Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:07 pm  

Asim wrote:

Aussies win the toss and bat, the sky doesn't look as bad as the forecast I was given by a mate in Sydney.

interesting choice

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:28 pm  

flipper wrote:

interesting choice

Looking at it now there's plenty of green and it is fairly overcast.

Maybe the Aussies didn't fancy batting last against a decent spinner?

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:50 pm  

Asim wrote:

Maybe the Aussies didn't fancy batting last against a decent spinner?

If they play like they did at Adelaide & Melbourne they could be batting last anyway.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:52 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

If they play like they did at Adelaide & Melbourne they could be batting last anyway.

Let's hope so!!

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:16 am  

cautious, cat and mouse stuff at the moment

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:33 am  

We've bowled well but it seems the Aussies have finally found some discipline when it comes to their batting.

I think the one thing our attack lacks is someone with a bit of aggression, to try and force the issue a bit more.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:49 am  

The following are actual excerpts from an email recently found in the BBC website's general inbox:

Dear Sir/Madam

I was disgusted recently to discover my eight-year-old daughter reading the BBC's ball-by-ball cricket commentary, authored by one 'Ben Dirs'... this is the sort of puerile joke I thought the BBC would be above... the kind of thing I would expect to find in The Sun... I shan't be reading again...

Yours sincerely, Mr R Robinson

PS. If indeed that is his real name, please send my condolenses

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:52 am  

flipper wrote:

PS. If indeed that is his real name, please send my condolenses

Fantastic! Perhaps Mrs Robinson should go to watch Wayne Kerr playing for Oldham Roughyeds?

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:33 am  

55-1 at lunch, very cagey opening session. Tremlett's wicket with the last ball, and the lack of runs, means I guess it's a fairly even session.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:45 am  

Asim wrote:

55-1 at lunch, very cagey opening session. Tremlett's wicket with the last ball, and the lack of runs, means I guess it's a fairly even session.

with england just getting the latest of boosts, and the new boy up next - pup under pressure, nice and tight from england's bowlers all in all..could pan out nicely