*Official Third Test at Edgbaston

[TT Boy]

Pwned.

 

[four_or_six]

Broad doing exactly the right thing here, keeping the scoring rate going nicely without doing anything stupid.

 

[Pizzorno]

Shot Broad. You only owe us about 200 more runs now.

 

[TT Boy]

Nasser talking out of his ass, Broad doesn't take wickets and doesn't score a bucket load of runs.

 

[four_or_six]

Nasser talking out of his ass, Broad doesn't take wickets and doesn't score a bucket load of runs.

Dwta, I think he contributes well to the team.

 

[Frakstar]

Has Mitch bowled a slower ball since the first test?

 

[BoyBrumby]

"Oh look, the sun is out"

"Ow, my knee/ankle/back/borderline alcoholism" When properly fit, I'd have the big fella, no doubt. It's just rare as rockinghorse shyte that he ever is.

Fred's batting average creeping up towards his bowling mark, meanwhile.

 

[Pizzorno]

Nasser talking out of his ass, Broad doesn't take wickets and doesn't score a bucket load of runs.

Yeah he was annoying me too. "Broad's in the team for taking wickets and scoring runs". Still doesn't help the fact that he's not done either of those as of yet.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Nasser talking out of his ass, Broad doesn't take wickets and doesn't score a bucket load of runs.

It's so so painful to listen to when the comms start talking about Broad. He's bowled absolute pies all series, how they can keep justifying his selection with "he has to come good, surely!" is absolutely mystifying.

 

[TT Boy]

They (Sky boys) are so critical about the Australian attack and Ponting always having one liability but England does as well. Why does Broad get a free ride?

 

[Demolition Man]

They (Sky boys) are so critical about the Australian attack and Ponting always having one liability but England does as well. Why does Broad get a free ride?

Umm probably because your leading 1-0

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

"Ow, my knee/ankle/back/borderline alcoholism" When properly fit, I'd have the big fella, no doubt. It's just rare as rockinghorse shyte that he ever is.

Fred's batting average creeping up towards his bowling mark, meanwhile.

I'd take a drunk and zombiefied Flintoff over Jimmy if the match wasn't in England (or NZ), and Jimmy's my favourite bowler. People here being clouded by his last spell, for mine.

 

[BoyBrumby]

They (Sky boys) are so critical about the Australian attack and Ponting always having one liability but England does as well. Why does Broad get a free ride?

His old man always stood his round, I hear.

 

[four_or_six]

They (Sky boys) are so critical about the Australian attack and Ponting always having one liability but England does as well. Why does Broad get a free ride?

Because we have a 5-man attack which means the batting of our fifth bowler is more important. And because he's a fifth bowler his bowling is less important that that of the Aussies fourth.

 

[Pizzorno]

What a crap way to go.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Because we have a 5-man attack which means the batting of our fifth bowler is more important. And because he's a fifth bowler his bowling is less important that that of the Aussies fourth.

Considering they were referring to Watson as the player that let Ponting down today, that doesn't fly.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bollox. Bizarre. Huge bounce there.

Lead less than 100 then.

 

[Demolition Man]

Credit to ponting for keeping hauritz on there, got some turn and bounce.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Grrr figures just come back and Hauritz flukes a decent delivery.

 

[oitoitoi]

Dwta, I think he contributes well to the team.

Yeah he's a good poster boy, he brings in new crowds of 14yr old girls.