2015 Ashes

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:17 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:Rain stopped play? I hope there is not too much of that....

Don't know about anyone else, but I'd take the rest of today being washed out and come back tomorrow morning nice and sunny without a cloud in the sky, thanksbye.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:49 pm

Lyth gone. And so should his England chances be. Awful shot. Beyond awful.

KeyserSoze · Post by **KeyserSoze** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:40 pm

No depth in the openers' position though must say.

Cook caught. Very unlucky.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:47 pm

Jammy bastards!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:25 pm

An Hour's highlights on Channel 5 at 7-0 for those ( including me) who haven't seen any cricket.
Presumably whilst they're still playing?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:29 pm

Bell stated to have "thrown his wicket away" trying to go down the pitch and leather one. 53.

Early stumps, rain stopped play. 133-3.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:22 pm

The plus side of having had to drive to Glesga and back for a meeting today (other than for having lunch with the girl that Thommo was knobing) was that I got to listen to huge chunks of the third test. Just watching the highlights now and The Aussies really did bat that badly

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:43 pm

Like the last test I peeped on line to see that rain was there and that we were 3 wickets down and though "shut, another disaster". I had no idea the Aussies had been & gone.

I must pay more attention.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:32 pm

120 odd for three would hardly be a disaster under any circumstances....

I'm still annoyed how shit the pitch was at Lords. Why give the Aussies the almost perfect pitch for them? No movement, even bounce, perfect for their batsmen. And their bowlers will always extract more from a flat pitch than ours as they are that bit quicker and more used to bowling on those sort of wickets.

Bijou Bob · Post by **Bijou Bob** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:12 pm

I'm not sure what a good score would be on that pitch, but a first innings lead of anywhere over 200 would be fantastic.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:23 pm

Bijou Bob wrote:I'm not sure what a good score would be on that pitch, but a first innings lead of anywhere over 200 would be fantastic.

Keeping in mind the unpredictability of cricket and remembering they got 600 in one innings, 200 lead might be good....then again, it might not...

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:30 pm

Just bat sensibly. Go for shots and put the pressure on but don't get ahead of themselves. Any sort of lead of 100 plus should be enough to make it very hard for the Aussies.

A lot depends on the weather. If the sun comes out then batting might become easier as the pitch apparently is flat once it dries out.

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:31 pm

the wicket and conditions made that ball quite lively, I'm glad to see us near their total and we should surpass it.

see what happens tomorrow but form todays standard, us making +250 I would be happy

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:36 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:Just bat sensibly. Go for shots and put the pressure on but don't get ahead of themselves. Any sort of lead of 100 plus should be enough to make it very hard for the Aussies.

A lot depends on the weather. If the sun comes out then batting might become easier as the pitch apparently is flat once it dries out.

Absolutely. Only way this match doesn't finish is if there's a total washout which is out of our hands. Nice and sensible, no rush, bat for as long as we can and get as many as we can. Sounds simple enough.

Bell must be kicking himself tonight. Lyth must be delighted there doesn't seem to be anyone else.

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:49 pm

Prufrock wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:Just bat sensibly. Go for shots and put the pressure on but don't get ahead of themselves. Any sort of lead of 100 plus should be enough to make it very hard for the Aussies.

A lot depends on the weather. If the sun comes out then batting might become easier as the pitch apparently is flat once it dries out.
Absolutely. Only way this match doesn't finish is if there's a total washout which is out of our hands. Nice and sensible, no rush, bat for as long as we can and get as many as we can. Sounds simple enough.

Bell must be kicking himself tonight. Lyth must be delighted there doesn't seem to be anyone else.

Apart from Compton, Hales and Stoneman. All the other counties of course have opening batsmen who are no doubt being monitored.

Lyth is new to the test match arena, he needs to calm down and not go chasing runs and accept that overs will go by where he doesn't score. He has a very good first class average, there is definitely something there.

He is being given a chance, England teams of old seldom did that. I'm pretty sure that we don't want to go back to those days.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:13 am

Well, I for one am glad we lost the toss as Cook would have stuck us in to bat, the cock!

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:19 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:Well, I for one am glad we lost the toss as Cook would have stuck us in to bat, the cock!

Big Cook fan then?

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:29 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:Well, I for one am glad we lost the toss as Cook would have stuck us in to bat, the cock!
Big Cook fan then?

Not as a captain, no.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:43 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:Well, I for one am glad we lost the toss as Cook would have stuck us in to bat, the cock!
Big Cook fan then?
Not as a captain, no.

Agreed. I think Root will be captain soon enough anyway.

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:10 am

Bairstow and Stokes bounced out by Johnson.

Bit of pace and they shit themselves.

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