*Official* Second Test at Lords

[marc71178]

lol Hughes

Indeed, murdered Jimmy again there.

 

[Burgey]

Only because he'd try to reverse sweep it.

He should try to reverse sweep evrything imo. Just to uncharacteristically draw some more attention to himself.

 

[JBH001]

Mate there was clearly a definite noise.

Yeah. As I said, I thought it was out in real time. Seemed obvious.

 

[JBH001]

Never seen Onions bowl. Looking forward to it. Hope he is on soon.

 

[Ikki]

Well, I guess it was just me then. I thought the noise was too faint to definitively point to a glove. Turn of the shoe, a swipe...it could have been all those noises to me as it was very light.

Anyway, Punter to tonne up so no worries.

 

[tooextracool]

Good bowling from Anderson to Ponting thus far, every delivery right in that danger zone just outside the off stump.

 

[Pizzorno]

Never seen Onions bowl. Looking forward to it. Hope he is on soon.

Best bowler on the county circuit. Hope he puts in a good performance today.

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Indeed, murdered Jimmy again there.

Wasn't in long enough to. Just played a pretty poor shot to a pretty terrible ball.

 

[Pizzorno]

Just played a pretty poor shot to a pretty terrible ball.

The tactic works for Mitchell Johnson. Anderson just thought he'd follow suit.

 

[Uppercut]

It's better than bowling outside off, put it that way.

Not sure about Ponting struggling with Onions, it's indip rather than outswing that tends to be his particular problem, ergo Flintoff would seem to be the man if he could pitch full enough.

FFS get around-the-wicket to Katich!

Hmm, he does get out an awful lot playing away from his body these days. When I think of the bowlers I've seen him struggle a little with in the past year (Ishant, Morkel, Taylor) it does seem to be largely inswing (or more often movement in off the seam) causing him problems, but as Michael Holding pointed during in the last test he's far less susceptible to the lbw than popular opinion would suggest- 36 lbw dismissals in 222 test innings, and 25 in 306 ODI innings. Given how he was dismissed in the warm-ups, moving it away might be the option.

 

[wfdu_ben91]

The tactic works for Mitchell Johnson. Anderson just thought he'd follow suit.

The Prior ball?

 

[Ikki]

Wasn't in long enough to. Just played a pretty poor shot to a pretty terrible ball.

Don't worry mate. Let them have the scraps. In the end all that matters is who takes the urn back.

 

[Burgey]

Anderson needs to focus on bowling inswinger after inswinger at Ponting and then follow it up with an away swinger. They need to make sure that they dont bowl even the slightest bit short to Ponting.

Yep. Ricky's never seen an inswinger in his 120-odd test career. Three innies and an outie is all you need. That's why he averages 3 in test cricket.

 

[Richard]

Best bowler on the county circuit.

Well, this season, yeah. Before this season he was a relative nobody. Time will tell whether this is a one-season wonder or the start of an upward curve.

Either way have to hope he can bring his domestic performances to the Tests.

 

[Richard]

Don't worry mate. Let them have the scraps. In the end all that matters is who takes the urn back.

Well only England can take it back in this series.

 

[JBH001]

Jimmy is bowling a lovely line to Ponting.

 

[GIMH]

RE our batting - see my signature

RE our bowling - see our signature

Thanks

 

[Ikki]

Well only England can take it back in this series.

You know what I mean, smartass.

 

[Evilhoopler]

Jimmy is bowling a lovely line to Ponting.

I agree.

Hilfenhaus bowled very well.

 

[King Pietersen]

The Prior ball?

Fluke. He knows it, Prior knows it and I know it. He hadn't got 1 to come back in all day. Complete luck.

Ponting to make 2nd ton of series today. Him and Hussey are going to put on a big partnership.