Anag Ram Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I think 20/20 is to blame Yeah - the Australians should stop drinking it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I spent the late 80's and the 90's being thumped by the aussies now we are the better team i want England to beat them We should have declared at 5pm last night to have an hour bowling at them I myself would have made them follow on but thats not the modern way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I spent the late 80's and the 90's being thumped by the aussies now we are the better team i want England to beat them We should have declared at 5pm last night to have an hour bowling at them I myself would have made them follow on but thats not the modern way The only way it would have been possible for England to lose this game after the sides' respective first innings would have been to enforce the follow-on. Therefore to have done so would have been (in my opinion) the wrong decision, ancient or modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 The only way it would have been possible for England to lose this game after the sides' respective first innings would have been to enforce the follow-on. Therefore to have done so would have been (in my opinion) the wrong decision, ancient or modern. Fair enough but we should have declared last night and had an hour bowling at them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Fair enough but we should have declared last night and had an hour bowling at them Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 He's out now we can get on with the business of winning the game Poor from England really they should have made the aussies follow on the other dayI think the decision to bat again was right, it would have been a long hot day for the bowlers, having batted as well, let them get some rest rack up a big score then go again refreshed. But you were right about that they should have declared last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 . Why. Watson out already. Root deserved chance to get his 200 With so much time left in the test match and with it being (now) so one-sided, it was never going to make that much of a difference one way or the other. I'm looking forward to watching Usman Khawaja bat for a bit now. He looked very elegant when he was at Derbyshire a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Rogers, bowled Swanny with the slider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Leaving a straight one to go with a run out, trying to hit over the top, swishing at a wide one, reviewing a plum LBW etc in the first innings Comedy gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 They're not even trying to hit the ball any more. It's like watching the Italian infantry! Phillip Hughes has popped out to the wicket for 5 minutes. He'll be back to his comic soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Leaving a straight one to go with a run out, trying to hit over the top, swishing at a wide one, reviewing a plum LBW etc in the first innings Comedy gold He learned a lot in his time at the Racecourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 They're not even trying to hit the ball any more. It's like watching the Italian infantry! Phillip Hughes has popped out to the wicket for 5 minutes. He'll be back to his comic soon. Wicket falls... In the dressing room... Phil Hughes: 'Stick the kettle on, I'll be back in a minute.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Oh and I forgot the best dismissal from the first innings - missing a donkey dropper and being out ******** before wicket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 and he's back in the hutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 They're not even trying to hit the ball any more. It's like watching the Italian infantry! Phillip Hughes has popped out to the wicket for 5 minutes. He'll be back to his comic soon. Told you. Phil just can't wait to see if Dora the Explorer has managed to evade Swiper once again. If he's lucky Darren might give him a Jammy Dodger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Prior misses stumping of Clarke off Swann The wicketkeeper has the same problems as the batsmen when it's a minefield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 The question of whether or not we should have enforced the follow on revolved entirely around a decision as to whether we wanted to win by an innings or just an insane amount of runs...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 What a utter shambles of a side the Aussies are. Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 LBW and was missing leg. No reviews left. What bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 LBW and was missing leg. No reviews left. What bad luck. Not LBW and was hitting off. Swings and roundabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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