***Official*** 5th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground

[GotSpin]

Collingwood scored runs in Adelaide as well but I wouldn't call him a good batsman. Ditto Symonds in Melbourne. Langer, Hayden and Gilchrist are all flakey these days. Clarke needs a dormant pitch to make runs. A bit of swing and bounce from the quicks and he is largely irrelevant.

Hardly any batsmen struggle with swing and extra bounce

What a terrible point. Clarke was looking fine until then. He was able to leave balls alone in the corridor of doom which he normally would have dabbed at and the shot was on anyway

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Collingwood scored runs in Adelaide as well but I wouldn't call him a good batsman. Ditto Symonds in Melbourne. Langer, Hayden and Gilchrist are all flakey these days. Clarke needs a dormant pitch to make runs. A bit of swing and bounce from the quicks and he is largely irrelevant.

He's made runs in every test this series except for Melbourne. I don't see how this pitch is any more lively than the others. It's a pretty good batting wicket, and Brisbane and Perth had just as much bounce.

Clarke plays swing fine for mine. Last Ashes he handled the moving ball better than most of the other Australian batsmen. His problem has always been shot selection.

 

[Stumped]

man this rain delay is boring me

 

[Johnners]

Collingwood scored runs in Adelaide as well but I wouldn't call him a good batsman. Ditto Symonds in Melbourne. Langer, Hayden and Gilchrist are all flakey these days. Clarke needs a dormant pitch to make runs. A bit of swing and bounce from the quicks and he is largely irrelevant.

Someone didn't see his innings at Lords in 2005 ashes. The ball was doing plenty for the english seamers there and he made 91 until getting out to a rash shot. As Fuller mentioned he played the pace attack well, however, his shot selection was terrible.

The ball he got out to in Melbourne was a beauty from Harmison, and i'd put this latest dismissal down to both it being a good ball, and poor shot selection. His two centuries this series have been Test Class batting display's, and to suggest otherwise is pure ignorance afaic.

 

[Craig]

Howard's been in the commentary box about a dozen times in the past. Nothing new about it.

Fair enough, haven't heard it before then.

 

[Craig]

Is there any chance of play today?

(Been out forthe last 2 and a half hours doing other things)

 

[Stumped]

covers are off, england having a wine

 

[Armsty]

This is good news for Australia. The wet outfield will make it harder for England here and Australia should capitalise!

 

[Stumped]

5:35 FINALLY!...not long till play starts

 

[Stumped]

ere we go

 

[Jono]

Hussey paying $3.00 to score a century. Awfully tempting.

 

[pasag]

The celebrity interviews in the crowd **** me to death.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Hussey's discipline is phenomenal.

 

[pasag]

Hussey's discipline is phenomenal.

Indeed. Love the bloke.

 

[pasag]

Lol @ Symonds "waiting out till the end play" and smashing it around.

Australia's day quite easily although the game is pretty much in the balance. If either of these two plus Gilchrist go on, this is Australia's. Still pretty exciting stuff for a complete dead rubber.

Play starts half an hour early tomorrow for anyone that doesn't know.

 

[Nate]

Symondsssssss.

 

[Stumped]

i missed the end of the days play what did we end up?

 

[andyc]

i missed the end of the days play what did we end up?

Haha. You ever heard of cricinfo? Just a little cricket site that might help you out

 

[pasag]

Cbf making a thread, Legends of Cricket on ESPN now, Allan Border on atm.

 

[age_master]

The celebrity interviews in the crowd **** me to death.

yep, dont see why they have those at all.