*Official* Second Test at Lords

[.matt]

Siddle seems a bit tired. Dragging his length back a bit and seemed to try a little too hard on that ball and whipped it down the legside.

That one is well wide too. Bring Mitch and Hilfy back on.

 

[Richard]

Fielded Ricky. It's not in the spirit of the game to just give the opposition runs like that though.

Siddle goes for 9 off 1 delivery, good00.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Just shoot yourself Cribbage. We wouldn't weep.

Neither would More.

 

[Richard]

You realise treason is still a capial offence don't you? Along with Piracy on the Seas and using the word "access" as a verb.

Only piratism on the high seas is a capital offence. And what's more, that's defined by British ideals. Thus admitting this is kowtowing to British superiority.

 

[pup11]

Tipping Johnson to lift and take a bag now that Australia really need him to.

That's pretty much the only hope left, but given the way he has bowled so far on this tour, I really doubt whether that's gonna happen.

 

[zaremba]

Fielded Ricky. It's not in the spirit of the game to just give the opposition runs like that though.

Declaration fielding maybe?

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Yes, and I've seen him do so. It's just on the vast majority of occasions he doesn't try, whereas Symonds and Gayle try (and succeed) with great regularity. Same with Richards and Strauss.

Being a good batsman and the maximum pace you can hit the ball with are not correlative. Most batsmen's maximum pace is roughly similar. What sets them apart is how regularly they utilise coming close to said maximum.

Symonds and Gayle are both far more immensely stronger then Bell, it's ridiculous to think that Bell would be able to hit the ball harder then Symonds or Gayle.

 

[Andre]

North and Katich and Clarke might not offer much of a threat (touch wood) but they can bowl enough overs to give the quicks a rest.

Mitch Johnson's got to be feeling the pressure, though. Being part of a 3-man attack is a real problem if you're bowling rubbish.

Giving the quicks a rest doesn't win you Test matches. We need five genuine wicket taking options while the attack is in the developmental stage of their careers. Having bowlers with the attacking and defensive ability of Warne and McGrath was the exception rather than the norm. They could bowl long, long spells and keep it tight as well as look threatening. At this stage our attack can't, ehnce why we need more options to cover our bases comprehensively.

Lucky Hauritz is a spinner, cause if one of the quicks went down, we've got virtually no medium pace part timers.

 

[duffer]

The **** is with this wide bowling?

Oh ffs, Haddin.

 

[Prince EWS]

Get therapy. If that doesn't work, hope to God I don't see you at Baulko shops any time soon...

Doubt you would; fully expecting to be deported any minute now.

 

[Richard]

Declaration fielding maybe?

Joke bowling(\fielding) is against the spirit of Test cricket. Only Hansie Cronje is permitted to do that, and then only if he's being given a leather jacket to give to his wife.

 

[zaremba]

You realise treason is still a capial offence don't you? Along with Piracy on the Seas and using the word "access" as a verb.

And spelling capital without a T

 

[zaremba]

Joke bowling(\fielding) is against the spirit of Test cricket. Only Hansie Cronje is permitted to do that, and then only if he's being given a leather jacket to give to his wife.

Money for jam, mate. Money for jam

 

[.matt]

Finally Mitch is on. Siddle was bowled 2 overs too many. Now Hilfy, Clarke or Katich on for North and we are looking better.

 

[Richard]

Symonds and Gayle are both far more immensely stronger then Bell, it's ridiculous to think that Bell would be able to hit the ball harder then Symonds or Gayle.

No-one thinks he can. However, brute strength isn't a requisite to gain all that much speed over 18 yards or so. The extra weight of bat (which after all is the only thing that extra strength gains you) won't make any real difference.

Over 150 yards it might just make a small difference, but even so, Bell's hardest-hit shot won't go that much less far than Symonds' hardest-hit.

 

[The Sean]

Mitch to get a wicket this over.

 

[zaremba]

we've got virtually no medium pace part timers.

Only St Ricky, by my reckoning?

 

[Prince EWS]

Lucky Hauritz is a spinner, cause if one of the quicks went down, we've got virtually no medium pace part timers.

Hussey's meds are almost part-time bowler standard IMO.

Anyway, while I agree that five bowlers on some surfaces would have a lot of merit for Australia (particularly if Watto was fit), I don't agree at with the notion of picking a team with a certain balance just in case someone got injured in the middle of the game.

 

[ripper868]

Nuts to this, it's bedtime, nothing here keeping me up till 4 am tonight.

 

[zaremba]

Record opening partnership v Crims @ Lord's