*Official* First Test at Swalec Stadium, Cardiff

[superkingdave]

No he didn't but sailing very close to the wind. They just explained, once he nicks it, he can move his hands past the stumps.

Well i wasn't really being serious, it was extremely close, FWIW i think he was slightly in front when it hit the edge, but the umpire had no chance of knowing that and neither did Haddin himself.

 

[GIMH]

hauritz bowling really well. All this prank bowler talk looking a bit silly. Fair play to the guy. WAC.

 

[pasag]

Switched over to The Pursuit of Happyness for two seconds and missed the Prior wicket.

The Pursuit of Sadness more like it

 

[BoyBrumby]

**** it. Going to mow lawn. If the batsmen can't be arsed, then neither can I.

 

[oitoitoi]

That Prior dismissal was reminiscent of Bell in his last test, not the shot to be playing when there's variable bounce and your teams in trouble.

 

[GIMH]

****ting myself with every shot here.

Currently at my lowest ebb since Melbourne 06 FTR (in cricketing terms)

 

[oitoitoi]

just noticed, hauritz now has a better test bowling average than both panesar and swann....

 

[social]

Big questions need to be asked about the Eng spinners

Hauritz turned a couple squareon day 2 and is now bowling beautifully here whilst they hardly caused a problem at all

 

[Burgey]

Well i wasn't really being serious, it was extremely close, FWIW i think he was slightly in front when it hit the edge, but the umpire had no chance of knowing that and neither did Haddin himself.

Thought you were having a lend mate, but it is a bad habit for a keeper to get into, isn't it?

After a performance like this, we need to work on the big issues like that

 

[Smudge]

No he didn't but sailing very close to the wind. They just explained, once he nicks it, he can move his hands past the stumps.

Wouldn't have been the first time for our friend, Brad "Dire Greg Dyer" Haddin....

 

[Ikki]

Bounce>sidespin IMO

That's pretty much what Warne has said for a while and Murali also came to agree with later on. Getting extra bounce is probably more important than spinning it by vast amounts.

 

[Matt79]

Siddle bowling well atm. Could've easiy got two wickets that over and was worrying Prior as well.

 

[GIMH]

Athers raging at Prior. almost Bothamesque in his levels of disgust here.

 

[Redbacks]

Siddle bowling well atm. Could've easiy got two wickets that over and was worrying Prior as well.

good consistency but I think mixing it up should also be on punters mind whilst Hauri works the other end.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Any problem with that one?

Anyway, just to brighten up our English supporters on the forum, Hauritz now needs one more wicket to take as many for the match as the entire England attack.

 

[Top_Cat]

Surpried to see the part-timer on at this juncture. Would have given the ball to Midge, tbh.

 

[GIMH]

**** me dead, our batsmen are playing the way I do on EA Cricket

 

[DaRick]

Well, this is probably as well as I've seen Hauritz bowl.

He surprised Prior with exorbitant bounce and previously lured Struass into cutting a slightly quicker short one after being hit for 4.

Now for me to channel Richard:

Hauritz is still a very poor bowler. He was lucky to dismiss Strauss, as Strauss should have guided that travesty of a delivery to the fence. There was no thought in that delivery at all. Hauritz was just lucky.

His dismissal of Prior was also incredibly fortuitious and ind33d, would not occur in most conceivable circumstances, because Hauritz is really too poor a bowler to earn his wickets through what I would refer to as good bowling.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Switched over to The Pursuit of Happyness for two seconds and missed the Prior wicket.

The Pursuit of Sadness more like it

Terrible post. You should be dragged out the back and shot.

 

[Adamc]

England batsmen should be subjected to watching footage of Boycott batting for ten hours straight tomorrow. Clearly have no idea how to bat for a draw.