**Official** Group A Discussion

[Furball]

This game is just a battle of who's got the worst batting line-up. Australia making England look brilliant here. Tredwell and Bresnan also bowling beautifully, but been some really poor batting also.

On what planet is 269 a bad score?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Eng are bowling accurately but it's hardly threatening

Unfortunately, Watto just seemed content to let England bowl at him and pat it back like net practice (you could tell he wasn't thinking straight by the way he ran between the wickets) whilst Warner and Bailey both look completely out of form

Warner did look in woeful form but surely a guy like him would be better off slogging a few boundaries to get going rather than wait for it to return by prodding and nudging at it.

 

[King Pietersen]

269's not a bad score, but it's not a good score either. It's a distinctly average score, especially considering the bowling, and not one that's going to win tournaments.

Huge turn from Tredwell that, lovely delivery. Really is an under-rated cricketer, excellent OD bowler, and a handy bat too. Big fan of the man.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

On what planet is 269 a bad score?

The way we did it, off to a very good start and then sitting back almost ruining it and scrambling there thanks to some late hitting. Wasn't as if the bowling was very good was it?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Trdewell seems an awful lot better than he looks.

Which is like a fat, bald mental patient who's wandered onto the playing area with people being too English to tell him to go with the men in white coats with the syringes.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

269's not a bad score, but it's not a good score either. It's a distinctly average score, and not one that's going to win tournaments.

Huge turn from Tredwell that, lovely delivery. Really is an under-rated cricketer, excellent OD bowler, and a handy bat too. Big fan of the man.

Get Root on with ball turning. Can squeeze more overs out of him while they under pressure.

 

[Furball]

And talking tactics, I thought England missed a trick by not calling for the batting powerplay in the 32nd or 33rd over.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Trdewell seems an awful lot better than he looks.

Which is like a fat, bald mental patient who's wandered onto the playing area with people being too English to tell him to go with the men in white coats with the syringes.

The Steve Stone of the cricket world you mean.

 

[smash84]

awful batting....20 overs and going 3 rpo

 

[Furball]

Remember when people said Australia would have smashed Voges?

 

[Howe_zat]

The way we did it, off to a very good start and then sitting back almost ruining it and scrambling there thanks to some late hitting. Wasn't as if the bowling was very good was it?

"Scrambling there with some late hitting" is one-day cricket. Where have you been?

England's weren't great, given a good platform they lost wickets in the batting powerplay with Morgan and Buttler especially not doing the job. But this idea that you have to go at the same speed throughout the innings for it to count as batting well is such obviously complete tripe and it's a pain in the arse to keep hearing it.

 

[Pothas]

The Steve Stone of the cricket world you mean.

Bloody loved Steve Stone.

Tredwell is clearly the newest of those cricketers who everyone is going to call underrated.

Ravi on. Going to destroy this, will get 3/15.

 

[Howe_zat]

A whiff of grapeshot from Ravi. Got away with it but he'll do better to stick to medium and try and cramp the width.

 

[grecian]

"Scrambling there with some late hitting" isone-day cricket. Where have you been?

England's weren't great, given a good platform they lost wickets in the batting powerplay with Morgan and Buttler especially not doing the job. But this idea that you have to go at the same speed throughout the innings for it to count as batting well is such obviously complete tripe and it's a pain in the arse to keep hearing it.

Yep, if Buttler or Morgan had done their job, we'd have got the 300, if both had, we'd of got a very decent score. they didn't so we didn't, very little wrong with the platform, for me.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

"Scrambling there with some late hitting" is one-day cricket. Where have you been?

England's weren't great, given a good platform they lost wickets in the batting powerplay with Morgan and Buttler especially not doing the job. But this idea that you have to go at the same speed throughout the innings for it to count as batting well is such obviously complete tripe and it's a pain in the arse to keep hearing it.

You know what I mean, who would bank on Bopara performing to give us a half decent score after it nearly went belly up by losing a cluster of wickets between 33-42 overs.

 

[social]

Tredwell isn't rated because he hasn't taken a fc wicket this year

A decent batting lineup would attempt to smash him as he obviously doesn't have a great deal to fall back on and Eng only have 4 ffront-line bowlers

But this is Australia so they are just letting him bowl

 

[BoyBrumby]

Root giving Johnson some competition for the game's worst haircut.

Mitch still leading tho.

 

[Howe_zat]

Probably enough Ravi for now. :/

 

[social]

Root giving Johnson some competition for the game's worst haircut.

Mitch still leading tho.

Anyone with sleeve tattoos is hardly likely to be a fashion officianado

 

[MW1304]

Tredwell isn't rated because he hasn't taken a fc wicket this year

A decent batting lineup would attempt to smash him as he obviously doesn't have a great deal to fall back on and Eng only have 4 ffront-line bowlers

But this is Australia so they are just letting him bowl

You do realise this isn't FC don't you? He's done the same against every team he's played against so far.