The Cricket Thread 2013

[PaulWinch again]

Ha yes indeed, he's pretty annoying.

[PaulWinch again]

We need Bresnan, Broad and Swann to bat well tomorrow. Bresnan in particular needs to get runs as that's part of the reason he's been selected.

[PaulWinch again]

Incidently I don't like this talk of the third umpire being able to overturn decisions regardless of reviews. The reviews add a tactical element of the game, but having the third umpire be able to overturn any decision takes too much away from the umpire.

[paul_e]

Lovely knock from Bell again, pretty disappointed with prior, that 3 out of 3 where he's played a silly shot and given his wicket away.

[PaulWinch again]

Lovely knock from Bell again, pretty disappointed with prior, that 3 out of 3 where he's played a silly shot and given his wicket away.

Yes and he needs to look at that, the thing of 'it's his natural game' is bollocks. Play to the circumstances.

[PaulWinch again]

Bairstow must start playing straighter, he got a decent score today but could easily have been out very cheaply with a various obvious technical problem.

[The Left Side]

Good day really, nicely balance but if we can get to 325 then we can get at them.

[olaftab]

Hmmm Australia's day overall

How? At best it's even. England have got nearly 300 with 3 wickets in hand. Will get 350 and with a bit of luck close to 400. Runs in the bank and Aussies have to come out and bat well now.

[olaftab]

Bairstow must start playing straighter, he got a decent score today but could easily have been out very cheaply with a various obvious technical problem.

The way he got out twice today shows that he is not international material and unlikely to improve.

[Monty]

Hmmm Australia's day overall

How? At best it's even. England have got nearly 300 with 3 wickets in hand. Will get 350 and with a bit of luck close to 400. Runs in the bank and Aussies have to come out and bat well now.

We'd be very lucky to get 400. This has 310 all out written on it.

[PaulWinch again]

Hmmm Australia's day overall

How? At best it's even. England have got nearly 300 with 3 wickets in hand. Will get 350 and with a bit of luck close to 400. Runs in the bank and Aussies have to come out and bat well now.

On that pitch it's definitely Australia's day. If you chose to bat on a flat wicket with no cloud, you're looking at 400 certainly.

[olaftab]

As I said with a bit of luck.

[PaulWinch again]

289-4 is good, 289-7 is ok at best.

[olaftab]

On that pitch it's definitely Australia's day. If you chose to bat on a flat wicket with no cloud, you're looking at 400 certainly.

Yes I agree but it's not like England are 160 for 7!

[PaulWinch again]

No but it's still Australia's day. I'm not saying it's game over, but if you were offered the choice you'd take Australia's current position on that pitch over ours. Now we might bowl brilliantly and skittle them, but it doesn't change the fact that the batting unit isn't performing at the moment and hasn't done consistently for a while.