*Official Third Test at Edgbaston

[FaaipDeOiad]

I'm including the underage rep games this week that have included twelve players on the park, playing in torrential rain until I demanded that play was stopped, and a neck height beamer being swatted at midoff and the dismissal being upheld.

Holding Rudi to a pretty high standard then?

 

[four_or_six]

Light at 1745 - wtf?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Any danger Watson will bowl today ?

Not looking likely.

 

[Top_Cat]

Bah, it's all pointless anyway. This game is a draw. **** the rain.

 

[pskov]

Light at 1745 - wtf?

I imagine we'll probably get back on after some of the heavier cloud clover passes over.

 

[Burgey]

Right all, that'll do me. Good evening to you all.

Quite right to go off, it's obvious that Rudi can't see atm.

A lot better from Johnson at least, from a control POV. We're still a decnt shot here if they stay disciplined. Strauss looking good though.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

England ahead but the game is still alive. First hour tomorrow is huge.

Hoping for a nice overcast, humid morning turning into blazing sun by the middle of the afternoon session.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Holding Rudi to a pretty high standard then?

TBH I am still bitter about the no-ball as my County side have never beaten another County in several years of existence at this level, and getting your number three sawn off like that generally removes all sense of balance. Not sure I'd be too delighted to see Mr K turn up next week, mind.

 

[Neil Pickup]

England ahead but the game is still alive. First hour tomorrow is huge.

Hoping for a nice overcast, humid morning turning into blazing sun by the middle of the afternoon session.

I think we'll be spending much of tomorrow watching highlights. Forecast.

The only bright spot in that is that it's drier than Oxford.

 

[Uppercut]

Australia have been Koertzened horribly today.

 

[Daryl Harper]

Australia have been Koertzened horribly today.

As they were in the last test, as they were in the 05 series.

Hmmm.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Wow the whinin' is sure turning up a notch. You'd think England hadn't had 3-4 somewhat adjacent lbws turned down in this match already.

 

[pskov]

I think we'll be spending much of tomorrow watching highlights. Forecast.

The only bright spot in that is that it's drier than Oxford.

Been lovely in West Berkshire for the last week or so. Should come down and play some tests at my local cricket club across the street.

 

[TT Boy]

Just today?

The guy shafts us virtually every time we play under him

Lives in Queensland, doesn't he?

 

[TT Boy]

Forecast is we won't have play until tomorrow afternoon and with the apocalypse apparently coming on Monday, call this one a draw.

 

[oitoitoi]

Wow just saw the bell decision, a real shocker, yet another one goes England's way, and Johnson's nightmare continues.

 

[Jamee999]

Koertzen isn't biased, he's just terrible.

 

[oitoitoi]

Koertzen isn't biased, he's just terrible.

Yeah I really doubt he that he has any kind of bias, his eyes just ain't what they were, isn't he 70+?

 

[Ikki]

Given a couple of Aussies a life earlier this morning too, though nothing as terrible as that obviously. I don't think it's because he's biased, he's just not a very good umpire.

Can only recall the plumb call on Clarke, and then he rectified that with an equally bad decision.

 

[TT Boy]

Yeah I really doubt he that he has any kind of bias, his eyes just ain't what they were, isn't he 70+?

60 but he looks older, had a few battles with cancer.