Hitesh Posted 21 July 2005 Share Posted 21 July 2005 68-5 - Jones is putting in a good knock. He seems to be staying defensive but still finding the shots to get runs when he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted 21 July 2005 Share Posted 21 July 2005 92-7 booooooooooo , come on pieterson , he got to stay in till the end now , i think we will struggle to get 150 now . mcgrath opening spell was just about the best bowling ive ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitesh Posted 21 July 2005 Share Posted 21 July 2005 92-7 booooooooooo , come on pieterson , he got to stay in till the end now , i think we will struggle to get 150 now . mcgrath opening spell was just about the best bowling ive ever seen 141933[/snapback] I doubt we will even get anywhere near that. McGrath will be back tomorrow morning and i cant see them getting many more runs on the board. The job is going to get harder because if the Aussies bat for the rest of the day, the pitch for the last 3 days will become tougher. But never give up! Anything can happen! Its just a shame that England couldnt get themselves into a good postition after doing a great job bowling them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_lcfc Posted 21 July 2005 Share Posted 21 July 2005 the tail are going to have to stay in as much as possible and pietersen will have to attack and hopefully we can get somewhere between 150-160 at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Doyle Posted 22 July 2005 Share Posted 22 July 2005 Hey remember in all this THERES ONLY ONE LEICESTER CITY John_LCFC and Cobbo you have it wrong Wellman and in particular BartonFox you have it right. Only thing is BartonFox Hayden is the Aussies weakest point and I think he will fail as will young Marcus Tres I live in Aussie now B) and will be over for a five LCFC games and one of the days of the third (I think it is) test . get to shout the MIGHTY FOXES on at Luton H, (not going Hull), Sheff Wed H, not sure about Cardiff, will go to Wolverhampton A, QPR H, Brighton H (7.45pm kick-off) and finish off with an away trip to crush the sheep sh@**ers at Derby . CAN NOT WAIT. Aussies will win the Ashes (unfortunately as I really do want to give the Aussies sh 1 t about sport but have not been able to for the past decade) in a white wash............sorry but thats as I see it and I hope I am wrong. More importantly GO THE FOXES See you at the Walkers soon! and I may even go and watch Tomassi have a kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 22 July 2005 Share Posted 22 July 2005 I come back from work to find we got 155, that was a pleasant suprise after our start yesterday. Impressed with Simon Jones' score of 20 at the death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitesh Posted 22 July 2005 Share Posted 22 July 2005 I was wrong about England then! they have done well to get 155. But i stand by my other comments and its going to be hard for England to get any second innings total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_lcfc Posted 22 July 2005 Share Posted 22 July 2005 pietersen has just put another catch down the over before tea. Would have been a vita wicket of michael clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbo Posted 22 July 2005 Share Posted 22 July 2005 Hey remember in all this THERES ONLY ONE LEICESTER CITY John_LCFC and Cobbo you have it wrong Wellman and in particular BartonFox you have it right. Only thing is BartonFox Hayden is the Aussies weakest point and I think he will fail as will young Marcus Tres I live in Aussie now B) and will be over for a five LCFC games and one of the days of the third (I think it is) test . get to shout the MIGHTY FOXES on at Luton H, (not going Hull), Sheff Wed H, not sure about Cardiff, will go to Wolverhampton A, QPR H, Brighton H (7.45pm kick-off) and finish off with an away trip to crush the sheep sh@**ers at Derby . CAN NOT WAIT. Aussies will win the Ashes (unfortunately as I really do want to give the Aussies sh 1 t about sport but have not been able to for the past decade) in a white wash............sorry but thats as I see it and I hope I am wrong. More importantly GO THE FOXES See you at the Walkers soon! and I may even go and watch Tomassi have a kick 142156[/snapback] I'm a sarky bastard y'know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossporterlc Posted 22 July 2005 Share Posted 22 July 2005 it's not looking good is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationwider Posted 23 July 2005 Author Share Posted 23 July 2005 it's not looking good is it 142616[/snapback] Depends. They've got to knock over the last three very quickly this morning as they're already 314 behind. I can't see them getting more than 350 to win. For me, yesterday proved that the bowlers hold the key to this series. England let them off the hook after lunch. Of course, dropping Clarke early on didn't help. I think both teams are fairly evenly matched from 1-7. Where Aus hold the advantage is having a match-winning spinner, and will probably be able to take 20 wickets quicker than Eng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossporterlc Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 it's not looking good is it 142616[/snapback] Depends. They've got to knock over the last three very quickly this morning as they're already 314 behind. I can't see them getting more than 350 to win. For me, yesterday proved that the bowlers hold the key to this series. England let them off the hook after lunch. Of course, dropping Clarke early on didn't help. I think both teams are fairly evenly matched from 1-7. Where Aus hold the advantage is having a match-winning spinner, and will probably be able to take 20 wickets quicker than Eng. 142680[/snapback] its uncatchable imo now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 Keep the faith!! We've startd well (although Trescothick got lucky with that last lbw before tea), we can do this!! We've got plenty of time at any rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 Wicket Strauss has gone Caught and Bowled by Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhermon Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 dont panic the rain my save your butts yet.............with that much rain you might want to build an ark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 i think were in deep deep shit now !!!!! were stil 264 behind with 5 wickets remaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossporterlc Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 don't think it's gonna happen unfortunately, though rain is predicted tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burger Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 Vaughan is disgraceful, Third in the order? It's laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationwider Posted 23 July 2005 Author Share Posted 23 July 2005 We're going to need rain of biblical proportions over the next 48 hours. Positives to take from this test: 1 - Harmison is looking dangerous. He clearly rattled a few of their top order. Jones bowled ok too, with no luck. 2 - Pieterson's batting has stood up well so far. Negatives: 1 - Their 4 bowlers look much stronger than our 5, as a unit. 2 - Someone tell Flintoff the series has started. 3 - We will never beat Aus if we don't hold vital catches. 4 - Bearing point 3 in mind, bring in Chris Read for Geraint Jones immediately. Jones is no international keeper, and his batting isn't that much better than Read (or Prior). 5 - We've just tossed them a huge psychological advantage. Aus never give these advantages up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_lcfc Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 Sunday at Lords for Npower Ashes test match weather: Some sunny spells but light showers expected throughout the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 We're going to need rain of biblical proportions over the next 48 hours.Positives to take from this test: 1 - Harmison is looking dangerous. He clearly rattled a few of their top order. Jones bowled ok too, with no luck. 2 - Pieterson's batting has stood up well so far. Negatives: 1 - Their 4 bowlers look much stronger than our 5, as a unit. 2 - Someone tell Flintoff the series has started. 3 - We will never beat Aus if we don't hold vital catches. 4 - Bearing point 3 in mind, bring in Chris Read for Geraint Jones immediately. Jones is no international keeper, and his batting isn't that much better than Read (or Prior). 5 - We've just tossed them a huge psychological advantage. Aus never give these advantages up. 142998[/snapback] good call about g jones . read is a far better keeper and isnt far behind in terms of batting , a good keeper is vital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_lcfc Posted 23 July 2005 Share Posted 23 July 2005 Read plays for Nottinghamshire i think G.Jones is our number one wicketkeeper/BATSMAN. he has/is currently playing well when he gets to the crease and i cant see Read performing well with the bat. i know catches are vital but he just had a bad day yesterday i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted 24 July 2005 Share Posted 24 July 2005 well thats 1-0 to the aussies then , we have got to bat far better in the remaining tests . step forward mr vaughan , u owe us some runs !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_lcfc Posted 24 July 2005 Share Posted 24 July 2005 i think that we will learn from our mistakes at edgbaston and bat/ield better but i also feel the aussies will play harmison better and learn aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationwider Posted 24 July 2005 Author Share Posted 24 July 2005 Read plays for Nottinghamshire i think G.Jones is our number one wicketkeeper/BATSMAN. he has/is currently playing well when he gets to the crease and i cant see Read performing well with the bat. i know catches are vital but he just had a bad day yesterday i think. 143016[/snapback] I agree that Jones is the better batsman. He averages 15 runs per innings more than Reid in tests, which is quite significant. However, I bet his dropped catches in that time (of which there have been many) have been worth more than 15 runs per innings to the opposition. Having said all that, if Pietersen had caught Clarke early in his innings, it could have been a totally different result. That was the most costly of the dropped catches. If, if, if... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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