***Official*** 3rd Test at the WACA

[aussie]

ha, Jones is such a waste..

 

[Dravid]

ha, Jones is such a waste..

Werd yo

 

[Fusion]

Better company than usual. No arguments, every comment was right on and agreed with all the other comments.

 

[Nate]

Jones... what will we do with you?

 

[aussie]

Big Freddie's bowling has looked flatter every innings since the 1st innings in Brisbane. I wonder if its his ankle, the burden or doing the double or a mixture.

 

[Mister Wright]

Big Freddie's bowling has looked flatter every innings since the 1st innings in Brisbane. I wonder if its his ankle, the burden or doing the double or a mixture.

All of the above.

 

[aussie tragic]

So how many #8's around the world would you say are all rounders?

Kumble? Warne?

#8 should be able to hold a bat, I don't know who expects an all rounder at #8. If they were an all rounder, they'd bat at 6 or 7.

Actually, Australia has a good allrounder for # 8, but they keep batting Warne above him

IMO, the # 6 position is ideal for the "batting allrounder" (e.g. Sobers, Kallis), the # 7 position is for the "genuine allrounder" (e.g. Miller, Imran, Botham, Flintoff), while the # 8 position is for the "bowling allrounder" (e.g. Davidson, Benaud, Hadlee, Akram, Vettori).....

The only problem is that there's just not many players in history that meet the above expectations

 

[Perm]

You've got it exactly right, so England should stop batting Flintoff at #6 because he is definately not a batting all rounder.

 

[aussie tragic]

You've got it exactly right, so England should stop batting Flintoff at #6 because he is definately not a batting all rounder.

Yep. I've been stating all along that Freddie at # 7 makes England a much better team and this would have been my England XI for this test...

Strauss (Capt)
Cook
Bell
Collingwood
Pietersen
Joyce
Flintoff
Read
Harmison
Hoggard
Panesar

 

[Fiery]

Better company than usual. No arguments, every comment was right on and agreed with all the other comments.

 

[Mister Wright]

Why don't England have a bunch of slips with the new ball? Hussey dropped by Strauss, but would have been easily caught if he was standing at first slip and not a floating slip.

 

[aussie tragic]

Interesting fact...highest run chase ever achieved at the WACA is 342...Australia currently 333 ahead with 7 wkts and 2 1/2 days left...

Freddie and Harmy are going to have to pull a Botham & Willis ' 81 miracle to win this one

Edit: now Aussies 360 ahead, so England would have to re-write the record books from here

 

[aussie]

ha, you know the Ashes are gone when you see chances like that wasted. Another day the slip would have been closer & the catch would have be taken..

 

[aussie tragic]

Hussey's test average now 90.41 (with him on 86*)

Maybe we should bring his brother in as well

 

[aussie]

Damn yo, Hussey is almost just as good as Punter on the pull, geez

 

[aussie tragic]

Hussey's 100...legend already

5th hundred in only 24 innings....oh yeah, his average now 91.29 which is closing in on "the Don".....insane

 

[Fiery]

Hussey's 100...legend already

5th hundred in only 24 innings....oh yeah, his average now 91.29 which is closing in on "the Don".....insane

Freakishly good cricketer

 

[Mister Wright]

Out for 103. Not his best innings, and certainly not chanceless, but deserved his century, that's for sure.

Panesar has a great ability to get wickets from nowhere. Looks the goods.

 

[andyc]

Hussey's a freaking gun. Pity he got out when he did, that partnership was looking very dangerous. Clarke, meanwhile, keeps impressing, hopefully a sign of things to come.

 

[aussie tragic]

With Aus 386 runs ahead, how long do you think Ponting will keep it going.

I think he'll bat until either all out or 600 ahead by Lunch tomorrow