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

[SpaceMonkey]

To be fair he wont be the first or last player to not read Shane Warne that well, if thats the bar for being 'clueless' then most batsmen will be in that grouping too.
At least he's keeping 1 end blocked up so Vaughan can score freely at the other end without worrying about the side losing wickets.

 

[Isolator]

Why did Bowden dead-ball that? Does he not know the rules of cricket?

 

[Majin]

To be fair he wont be the first or last player to not read Shane Warne that well, if thats the bar for being 'clueless' then most batsmen will be in that grouping too.
At least he's keeping 1 end blocked up so Vaughan can score freely at the other end without worrying about the side losing wickets.

I'm sure collingwood could do that, and then we'd get a stupidly good fielder out of it as well.

 

[Majin]

Goodnight Vaughanie, great innings. Lets go, Kev. B)

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

That's why part-timers get wickets. Important little period here, new ball due shortly, England need to hold and not lose a couple of quick ones. Australia could still come out of this looking respectable, which really they shouldn't given the platform.

 

[scottcraze]

Thats a shocker! Ah well KP now!

 

[Slow Love™]

Interesting innings from Vaughan - absolutely shocker of a ball to get out to, but that's so often the way it happens on a day like this.

I tend to agree with social though, that in between the drops, he looked extremely good.

 

[social]

At least they're dropping one and catching one now.

Top innings by Vaughan although Richard wouldnt think so.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Why did Bowden dead-ball that? Does he not know the rules of cricket?

Haha yeah, that was a weird one wasn't it? He edged the ball, Hayden took it on the bounce... dead ball?

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I'm sure collingwood could do that, and then we'd get a stupidly good fielder out of it as well.

The same reason why Australia persisted with Clarke when he wasnt scoring. Bell is young, obviously has skill and is going to be the future of the Test team if he can settle into International cricket. A few dodgy test innings against a team with the 2 best bowlers of the generation shouldnt be enough for him to be dropped tbh.

No matter how bad he looks he's still there. More than can be said for many english batsmen in the past when they've struggled.

 

[Isolator]

Haha yeah, that was a weird one wasn't it? He edged the ball, Hayden took it on the bounce... dead ball?

It sometimes seems like umpires aren't as well-versed in the rules as they should be. Every now and then you'll see something similar - a completely bizarre decision, mostly insignificant, but still worrying. For example, take how umpires are supposed to keep an arm out until the batsman is prepared to face the ball. They're supposed to do it every ball, but you rarely see it happen. When South Africa were last in NZ, there was a mix-up (Pollock bowling Styris, who was unprepared) that could who been disastrous, and all because the ump didn't check whether the batsman was ready...

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Pietersen still looks to me like he has real problems playing away from the body on the off-side. He's certainly done okay with it so far, but it doesn't look particularly good and it might be possible to exploit it.

 

[Majin]

Point taken. B)

 

[Pedro Delgado]

England #1 Australia #2.

Because of a few dropped catches and some dodgy skippering?

I think not.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Heh @ the two old men 'chasing' after the ball there.

 

[Shane Warne]

More luck for England.

 

[Majin]

what sort of target would you be aiming for if you were Micheal Vaughan? 500+?

 

[nick-o]

I'd love to know when last an Aussie attack featuring both McGrath and Warne looked at a scoreboard reading 200-2.

Great knock here.

Just to update this: I'd love to know when last an Aussie attack featuring both McGrath and Warne looked at a scoreboard reading 300-3.

 

[Shane Warne]

Just to update this: I'd love to know when last an Aussie attack featuring both McGrath and Warne looked at a scoreboard reading 300-3.

Never I doubt.

I can't see how any other team has managed to get this much luck in the history of cricket, let alone just Warne/Mcgrath matches.

 

[Kweek]

luck ? I wont call poor fielding luck.