***Official*** NatWest Series/Challenge

[Mister Wright]

Well, it's all looking pretty dire here, and hard to see us working our way back into this one. I wonder if there's any chance of another look at Kasper in the last two games - could be that Gillespie has koala status though.

Gillespie's misery gets worse with every ball.

 

[aussie]

cross my fingers and hope Watson injury is not serious.

 

[Scaly piscine]

cross my fingers and hope Watson injury is not serious.

Me too, England struggle a lot more against Hogg.

 

[Mister Wright]

Watson has a strained left thigh (sp). Super-sub should come soon.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Hogg replaces... Hayden.

Hayden sub fielding for Watson. Creative use of the rules by Australia.

 

[Mister Wright]

Confusion reigns.

Hogg has replaced Hayden and Hayden is a replacement fielder for Watson. That means Hayden can't bowl - he may be needed at this rate...

 

[Linda]

Sneaky. I love it.

 

[Scaly piscine]

But Australia could have used another sub fielder in place of Hayden who's now sub fielder who probably would have been a better sub fielder than Hayden.

 

[Neil Pickup]

But Australia could have used another sub fielder in place of Hayden who's now sub fielder who probably would have been a better sub fielder than Hayden.

Hayden is regular first slip. The other options were Haddin, Katich and Kasprowicz.

 

[Mister Wright]

The Reverse Sweep gets another wicket.

The super-sub gets his first wicket ever.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Standard moronic dismissal for England.

 

[aussie]

yes................ a wicket.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Strauss pulls a Gatting.

 

[aussie]

Strauss pulls a Gatting.

are the dismissals that similar neil??

 

[Neil Pickup]

are the dismissals that similar neil??

Only in the bizarreness of the decision to play a reverse sweep when not needed in the least.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Ponting just letting it go here, really. Admittedly, it's hard to see what he can do. England need under 100 with 9 wickets in hand, plenty of overs remaining and the pitch offering little assistance.

 

[Mister Wright]

Ponting just letting it go here, really. Admittedly, it's hard to see what he can do. England need under 100 with 9 wickets in hand, plenty of overs remaining and the pitch offering little assistance.

Could give Hayden a bowl, but alas he has been subbed...

 

[Scaly piscine]

Ponting just letting it go here, really. Admittedly, it's hard to see what he can do. England need under 100 with 9 wickets in hand, plenty of overs remaining and the pitch offering little assistance.

Most English pitches don't offer much assistance if you keep bowling it half way down.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Most English pitches don't offer much assistance if you keep bowling it half way down.

Well he was bowling Hogg and Symonds, so obviously they weren't bowling it "halfway down".

 

[Mister Wright]

Well he was bowling Hogg and Symonds, so obviously they weren't bowling it "halfway down".

Have you been watching Hogg bowl?