*Official* Second Test at Lord's

[Cabinet96]

question, who is our second best batsman? I say Smith

Daylight.

 

[Spikey]

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Duh

 

[Tangles]

Second best bat is obviously an injured Clarke.

 

[Bahnz]

Honest question. It Aus could pick New Zealand's top six bar Clarke would they? Sure they crumbled but it was overcast and swinging.

Nah. Taylor, McCullum and maybe Williamson would get a place in the current Aus team, but the Aussie openers are definitely better than ours, and I think that counts for a lot.

 

[Spark]

Nah. Taylor, McCullum and maybe Williamson would get a place in the current Aus team, but the Aussie openers are definitely better than ours, and I think that counts for a lot.

Taylor, Mccullum and Williamson are 3 out of 5...

 

[social]

It's got past anger for me, just a general feeling of disgust right now. Just awful.

I am just resigned to it every time we bat tbh

One of the worst stats compiled by this team is that in his first 17 tests as captain, Clarke walked to the wicket once with the score at 70 or more.

That is absolutely horrendous when you consider that he bats at no. 5

Anyway, the thing that I really find inexcusable is that guys like Pattinson and Siddle have much better defensive techniques than many of the batsmen

If they can show real improvement in their batting then why cant the specialists?

 

[Expressway76]

Ricky Ponting is probably getting calls about coming out of retirement as we speak.

 

[Maximas]

Ricky Ponting is probably getting calls about coming out of retirement as we speak.

I'd rather get Huss back

 

[Riggins]

is ashton kutcher the third best batter in the team?

 

[Tangles]

I am just resigned to it every time we bat tbh

One of the worst stats compiled by this team is that in his first 17 tests as captain, Clarke walked to the wicket once with the score at 70 or more.

That is absolutely horrendous when you consider that he bats at no. 5

Anyway, the thing that I really find inexcusable is that guys like Pattinson and Siddle have much better defensive techniques than many of the batsmen

If they can show real improvement in their batting then why cant the specialists?

I really want to blame the lack of defense and application on T20 but I'm not sure I can. In my mind I have just resigned myself that its the 80's again and we pick some young bats and hope a couple of them come good.

 

[Maximas]

Australia already playing for the draw

 

[Spark]

I am just resigned to it every time we bat tbh

One of the worst stats compiled by this team is that in his first 17 tests as captain, Clarke walked to the wicket once with the score at 70 or more.

That is absolutely horrendous when you consider that he bats at no. 5

Anyway, the thing that I really find inexcusable is that guys like Pattinson and Siddle have much better defensive techniques than many of the batsmen

If they can show real improvement in their batting then why cant the specialists?

I mean today we didn't even have the decency to get out to good balls for the first four wickets

 

[Riggins]

Ricky Ponting is probably getting calls about coming out of retirement as we speak.

I'd rather get Huss back

 

[Son Of Coco]

They can't play swing or spin

Given England know this it's a bit unfair of them to bowl it to be honest.

 

[91Jmay]

I mean today we didn't even have the decency to get out to good balls for the first four wickets

Bresnan's two were decent, especially Watson's.

 

[Tangles]

Ponting looked past it at this level and Hussey didnt want to tour.

 

[Bahnz]

Taylor, Mccullum and Williamson are 3 out of 5...

Well Williamson's inclusion is highly questionable. He's fairly interchangeable, runswise, with the likes of Khawja, Hughes etc. Taylor and McCullum are the only two obvious choices. McCullum only averages 35, so it's not like he's giving you a lot more runs than Smith or Watson. That leaves Taylor, who is definitely a lot better than any Aus batsman bar Clark. Don't think he's enough to sway it, given how weak the NZ top 3 is.

 

[Spikey]

Bresnan's two were decent, especially Watson's.

Seemed like Bresnan just put one on the stumps but because Watson has never had to fix that massive technical problem

 

[Tangles]

Waugh not looking happy. Maybe he could punch Twatto for us.

 

[Prince EWS]

Bresnan's two were decent, especially Watson's.

Bresnan's ball to Hughes was a pie.