*Official* Fifth Test at the SCG

[GIMH]

Atmosphere in that stand is amazing on TV. Would give a ****ing arm to be there.

 

[GIMH]

These two are annoying the hell out of me. GTFO.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Haha what are the fuzz doing?

 

[Woodster]

These two are annoying the hell out of me. GTFO.

Yep, they're like bouncers at a strip-joint, just getting in the way of us really enjoying ourselves!

 

[The Battlers Prince]

yeah you're right they're not like the old english crew who just rolled over and got out cheap, ah australia, we'll be back...eventually

 

[Jacknife]

Yep, they're like bouncers at a strip-joint, just getting in the way of us really enjoying ourselves!

Just read that David Saker has committed to England for another 3 years ,which is great news.

 

[GIMH]

All the bragging you ****s do about climate and this is the second time your weather has tried to sabotage an innings defeat

 

[vic_orthdox]

Not surprised to see them go off, when I flicked the TV on it looked like the lights were on.

 

[GIMH]

"I think we can wait a little bit longer"

Yeah thanks Nass, I haven't got work in the morning or anything

 

[BoyBrumby]

Loving Sky's choice of music on the montages. Was Elbow after day 3 & ELO after yesterday's play which they've just shown again.

Although Mr Blue Sky maybe a bit of a piss take in a rain break...

 

[Jacknife]

Loving Sky's choice of music on the montages. Was Elbow after day 3 & ELO after yesterday's play which they've just shown again.

Although Mr Blue Sky maybe a bit of a piss take in a rain break...

Yes ,loved the Colly montage earlier, very emotional.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Hmm. Interesting one, we probably bowled better at points, but we weren't rolling Australia out for subpar totals as often as we have done here.

Yeah, but against a far, far better Australian team in 2005.

Personally rate that England bowling performance higher. Given it was against a team that were arguably the best for quite a long time and had been largely unbeaten over a long period.

While I don't want to take anything away from this England team,as they've bowled very, very well, the Australian team they're playing at the moment just doesn't compare at all. They're arguably playing the worst we've seen any Aussie team play for some time. England's effort to make them look largely very ordinary in every single test of the series has to be applauded too however.

 

[Spark]

Australia really need to look at the way that cricket is run in this county. We need to start selecting three separate squads and not picking our best 15 players to play in all forms. I think it was mentioned somewhere that only Pietersen and Collingwood were regulars in the 20/20 team, while only Hughes and Ponting weren't in the Australian team. I think that has shown.

Let's have some sense to our selection. We picked left arm spinners to get one man out - Kevin Pietersen, other than Adelaide he didn't really have that much influence on the series. What a joke!

If it is true that Ricky Ponting didn't want Hauritz in the team because they had a personality clash then Ponting can no longer be our captain. All good when your team is winning to pick mates you get on with, but if you're not winning, suck it up.

Could not agree more.

 

[King Pietersen]

Peter Siddle. WAC. Get out already. Steve Smith can bat through though, and hopefully begin to look more impressive. Just to annoy TumTum.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Given how hard we've fought for most of this test match, I think a draw would be the only fair result.

Edit: Bugger...they're back on!

 

[Woodster]

Steve Smith gets into some horrible positions when he's batting. I'm all for unorthodoxy, but everything about his balance and footwork is wrong.

Slapped that one quite nicely though.

 

[Spark]

Siddle is actually quite a fair bat. Late cut!

 

[hazsa19]

I reckon Siddle could become a decent number 8.

 

[Jacknife]

For a 5th day wicket it's still playing very well, not much spin and not much bounce.

 

[Prince EWS]

Siddle is actually quite a fair bat. Late cut!

I reckon Siddle's batting would be a lot better if he kept his head stiller and his eye on the ball longer. I've noticed he tends to look in the direction of where he's trying to hit it well and truly before the ball has made contact.