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

FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
Scaly piscine said:
Was certainly interesting to see the ball reverse in the first session, England utilised it far better than Australia last game, so I hope that trend is repeated here.
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Quite true. Simon Jones will be quite dangerous on this wicket if it reverses like this for England too. The best Australian reverse bowler is really McGrath. Lee can get it to reverse and be damaging too, but McGrath is quite masterful with it on the rare occasions he gets it to go, as seen when he took 6 for virtually nothing in New Zealand recently on a flat pitch after it started to reverse. I'd expect him to start with Lee directly after lunch, to see if it keeps going.
 
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Shane Warne

Banned
social said:
Excellent bowling by Lee and McGrath

Insipid performances by Gillespie and Ponting.

Ponting seems to have a game plan and never deviates from it even when it's wrong.

Take today.

Lee bowls 5 overs in his opening spell as usual and is replaced by Gillespie as usual.

Trouble is, Lee had just taken a wicket bringing Vaughan to the crease.

Vaughan had been bowled in each of his 2 previous innings by Lee.

You have to think that the last person he wants bowling to him is Lee instead Gillespie plays Vaughan into form.

Meanwhile, Australia's most dangerous bowler, Warne, stands at slip twiddling his thumbs because Ricky's black book say "Jason to have 7 overs from that end."

Dumb

BTW, I hope Tresco hasnt bought a ticket in Powerball, with the amount of luck he's had today, he's a shoe-in for the 15 mill.
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Unbelievable isn't it? I can't believe they havn't learned yet.

I'm beginning to think they are going to wait until the series is gone to get the obvious slections right.

As for Trescothick getting luck, well that's a given. England have been getting it through out the series.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Shane Warne said:
Good to see that one of the teams plays within the spirt of cricket.
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Yes, I particularly remember some real playing within the spirit of the game last week.

Especially from your namesake.
 
Nate

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
marc71178 said:
Yes, I particularly remember some real playing within the spirit of the game last week.

Especially from your namesake.
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...and Simon Jones? :p


And you create your own luck.
 
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Shane Warne

Banned
marc71178 said:
Yes, I particularly remember some real playing within the spirit of the game last week.

Especially from your namesake.
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Agreed, it was pure class when Warne made a conscious effort to persistantly call to Flintoff in order to congratulate him on his innings.
 
Josh

Josh

International Regular
Josh said:
Either one of them will play, or neither of them will. No chance in them both playing. Just mind games at this stage anyway I'd suspect.
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Well, I'm not psychic...
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I wasn't paying full attention to that Simon Hughes piece, but the two balls that were hitting the stumps on Hawkeye I assume one was the Gillespie delivery that people said was going 6 inches down the leg side?
 
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Shane Warne

Banned
Scaly piscine said:
I wasn't paying full attention to that Simon Hughes piece, but the two balls that were hitting the stumps on Hawkeye I assume one was the Gillespie delivery that people said was going 6 inches down the leg side?
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Australia havn't been given any of those one's that are clippin the outside millimetre of the stump. Hell, they get most of their plumb one's turned down even.

England keep being given them, like Clarke in the first innings at Lords.
 
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