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*Official* First Test at the Gabba
- Thread starter James
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pasag
RTDAS
Don't blame you though, even fell asleep myself watching Cook batting. Been a while since I fell asleep during the day.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
cbf to catch up 8 40ppp pages when I got up
Might read through them in work later though; fairly sure my contracts prevents me from actually doing work on Ashes days
Burgey
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And tbf, Athers is well placed to judge.
NasserFan207
International Vice-Captain
Hilfenhaus can't just bowl legcutters over and over, he needs to mix in the off-cutter to avoid becoming totally predictable.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Happy to be bored all series long if he's scoring runs
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Reckon Watson's the most likely to get him out, TBF. Simply because he feels prepared to drive Watson, whereas he'll just leave all those balls against the three main quicks.
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Having a really ordinary day at the office.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Drying up Bell at this stage would be the plan. Has a lot of starts against Australia, and in general this is the time where they've dried him up and made him work really hard for his runs. Dry him up, and dictate the pace of the game to him.
In the Aus A game, he got onto Smith at this stage and set his innings alight. Ends up with 192.
In the Aus A game, he got onto Smith at this stage and set his innings alight. Ends up with 192.
NasserFan207
International Vice-Captain
As said, Australia are waiting for England to make a mistake with these tactics. It might work, but if the English batsman stay focused there's no reason why they should feel threatened.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
If the selectors judged him on what he looks like when he bowls he'd never play again, but I still think he'll produce one or two of his patented magical balls from amidst the (undeniable) gash and winkle out a couple.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Mentioned the pitch being pretty similar, but thought earlier that even the way that the Poms (aside from Strauss) have gotten starts, Australia not bowling amazingly but bowling well in patches, and the slowness of the pitch combine to create a similar nature of game.
