*Official* Second Test at Lords

[Craig]

They should go the tonk IMO.

 

[TT Boy]

Hilfenhaus finally taking wickets... his Stuart Broad-esque bowling average doesn't do him justice, tbh.

It did considering he was awful in South Africa and his average reflected that.

 

[Jakester1288]

Broad shouldn't be playing. Was he picked because he offers something with the ball or because he offers something with the bat? Either decision is a wrong one, IMO.

 

[Richard]

7 wickets lost for 100 odd.

196 for 0 to -400ao. Abysmal stuff.

At least there's the consolation of another duckless Anderson knock.

 

[TT Boy]

Wicket looks to have quickened up. The ball was past Jimmy before he even played a shot.

 

[Pizzorno]

Broad shouldn't be playing. Was he picked because he offers something with the ball or because he offers something with the bat? Either decision is a wrong one, IMO.

Because his dad's slipping a few brown envelopes to the selectors.

 

[wfdu_ben91]

It did considering he was awful in South Africa and his average reflected that.

Nah, just Siddle and Johnson were awesome. Hilfenhaus played his role well.

 

[tooextracool]

If Stuart Broad takes the new ball ahead of OnIons, Im going to be very very upset.

 

[four_or_six]

Oh yes... and that's Jimmy off the mark.

 

[Richard]

If Stuart Broad takes the new ball ahead of OnIons, Im going to be very very upset.

Surely not.

 

[TT Boy]

Nah, just Siddle and Johnson were awesome. Hilfenhaus played his role well.

Not taking wickets, bowling too short and getting stick? He was rank.

 

[Richard]

Nah, just Siddle and Johnson were awesome. Hilfenhaus played his role well.

Some claim that, some claim he was innocuous in good bowling conditions. One thing's for sure, he didn't "play his role" because no-one would've told him "don't try to take wickets".

 

[wpdavid]

196 for 0 to -400ao. Abysmal stuff.

At least there's the consolation of another duckless Anderson knock.

Abysmal is being generous imo.

Andy Salzman the other day was saying if this lot an open-top bus trip around London they'll have to queue like the rest of the tourists. Personally I'd like to see them do it & get pelted with whatever crap people can lay their hands on for the way they've approached this series. If they have a brain between them, I've not seen it.

 

[Richard]

Abysmal is being generous imo.

Andy Salzman the other day was saying if this lot an open-top bus trip around London they'll have to queue like the rest of the tourists. Personally I'd like to see them do it & get pelted with whatever crap people can lay their hands on for the way they've approached this series. If they have a brain between them, I've not seen it.

Only hope now as I say is that the bowlers outdo themselves and England thus get a chance to do better in the second-innings before any such time as the pitch deteriorates.

 

[JBH001]

!@#$%^&*(*&^%$ England.

 

[four_or_six]

No way is this abysmal... we've got 379 runs in the bank, and it's good bowling conditions. It's average, perhaps, but not abysmal.

 

[Pizzorno]

No way is this abysmal... we've got 379 runs in the bank, and it's good bowling conditions. It's average, perhaps, but not abysmal.

But some part of you must realise that we are England and we don't do cricket like the other teams.

 

[TT Boy]

Anderson could bat 8 in the future. Looks decent, if limited.

 

[Uppercut]

I think that's a bit harsh. Australia themselves only started taking wickets when the ball started swinging.

Yeah, you're right. Australia have difficulty bowling on flat pitches too. I still expect a draw, but England's best chance of victory is to get Australia in while the ball's swinging.

 

[tooextracool]

No way is this abysmal... we've got 379 runs in the bank, and it's good bowling conditions. It's average, perhaps, but not abysmal.

Its this sort of attitude that England have also maintained and is why they will never be anywhere near the best team in the world anytime soon.