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Post by Etain Tur-Mukan on Jul 18, 2013 14:41:54 GMT
Lucky Bairstow lol
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Jul 18, 2013 14:42:12 GMT
What a stroke of luck that is. Come on Bairstow make it count
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Jul 18, 2013 16:47:18 GMT
Fantastic again Ian Bell!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 16:50:44 GMT
Fantastic again Ian Bell! What a good player Ian Bell is ...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 16:51:31 GMT
Lucky Bairstow lol You need every bit going !
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 18, 2013 16:52:32 GMT
Great innings, now on to 200!
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 18, 2013 16:57:45 GMT
Great ball to end a great knock, well played Ian Bell.
All of a sudden this is a big last 45 mins. Must not lose another.
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Jul 18, 2013 16:59:55 GMT
Still fancy us for 400. Very long batting line up
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 18, 2013 17:11:47 GMT
Poor from Bairstow.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 17:24:36 GMT
Disappointing
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 18, 2013 17:25:28 GMT
A part time spinner getting decent turn is a bit of a double edged sword for the Aussies.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 18, 2013 17:29:51 GMT
Anderson to go first ball...........not quite.....
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 18, 2013 17:55:38 GMT
It could have been better, but it could have been worse. I hesitate to summarise the current state of play until Australia bat.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 18, 2013 18:04:39 GMT
It could have been better, but it could have been worse. I hesitate to summarise the current state of play until Australia bat. Australia will be cock-a-hoop after losing the toss but if we somehow put another 100 on tomorrow (not impossible with Swann and Broad to come) then it will be virtually impossible for them to win it. Honours even I would say but Swann will have a big say the longer this goes on.
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 18, 2013 19:00:45 GMT
I think it's fairly even too. It's difficult to judge the spinner situation with Smith being a leggie, but I fancy Swann to be dominant for the rest of the series. I also think Bresnan looked very determined with the bat and will bowl his balls off when his time comes. Whether he actually bowls well is another matter, but if he keeps things tight with Anderson and Broad as strike bowlers and Swann doing his stuff then 350 might be a good score?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 19:08:14 GMT
It could have been better, but it could have been worse. I hesitate to summarise the current state of play until Australia bat. Australia will be cock-a-hoop after losing the toss but if we somehow put another 100 on tomorrow (not impossible with Swann and Broad to come) then it will be virtually impossible for them to win it. Honours even I would say but Swann will have a big say the longer this goes on. 350 would be a reasonable score perhaps .....you would back Swann to bowl better than he did at Trent Bridge
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 18, 2013 20:40:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 20:53:58 GMT
Ian Bell !
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 18, 2013 20:57:44 GMT
Ian Bell ! He did very well again and then went and fucked it up in true this current England batting line up style! I've only seen up to Bairstow getting bowled (that's the btw) so can't comment on the rest of the wickets but Trott's was the worse for me, what a truly dreadful, lazy shot. Just dreadful but they got after him well with the short stuff.
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Post by wasp on Jul 18, 2013 21:03:45 GMT
Not seen any yet, will watch it tomoz, fingers crossed for a "tail end wag".
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 18, 2013 21:13:09 GMT
Pietersen gets me? Amazing player with world class stats, yet sometimes he looks like he's holding a cricket bat for the first time? So awkward looking at the start of each innings with a dodgy looking stance, seems petrified of left hand spinners and even when he's got a 100, he never really looks "in" at any stage to me? All that and yet his record is outstanding.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 21:39:18 GMT
Pietersen gets me? Amazing player with world class stats, yet sometimes he looks like he's holding a cricket bat for the first time? So awkward looking at the start of each innings with a dodgy looking stance, seems petrified of left hand spinners and even when he's got a 100, he never really looks "in" at any stage to me? All that and yet his record is outstanding. Agree with that .....an enigma indeed
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 19, 2013 8:16:24 GMT
Caught the end of Agnew on the radio this morning, banging the Stuart Broad drum again? Something about how strange it was for Jimmy to come in as night watchman For a number 9 and the booing was from the Aussie fans who thought it was Broad? He's like some nagging woman who needs to change the record cos he's putting me off listening to Test Match special for the first time in 40 years? The bloke is so wet he want wringing out - oh, and thank goodness the country no longer has resort to using players of his calibre anymore.
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Post by slozenger on Jul 19, 2013 9:04:18 GMT
Couldn't agree more mate. I love TMS, it's such a great institution and obviously there are going to be times where i'll disagree with a certain person on there but that's sport an life. Agnew is really annoying me over this whole "spirit of the game" and Broad situation at the minute. My take on it is, the great man Christopher Martin-Jenkins passed away in winter and it hit Agnew pretty hard. CMJ has had a "Spirit Of Cricket" award named in his honour as CMJ was quite a traditionalist and a big fan of batsmen walking and the game played in the "correct spirit" which is absolutely fine and commendable. With this being the case i honestly think the reason Aggers keeps on about this is actually because of CMJ and even subconsciously he's sort of banging the drum for CMJ as he's no longer here to do it himself. If that makes sense, and it seems that's why he's championing this so hard. Just my take on it and i may be way off, i usually am In fact in the commentary pretty much straight away after the incident Agnew said "i wonder what CMJ would have made of that" With regards this Test Match it's as bad for the nerves as the first match was where Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top! See that's fine if the last team who are on top in the match is England But it's not good for the old ticker. I would like to say it's bloody bizarre sending out a night watchman after the fall of the seventh wicket, i've grown up with England playing too cautiously but that takes the cake and the biscuit.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 9:13:31 GMT
Couldn't agree more mate. I love TMS, it's such a great institution and obviously there are going to be times where i'll disagree with a certain person on there but that's sport an life. Agnew is really annoying me over this whole "spirit of the game" and Broad situation at the minute. My take on it is, the great man Christopher Martin-Jenkins passed away in winter and it hit Agnew pretty hard. CMJ has had a "Spirit Of Cricket" award named in his honour as CMJ was quite a traditionalist and a big fan of batsmen walking and the game played in the "correct spirit" which is absolutely fine and commendable. With this being the case i honestly think the reason Aggers keeps on about this is actually because of CMJ and even subconsciously he's sort of banging the drum for CMJ as he's no longer here to do it himself. If that makes sense, and it seems that's why he's championing this so hard. Just my take on it and i may be way off, i usually am In fact in the commentary pretty much straight away after the incident Agnew said "i wonder what CMJ would have made of that" With regards this Test Match it's as bad for the nerves as the first match was where Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top, Australia are on top, England are on top! See that's fine if the last team who are on top in the match is England But it's not good for the old ticker. I would like to say it's bloody bizarre sending out a night watchman after the fall of the seventh wicket, i've grown up with England playing too cautiously but that takes the cake and the biscuit. With regards to night watchmen . It's ok if you are trying to protect a frontline batsman......but for Broad and Swann......really ?....I have always been of the opinion that the " batsman " stands a far better chance than the night watch man of not getting out .....then last night you had Anderson taking a single off the second ball leaving Bresnan to take four balls ! ......I must be missing something after all these years ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 9:19:36 GMT
Caught the end of Agnew on the radio this morning, banging the Stuart Broad drum again? Something about how strange it was for Jimmy to come in as night watchman For a number 9 and the booing was from the Aussie fans who thought it was Broad? He's like some nagging woman who needs to change the record cos he's putting me off listening to Test Match special for the first time in 40 years? The bloke is so wet he want wringing out - oh, and thank goodness the country no longer has resort to using players of his calibre anymore. Agree mate ....strange how he regularly took hundreds of wickets in county cricket but only played a handful of Tests ......says it all really for number of those years David Gower was England captain and also captain of Leicestershire who Agnew played for....Gower was obviously not that impressed with his potential to perform well for England.....
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Post by slozenger on Jul 19, 2013 10:00:14 GMT
Great start!
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 19, 2013 10:00:27 GMT
Bresnan out first ball of the day!
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 19, 2013 10:01:15 GMT
Agnew will be pleased, he'll get to see some booing?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 10:01:16 GMT
Great start! Just what we needed
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