*Official* Fourth Test at Chester-le-Street

[Pothas]

Got to love that. Played again Bell.

 

[91Jmay]

Sheer class.

 

[grecian]

Well done, the Iron man, clearly the gutsiest player in the world, ever.

 

[Expressway76]

I never would have thought that this would be the series in which I actually look forward to the steady run scoring rock that is Ian Bell coming out to bat, WAG.

 

[Spark]

A bit impatient here. Two lengths etc.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

nah serious. he's taken a couple of good grabs but his footwork all series has been rat ****. he's frequently being forced to dive when he should never have to. he's been alright because he's got really good hands, and it looks flashy and cool but it's not good keeping.

I'm a big fan of footwork. But since Lord's he's improved a lot. He's not great, he's better than Wade though. Personally I wish we still chose keepers who could catch, had good foot work etc. But ever since Gilchrist took over we've rated batting higher than catching.

 

[Prince EWS]

yeah the biggest comparison is that haddin gets into the wrong positions, but still takes everything cleanly in the middle of the gloves. It's not an issue until it gets to the point where he needs to cover more than a regulation amount of ground, in some way like for that last chance*. wade on the other hand, maybe has better footwork, getting into the right spots, but then just straight out drops the ball. his hands are so ****.

* fundamentally he should have been further the other way, if his footwork was more technically correct the chance would have been even more difficult.

Yeah this is spot on. I think if you analysed Wade and Haddin on a technical basis you'd not say Haddin was significantly better, but he's a natural wicket keeper. Wade is someone who is going to have to be really technically sound to be Test standard.

 

[GIMH]

Here you go NUFAN

 

[BeeGee]

Nice 50. Been impressive this series.

Huge partnership this. Some lovely batting on a tricky pitch.

 

[Riggins]

yeah technique-wise he's not a bad keeper. other than the fact he just drops everything. edges, takes, returns from the outfield, the lot. [edit - wade]

I'm a big fan of footwork. But since Lord's he's improved a lot.

nah, it's been exactly the same, he's just held onto some tough chances, which is good, but not related to his footwork.

 

[Stapel]

Various people here and also a few commentators think 200 runs would be a stiff target for the 4th innings. Is that really so?

At what size of a lead would we consider things 50-50?

you could try a different "tv"\\@stapel

?

 

[GIMH]

Nice way to go to a 50 - 11 consecutive ashes tests or something

I make it 11 in his last 14

Didn't get past 50 at Melbourne last time or at Headingley in 09 plus one in the 06-07 series I think

 

[Spikey]

Yeah this is spot on. I think if you analysed Wade and Haddin on a technical basis you'd not say Haddin was significantly better, but he's a natural wicket keeper. Wade is someone who is going to have to be really technically sound to be Test standard.

wade's footwork has always struck me as much the same as haddin's

 

[GIMH]

Got a bad feeling about Lyon

 

[GIMH]

Bizarre.

 

[Spark]

**** me dead

 

[Swingpanzee]

**** almost gone. What the hell was Kevin doing?

 

[Spikey]

changing down the wicket and getting an edge is always a safe 4 imo

 

[Pothas]

Got a bad feeling about Lyon

Well. That was horrid.

 

[Swingpanzee]

Haddin did well to miss that.