well it wasnt an attack against you personally. im just a bit touchy about the simon jones topic, because ive rated him long before most people knew who he was and what he bowled, and it gets a bit annoying to see my exact words being credited to someone else.Samuel_Vimes said:
yea clarke looks good, its all about temperament for him. he looks confident at the crease, but he plays too many shots, and ends up getting himself out in the end.Dasa said:
and the deck was still a top deck when australia batted in their 1st inning as well as most of the australian 2nd inning. england bowled well, australia batted poorly.Slats4ever said:
and if he had come on to bowl when harmison did, that wouldnt have happened ITFP, and he would have been far more useful had vaughan bowled him for more than 1 spell before the 74th over of that inning. not particularly surprising that when he did come on, he bowled a fantastic delivery that reversed and got clarke.Jamee999 said:
because the oval does have the habit of turning towards the end of an innings. if mcgrath and lee cant do the job, then tait wont make too much off a difference. add that to the fact that england are more prone to spin than they are to pace, and that spin at both ends should be quite effective especially against someone like flintoff. that is assuming ponting actually decides to play attacking fields instead of having 10 fielders on the boundary.aussie said:
if they cant chase 300 down from 90 overs then they will in all likelyhood lose.andyc said:
i cant see the point of collingwood. if jones doesnt play, the most obvious choice is andy caddick( subject to form and fitness) because the ball may just swing at the oval.Prince EWS said:
or he just has to hope that theres no swing(conventional or reverse).aussie said:if Hayden wants a Hundred at the oval he has to give Vaughan & the english bowlers a huge bribe
yea we probably did, just a bit annoying to see people mix up our posts twice in the same thread in a few days.marc71178 said:
and thats a fair tradeoff for not having question marks about the result of the game and series, especially when it comes to such a great series.marc71178 said:
snicko is for all uses and purposes, totally and completely useless.andyc said:
im going to go out on a limb and say that jones wont be fit for the final test, because hes been an a walking injury for all of his test career.Barney Rubble said:
i do find it a bit odd that everytime geraint has got past 50, hes done it when flintoff has scored, and almost all of these times were in partnership with flintoffmarc71178 said:
Clarke has a glaring weakness to the quick bowlers outside offstump. It is his most common dismissal. Also the way he comes only half forward to the quicks has got him in trouble a few times.tooextracool said:
theres nothing wrong with the half forward, its the best way to play swing bowling, playing it as late as possible instead off the rubbish technique that hayden plays with that has his front foot planted in front of off stump. im not sure what the glaring weakness outside the off stump is, but hes obviously not showed any signs off it during this series.Mister Wright said:
Yup. Seen that dismissal from the second innings a number of other times.Mister Wright said:
