***Official*** NatWest Series/Challenge

[Adamc]

Sounds similar to his dismssal on Sunday. Also sounds like a spectacular catch from Jones.

It should have been a fairly simple catch, but he dropped it and caught it on his way down. The dismissal was basically identical, except Tremlett was going around the wicket. Roughly same length and line though.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Also sounds like a spectacular catch from Jones.

Now if we can just sort his batting out......

 

[Scaly piscine]

Unlike Durham to prepare such a road to bat on.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Unlike Durham to prepare such a road to bat on.

Unlike Trescothick to send them in - I would have thought he'd know better having looked at the track, and with it being a day-nighter.

 

[andyc]

8000 runs for ponting now. that's a lot of runs

 

[Barney Rubble]

8000 runs for ponting now. that's a lot of runs

Pietersen's probably figuring out what rate he has to score to make that by the end of the series..........

 

[Scaly piscine]

Unlike Trescothick to send them in - I would have thought he'd know better having looked at the track, and with it being a day-nighter.

Not really worried about that, the pitch will play nicely now and play nicely in the evening and England will know how to pace their innings.

 

[Loony BoB]

Pietersen's probably figuring out what rate he has to score to make that by the end of the series..........

That's assuming he'll even get enough chances to bat... I still can't believe they're putting Jones ahead of him.

 

[Barney Rubble]

That's assuming he'll even get enough chances to bat... I still can't believe they're putting Jones ahead of him.

Not today they won't - they wanted to give Jones some time at the wicket on Tuesday. Pietersen was padded up in case Collingwood had got out quickly, but once he and Strauss got going and it became clear that England were going to post a very big total anyway, Pietersen took off his shirt and Jones padded up. KPP will bat 6 today, at the very lowest.

 

[Jamee999]

Dan, Pietersen could play as a finisher batting second and as a Number 5 or 4 batting first.

 

[andyc]

australia should be looking for 275-300+, really

 

[Scaly piscine]

australia should be looking for 275-300+, really

I think England would be happy chasing less than 300, I don't remember a single play and miss when defending and obviously England have shown they have plenty of scoring power.

 

[Adamc]

Awful shot from Ponting, should've been out. KP can do wrong, after all.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Ponting spoons one up in the air, and Collingwood/Pietersen leave it for each other. Very, very unlike England. A hugely lucky escape for Ponting, being blamed on Pietersen by the TMS guys.

 

[Jono]

That could prove costly. Big confusion there.

 

[wpdavid]

Bloody amateurs!! What were Collingwood & Pietersen thinking about?

 

[chipmonk]

Bloody amateurs!! What were Collingwood & Pietersen thinking about?

Just when you think England are finally playing good professional cricket you see something like that !

 

[Adamc]

Ponting spoons one up in the air, and Collingwood/Pietersen leave it for each other. Very, very unlike England. A hugely lucky escape for Ponting, being blamed on Pietersen by the TMS guys.

I'd blame KP as well, though Collingwood should bear some responsibility. Both of them could have taken it, it's just that neither of them called it; KP really should have been the one calling it, since he was the one running in. Another fielding error just then, haven't been too sharp today.

 

[andyc]

god that's the most embarassing thing you can do. that happened to me at chiangmai, some guy who had played for sri lanka spooned it up in the air off my bowling, i left it for the keeper, he left it for me would've been a great thing to boast about if someone had gotten it...

 

[Jono]

Cya Ponting. Great catch by Giles.