***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

[FaaipDeOiad]

Ponting's getting set too. Worth remembering that he has a Bradmanesque average when he passes 20, but fails a lot. If you let him get set, he usually takes you apart.

 

[aussie]

Jones reminds me of Dean Haedly in that he bowls some unplayable deliveries in with a load of crap.

yep, but i would think not as much as Headley though, btw how r things in your area mate..

 

[chalky]

commiserations on being in Hartlepool by the way

Nothing wrong with Hartlepool M8

 

[Majin]

Michael Slater is a good commentator as well, and he gets it quite harsh of boycott. oh yay, Richie's on.

 

[Linda]

Haha Richie and Tony commentating on SBS (Ch 4) at the moment. Feels like December...

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Ponting closing in on 7,000 test runs. Needs 41 in this innings to get there... on 19 now.

He'll be the 7th Australian and the 27th player to get there, and pass Bradman's 6996 along the way.

 

[chalky]

yep, but i would think not as much as Headley though, btw how r things in your area mate

Alright sun is out got couple of days off work to watch the cricket and going out on the **** tonite

 

[shaka]

Did SBS show tour de france when McGrath got his 500th?

 

[chalky]

I like Griegs commentating a lot better now than when he is on channel 9, for me he tends to be overly critical when commentating in Australia.

 

[aussie]

is it the australian season or what Richie & Greig on together...

 

[Majin]

Nice Freddie, nice.

 

[Slow Love™]

Not a great shot by Hayden there. He was looking so good too.

Nothing new there then. It's becoming near impossible to comment on Hayden's form until he's passed forty or so.

 

[Loony BoB]

19.6 SP Jones to Martyn, no run, that goes right through Martyn! Some excellent deliveries from Jones here. If he keeps at it surely he's going top pick up a wicket.

Reminds me of Eng vs. NZ at Lords. "surely he's going to pick up a wicket" and then every other bowler but him took the wickets while he swung it so much that the batsmen couldn't even hit the damned thing.

 

[aussie]

tow wonderful deliveries in by Jones their, if he can be more consistent he could get somebody but i dont want that to happen now....

 

[shankar]

Ponting's getting set too. Worth remembering that he has a Bradmanesque average when he passes 20, but fails a lot. If you let him get set, he usually takes you apart.

Most batsmen in the good to great category would have averages in the 80-100 range when they pass 20, I would imagine.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Most batsmen in the good to great category would have averages in the 80-100 range when they pass 20, I would imagine.

It's much more noticable with Ponting than others. If you don't get him out early he tends to make a big score, but he's quite vulnerable early on. Tendulkar recently is in the same boat, but players like Dravid, Kallis, Steve Waugh etc aren't so easy to get out early on. Regardless, the point is that if you let Ponting get set he's very dangerous, you need to exploit his technical problems early on.

 

[Majin]

O_o I think Richie enjoyed that one...xD

 

[Slow Love™]

Some interesting leaves from Martyn there.....

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Brilliant ball there from Flintoff. The first English bowler to use the pitch and the slope like McGrath did.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Hoggard on now, bowling with the slightly older ball. If he doesn't get much swing he might go for a few.

Watch him get a wicket now.