grecian
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Clark and Harris weren't dissimilar either really. TBF Hazelwood could do the job as well.
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*Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium
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Lillian Thomson
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Listening to commentary while at the ground is the ultimate stupidity. Being there is the only way to avoid commentary and still have sound.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
This seems slightly at odds with your thread about the toss.
Son Of Coco
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To be fair, it's the best shot he's played for quite some time.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Want a shane Watson spoiler?
Cabinet96
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Hmm, LBW b Broad. Get the feeling I've already seen his dismissal from this innings, six years ago
Howe_zat
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how dare you besmirch my undeniable factsStokes worrying me a bit with his bowling, but yeah they seem to have got the balance right.
In the end if we were talking about limited bowling careers there would probably be a few, Dean Headley obviously. I did notice that Howezat for some reason put the qualifying matches at 7 in his graphic, must be a coincidence that that's how many games Bresnan has played.Headley played 6. Jones 5.
Lillian Thomson
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Looking around the net I love the way Australian fans are for ditching almost half the team after one below par performance. It's almost as if their English heritage is coming to the fore.
Son Of Coco
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You don't have to go back that far. A day ago is far enough.
Son Of Coco
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Going with experience for the 1st Test has put them in an interesting position. Most of the experienced players who you'd say might have been lucky to be there failed, but I'd expect them to be selected for the 2nd Test too. If they really have played several matches too many, and should have been put out to pasture a while ago, then we could be 2-0 down before any serious thought is given to what tweaks can be made to the line-up to make it better.
Hopefully we get a different result to the last test if they persist with the older heads. But I can't see someone like Watto, for example, being successful when everyone knows what his main weakness is, including him. That video of his LBW reviews is so telling, his last 2 dismissals are almost identical to the way he was getting out several years ago. Might as well give MMarsh a go, and let England work out some different weaknesses for a change.
Lillian Thomson
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Just returning briefly to the subject of commentators, I think Ian Botham might have solved his problem of not being able to get underwear in his size.
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TheJediBrah
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dumb post.
People have been saying Watson and Haddin should have been dropped well before this game. Of course another poor performance from them will lead to reiteration of the fact.
Son Of Coco
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If it rains tomorrow, Boof should make Haddin, Watson, Voges, and Clarke stand out in it for the whole day. They can come in for the scheduled lunch and tea breaks.
"That's the way we play" is the clarion call for those who are too stupid to get paid to play cricket. Evidently, that's what a number of our batsmen were thinking given their approach (and that's not discounting the superb English bowling effort, they were fantastic).
"That's the way we play" is the clarion call for those who are too stupid to get paid to play cricket. Evidently, that's what a number of our batsmen were thinking given their approach (and that's not discounting the superb English bowling effort, they were fantastic).
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Lillian Thomson
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Aw shucks. The poor defeated Australians can't take a little ribbing.
TheJediBrah
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"ribbing" must mean something very different where you're fromAw shucks. The poor defeated Australians can't take a little ribbing.
Of all the things to be pissed off about this loss (and there were plenty as an Oz supporter), one that hasn't been spoken about is Clarke's continued refusal to put a 3rd man in
It's almost as if Bell didn't score 30% of his runs down there last time out
Just another example of how we fail to adapt whenever we play in conditions not to our liking
It's almost as if Bell didn't score 30% of his runs down there last time out
Just another example of how we fail to adapt whenever we play in conditions not to our liking
Red Hill
The artist formerly known as Monk
Not half the team for mine, but time for Nevill and MMarsh in place of Haddin and Watson.
Now's not the time for the Aust selectors to be sentimental. Make the hard call and reward form *
* inb4 anyone questions Nevill's keeping form. Whoever keeps to Starc and Johnson is gonna concede a few boundary byes.
grecian
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Well I'm not pissed off about it, but I'm constantly going on about commentators insisting it's a defensive position and it's negative to use it, in the end if people are constantly flicking it in the air outside off-stump , as they do in the modern game, it's not just a defensive position it's a wicket-taking one too.