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

Sanz

Sanz

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I dont think aus will follow on though. They need only 92 runs with Gillespie, Lee, Clark, Mcgrath still to come. I predict that aus would score somewhere around 300 in the first innings.
 
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Shane Warne

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Sanz said:
I dont think aus will follow on though. They need only 92 runs with Gillespie, Lee, Clark, Mcgrath still to come. I predict that aus would score somewhere around 300 in the first innings.
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I predicted that before the start of their innings.
 
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Rosey86 said:
I must say that the australian top order should look at itself. they dont treat the english bolwers with any respect what so ever. They bowl good lines to the batsmen, they dont change there style for the conditions. It may be a hard pitch, but the signs are that its spinning now. 2 of the dismissals in this innings were brutes. Katich and martin got great balls, would have gotten anyone out, but the captain, the man that should set the tone at number 3 didnt, he played a soft shot to a ball that he should leave but never does. He did set the tone sorry, for the collapse of the order. and with clarke injured atm, its all gone crap basically. Full marks to england, but if i was a selecter or fan at old trafford, id be giving it to them when they get off the feild.
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I think you're being generous to Katich - I suggest that he may have stood a better chance of not being bowled had he actually tried to hit the ball.
 
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Rosey86

Cricket Spectator
i know people were talking about watson in for katich and macgill in for gillespie, but i dont know why people werent saying, replace katich, which would be sad for me, i love the bugger, and replace him with symonds for the test, he could have given the batting the smae depth, and given an off-spin option on this pitch, what u think, should they have made that choice, if they could of?
 
FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
Shane Warne said:
I'd much rather have Symonds than Katich. Good idea.
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Even though Katich is a proven test batsman in various conditions and Symonds is nothing of the sort? All I can say is that I'm glad you're not a selector, or nobody would ever play 10 tests.
 
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Rosey86

Cricket Spectator
man, they shitted katich in sri lanka last year, i wasn't happy when they did it, but when you look at it in realistic, aussie selectors terms, they would have dumped katich if symonds was an option, b/c they see him as the whipping boy of the line up, and symonds would have kept the batting line up stonger than it would have been is watson was allowed to play, spin is benefit, as it would proove now?
 
Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
England are getting good at this first-ball business. First time I've seen Gilchrist actually angry about getting out (appeared to make a four-letter utterance...), which suggests a lot about the significance of that wicket.

Interesting that Clarke is coming out now, with a runner.
 
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FaaipDeOiad said:
Clarke looks in terrible pain. Quite painful to watch him trying to duck a bouncer.
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Doesnt bode well for his future if he cant risk throwing a ball.
 
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