*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

[Ruckus]

The thing is though if the England batting fails on a pitch doing a bit what the hell will happen to the Aussie batting in similar conditions as England were able to get 20 wickets on the same deck in Adelaide without too much problem.

You are assuming performances in this match are indicative of the batting and bowling strength in general. I would say England played better on the day, and Australia played poorly. I don't think those performances will remain consistent over the entire series.

 

[Marcuss]

They'll have to try and get Hughes out of Freddie's pocket before they can consider calling him up though.

 

[Marcuss]

It was one game, mate

That's the nature of batting, you can get nipped out quickly.

Jesus christ, is a FC average of 50+ over a couple of years not good enough for people?

It's all that Hayden, Langer, Slater, Martyn etc had.

Meh, FC average of 22 this season is a bit gash.

 

[benchmark00]

Andy - did you watch North bat? Didn't look out of touch at all actually. Hit some good shots.

Comes a time where you can't tolerate his low scores, but definitely didn't look out of form this match.

 

[Jayzamann]

Comes a time where you can't tolerate his low scores, but definitely didn't look out of form this match.

It's all the more vexing considering he got out after scoring 20 runs!

 

[vcs]

North is crap. I genuinely used to think people were being too harsh on him before this match, but not anymore. The guy is very loose technically at the start of his innings, his all-or-nothing record is not a statistical anomaly, which was what I was suspecting.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

It's not "random" though - the players being replaced do really need to go.

It is random though as you dropped Johnson and picked Bollinger who may well be dropped for Perth.

 

[Blaze 18]

He scored a fluent century just a couple of tests ago, kinda hard to call him "horribly out of touch", to be honest.

 

[Ruckus]

North is crap. I genuinely used to think people were being too harsh on him before this match, but not anymore. The guy is very loose technically at the start of his innings, his all-or-nothing record is not a statistical anomaly, which was what I was suspecting.

TBF, apparently the cut-off was 27, so he didn't actually pass that

 

[Jayzamann]

It's a bit perplexing when North is seen as being in touch and fluent in this test match, yet his contribution was still ~50 runs.

 

[Howe_zat]

In Affectionate Remembrance
of
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET,
which died at Adelaide Oval
on
7th DECEMBER, 2010
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
friends and acquaintances
----
R.I.P.
----
N.B. The body will be cremated and the Ashes kept by England.​

 

[Himannv]

LOL @Howe_Zat.

 

[GIMH]

Don't think its quite sank in yet

 

[ripper868]

Meh, who cares about cricket anyone...is a silly sport.

 

[Blaze 18]

In Affectionate Remembrance
of
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET,
which died at Adelaide Oval
on
7th DECEMBER, 2010
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
friends and acquaintances
----
R.I.P.
----
N.B. The body will be cremated and the Ashes kept by England.​

 

[andyc]

Andy - did you watch North bat? Didn't look out of touch at all actually. Hit some good shots.

Comes a time where you can't tolerate his low scores, but definitely didn't look out of form this match.

Saw a bit of him and yes, he did play some nice shots, but at the end of the day it's how many runs you score, and 1171 at 35.48 after 21 Tests is simply not good enough.


Anywho, as shamelessly stolen from a mate's Facebook: The joke's on you, England. What are you going to do with a full extra day in Adelaide?

 

[ripper868]

Anywho, as shamelessly stolen from a mate's Facebook: The joke's on you, England. What are you going to do with a full extra day in Adelaide?

Half day

 

[Ruckus]

Saw a bit of him and yes, he did play some nice shots, but at the end of the day it's how many runs you score, and 1171 at 35.48 after 21 Tests is simply not good enough.

Depending on how much influence Ponting will exert, it sounds as though North is going to be retained AGAIN:

"He'll be a bit disappointed with his week's work here," Ponting said of North. "I still believe that he's got great value to the team."

 

[Howe_zat]

Depending on how much influence Ponting will exert, it sounds as though North is going to be retained AGAIN:

"He'll be a bit disappointed with his week's work here," Ponting said of North. "I still believe that he's got great value to the team."

Don't understand.

What does Ricky want him there for? Is he a master tactician or something? If it's his bowling that's useful, why not play another batting allrounder rather than a batsman?

Is North blackmailing him?

 

[Aussie_Rules]

congrats to the pomms they played better than us and deserved this test there is no doubt about that, we will have to raise our game to win back the Ashes now