booitsme7 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Another poor dismissal for Adam Lyth. I personally would like to see him dropped for the next test. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Another poor dismissal for Adam Lyth. I personally would like to see him dropped for the next test. Yep. Cook is looking solid, Bell fine... Lyth, all over the shop. But to be fair, the selectors have dropped guys who weren't quite good enough after giving them a chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrdavidson95 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Carberry was treated awfully after the last Ashes. Its all fine in retrospect but he should still be in the team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hales first class average is less than Adam Lyths, he is an exceptional white ball player, but I felt Lyth deserved to be given a shot ahead of him. Saying that, if he doesn't justify his continued selection with a very good 2nd innings then I can see Hales getting the nod for the final 2 tests. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Carberry was treated awfully after the last Ashes. Its all fine in retrospect but he should still be in the team. I'm inclined to agree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Mitchell Johnson in sense of humour shock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Bad luck for Cook, though I suppose you could say he was lucky early on not to play on. Voges "caught" him, though he knew nothing about it, the ball just seemed to lodge in his jumper. The BBC Sport feed posted this video of Jonathan Trott taking a similar catch in 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/8145070.stm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Desperately unlucky for Cook, hideous from Lyth. He might have a half decent FC average but that's not the be all and end all, Trescothick was a great example of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieInDundee Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Very surprised to see disciplined batting from England. Was expecting the top three to be scuttled for 20 odd runs then panic setting in. As much as I criticised him earlier in this thread, Ian Bell has been excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 He might have a half decent FC average but that's not the be all and end all, Trescothick was a great example of that. Trescothick averaged more than 41. I'd say that was pretty good. Lyth didn't take his opportunity, that's fair enough but he did deserve it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Very surprised to see disciplined batting from England. Was expecting the top three to be scuttled for 20 odd runs then panic setting in. As much as I criticised him earlier in this thread, Ian Bell has been excellent.Ian Bell batting well is one of the greatest sights in cricket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Truly. Beautiful batting from Bell. Could be a masterstroke moving him up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Jinxed him,gone for 53. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I saw the score and thought "who schedules an ODI in the middle of a test series" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 England still have a bit of batting to come and conditions are meant to be better tomorrow, they should still be looking for a lead of 150 minimum. Butler has been pretty disappointing so far, would like to see him going after the bowling a bit more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yep. If England can bat all day tomorrow, they can effectively bat Australia out of the game. All things considered, England's day by quite some distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 For all the talk about the pitch the majority of the wickets today were from poor shots and/or judgement. You've got wonder if Clarke is on a downward spiral and the endless work on his back is catching up with him. It's quite dramatic how much he seems to falling over at the crease, especially considering how graceful and balanced he normally is. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 For all the talk about the pitch the majority of the wickets today were from poor shots and/or judgement. You've got wonder if Clarke is on a downward spiral and the endless work on his back is catching up with him. It's quite dramatic how much he seems to falling over at the crease, especially considering how graceful and balanced he normally is. I think this might be Clarke's last series regardless of how it goes for the team or indeed him, he's 34 with the back of a 64 year old, the Ashes and away series in India are the only things the Aussies really care about at test level these days and the next of those series is 2 years away. If they're feeling sentimental, something Australian selectors aren't noted for, they might give him a home farewell vs the Kiwis this coming summer down under, unlikely tho. With Rogers voluntarily chucking it at the end of this series, Harris retired already, and Watson and Haddin both replaced by younger versions already, could be a fair old changing of the guard for Australia this year. Been a weird series so far with one team miles on top. Only saw the last half hour live but caught the highlights, some odd shots from the Aussies but none odder than Bell, who had done the hard bit then took an absolute brain fart, it was as if Pietersen had possessed him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Just watching the highlights On 5 and it was good to hear Michael Slater commentating again.The time when Channel 4 had the rights,I preferred their team to Sky Sports. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Please don't Hibs it today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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