*Official* Fourth Test at Chester-le-Street

[BoyBrumby]

Yes!!!

 

[Ruckus]

dire from clarke

 

[Swingpanzee]

Broad is in one of his crazy modes.

 

[Spark]

Horrible shot

 

[Top_Cat]

Good catch by Cook, made it look easy.

Absolutely packing it at Watson coming out next to face this.

 

[NUFAN]

We've avoided the follow-on at least..

 

[hazsa19]

Yeah you would but I'm saying you shouldn't

Same as I think umpires call decisions shouldn't be a lost review

Only if they reduce the margin of error to a quarter of the ball rather than half imo.

 

[Top_Cat]

hah, no Watson. Even worse because now he'll be starting against Swann.

 

[Prince EWS]

That was absolutely village from Clarke. Don't mind him getting out to an attacking shot as such but the execution there was awful.

Broad still getting lots of movement off the deck though; he's bowled excellently but the pitch seems to have really changed in character since yesterday.

 

[TT Boy]

Terrible shot but great spell from Broad. Watson to score against this kind of bowling?

 

[uvelocity]

****house batting, poms have bowled **** we just didnt score when we had the chance

 

[GIMH]

With Clarke gone I fully expect us to be batting again by the time the whites kick off

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Broad turns up for his unplayable session. Hard luck Oz. This is why he is so far away from being dropped as discussed last night.

 

[Spikey]

Will take 140 from Smith

agree

 

[Dan]

The problem is that they shouldn't have checked for the LBW, but agree once they did check it he would have had to go.

The system is created spin a way that there is a risk associated with going for a review. If consistency is going to prevail, in that circumstance it should be England who have to call for the review and risk losing one.

Yeah, otherwise England are essentially getting a free review.

Gotta mic up the umpires so we immediately know how the batsman's been given out, otherwise the system you're suggesting wouldn't quite work IMO - how does anyone know in the case of a spinner's bat pad decision which law it has been given out under? In this circumstance it was abundantly clear Hill had given the decision caught behind, but where that distinction is blurred...

 

[LegionOfBrad]

KP clearly isn't fit.

 

[91Jmay]

Stunning spell from Broad. So frustrating in a way.

 

[Burgey]

Only if they reduce the margin of error to a quarter of the ball rather than half imo.

What an unsurprisingly absurd proposition.

I favour a 2/5th threshold myself.

 

[Swingpanzee]

****house batting, poms have bowled **** we just didnt score when we had the chance

England threw away heaps of their wickets too, even though the Aussie bowlers were pretty disciplined.

 

[Ruckus]

Reckon rogers is just really quality, should stay with the team as long as he can