***Official*** Australia in England 2012

[BoyBrumby]

Another strangle.

Was actually shaping up to be a good knock from the young fella too.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Out walks Collingwood.

 

[Jacknife]

Curtly Bopara gets another, his bowling really is underrated.

 

[Stumpcam]

That was tame, really, really tame.

I thought the Aussie coach had given these players a rocket and they were now desperate to win this game? You wouldn't believe it from the way they have been batting. It's atrocious!

 

[Howe_zat]

Ravi Bopara is genuinely the greatest bowler in the history of the universe.

 

[stumpski]

Tredwell/Bopara 4.4-1-10-4

 

[Jacknife]

Crazy isn't it, that opening spell Finn & Jimmy bowled didn't bring ****, then Tredwell & Ravi come on and get a couple each, one day cricket for you.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

That was tame, really, really tame.

I thought the Aussie coach had given these players a rocket and they were now desperate to win this game? You wouldn't believe it from the way they have been batting. It's atrocious!

He did, god knows what he will say tomorrow after this display with the bat

 

[Jacknife]

Looked a really good shout live, I thought once you could see it was bat first he was a gonna, how wrong was I.

 

[stumpski]

7-1-13-4 now from the lesser lights. Who do Australia have that can do the Bopara job? The batsmen all bowl spin don't they?

 

[greg]

He did, god knows what he will say tomorrow after this display with the bat

To be fair, batting first in a 32 over match on an unknown pitch is pretty tricky. Difficult to decide whether you are in 2020 mode (wickets massively secondary to keeping a good scoring rate) or 50 over mode (important to keep wickets in hand until deep into the innings). No idea what a good score is, and by the time you work it out it can be too late. Wade and the two runouts obviously didn't help though!

 

[BoyBrumby]

7-1-13-4 now from the lesser lights. Who do Australia have that can do the Bopara job? The batsmen all bowl spin don't they?

Warner bowled an over of seam-up in the 4th ODI.

But he really shouldn't have.

 

[Jacknife]

Bopara always seems to get the ball to do a bit of something, whether that's swing, off the seam or reverse swing.

 

[Stumpcam]

To be fair, batting first in a 32 over match on an unknown pitch is pretty tricky. Difficult to decide whether you are in 2020 mode (wickets massively secondary to keeping a good scoring rate) or 50 over mode (important to keep wickets in hand until deep into the innings). No idea what a good score is, and by the time you work it out it can be too late.

That's true, but it's pretty obvious that a run rate of less than 4 rpo is never going to be enough.

Currently 3.69 rpo, which is rubbish.

 

[social]

To be fair, batting first in a 32 over match on an unknown pitch is pretty tricky. Difficult to decide whether you are in 2020 mode (wickets massively secondary to keeping a good scoring rate) or 50 over mode (important to keep wickets in hand until deep into the innings). No idea what a good score is, and by the time you work it out it can be too late. Wade and the two runouts obviously didn't help though!

Treadwell is a pie chucker, Bopara bowls moderately useful mediums, Eng are a shocking fielding side and we're 6-100 despite plenty of missed chances

Sorry, no excuses

Oz are rubbish and Eng are much better at bowling and batting - end of

 

[stumpski]

We're hard to beat at home, true. But I don't see us winning a one-day series overseas anytime soon.

 

[MW1304]

Apart from that one a few months ago.

 

[stumpski]

Pakistan relaxed after stuffing us in the Tests.

See also ComBank series 2007.

 

[Jacknife]

Decent nick on that and carried what's the problem.

 

[Jacknife]

Pakistan relaxed after stuffing us in the Tests.

See also ComBank series 2007.

Beat SA away.