peasy23 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Overton has a problem in the rib area, they think he damaged it trying to twist for that caught and bowled chance earlier. Big blow if he can't bowl again. England's day yesterday, Australia's today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 57 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Overton has a problem in the rib area, they think he damaged it trying to twist for that caught and bowled chance earlier. Big blow if he can't bowl again. England's day yesterday, Australia's today. A bit alarmist, no?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 5Live reported that he seemed to be in a fair bit of pain and was heading off for a scan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Quote When Broad said he was going to bowl like McGrath he obviously meant Paul. Some online wag. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 248_4 as Ali gets Marsh. Frog face unbeaten ton and the England seamers looking absolutely woeful. Broad looks done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Sums up England's series - get a close one with Smith, review it, and and the review shows Anderson has overstepped for a no ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 England look as of they have no idea what to do to try and get a wicket. They keep going on about bowling plans but I just don't see what that is at the moment. No consistency of line or length at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 That's about half an hour I've watched and there hasn't been a single short ball, not even anything reaching the batsman at chest height. Far too easy for the Aussies to score runs, Woakes last couple of overs have been decent tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 England are dreadful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Not liking the P&B targeted adverts in the breaks here... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 An in form and fit Mark Wood and Steve Finn together with Stokes would transform the look of the team. The question is why do so many English fast bowlers seem to slow down or get injuries, not an original question either. That and Ali is not good enough as a spinner. On a grim cloudy day in Nottingham or Manchester the England attack looks world beaters, when the sun is out in Johannesburg or Brisbane they look like net bowlers. They need pace. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Trevor Bayliss has turned England into a good one day team. One day per test. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Australia grinding a totally ineffectual England into the dirt here. It speaks volumes when Malan comes on and the batsmen would rather take on Ali [emoji38] Also pleased to see Broad getting smacked around the park. Tynieness's assessment is spot on though. Anderson and Broad are barely effective outside England, Ali is a bang average spinner. There's not much beyond that. Stokes is going to be carrying this shower of shite for years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 An in form and fit Mark Wood and Steve Finn together with Stokes would transform the look of the team. The question is why do so many English fast bowlers seem to slow down or get injuries, not an original question either. That and Ali is not good enough as a spinner. On a grim cloudy day in Nottingham or Manchester the England attack looks world beaters, when the sun is out in Johannesburg or Brisbane they look like net bowlers. They need pace. The coaches ruined Finn. He had some real pace and bounce but because he got so close to the stumps on his run up that he occasionally hit them, they decided to completely rebuild his action. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 The questions for during the night will be how much of a lead do Australia want to have, and how much time do they want to give themselves to bowl England out again. If they can get a quick 100 runs I can see them putting England in to bat at lunchtime. 250 might be enough to win it, and they won't want their seamers to be fielding for too long before opening the bowling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 The questions for during the night will be how much of a lead do Australia want to have, and how much time do they want to give themselves to bowl England out again. If they can get a quick 100 runs I can see them putting England in to bat at lunchtime. 250 might be enough to win it, and they won't want their seamers to be fielding for too long before opening the bowling. 250-300 would definitely do Australia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 This is miserable. Barring rain another whitewash seems likely. Broad and Anderson can only bowl in English conditions and without them taking wickets the England attack really isn't up to much. Batting wise Cook looks done. All to often he looks like he's set up nicely and is playing good cricket but then he gets himself out without making many runs. Root, Stokes and Bairstow are carrying the batting far too often and it really shows when one or all of them get out too quickly (or lose their place due to off-field antics). Of the up and coming players Malan has potential but he seems to be pretty much the only positive coming out of this series. I think the really frustrating thing is this isn't a great Aussie side but England are making them look like they are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 This is miserable. Barring rain another whitewash seems likely. Broad and Anderson can only bowl in English conditions and without them taking wickets the England attack really isn't up to much. Batting wise Cook looks done. All to often he looks like he's set up nicely and is playing good cricket but then he gets himself out without making many runs. Root, Stokes and Bairstow are carrying the batting far too often and it really shows when one or all of them get out too quickly (or lose their place due to off-field antics). Of the up and coming players Malan has potential but he seems to be pretty much the only positive coming out of this series. I think the really frustrating thing is this isn't a great Aussie side but England are making them look like they are. All the frailties displayed in the summer against the Windies look even worse in Australian conditions. The extra few mph the Aussie bowlers have just makes them so much more dangerous than the English bowlers. It's been years since England had anyone who could be getting around the 90mph mark on a regular basis. The body language from the England team this morning was woeful, with very little encouragement being shown from any of the fielders towards the bowlers. It's definitely a squad on the decline at the moment, and a dearth of quality coming through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Weather might interrupt things. On radio they said rain now forecast to start just after the tea break.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-17/events-cancelled-due-to-wa-severe-weather-warning/9266282 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 3 wickets for England in the first half hour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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