*Official* Third Test at the WACA

[LongHopCassidy]

Bell the eternal optimist taking a new guard.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Good to see Pietersen doing his bit to ensure two new guys are at the crease together. Such a team player.

Agree on Siddle too, has bowled well this series, just hasn't got the rewards (apart from KP nearly every time).

 

[Top_Cat]

Great, pro Test bowling from Siddle at the moment. Bell's got nothing.

 

[Uppercut]

Yet again we find ourselves in a situation which instantly begs the question - "why is Ian Bell not batting at 3?" How can you ever hope to compete on a consistent basis if your batting is based on an assumption (not just the possibility) of permanent crisis when the best batsmen is playing himself in? A crisis which would be less likely if he was at 3.

Rearranging the deckchairs.

 

[Burgey]

Why does Lyon get away with so many pies? Clarke has such immense field settings, a carry over from the series in England.

He hardly bowls pies, but Australia is hunting as a pack. If England was scoring more freely the pressure would be on Lyon. But every bowler is contributing. It's the best we have bowled since Warne and McGrath retired

 

[91Jmay]

Australia need another wicket tbf.

At this stage they were 143-5. #advantageEngland

 

[Johnners]

No-one cares, Chappeli.

 

[91Jmay]

Oh god. Ben Stokes against spin.

 

[centurymaker]

There have been a lot of play and misses this innings, but no one has been caught in the slips.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Good pie from Lyon first up to Stokes. Stokes clearly avoiding the carbs.

 

[91Jmay]

Good pie from Lyon first up to Stokes. Stokes clearly avoiding the carbs.

Leg stump dart followed by another long hop.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Bowl your straight one Nathan...Stokes doesn't seem to be reading it that well.

 

[Johnners]

There have been a lot of play and misses this innings, but no one has been caught in the slips.

Been 3/4 fall agonizingly short though.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Leg stump dart followed by another long hop.

He turned one too though...and a couple left close to the stumps. He doesn't have enough control to land everything all the time. But if we're talking pies, how's Swanny going?

 

[91Jmay]

He turned one too though...and a couple left close to the stumps. He doesn't have enough to land everything all the time. But if we're talking pies, how's Swanny going?

3 Ashes series and 160 more wickets at a better average at last count mate

 

[Cabinet96]

Who'd have thought commentators would question people getting out to Ryan Harris as a consequence of losing concentration after seeing off Mitchell Johnson before this series.

 

[91Jmay]

FTR I do rate Lyon though. He has just got away with some loose balls at times today that England haven't put away.

 

[Jono]

Why KP will always be short of that all-time greatness. Idiot.

 

[Spark]

Who'd have thought commentators would question people getting out to Ryan Harris as a consequence of losing concentration after seeing off Mitchell Johnson before this series.

I don't you can really think about seeing off any of this attack. They're relentless.

This innings has been so typical of what we're talking about about this attack and Clarke's captaincy though: always in total control of the game. They just make the game flow exactly how they want it to.

 

[Johnners]

wtf ch9