*Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

[The Battlers Prince]

Is it?

Perhaps not deteriorate, more the footmarks I mean

 

[social]

Oh dear mate, sour much??? Shame we couldn't see you as you posted that...........I'll bet you looked just like a bulldog chewing a wasp.

Nope

Bell is a world class talent with a primary school brain

Could just have easily been out for 15 as been 95 no

Have a look at the runs he scored to third man - 4, 4, miss, miss,, 4, miss, etc, etc

 

[Uppercut]

Will be interested to see how Finn goes, the conditions will make him almost totally ineffective (you'd think) so there's a risk he could turn into a release valve.

Actually I wouldn't have thought so. Unless he starts dragging his length down, but then when he does that he's ineffective on almost any pitch, it's just an even bigger mistake here. But if he gets it full he'll get carry where others won't.

 

[ajdude]

just had my dinner of heroin with a side of steak. who's ready for some croquet?

 

[Maximas]

Nope

Bell is a world class talent with a primary school brain

Could just have easily been out for 15 as been 95 no

Have a look at the runs he scored to third man - 4, 4, miss, miss,, 4, miss, etc, etc

Generally the norm in world class talents, not usually in connection with their sport though

 

[GIMH]

That Jones ball to Clarke still astonishes me

Always seems to be Clarke who gets the jaffas

 

[MrPrez]

When you've got nearly 6000 runs at 45.57 I think judgement should come down to a bit more than having a lucky day.

 

[Cabinet96]

Is it?

Haha, you make a good point. All the talk this test has been about how the pitch is getting worse and deteriorating, but the scores have been getting higher and higher as the match has gone on. Obviously the weather played a part in the lower scores initially, but it is interesting given everyone was expecting this pitch to become harder to bat on as the match goes on. The cracks haven't seemed to really break up.

Not for the first time I might add.

 

[greg]

God this is a terrible segment by Sky. 20 minutes to tell us that reverse swing is the ball going the 'wrong way'.

Related to us by a load of ex-England players who either didn't have a clue how to play it, or didn't believe it existed and had to through the libel courts as a result!

 

[social]

When you've got nearly 6000 runs at 45.57 I think judgement should come down to a bit more than having a lucky day.

Look at his record and particularly against decent bowlers and in the last couple of years

Huuuuuuge FTB

 

[MrPrez]

Look at his record and particularly against decent bowlers and in the last couple of years

Huuuuuuge FTB

The only teams he doesn't average over 40 against are Aus and NZ. He averages over 40 against the likes of SA and Pakistan.

Not quite FTB. You'd expect most batsmen to have a worse average after taking out minnow matches.

 

[GIMH]

God this is a terrible segment by Sky. 20 minutes to tell us that reverse swing is the ball going the 'wrong way'.

Related to us by a load of ex-England players who either didn't have a clue how to play it, or didn't believe it existed and had to through the libel courts as a result!

Haha I've just posted in another thread about how I enjoyed it

 

[greg]

Haha I've just posted in another thread about how I enjoyed it

Yeah i noticed that! I'm sure most of the viewers are with you

 

[Furball]

Nope

Bell is a world class talent with a primary school brain

Could just have easily been out for 15 as been 95 no

Have a look at the runs he scored to third man - 4, 4, miss, miss,, 4, miss, etc, etc

Are you criticising a batsman for scoring runs through an area left unguarded?

 

[Furball]

Bradman had the ****test voice.

 

[wpdavid]

That Jones ball to Clarke still astonishes me

Always seems to be Clarke who gets the jaffas

That and Harmy's slower ball in the same series and Jimmy's stunner in this test? It may need another to shift him this time around.


I'm surprised to see so much talk about the draw, which is by some distance the least likely result as it needs England's last 4 wickets to last another two sessions.

 

[Cabinet96]

The only teams he doesn't average over 40 against are Aus and NZ. He averages over 40 against the likes of SA and Pakistan.

Not quite FTB. You'd expect most batsmen to have a worse average after taking out minnow matches.

Yeah, the only major thing indicating him to be a FTB is his poor performances aged 12 against McGrath and Warne. Bell's been making tough runs for years.

 

[Burgey]

Haha I've just posted in another thread about how I enjoyed it

Yeah i noticed that! I'm sure most of the viewers are with you

The commercial networks tend to cater for the lowest common denominator fan.

 

[Jarquis]

Again though, I'd say Dar's reason for not giving it would have to be that he thought SRT grounded it.

Surely...

Well if that was the case he'd check with Square Leg, surely....

 

[MrPrez]

Well if that was the case he'd check with Square Leg, surely....

You'd expect.

I just can't get myself to believe he genuinely thought AB missed it.