*Official* Third Test at Old Trafford

[Adders]

As mentioned.. this needs to be treated as a one day game now..

Have you ever seen a field set like this in a one day game??

 

[Prince EWS]

Does anyone else find it slightly amusing that after Clarke finally tonned up at four, he went back to five in the next innings anyway?

The tactics behind it are fine obviously because this is hardly a normal innings for Australia, but I still find it pretty funny.

 

[MW1304]

Ooooh that's embarro.

 

[Maximas]

ew

 

[Ruckus]

good for us

 

[Spark]

Well that is an odd way to get out

 

[Cabinet96]

****, bad moment for England there.

 

[Swingpanzee]

Haha.

 

[Ruckus]

Does anyone else find it slightly amusing that after Clarke finally tonned up at four, he went back to five in the next innings anyway?

The tactics behind it are fine obviously because this is hardly a normal innings for Australia, but I still find it pretty funny.

said he didn't feel comfortable at all even though he made a big hundred.

 

[Cabinet96]

Well that is an odd way to get out

Bit of an odd innings really. I know he's not a biffer, but Australia could've really done with a bit more acceleration with plenty more batting in the shed.

 

[Pothas]

****, bad moment for England there.

Yeah, not good at all.

 

[Garson007]

Yessssssssssssssssssssssss.

 

[Swingpanzee]

As mentioned.. this needs to be treated as a one day game now.. up the tempo.. make a declaration and give the poms 350 to chase in about 4 sessions.. Aussie bowlers then need to bowl with gutso and anger, line and length and take wickets! - pretty simple, really

It's even simpler for England to draw. Just smash the cherry into the ground for another day.

 

[Maximas]

I feel this match is heading in the direction of the SL-Aus match at Hobart last year, it took till late day 5 to get a result there with not much rain.

 

[Spark]

said he didn't feel comfortable at all even though he made a big hundred.

Think that was more to do with the fact he never really looked in top nick imo

 

[Garson007]

Already got a good lead, just get to 300 before tea and declare.

 

[Ruckus]

Think that was more to do with the fact he never really looked in top nick imo

i think he said it specifically in the context of batting at 4 though, and if he wanted to stay there

 

[Ruckus]

clarke batting at a run a ball, wag

 

[ajdude]

It's just really boring when they strain so hard to make a relevant comments about it though. The fact that both bowl a bit of spin themselves means it's not that unlikely that they could dismiss each other, especially Root dismissing Warner in the ODI's.

What are Cricinfo trying to be, a respectable form of cricket media, or a website that tries to make tabloid relevant things in their headlines?

better than

 

[Cabinet96]

Brezza!