*Official* England in Australia (2 T20 & 7 ODIs)

[GIMH]

Luke Wright

 

[King Pietersen]

Luke Wright. WAC.

 

[Spark]

We've fielded brilliantly today. Smith, Warner, Lee especially.

 

[GIMH]

And then out, LOL

 

[wpdavid]

Luke Wright. WAC.

He isn't very good at 2020, is he. Averages about 10 runs a game for England and hardly bowls.

 

[Spark]

And then out, LOL

Haha you posted that after the dismissal too

Geez horror bounce

 

[Crazy Sam]

It's weird seeing Lee out there playing, he's perhaps the last link left of this side to the Waugh era. His fielding is right up there too, very good to watch. The younger players could take note.

 

[Noble One]

Good fielding makes such a difference. Probably our best effort all year which is terrible really.

 

[Spark]

Wow the boundaries are huge here. Anywhere else that's six.

That's the game one feels.

 

[Nate]

Large ground is large.

 

[Prince EWS]

Keep telling yourself facing a poor attack is greatness.

Scored runs against Dale Steyn & co and the only other good attack is our own so he can only hit what's in front of him

And Mark Butcher made a great ton against our attack in 01. They building a statue to him?

This is such terrible circular logic. You get told Bell is a good batsman and disgaree because he's supposedly only scored runs against poor attacks, then when you get shown that's not even true you backtrack and suggest that scoring runs against good attacks isn't everything anyway. Is it possible for you to actually keep one line of argument going for more than one post, or do you just treat everything as one big pissing contest and counter every remark in isolation, come what may any contradiction?

No-one said Bell had achieved greatness or that someone should be building him a statue. He's not a great of his time and he's not world class but what he is, is good. Contrary to popular belief, they still play international cricket when Australia aren't playing, and it even still counts if Australia aren't playing particularly well.

Bell's been tremendous since his Test recall and he's in top form. I'm sure you'll reply with some worthy remark about his face or how he performed 6 years ago, but whether you like it or not, Bell is now a good batsman.

 

[Uppercut]

Wow the boundaries are huge here. Anywhere else that's six.

That's the game one feels.

Yeah, puts a completely different spin on Australia's total.

 

[King Pietersen]

Reckon we're gonna struggle from here you know.

 

[benchmark00]

Large ground is large.

 

[vcs]

Large ground is large.

 

[GIMH]

Bloody good comeback from Australia here you have to say.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

And that's out of the ground, into the carpark-Oh wait, this is the MCG.

 

[Spark]

Yeah, puts a completely different spin on Australia's total.

Yeah, this is a far bigger ground and a tougher pitch, so 147 here is worth something like 170 at Adelaide.

 

[Oscillatingmind]

Like seeing Lee out there, he's bowled alright, but mostly just nice to have an old face. Reckon Michael Hussey should be in the T20 side.

 

[Prince EWS]

He isn't very good at 2020, is he. Averages about 10 runs a game for England and hardly bowls.

No, apparently he is good because the England selectors picked him and they are faultless. That someone else appears to rate him for no apparent reason has a much bigger impact on my opinion than every game he's ever played.