four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Nasser to smack Warne round the head in 3... 2... 1...
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*Official* Second Test at Lords
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grecian
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Really didn't want the thread to get side-tracked into pointlessness. I really wish people wouldn't quote Richards replies to me.
This has been an utterly **** final session, as depressing as I can remember, other team down to three bowlers, utterly flat pitch and we've totallly thrown it away.
Sorry if that's negative, but that's the way I feel about it. The pitch will just get slower and slower and we're going to have to watch the Aussie rack up another 600+
This has been an utterly **** final session, as depressing as I can remember, other team down to three bowlers, utterly flat pitch and we've totallly thrown it away.
Sorry if that's negative, but that's the way I feel about it. The pitch will just get slower and slower and we're going to have to watch the Aussie rack up another 600+
Neil Pickup
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Loved that. Warne pretty much bang on the money, too.
Yeah if you guys can get Katich early it really is an uphill battle tbh. I think 375+ is almost guranteed though tbh. We have enough quality to get that. England will have to be very very good to stop us from getting about that.
Prince EWS
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Basically that while he believes Bopara has the talent to succeed, he's temperamentally fragile and too easy to put off his game at this stage of his career.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Yup... thought it was the bit about how Ravi signed autographs at Essex for ages as if he was a superstar where Nasser looked particularly murderous.
Neil Pickup
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"One fifty in a World Cup game that you didn't even win doesn't make a career, and you don't need to be at the ground three hours early signing autographs."
Richard
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Good batting would've seen 600 against bowling that has occasionally produced a pearler, but has mostly been wayward and unthreatening.
The reason it doesn't happen very often with England is because England often bat inadequately.
Jakester1288
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Warne is a good commentator, love listening to him.
Great captains knock by Strauss, kept out the good balls and gave the bad ones (which were plentiful at times) a good whack to the boundary. Lets get the lower order out quickly, want to be batting early tomorrow to have a shot with the rain forcast.
Great captains knock by Strauss, kept out the good balls and gave the bad ones (which were plentiful at times) a good whack to the boundary. Lets get the lower order out quickly, want to be batting early tomorrow to have a shot with the rain forcast.
tooextracool
International Coach
He does make some interesting points about Bopara though, especially regarding how he worries too much about his technique.
Richard
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There's no reason at all. Broad doesn't knuckle down all that often though, and I certainly don't expect him to do so here.
As for Strauss, England can as I said earlier be very grateful for those 3 let-offs Australia gave him, as we'd be in real, real trouble if he'd been out for 48 or 52. Wonder if he can filch a double-century from here?
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four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
16 times in the last 30 years... that's one innings every couple of seasons. I really don't think it's that easy to get 600 against any reasonably decent attack, which this one is... even if it's not fantastic.
marc71178
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Should be at 8 for England IMO
tooextracool
International Coach
Forgotten about how much Strauss loves this ground. Well played to him, played to his strengths as usual even if Australia helped him out considerably with that. Strauss is one of the worst players to let get settled because invariably he scores a 100.