*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

[andyc]

Channel 9 definitely just spelt KP's name as Pieterson on that graphic.

 

[Spark]

There's the image.

 

[Spark]

Nice delivery

 

[Cabinet96]

Has a wicket ever felt so pointless.

Why are we here?

 

[andyc]

Australia in trouble at 1/402.

 

[Spark]

402 run lead "Australia in trouble early"

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah declare an hour before lunch tomorrow at the earliest. Make England bowl across all four days of the Test.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. It would mean we'd have 175 overs to get England out, 3 opportunities with the new ball. From an England point of view, if they can manage to bat those overs out and bat first at Perth, the whole series momentum could have changed.

I really wish we had of bowled again. Rubbish start from the batsman..

 

[Spark]

Oh come on, don't be dumb.

 

[andyc]

Australia in trouble at 2/402.

 

[ajdude]

you know i'm actually not sad about watson being out

 

[Jono]

Twattooooooooooooooooooo

 

[JontyPanesar]

LOL Typical Ian Chappell.

England's captain trying to improve the psychological state of his team with words and instructions is a "waste of time"

To be honest, I don't think England's troubles are really a psychological thing. They've come into this series so clearly unprepared and many with the same technical flaws they had in England. I realize Trott has his issues, but he also was making the same exact set of mistakes and just looked flat out unprepared. They say the English thinktank and Cook's captaincy relies on rigorous statistical analysis. Not seen much of that while they've been in Oz

 

[Spark]

It would be pretty odd if we got bundled out for 100 here.

And then won by 250.

 

[Top_Cat]

God.

 

[NUFAN]

We might not even need to worry about declaring at this rate.

 

[wiff]

Oh my

 

[Top_Cat]

It is actually important how quickly the Aussies fold here, tbh. Even if they win this one by heaps, a good bowling performance could fire up Broad or Anderson for Perth and beyond.

 

[morgieb]

Thankfully we already lead by 400.

 

[JontyPanesar]

Last test innings for Watson? I've been a big Watson fan, but now the runs are simply not flowing and injury is no longer an excuse

 

[Spark]

Would be curious to know where this swing was on Days 1 and 2 though