*Official* First Test at Swalec Stadium, Cardiff

[GIMH]

Anyone listening to TMS? Can only imagine how he's responding to this shambles

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

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

Fair assessment.

 

[ripper868]

collwood should be gone for multiple hits

 

[Matt79]

Hauritz mixing it up well. That last over had deliveries ranging from 77-92 kph.

 

[pasag]

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

AWTC re: Johnson.

 

[Matt79]

collwood should be gone for multiple hits

Was thinking same.

 

[Matt79]

Was thinking same.

Katich just misses again.

 

[Burgey]

Katich just misses again.

Stands too deep there imo, not that it would have made a difference on that occasion.

Kat be still!

 

[ripper868]

Would like to see hauritz given a rest here, bring some fire and brimstone in with midge and hilfy for 10 overs, then back to the spin again.

 

[andruid]

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.

methinks you and Richard are the same person

 

[GIMH]

Scorecard makes for miserable reading.

Agree with Athers, these two need to bat the next five minutes and the whole of the afternoon session.

UIMM, there's been one wicket taken in four afternoon sessions so far. Hopefully that sort of trend can continue.

 

[Top_Cat]

FFS, another part-timer?? What's the bloody point of that?

EDIT: Possibly to get one more from the other end. If so, fair enough,

 

[morgieb]

Wow, England 90/5!

1st test here we come!

 

[GIMH]

FFS, another part-timer?? What's the bloody point of that?

Just seeing out to lunch here you reckon, or does he think these are the men to take the wickets?

 

[GIMH]

So who do we think won that session then?

 

[King Pietersen]

The England team better perform an organised rain dance over the lunch interval. That's the only hope they'll have.

 

[GIMH]

FTR, I don't think we'll lose by an innings here, can see us being bowled out with not long left, leaving Australia to chase something small

 

[ripper868]

So who do we think won that session then?

haha, was going to put the same question to you mate.

 

[GIMH]

I say the 80 runs just about tip it in our favour

 

[inbox24]

England can still draw this. All they need is some application and professionalism.