim Maxwell on just before 6pm so he can give the spiel about long wave listeners and the shipping forecast. He's brilliant at it! You can really sense his feelings of incredulity that in this digital age we still cut the coverage for the ships.

He's my second favourite overseas commentator after Tony Cozier.

[PaulWinch again]

Fuck KP gone and was looking good. We now need the middle order to turn up. Bell you owe us a score.

[tomd2103]

Yep time for Bell to find his form again.  Him, Bairstow and Prior are key.

[PaulWinch again]

It's time the middle order turned up.

[PGW]

I would say that Cook is the key - if he is there all day plus handy contributions from others then we should be OK....after all a lot of time left in this Test match. If Bell can play shots like that for rest of day as well we will be sorted!!!

[PGW]

Shit!!!

[PaulWinch again]

Cook gone and that's the game I imagine. Once again batsmen getting starts and getting out. Short of a brilliant performance by the middle and lower order we are stuffed.

[curiousorange]

Bell's made a good start, very steady. It's him and the rest, I feel, or England are fucked.

[Dave Cooper please]

The wicket is crumbling, if we can somehow get a lead of 200 we'll win this.

[paul_e]

The wicket is crumbling, if we can somehow get a lead of 200 we'll win this.

I agree, this is going to horrid to bat on tomorrow, it will keep low and have variable pace of the floor, and the spinners are going to have it turning sideways.  We need to get some big runs on the board and try to bat until Lunch tomorrow, if we do that we'll be big favourites, need Bell to earn his place now though, he's a quality batsman but his form has been poor and he'll be under pressure if he doesn't get us out of this.

[PaulWinch again]

Sounds like it's hooping all over the place and staying low. We desperately need to get a lead of just over 200 I'd say and then who knows.

[UK Redsox]

MC Blowers in da house, f'shizzle

[tomd2103]

If my auntie had balls etc, but that stumping decision yesterday looks lkke it will be crucial.

[PaulWinch again]

We desperately need to set over 200, and hope that the bowlers perform through the entire Aussie innings. It does however look like we'll be 1-0 down and need to have a look at our performance levels.

[PaulWinch again]

We really do need to look at why our players are getting 30/40/50/60s and not going on to get big scores. You need at least one big score to build a good innings.