*Official* First Test at Swalec Stadium, Cardiff

[Son Of Coco]

That's funny. The feed in Sydney (check Vicky's post) also showed it pitching outside. You watching the right game?

Great partnership this, really giving England the boost we needed. Get these 2 up to open for the 2nd innings I reckon.

Hauritz gets himself a cheap wicket. He's in for the rest of the series lads.

Yeah I am, had the sound on and was listening to the commentators too.

 

[Top_Cat]

VB = most patronising ad evar.

EDIT: Except perhaps this one;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td6m3OhO5zE

 

[wfdu_ben91]

That's funny. The feed in Sydney (check Vicky's post) also showed it pitching outside. You watching the right game?

Great partnership this, really giving England the boost we needed. Get these 2 up to open for the 2nd innings I reckon.

Hauritz gets himself a cheap wicket. He's in for the rest of the series lads.

What does it matter if only a quarter of the ball pitches inside the line of the stumps?! It only takes a quarter of the ball to knock the bails off... FFS!

I knew this would happen... England get over 400 and we'll be in deep trouble by the end of the days play at something like 6/150.. but we'll end up getting a draw out of it.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Haha. Reverse forward defensive (nearly). Brilliant.

 

[chalky]

Swann trying the switch hit

 

[Burgey]

It seems like the more it turns the worse he does.

Tailenders in slogging shocker!

No appreciable swing this morning, even for Hilf. Interesting.

 

[pup11]

Australia's incompotence against the tailenders has once again been exposed here today, and it virtually kills Australia's chance of winning this test, unless England play really poorly from here on, would do well to get out of this game with a draw now.

 

[Top_Cat]

Swann showing the pitch really isn't that bad for batting. There's some movement in the air and slow turn but really, Aus should challenge this total at least.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

What does it matter if only a quarter of the ball pitches inside the line of the stumps?! It only takes a quarter of the ball to knock the bails off... FFS!

Erm. That's the Laws of the game - rightly, or wrongly.

 

[vicky]

Don't think we can win the series if Hauritz keeps on playing after this test.

same number of wickets as Hilfenhaus and Siddle so far... just saying...

 

[S Chanderpaul]

Solid defence by Monty!!

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Erm. That's the Laws of the game - rightly, or wrongly.

Wrongly. Surely common sense has to prevail.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Tailenders in slogging shocker!

No appreciable swing this morning, even for Hilf. Interesting.

Except that Swann has a good FC record, which is a bit of a concern. He's not a rank tailender unfortunately.

 

[vicky]

Wrongly. Surely common sense has to prevail.

Same logic could be used to argue that it doesn't matter if the whole ball pitches outside the line of leg... if it's gonna hit the stumps who cares where pitches... or indeed whether it strikes the batsman in line...

unfortunately what you are proposing is a re-writing of the lbw law which I don't think Doctrove has the authority to do...

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

We are in deep, deep poop.

 

[wpdavid]

Except that Swann has a good FC record, which is a bit of a concern. He's not a rank tailender unfortunately.

Currently averaging 50 in test matches.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Wrongly. Surely common sense has to prevail.

Well, its an interesting question but is pretty similar to the "if its going to hit the stumps, it should be out argument". As long as you can't be out Lbw when the ball pitches outside leg, there'll need to be a dividing line and I can't see that there would be much of an improvement to the game in tinkering with this.

Mind you, the game is too much in favour of batsmen at the moment, so give the ****er out

 

[wfdu_ben91]

oh my god

 

[alternative]

Haha, loving this.

 

[Top_Cat]

Haha, now that one there can surely be no doubt at all.....