The Cricket Thread 2013

[PaulWinch again]

Keep that bat straight Jonny.

[aev]

I don't know if anyone is listening to TMS but Boycott sounds as though he been on the sauce.

[PaulWinch again]

Brilliant 100 KP, now go on please. We need to get under the follow on target.

[PaulWinch again]

Straight bat Bairstow.

[PaulWinch again]

Bairstow gone for 22, not good enough again. We're in trouble here.

[PaulWinch again]

We need runs from Prior here.

[PaulWinch again]

That was a really poor shot from Bairstow. 277-6 on this pitch considering one player has a 100 is really poor.

[peter w]

Bairstow and Bresnan to be dropped.

[taylorsworkrate]

Well what was a mediocre day with the bat has now turned into yet another poor one.

In fairness Pietersen did get an inside edge, which clearly showed on hotspot despite the pathetic commentary of Atherton who appears to be blind. How on earth the 3rd umpire didn't see that is a mystery also

[PaulWinch again]

We are looking buried here. 288-7 is a really poor score on this pitch. KP played well as did Bell, but the rest poor and I include Cook's 60 because he got out stupidly.

[taylorsworkrate]

I think that this series has seriously damaged the reputation of the review system, perhaps irrevocably so.

There have been so many referrals that have simply defied logic as to how they have/haven't been overturned its embarrassing. The technology is also clearly not up to scratch, particularly hotspot.

My opinion of Atherton as a commentator has also been further reduced. How he can state there was no mark on the bat, when the evidence clearly proved otherwise (unless your an inept 3rd umpire) is odd indeed.

[Chris Jameson]

Bairstow and Bresnan to be dropped.

Yes please, we'll have them back at Yorkshire and get the title won. Drop Root as well, he's rubbish.

[taylorsworkrate]

We are looking buried here. 288-7 is a really poor score on this pitch. KP played well as did Bell, but the rest poor and I include Cook's 60 because he got out stupidly.

Yeah in fairness, Bell got a really good ball and Pietersen clearly edged his and the 3rd umpires had another howler. Cook, Trott and Bairstow have all got out poorly.

Its about time Prior contributed something

[taylorsworkrate]

I've stuck up for Bairstow quite a lot, but in all fairness he's played a no of matches now and isn't contributing quite enough.

I've always thought Taylor was the better long term prospect and if Bairstow doesn't get a big score in the second innings then I think Taylor should be given the nod at Durham

[PaulWinch again]

Basically this series so far, Australia performed appallingly with the bat in the first two Tests. We bowled decently, without being great(a couple of individual displays aside). We've batted poorly, just not as bad as Australia. Now at OT the much mocked Australian batting line up get to bat first, and they put on a massive score against some mediocre bowling. Once again we are struggling with the bat, as 294-7 on this pitch is poor. The only batsman performing consistently is Bell, KP and Root have a great knock each but other than that poor.

We have not been very good and now that Australia have performed, we are doing very poorly. The batting needs to be addressed and before we change the line up, the first thing to do is say unless there is 10 minutes left in the day you don't get a night watchman. There's too much shifting of responsibility in the team. We also need to play a lot more positively. I also think we need Tremlett in the team to add some bowling aggression.