*Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

[Gob]

600 plus?

Hold on there Ricky

 

[Son Of Coco]

Obviously he had mute on during the away Ashes where the barmies continued to support the team loudly. And, you know, every Test we've played since...

I thought I'd test out the theory that these sort of jokes are funny, but only when they're not on us...seem's like it's a valid one.

Let's get back to chatting about Voges being a cheat and taking that seriously shall we? That was fun.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shades of Ashwin from Ponting there with the 600 predictions.

 

[Gnske]

wtf was Jimmy Anderson doing with that dismissal against Starc

I remember him being a solid, sensible blocking tail-ender who never threw his wicket away

Smashing 80 odd against the best pace attack ever to have visited England can do things for your confidence.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Would like to think England will bowl a little more like us at some stage. They've been pretty good so far.

 

[Prince EWS]

Elaborate

Doesn't get much out of his run-up, tries to do it all in the delivery stride+release and then bowls with a half side-on, half front-on action. Those sort of unbalanced, mixed bowling actions are really discouraged by bowling coaches as they tend to lead to injury and inconsistency, and given he's been injured so much in his First Class career it's a surprise no-one's told him to bin the whole thing and start again. To be fair, his action is less 'mixed' in that way than it used to be -- he really did used to look like he was going to bowl completely front on and then twist himself in knots midway through his delivery jump.

 

[GIMH]

I thought I'd test out the theory that these sort of jokes are funny, but only when they're not on us...seem's like it's a valid one.

Let's get back to chatting about Voges being a cheat and taking that seriously shall we? That was fun.

 

[Burgey]

Elaborate

It's a very raw approach to the wicket wich must place a huge station in his body. You ted
Not tie see it mush thee days

 

[ajdude]

It's a very raw approach to the wicket wich must place a huge station in his body. You ted
Not tie see it mush thee days

on the turps this early?

 

[weldone]

Doesn't get much out of his run-up, tries to do it all in the delivery stride+release and then bowls with a half side-on, half front-on action. Those sort of unbalanced, mixed bowling actions are really discouraged by bowling coaches as they tend to lead to injury and inconsistency, and given he's been injured so much in his First Class career it's a surprise no-one's told him to bin the whole thing and start again. To be fair, his action is less 'mixed' in that way than it used to be -- he really did used to look like he was going to bowl completely front on and then twist himself in knots midway through his delivery jump.

Ok so another Simon Jones in the making

 

[Prince EWS]

on the turps this early?

I think he's back home now so it's not exactly early.

 

[Burgey]

600 plus?

Hold on there Ricky

Why wouldn't they be looking a that? It's as flat as a pancake and England has two bowlers.

You'd think they were facing Larwood and Tyson the way blokes on here are talking.

Anderson is a medium pacer these days who made the batsmen pay three balls pre lunch. His frost spell was Starc's opening salvo, only 20 mph slower and right handed. Cod ordinary. Broad is hotter and colder than a reheated microwave toastie. Wood is unproven but I mean look at that action. Be a miracle if he hits the deck. Stokes is shoddy cannon fodder and Ali is pus.

Let's get realistic here, people. Australia will be aiming at 600 plus here, and if they lose more thann two wickets getting there they will be annoyed at themselves.

 

[ajdude]

I think he's back home now so it's not exactly early.

spoilers man, i'm still catching up on his Tom Moore adventures

 

[Furball]

Why wouldn't they be looking a that? It's as flat as a pancake and England has two bowlers.

You'd think they were facing Larwood and Tyson the way blokes on here are talking.

Anderson is a medium pacer these days who made the batsmen pay three balls pre lunch. His frost spell was Starc's opening salvo, only 20 mph slower and right handed. Cod ordinary. Broad is hotter and colder than a reheated microwave toastie. Wood is unproven but I mean look at that action. Be a miracle if he hits the deck. Stokes is shoddy cannon fodder and Ali is pus.

Let's get realistic here, people. Australia will be aiming at 600 plus here, and if they lose more thann two wickets getting there they will be annoyed at themselves.

He's back ladies and gentlemen.

 

[TheJediBrah]

English bowlers are looking even more innocuous than the Aussies

 

[wpdavid]

Looks like Warner's got his eye in.

 

[ajdude]

outside leg m8

 

[King Pietersen]

OUT! Been reviewed, I didn't think it looked out live, but might be wrong.

 

[Uppercut]

Surely not? LBW for an outswinger to the left-hander?

 

[wpdavid]

He's back ladies and gentlemen.

And he's not entirely wrong. I'll be astonished if Jimmy's test average is still below 30 at the end of this series.