*Official* Fourth Test at the MCG

[Johnners]

that was so good.

 

[Burgey]

Highlights on Fox News now. How great to hear Bill commentating?

I got the impression from that little interview with him at tea that he might be pulling the pin

 

[Maximas]

Any rain in Geelong?

Nah man, some rubbish blowing towards melbourne though, might blow over the pitch at some point tomorrow

 

[Burgey]

Nah man, some rubbish blowing towards melbourne though, might blow over the pitch at some point tomorrow

I was in Melbourne a few weeks ago and can indeed confirm it is rubbish

 

[Hooksey]

The perfect start for Australia. 200 to get. 10 wickets.

Those last wicket runs this morning invaluable in the scheme of things.

 

[Burgey]

If only C00ta-Nile had caught KP in the first dig, Australia could have taken the extra half hour tonight.

 

[Ponting is King]

How pathetic are those Poms?

 

[Son Of Coco]

I feel like in years to come we'll be talking about GOAT shows like The Sopranos, The Wire, Fat Tony & Co, Six Feet Under etc

You forgot 'Schapelle:My Story'. Will be made into a musical for sure!

 

[BeeGee]

I am off to bed, expect us to be 180 all out and Aus 120-1 by close.

Night

Nice call on 180. We'll have to see about the 120-1 tomorrow.

 

[karan316]

Expecting Panesar to do some damage.

 

[Shri]

Expecting Panesar to do some damage.

Well, keep expecting.

 

[Ausage]

Lyon should hit the pillow tonight deeply satisfied with his days work. Yeah the poms batted poorly and the wind helped but man those wickets came at an absolutely crucial moment. The runs were just gravy. WAG.

 

[Ausage]

Also the umpires needing to refer a bowled upstairs is a new low.

 

[wpdavid]

How pathetic are those Poms?

As bad as I've ever seen, and I've seen a fair bit of crap over the years. But for sheer bone-headedly spineless stupidity, this lot take the biscuit. Bring on the bad eggs and rotten fruit when they fly home. Preferably tomorrow night. There's no point to keeping the useless ****s out there any longer.

 

[Ponting is King]

Expecting Panesar to do some damage.

Is he going to piss on them?

 

[Shri]

That was a bit of a bonus. I think India needs a top reverse-swinging spell from Shami now to do any real damage.

Yeah, screw the Ashes. We have clearly got the Ash in the Ashes.

 

[Dissector]

Haha, you caught my post just before deletion. This test was looking quite interesting actually ; hopefully the English bowlers can make something of it tomorrow.

 

[fredfertang]

As bad as I've ever seen, and I've seen a fair bit of crap over the years. But for sheer bone-headedly spineless stupidity, this lot take the biscuit. Bring on the bad eggs and rotten fruit when they fly home. Preferably tomorrow night. There's no point to keeping the useless ****s out there any longer.

I don't disagree but have to say that I think the management have suddenly lost the ability to communicate with the players. At no time have all eleven appeared to be singing from the same hymn sheet and that hasn't been a problem for years. I can only surmise that Cook's travails with the bat have adversely affected his captaincy - never thought I'd say this but I think he needs some time back in the ranks and that the arsehole Pietersen should get the captaincy back for a while - he might even make a decent fist of it

 

[Hurricane]

I was appalled with the innings of Bresnan and Broad.
1) They tried to get off the mark with expansive shots
2) The ball wasn't there for that shot for either of them
3) It wasn't their role to hit boundaries. In fact if they had just faced maidens it would have served a purpose as then KP might have seen off Johnson and then they could have blasted after that.

If you are going to be a test match number 8 or number 9 then you have duty to take it seriously not just have a larrup. I don't mind if numbers 10 or 11 bat irresponsibly however as the game shouldn't come down to them.

England don't deserve to win this and they probably know it.

 

[NUFAN]

Is it true that England will be ranked number 5 in the world if they lose this match? Its hard to comprehend really if that is the case as a couple months ago they were rightfully one of the best couple of teams.