*Official* First Test at Swalec Stadium, Cardiff

[ripper868]

New ball due, thats 2am...**** it....20 more minutes...i'm gonna be ****ed for tomorrow.

 

[Jono]

Swann strikes me as a complete ****. Lairizing about day 2 when everything was easy, ****ting himeslf like a big Alsatian dog here on day 5, and did **** all in between.

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Reverse sweeps pissed you off?

 

[superkingdave]

Just curious about something, what happens if England get bowled out in the last over of the day and they lead by some 10-15 runs, then would Australia be allowed to chase those runs, or would the game end in draw..?

Lose 2 overs for the change of innings..

 

[Jarquis]

New ball time, could be interesting.
So nervous TBH.

 

[Burgey]

This is a ****ing joke. Collingwood gets to run off the field and have a break. WTF? Is he crook?

 

[andruid]

This really is a good advertisement for test cricket, you just dont get this in the shorter formats.

Pity it takes 5 days for scenarios like this to occur

 

[pskov]

Just curious about something, what happens if England get bowled out in the last over of the day and they lead by some 10-15 runs, then would Australia be allowed to chase those runs, or would the game end in draw..?

If it gets that close then tough luck, should've taken the wickets sooner/declared earlier.

 

[ripper868]

Pretty sure umpires have discretion to continue play if it's forseeable a result can be reached quickly.

 

[Jono]

This really is a good advertisement for test cricket, you just dont get this in the shorter formats.

I love test cricket, but there's no way this test was a good advertisement for the game.

**** pitch, lots of ****ty batting, and at times good bowling.

That with time-wasting occurring on day 4.

Could be an exciting end, but a good test is enthralling all the way through, not in patches at the start and the end.

 

[King Pietersen]

This is a ****ing joke. Collingwood gets to run off the field and have a break. WTF? Is he crook?

It doesn't matter. We're going by overs now, not time.

 

[GIMH]

Pretty sure umpires have discretion to continue play if it's forseeable a result can be reached quickly.

Hmm, you sure about that? as surely by that logic if a team was 9 wickets down the bowling side could argue that a result could be achieved fairly quickly. Surely when time is up, it's up.

 

[ripper868]

It doesn't matter. We're going by overs now, not time.

Still a joke.
C'mon Midge, get it right

 

[S.P. Fleming]

I love test cricket, but there's no way this test was a good advertisement for the game.

**** pitch, lots of ****ty batting, and at times good bowling.

That with time-wasting occurring on day 4.

Im not doubting that the pitch as a shocker but when it comes down to scenarios like this it is at its best.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I love test cricket, but there's no way this test was a good advertisement for the game.

**** pitch, lots of ****ty batting, and at times good bowling.

That with time-wasting occurring on day 4.

Could be an exciting end, but a good test is enthralling all the way through, not in patches at the start and the end.

Inclined to agree. Day 5 has been riveting, but was pretty mediocre fayre before. Australia have been disciplined and workmanlike and we've been gash.

 

[Jono]

Mitch would be the worst Indoor Cricket bowler.

 

[pup11]

What is Mitch trying to do here..!?!

 

[Son Of Coco]

Johnson should get a maximum of two overs here to get it right. Hilfenhaus and Siddle would put a lot of pressure on.

 

[GIMH]

Swann now averaging 57, making him the best bat on either side IIRC

 

[superkingdave]

121 balls to survive (providing we make 37 runs in that time)

 

[Jono]

Draw favourites at the bookies now.