*Official* England in Australia (2 T20 & 7 ODIs)

[wellAlbidarned]

Yeah, he's getting a nice bit of inconsistent reverse, keeping the batsman unsure. Lee is bowling gun-barrel straight crap atm.

 

[Jayzamann]

Tons of runs down to third man, has been a feature of the entire series.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

And Trott brings up his hundred with his trademark push for a single. Nice knock, bang on a run a ball.

 

[Ausage]

A big total on a flatish deck is probably not the worst thing for our batting to be faced with at this point. Let's face it we're likely to have to chase a few big ones down on the subcontinent, so it will be interesting to see how our batsmen handle it.

 

[robelinda]

We will fail, this batting lineup aint scaring no-one.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

These two have got to go for broke. With so many wickets in hand, anything less than 340 will be a disappointment IMO.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Bell has been hard at work expanding his repertoire.

 

[social]

What's the aversion to bowling very full and straight these days?

It only worked for 30 years and the slower ball bouncers, etc look absolutely innocuous in comparison

 

[wellAlbidarned]

It's not like batsmen have been improving at limited overs cricket or anything aye.

 

[social]

It's not like batsmen have been improving at limited overs cricket or anything aye.

Full and straight brings wicket

Seriously, it is sooooooooooooooooooooo much easier to hit virtually anything than yorkers or something close to it

 

[pup11]

What's the aversion to bowling very full and straight these days?

It only worked for 30 years and the slower ball bouncers, etc look absolutely innocuous in comparison

Doing anything the old fashioned way just doesn't seem to be cool enough these days, but our bowlers have in particular been very disappointing through this series wherever the conditions have been flat.

England looks to heading towards a huge total and its pretty safe to say that they have this game in the bag now.

 

[four_or_six]

Excellent stuff!

I only just turned on - what has happened to Trott that he needs a runner?

 

[pup11]

Binga has been playing international cricket for ages now, guess someone in the Australian camp should have figured out by now that he isn't much of a death bowler.

 

[robelinda]

Cricinfo comment-

Trott can break IVA Richards (WI) fastest 1000 runs record in ODI. Richard scored 1000 runs in 22 matches, Trott 835 in 17 matches so far.

 

[superkingdave]

Wow our bowling looks weak today. We are going to need every run we get

 

[pup11]

Wow our bowling looks weak today. We are going to need every run we get

Very unlikely that these many runs are gonna get chased under lights at the SCG, regardless of how poor you bowling is today.

 

[Burgey]

Excellent stuff!

I only just turned on - what has happened to Trott that he needs a runner?

Doing a Ranatunga I think, though I'm not watching. Was a suggestion of cramp but it might be a strained muscle.

 

[four_or_six]

Doing a Ranatunga I think, though I'm not watching. Was a suggestion of cramp but it might be a strained muscle.

Ta We can ill afford another injury.

 

[vcs]

So... Trott is the new Amla then?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

The crowd upon watching the slo-mo replay.