Quote from: olaftab on January 05, 2018, 10:47:22 PMKhawaja is a brilliant spin player. He is more suspect against Jimmy and in any case young Mason is a bit out of his depth out here and not weaved any spin on that ball to worry Aussies. However the pitch is deteriorating so you never know.Khawaja is about as far away from a brilliant spin player as there is. He has a horrendous record against spin.
Khawaja is a brilliant spin player. He is more suspect against Jimmy and in any case young Mason is a bit out of his depth out here and not weaved any spin on that ball to worry Aussies. However the pitch is deteriorating so you never know.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on January 05, 2018, 11:43:58 PMQuote from: olaftab on January 05, 2018, 10:47:22 PMKhawaja is a brilliant spin player. He is more suspect against Jimmy and in any case young Mason is a bit out of his depth out here and not weaved any spin on that ball to worry Aussies. However the pitch is deteriorating so you never know.Khawaja is about as far away from a brilliant spin player as there is. He has a horrendous record against spin.Ermmm...yes exactly no.😊
So this Test is like an exact replay of Perth so far. England win the toss and bat first, get into a really good position only to squander it. Subsequently, they end up not getting anywhere near enough runs.Aussies sail past England's score so England end up batting last to save the game in a match where they won the toss. Its turning already and stating to go a bit up and down, with 41c forecast for tomorrow and mid 30's for day 5 this will be an absolute Bunsen by then.This will finish sometime in the afternoon session of day 5.Thought Crane was very unlucky to only come away with only 1 wicket from the day. He bowled far better than that.
Thought Crane was very unlucky to only come away with only 1 wicket from the day. He bowled far better than that.
Boycott can be a right tit at times, i get the point he was trying to make that Crane shouldn't give the umpire a chance to call no ball but as Swann said his heel was behind the line when he made contact and the tv official got it wrong.
Quote from: paul_e on January 06, 2018, 01:58:26 AMBoycott can be a right tit at times, i get the point he was trying to make that Crane shouldn't give the umpire a chance to call no ball but as Swann said his heel was behind the line when he made contact and the tv official got it wrong.I thought that the Third Umpire got the call right.I didn’t see anything behind the line when Crane’s foot landed.
Quote from: UK Redsox on January 06, 2018, 08:25:44 PMQuote from: paul_e on January 06, 2018, 01:58:26 AMBoycott can be a right tit at times, i get the point he was trying to make that Crane shouldn't give the umpire a chance to call no ball but as Swann said his heel was behind the line when he made contact and the tv official got it wrong.I thought that the Third Umpire got the call right.I didn’t see anything behind the line when Crane’s foot landed.I thought it was marginal but my main point was the way Boycott seemed, during the lunch break, to enjoy telling Swann and Lee (who both thought it was harsh) that it was up to the umpire and there was nothing to discuss, just came across as an arrogant knob, which he does fall back on a little too often for my liking. He just wanted to slag Crane off for pushing the line rather than talk about the decision itself and practically shouted the other 2 down for not letting him.