*Official* Second Test at Lords

[Pizzorno]

That sub-fielder that just fielded the ball that went to the boundry off Broad's bowling looks disturbingly like you.

I've seen black people who look more like me than him.

 

[superkingdave]

Jimmmehhh!!!!!

 

[duffer]

Marcus you twit. FFS!

 

[Richard]

Well, Anderson gets North... ge'in.

 

[pup11]

****

 

[Jamee999]

Jimmeh ****ing Anderson

 

[.matt]

North is a douche. Why did he try play that shot? He could of batted the next 3 days if he wanted.

 

[Burgey]

Anderson washes down a couole of mints and gets North with a horror shot.

 

[Pizzorno]

Sir James of Anderson!

But that's bad news. Johnson and Haddin batting in tandem with Broad bowling dross at the other end. Not looking good.

 

[S Chanderpaul]

Is right Jimmy lad.

Another five-for on the way.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Nobody can match English cricket fans for pessimism. Australia are 286 runs behind and it's the last pair before the bowlers in. You couldn't really have hoped for anything better at the start of the match, or the start of the day.

Yeah, Hauritz and Siddle could both crack double hundreds and then Ponting could nip out a quick five wickets with his outswingers, but realistically England are well on top. Enjoy it or something.

edit: Scrap that, it is the bowlers in now.

 

[sirdj]

heheh...Australia in a bit of a pickle.

 

[Demolition Man]

Being really unfair to Clarke, has easily been the most reliable and resilient Australian batsman since the last Indian tour,. has been consistently scoring tough runs for his team, and as it has already been said, can't expect him to do the job all the time.

Agreed, he has been consistent, but again I reiterate he is prone to crumbling cheaply when pressure is being applied.

 

[four_or_six]

Wow... three wickets on the way home. Am absoutely soaked to the bone, but that was great!

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Interesting to see Johnson vs Anderson

 

[Richard]

North is a douche. Why did he try play that shot? He could of batted the next 3 days if he wanted.

Not without playing a few shots that scored him a few runs he couldn't have.

Almost there for the shot, just not quite. He's just scored consecutive unbeaten centuries. He can't score every innings.

Australia are paying for their bowlers' inability to cash-in on a superlative batting performance. England must now take advantage of that.

 

[Richard]

Nobody can match English cricket fans for pessimism. Australia are 286 runs behind and it's the last pair before the bowlers in. You couldn't really have hoped for anything better at the start of the match, or the start of the day.

Yeah, Hauritz and Siddle could both crack double hundreds and then Ponting could nip out a quick five wickets with his outswingers, but realistically England are well on top. Enjoy it or something.

edit: Scrap that, it is the bowlers in now.

I'm enjoying it all the more every unexpected wicket that falls. Just because I don't expect it to be kept-up doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the fact that it keeps being... so far. I'll rest truly once Australia are ao and we're back in with the bat hopefully to assuage the memories of our dire first-innings capitulation.

 

[.matt]

Not without playing a few shots that scored him a few runs he couldn't have.

Almost there for the shot, just not quite. He's just scored consecutive unbeaten centuries. He can't score every innings.

Australia are paying for their bowlers' inability to cash-in on a superlative batting performance. England must now take advantage of that.

Would rather 0 off 500 from one of our batsmen then getting rolled for 150 and being put in a losing position.

 

[Demolition Man]

FFS hold onto your pants people England have 12 wickets for the series now, 1 of those was haddin out slogging for quick runs in cardiff, plenty of time for the aussies to recover.The ball has done pretty much nothing at all, just some poor shots from the aussies and tighter english bowling.

 

[duffer]

When's that rain coming?