***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

[chalky]

Low key start from England need a bit more intensity.

 

[Scaly piscine]

What the hell @ wide

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

What the hell @ wide

Don't see the problem with it. It was a foot above Langer's head, and you can't play a standard cricket shot at a ball a foot above your head, hence it's a wide. Replay showed pretty clearly why it was called.

 

[Top_Cat]

Seems fine to me, I don't think he can really go after the batsmen on this pitch as it doesn't really suit him.

He looks pretty pedestrian right now.

And he really has to go after them because if England lose, they'll be 2-0 down in a 5-Test series; I can only think of one team ever who has won the series from that position. They NEED to give it everything and go balls out to win this one.

edit: Just realised I repeated Corey here. Oh well.

Often imitated, never bettered.

What the hell @ wide

It was miles over his head.........

 

[Shane Warne]

Don't see the problem with it. It was a foot above Langer's head, and you can't play a standard cricket shot at a ball a foot above your head, hence it's a wide. Replay showed pretty clearly why it was called.

Yep.

 

[chalky]

Australia milking Giles England need to up intensity.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Don't see the problem with it. It was a foot above Langer's head, and you can't play a standard cricket shot at a ball a foot above your head, hence it's a wide. Replay showed pretty clearly why it was called.

It's Test cricket not one day cricket, if that was a wide then so were a load of deliveries Warne bowled down the leg-side.

 

[Top_Cat]

It's Test cricket not one day cricket, if that was a wide then so were a load of deliveries Warne bowled down the leg-side.

No they weren't. All have been well within the return crease so not wides. And the one above Langer's head was so far above it that he couldn't play a 'normal cricket shot', hence a wide.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

It's Test cricket not one day cricket, if that was a wide then so were a load of deliveries Warne bowled down the leg-side.

Err, no. The rule states that it's a wide if a batsman can't reasonably be expected to hit it. Nothing that Warne bowled was unhittable, and he didn't bowl wide of leg consistently enough for it to be considered negative bowling. That Hamison ball, to a guy of Langer's height, was unhittable with a standard cricket shot. The only thing he could possibly have done to it is basically stick his bat straight up in the air.

 

[Scaly piscine]

No they weren't. All have been well within the return crease so not wides. And the one above Langer's head was so far above it that he couldn't play a 'normal cricket shot', hence a wide.

Bull, you can't play a 'normal cricket shot' at a delivery that's 2 feet down legside.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Giles not causing any problems at all yet. He's bowling too full, and to left-handers that line isn't going to restrict the scoring.

 

[Slow Love™]

Langer's looking really good again. He and Warne are making my Ashes predictions for most Aussie runs and wickets pretty healthy (my English predictions are another story)...

 

[Shane Warne]

Bull, you can't play a 'normal cricket shot' at a delivery that's 2 feet down legside.

None of Warne's were.

 

[chalky]

Well done Freddie what a cricketer

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Huge wicket that. Seemed to be the bounce or something that did Langer there.

edit: once again, England come back into it just as Australia look to be getting in control. Certainly proving to be a very resiliant team.

 

[Top_Cat]

Bull, you can't play a 'normal cricket shot' at a delivery that's 2 feet down legside.

Of course you can. The return crease is 4.3 feet from middle stump so 2 feet only half the distance from middle-stump to ot the return crease. It's not as wide as you think.

And as I speak, Freddie bowls a ball which bounces a bit more than Langer expected and he drags on. England sure needed that!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Langer's looking really good again. He and Warne are making my Ashes predictions for most Aussie runs and wickets pretty healthy (my English predictions are another story)...

Same here, although Harmison is now only joint top wicket taker with Flintoff.

 

[Slow Love™]

Ah, crap!

Great stuff from Flintoff. Took out the form batsman.

 

[NZTailender]

Oh god nearly got his hat trick.

 

[Top_Cat]

Way too high. I would have gone up, though.