*Official* Third Test at the WACA

[Zinzan]

Wow, didn't realise Cook was quite so strong on the cut & square drive prior to this series

 

[morgieb]

Looks like another long day in the field.

 

[Spark]

Oh not this **** again.

Square leg should NOT be an easy single!

 

[Zinzan]

Looks like another long day in the field.

That's putting it generously, could be a long couple of days in the field for Oz

 

[TumTum]

I would rather us be thrashed this innings rather than get breakthroughs and fall short, less heartache. Hope Smith gets a decent length bowling spell, this is soooo boring.

 

[benchmark00]

Strauss looks like Kyle's younger (Canadian) brother, Ike, on South Park.

 

[benchmark00]

I would rather us be thrashed this innings rather than get breakthroughs and fall short, less heartache. Hope Smith gets a decent length bowling spell, this is soooo boring.

You should try having to read your posts on cricket.

 

[Furball]

Bit of shape from Johnson. Could be interesting.

 

[hazsa19]

That's putting it generously, could be a long couple of days in the field for Oz

Bit premature. Good start though.

 

[Spark]

Seriously is Ponting clincally ********? How many test matches before you realise that giving batsmen easy singles to square leg when you should be bowling full is a really bad idea?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I would rather us be thrashed this innings rather than get breakthroughs and fall short, less heartache. Hope Smith gets a decent length bowling spell, this is soooo boring.

How can you say it is boring?

Batting side scoring at 4 an over and a chance been created by the bowlers and not taken. Good cricket so far.

 

[social]

Wow, didn't realise Cook was quite so strong on the cut & square drive prior to this series

Strauss & Cook have always scored extremely heavily in that region

 

[Son Of Coco]

Strauss looks like Kyle's younger (Canadian) brother, Ike, on South Park.

The wagon-wheel is telling. As Healy said, looks similar to those in the other English innings. Strauss and Cook rarely being made to try an off-drive or something through cover.

 

[Howe_zat]

Wow, didn't realise Cook was quite so strong on the cut & square drive prior to this series

He's always been strong off the back foot, but has often got cramped for room. Recently he's started to move his feet a lot better and get into position to not only time the ball but to play a nice-looking shot too.

Cook now on 477 for the series, more than anyone got in the entire 2009 series.

 

[TumTum]

You should try having to read your posts on cricket.

**** you

I thought zinzan was being sarcastic...

 

[hazsa19]

Definitely something in this pitch. Won't be easy to start on either.

Hope chickens aren't being counted.

 

[SJS]

Interesting post, but regardless of what Haddin does or doesn't do Watson should still be getting into position to catch it. He doesn't move until after the ball passes him.

There are some very famous catches from the past, one of the most famous being of Knott, Brearley and Tony Greg (I think) where the slip fielder has gone for the catch but the wicket keeper has too (in a similar case, and with the two being staggered they do not hit each other and the catch is taken. i can fish out such photographs of both where keeper takes the catch and slip has covered up and the other way around.

Of course watson should have gone for it. he cant decide to go for it after using a tape measure to decide whether it was nearer to him or the keeper. The same applies to Haddin.

Its easy for people watching on telly to say who was closer. On the field, in such cases, there is no excuse for both of them.

The point I am making, however, is the poor technique of modern keepers in general and Haddin in particular in the case in point.

To talk of Watson's error(which is true) is to miss the point of Haddin's leaden feet altogether.

 

[social]

Beaten outside off stump followed by 2 gift singles on the legs

It's obviously incredibly hard to bowl on one side of the wicket

 

[hazsa19]

He's always been strong off the back foot, but has often got cramped for room. Recently he's started to move his feet a lot better and get into position to not only time the ball but to play a nice-looking shot too.

Cook now on 477 for the series, more than anyone got in the entire 2009 series.

Maybe. But you can also trust the bounce more in Australia. In England there's always risk when you play any shot really.

Oh and there's no Mcgrath and Clark. these lot seem unable to bowl more than one ball on a good length.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Definitely something in this pitch. Won't be easy to start on either.

Hope chickens aren't being counted.

No England fan is yet. Starting to relax a bit though.