*Official* Second Test at Lords

[Son Of Coco]

Johnson to hopefully get some runs and maybe a bit of confidence. Should he play the next match if his net form is similar to this match?

I'd say no personally. We need to win the next test, not carry a bowler through it in the hope he comes good.

 

[Burgey]

Sky just showing a replay of Gary Pratt in 2005.

And Damien Martyn runs his skipper out... again!!!

Actually, now England have manned-up and are all hard about the "spirit of cricket", Ponting should deny Flintoff a sub when he wants a rare tub after bowling a spell. Let em field with 10. He had the injury coming into the game. **** him.

 

[Athlai]

Whatever the odds i'd put a tenner on Australia winning from here. There's only one team in the world that could fail to defend 500 and it's the team with Stuart Broad as their spearhead.

 

[inbox24]

Broad's bowling average back up to a nice healthy 40 again.

Hopefully he can improve this to 50 or 60 at the end of the series.

 

[Pizzorno]

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Meh.

In fairness Broad's bowled pretty well today. But he'll start again with the short balls soon enough i'm sure.

 

[zaremba]

Really dreadful lbw shout from Broad there

 

[superkingdave]

TBF, most of the **** i write in the Broad direction is more because of the way Strauss is using him and treating him as almost our most important bowler. If he was treated as he should be (bowled when the better bowlers need a rest) he wouldn't get as much stick from me.

 

[pasag]

Whatever the odds i'd put a tenner on Australia winning from here. There's only one team in the world that could fail to defend 500 and it's the team with Stuart Broad as their spearhead.

We probs would have in Perth if we had set another 80 odd runs ftw.

 

[Matt79]

Lol, even Athers says "not even Rudi can give that out".

 

[Hoggy31]

Clark, Lee and Johnson bowl off in the tour match?

They won't drop Johnson, I'll saw my left arm off on webcam if it happens.

Siddle will get the chop for Lee, hugely unlucky.

 

[Richard]

Clark, Lee and Johnson bowl off in the tour match?

Y'reckon Siddle remains a certainty?

 

[Son Of Coco]

Hope Hussey can grind it out, 100 off 400 would be nice.

Yes it would!

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Broad's bowling average back up to a nice healthy 40 again.

Poor form that we ever let it drop below it. Pretty much demonstrated how poorly we batted in the first innings.

 

[duffer]

They won't drop Johnson, I'll saw my left arm off on webcam if it happens.

Siddle will get the chop for Lee, hugely unlucky.

Haha, probably. Would be fairly harsh on Siddle indeed.

 

[Hoggy31]

If Johnson showed some form with the bat here, what would everyone think of him at 7 and Lee for maybe Hussey or Hughes?

 

[inbox24]

Hughes needs some time to work on the short pitched stuff, big mistake not bringing a reserve opener finally exposed.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Actually, now England have manned-up and are all hard about the "spirit of cricket", Ponting should deny Flintoff a sub when he wants a rare tub after bowling a spell. Let em field with 10. He had the injury coming into the game. **** him.

Yeah I agree. If he tries to go off again after his next spell I wouldn't mind if Ricky quietly reminded him that he needs to suck it up given he was injured coming into it.

 

[zaremba]

Y'reckon Siddle remains a certainty?

No but he should. I've not seen as much of this game as I'd like but from what I have seen Siddle should stay, he's a solid bowler who's good with the old ball and who hasn't let anyone down. If he gets dropped and Johnson stays, the Aussie selectors will have lost all sense of reality

 

[Athlai]

If Johnson showed some form with the bat here, what would everyone think of him at 7 and Lee for maybe Hussey or Hughes?

Reckon its a gamble worth taking. Johnson, Lee, Hauritz is a pretty strong tail.

 

[inbox24]

Johnson is on the same level with Ponting in terms of 'undroppability'. How the hell they will fit Clark and Lee into the side will be interesting.