*Official* Third Test at the WACA

[NUFAN]

No, as soon as the next wicket goes it is all over as we have seen so often this series.

Well the next wicket wouldn't happen tonight in my situation and it may not happen straight away on day 5 either. Prior made 70 odd the other day so it isn't completely certain. Australia are in the box seat, I'm aware of this, but yeah, I wouldn't be feeling massively confident and wouldn't be talking about us having recaptured the Ashes if England are say 4 down with 255 required at stumps.

 

[Riggins]

Only way England get through is if they're 4 or 5 down at the end of tomorrow, in which case they'll win.

But Smithy will come on soon so it's an irrelevant point.

 

[Jono]

Are you ****s seeing this pitch? This isnt' Perth 2005 or Perth 2008. No team has ever chased down 500, what the **** makes you think a team will break that record on this pitch?

 

[SpofforthLohman]

Well played Bell on another gutsy 50. Now keep going... a double ton would be a match winning innings from here.

A double ton would mean the Aussies need to be shot in a mass firing squad. I know I would never forgive them for it ever.

 

[Riggins]

Are you ****s seeing this pitch? This isnt' Perth 2005 or Perth 2008. No team has ever chased down 500, what the **** makes you think a team will break that record on this pitch?

I think they're no chance. I just think they're more likely to win than draw.

 

[Jarquis]

These two need to bat for another 40 overs as nobody else is going to get through the second new ball. Even if they make it that far, which is a hell of an ask, you're relying on the tail to put on ~150 when in this series Prior, Broad, Swann, Bresnan and Anderson have 223 @ 12.33 between them.

All hypothetical obvz. In reality it's a case of when rather than if. But this is somewhat heartening at least

 

[91Jmay]

For such an aggressive captain, he doesn't half go to the 'bore them out' route fairly often. Although with the useless ****s in the England line up it works so often that it makes sense.

 

[SpofforthLohman]

If you think this England side is winning this from here then you can't have actually been watching much during the 40 years you have claimed to watch cricket.

Steve Waugh proved that you can break records and that history doesn't mean something can't happen, just that it hasn't happened... YET. There is a first time for everything. And teams can and do choke.

 

[NUFAN]

Are you ****s seeing this pitch? This isnt' Perth 2005 or Perth 2008. No team has ever chased down 500, what the **** makes you think a team will break that record on this pitch?

No. Why would I watch Cricket when I can just write **** on the computer.

I just feel as though England are due to make runs and I also think this is the type of pitch where it is often doing too much to draw edges.

 

[Jono]

If people on here think England are a chance it means people on Betfair think England are a chance.

Gonna go load up on Australian win. Bowlers are going to be fresh tomorrow morning. No one can bat after this. Broad is injured. Come on.

 

[morgieb]

Given Prior's form, we're basically one wicket away from the tail. And the pitch is basically falling apart.

Perspective please. This is tougher than I imagined, but we'll still win with ease.

 

[Spark]

Are you ****s seeing this pitch? This isnt' Perth 2005 or Perth 2008. No team has ever chased down 500, what the **** makes you think a team will break that record on this pitch?

A thousand times this.

Seriously. That this is being seriously entertained is a ****ing indictment on the good sense of all those even contemplating such lunacy.

 

[ajdude]

can an admin or someone create a thread/forum that dumastudetto and SpofforthLohman are only allowed to post in?

 

[Shri]

GUYS BBROAD IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BAT AND EVEN IF HE DOES, HE ISN'T GOING TO WIN YOU THE ****ING TEST.
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[SpofforthLohman]

No, as soon as the next wicket goes it is all over as we have seen so often this series.

I remember them saying we had the India test in the bag as an Indian victory was an impossibility, pity no one told VVS Laxman and Dravid eh.

 

[SpofforthLohman]

No, as soon as the next wicket goes it is all over as we have seen so often this series.

I remember them saying we had the India test in the bag as an Indian victory was an impossibility, pity no one told VVS Laxman and Dravid eh.

 

[Prince EWS]

If people on here think England are a chance it means people on Betfair think England are a chance.

Gonna go load up on Australian win. Bowlers are going to be fresh tomorrow morning. No one can bat after this. Broad is injured. Come on.

Australia 1.12.

 

[ajdude]

I remember them saying we had the India test in the bag as an Indian victory was an impossibility, pity no one told VVS Laxman and Dravid eh.

wait but that wasn't on FTA TV so it didn't happen

 

[Cabinet96]

This partnership is like Cook and Bell's 7 years ago. Making defeat merely very embarrassing instead of humiliating.

 

[Spikey]

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