The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

This could be pretty difficult. This looks very much like a batting day.

[PaulWinch again]

I think we may be in a spot of bother here. We're going to have to bowl an incredibly disciplined line on this pitch.

[PaulWinch again]

Moeen strikes. We really needed that, but it looks like it's going to be very tough.

[paul_e]

It's one of those days where, as the bowling team, things need to go your way.  The edge from Rodgers that went about an inch over Bell's hand showed what sort of day it was going to be for us.  Important wicket from Moeen though but it's going to be tough to keep them below 400

[PaulWinch again]

Yep if we keep them below 400 we'll have done very well. It's one of those days where you have to bowl tight and try and frustrate the batsmen.

[UK Redsox]

Dey-boo

Always makes me smile

[PaulWinch again]

We've battled away well since lunch, but we really need some luck. We've got to keep up this disciplined bowling.

[PaulWinch again]

I did find it weird when Rogers was being lumped in with the 'past it' players in the Aussie team after the last game. He's a bloody good player and it's very annoying. We could be facing a massive deficit here.

[PaulWinch again]

We can't be dropping chances even if they're tricky.

[paul_e]

I did find it weird when Rogers was being lumped in with the 'past it' players in the Aussie team after the last game. He's a bloody good player and it's very annoying. We could be facing a massive deficit here.

He's not in the same category but him and Voges will both need replacing in the next year or 2, and Clarke and Johnson won't go much longer either, a lot of mid 30s guys in the squad and there aren't s great deal of young players coming up behind them again so they may have a similar fall to when they had the mass retirement a few years back.

[PaulWinch again]

This has the horrible air of Australia posting a massive total and is being bowled out for about 200.

[adrenachrome]

This has the horrible air of Australia posting a massive total and is being bowled out for about 200.

It does indeed, but 10/3 against a draw being offered by Ladbrokes is quite generous.

[PaulWinch again]

Discipline is gone now. We're in big trouble in this match now.

[PaulWinch again]

Australia have batted well, but this is a terrible cricket. There is supposedly meant to be a contest between bat and ball and this is just dull.

[adrenachrome]

If it is true that the powers on high have requested "slow seamers" type wickets to mitigate their pace threat, then we could be facing a less than scintillating remainder of the series.