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*Official* Fourth Test at Headingley
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Craig
World Traveller
I have to say I have started to change my tune of Clarke in this series. I knew he was a good batsman, but I thought he was bit of a bottler and getting out when Australia needed him to stay in there (ie getting out just before stumps), but he has hung in there and played some big knocks when it was needed for him to step up.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Yup. I still think the key play at Edgy was when Hussey somehow survived against Onions towards the end of Day 4. Had he gone, as he really should, then we'd have had a good chance. Here, he's comprehensively outbowled far more experienced team-mates.
pasag
RTDAS
Already got one a week back didn't he?
pasag
RTDAS
Mitch for a 50.
archie mac
International Coach
Everyone has it all wrong
The English captain does not want to get the Aussies out!
He wants them to stay in as long as possible, maybe even until tea on day three, this will give England a better chance of drawing the match. If he bowled them out for 200, the game may be over by tomorrow.
What a captain
The English captain does not want to get the Aussies out!
He wants them to stay in as long as possible, maybe even until tea on day three, this will give England a better chance of drawing the match. If he bowled them out for 200, the game may be over by tomorrow.
What a captain
JBH001
International Regular
Yes, that too. Not going to be pretty - unless you are Australian, of course.
Wonder if Ponting will declare late this evening. Dont think he will tbh. Plenty of time left in the test.
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I don't really think England were ever going to force a result in that game. In the context of Australia's horrid performances there and at Lord's, and the growing pessimism of Aussie fans, a near-impossible task turned into a 50-50 call in a lot of people's minds.
When Australia did save the game comfortably it seemed to give them a lift.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
irfan
State Captain
Ambrose was on as a standby.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
As much as you could blame the bowlers, most of the responsibility lies with the batsmen and the captain. England have been totally rudderless. Anderson has been plain awful. Harmison seems to have been told to bang every ball in halfway, with mostly bad results. Broad's been told to bowl miles outside. Onions hasn't bowled enough and neither has Swann.
Strauss has given up this game a long time ago, his captaincy seems to go through the motions without actually reacting to the game situation, totally lacking in any instinct or creativity and he's an uninspiring leader. He just lets teams race away - he's got 5 bowlers but he's too thick to use them properly. The finger spinner is the obvious option when someone is blitzing the seamers, but he just feeds the batsmen more of the same. It happened in Cardiff on the second day and it's happened here.
Strauss has given up this game a long time ago, his captaincy seems to go through the motions without actually reacting to the game situation, totally lacking in any instinct or creativity and he's an uninspiring leader. He just lets teams race away - he's got 5 bowlers but he's too thick to use them properly. The finger spinner is the obvious option when someone is blitzing the seamers, but he just feeds the batsmen more of the same. It happened in Cardiff on the second day and it's happened here.
Mr_Cricket
Cricket Spectator
Yea i agree took Strauss 60 overs to get Swann and Onions into the attack. WHAT A JOKE
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
While we're on lunch, here are some of my photos from yesterday. I'm not much of a photographer so a lot of my action shots are pretty mundane tbh.
Never seen this ad before, Pizzorno will love it
I like this one
Ravi hit one, amazing!
Jimmeh getting out
If I wasn't a biased, one-eyed moron I'd have enjoyed the partnership between chimp and Watto. They were brilliant.
Never seen this ad before, Pizzorno will love it
I like this one
Ravi hit one, amazing!
Jimmeh getting out
If I wasn't a biased, one-eyed moron I'd have enjoyed the partnership between chimp and Watto. They were brilliant.
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
Strauss is a joke of a captain, granted. But the bowlers have to - absolutely, have to - take a lot of the blame. I mean, come on. Every bowler yesterday was moving the ball in the air quite a distance. There was a lot there for the bowlers. Instead of bowling it full - which any newb could have told you - they kept pitching it short. Everybody and their grandmother knows Ponting will destroy anything that is short; are you guys seriously suggesting that is what Strauss was actually aiming for?
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
As Beefy said, tht's nothing to defend but let's be serious, Eng have been absolutely friggin' woeful and the only surprise is that it's taken this long to show
After all, Jimmy, Harmy and Broad have done nothing more than the bowl the way they have for most of their careers
Truly shocking performance
Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
Strauss should resign as skipper honestly, off the back of this. Disasterous performance with the ball - worse than the batting. How did Swann and Onions take so long to get a bowl? Why is no-one telling Harmison to bowl a proper length, or Broad a proper line? That was in all seriousness the worst session of captaincy by a fielding skipper I can recall. Don't buy that it's the bowlers fault - the fields set have suggested they are bowling what the skipper wants - or that no one knows what they are meant to be bowling.