Balls to the Aussies the cricket thread (Read 359440 times)

Jaspersharpe · May 15, 2015, 10:34:58 am

Headingly rich? I'm taking the sprog to the New Zealand test on the Saturday (30th).

rich d · May 15, 2015, 10:47:16 am

Shame, Sunday at Headingley for NZ or else could have met for a pint, Trent Bridge on the Friday for the Aussies.

Jaspersharpe · May 19, 2015, 01:48:17 pm

What are we doing to our fast bowlers?

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/may/19/the-spin-england-fast-bowling-james-harris

Depressing reading.

butters · May 19, 2015, 03:07:15 pm

Beat me to posting that Jasper, there does seem to be a distinct correlation between the centre for excellence and buggering up a promising fast bowler.

DaveC · May 19, 2015, 10:15:42 pm

It is an excellent article and I think a similar thing has happened down here in Oz in the past. Witness Mitchell Johnson's transformation to the most feared bowler around after being coached in to mediocrity for a decade. Rumour is that DKLillee told him to stop pissing about and just bowl fast.

Jaspersharpe · May 21, 2015, 10:36:32 am

Here we go. Lyth gets an overdue start and a debut also for Wood. New Zealand win the toss and will bowl (of course). Come on England......

rich d · May 21, 2015, 11:26:19 am

Quote from: Jaspersharpe on May 21, 2015, 10:36:32 am

Here we go. Lyth gets an overdue start and a debut also for Wood. New Zealand win the toss and will bowl (of course). Come on England......

I'd have batted on that pitch, especially with today and tomorrow looking like the driest sunniest days with least cloud cover. Need a decent score to help settle all the crap that's going on at England. Cookey and Lythe get a great defiant opening stand - come on England

rich d · May 21, 2015, 11:29:34 am

Shite, typed too soon.

andy_e · May 21, 2015, 11:34:03 am

Good one rich, nice mockers!

Jaspersharpe · May 21, 2015, 11:55:56 am

Lyth unlucky. Ballance sitting too deep in his crease. No idea what Cook was doing with that short ball. Up shit creek again!

Jaspersharpe · May 21, 2015, 01:18:18 pm

113/4 at lunch. Could have been much much worse but for some great stuff from (SCCC's) Root and Stokes and that umpire's call on the LBW decision. Really need this partnership to continue....... *hiding under desk smilie*

around · May 21, 2015, 01:31:11 pm

Listening to Andrew Strauss on TMS, he sounds like a cricketing David Brent. It's all about 'moving forwards', 'bigger picture', etc etc. As much as I want to like the ECB, they make it hard sometimes.

EDIT: actually, he got very annoyed and started accusing the interviewer about being unnecessarily negative towards the end. I'm starting to warm to him.

Jaspersharpe · May 22, 2015, 09:46:48 am

Quote from: rich d on May 15, 2015, 10:47:16 am

Shame, Sunday at Headingley for NZ or else could have met for a pint, Trent Bridge on the Friday for the Aussies.

Just realised it's actually the Sunday we're going. Got confused as it starts on the Friday not Thursday!

Jaspersharpe · May 25, 2015, 09:14:01 am

Superb test match so far. Yesterday was pretty special, the best bit being this:

Hope we can get about 50 more quickly today and see how they go trying to chase it down.....

DaveC · May 25, 2015, 01:11:32 pm

Great fight back. Good to see Cook recovering his batting mojo. The kiwis are pretty good at chasing totals so they need to put it out if reach, particularly if McCullum gets his eye in. Of course the team confidence should rise with the captain's form so they might roll them in 40 overs for under 150 or something!

rich d · May 25, 2015, 02:32:48 pm

what an over from Stokes, McCullum gone first ball, proper stuff, crowd is going mad....Come on England!!

andy_e · May 25, 2015, 05:35:09 pm

Just tuned in in time for the ninth wicket... Come on tenth!

Jaspersharpe · May 25, 2015, 06:10:49 pm

Superb catch by Moeen. What a match!

rich d · May 25, 2015, 06:45:04 pm

Brilliant test match, swinging one way then another. Broad looks to be back to the same class of bowler as before his injury, Jimmy is always good, Cook finding the runs again and Root averaging nearly a ton in his last tests - then suddenly Stokes arrives with a Botham/Flintoff style performance that turns the match with first the bat and then the ball.
But...
NewZealand may be a decent side, but they were massively unprepared for a test match after their 20/20 and one day commitments, the Ausies are a step above as a side and will be ready for the ashes
But.. that doesn't take away from one of the best test matches I've seen.
PS jasper be on for a pint if you've decided which day you're there next week.

andy_e · May 25, 2015, 07:29:55 pm

I'd never have expected that at noon on Thursday!

DaveC · May 25, 2015, 10:33:37 pm

Must be said, England are a very different proposition at home. I for one do not think Australia will be anything like the force they were down here 18 months ago away from their fast pitches and huge home arenas. If Cook, Stokes, Root, Anderson and Broad all carry form into the Ashes series then an upset is on the cards. The NZ series may prove just the warm up your guys need.

butters · May 29, 2015, 02:00:20 pm

Jimmy enters the 400 club and then follows that up with another to get to 401. Good toss to win to say the least.

Jaspersharpe · May 30, 2015, 02:18:53 pm

And Cook becomes Englands record run scorer.

Shaping up to be another fascinating game and the forecast for tomorrow (which looked dire) now looks OK.

rich d · June 01, 2015, 11:51:51 am

Really enjoyed yesterday, but fuck me it was cold. Was the coldest day's cricket I've ever experienced, that sounds like the softest claim ever - but it was baltic. New Zealand batted really well, fast but not reckless pace, Broad finally put bat on ball. However I can't see England chasing this amount of runs down, especially if boult and southey have 2 new balls during the England innings.

DaveC · June 05, 2015, 11:38:51 pm

Just to cheer you all up before the Ashes, Australia just caned the Windies inside three days.