*Official* Second Test at Lord's

[King Pietersen]

Aggers just Tweeted that Bresnan is in. I'd prefer Finn to have stayed TBH.

 

[Ruckus]

Warne is currently telling us he'd pick Fokers Faulkner because he plays with him at the Melbourne Stars.

Warne loves Faulkner, I remember seeing his 'ideal' test XI and it had Faulkner batting at 6 or 7 or something.

 

[King Pietersen]

Yeah, Warne had Hughes at 3, with Faulkner at 7 just now.

 

[vic_orthdox]

My head hurts thinking about it.

 

[Howe_zat]

YEAHHHHHHH

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[Cabinet96]

Would've played Onions myself, but fair enough. Hopefully Bresnan will at least bowl dry.

 

[Cabinet96]

Good that we're batting anyway.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Bresnan pre Dec 2011: batting ave of 45.42 bowling ave 23.60.
Post Dec 2011 batting ave 17.14 bowling ave 55.43.

/temptingfate

 

[Spikey]

remember when warne said Melbourne Stars player Rob Quiney should get another chance?

 

[Spikey]

Cricket Australia ‏@CricketAus 27s
Usman Khawaja replaces Ed Cowan. Ryan Harris comes in for Mitchell Starc. Hughes to bat at four, Clarke five. #Ashes

ahahahahahha

 

[hazsa19]

Won the toss, glorious conditions, failing to bat the day would be a huge disappointment.

 

[King Pietersen]

Bres adds batting, and I'm sure he'll bowl decently. Don't think he'll get tonked like Finn did in the 2nd innings of the last game, but don't think he'll be particularly threatening. We'll wait and see. I'd potentially go with Tremlett in the 3rd game.

 

[Ruckus]

Excellent!

 

[Pothas]

Aggers just Tweeted that Bresnan is in. I'd prefer Finn to have stayed TBH.

Don't think they could play Finn after the last test, just can't risk him bowling that badly again.

I hope we have done the whole underestimating Bresnan thing like we used to.

 

[Adders]

Would've played Onions myself, but fair enough. Hopefully Bresnan will at least bowl dry.

Yeah me too.....really not sure about this. Bres's record at Lords is pretty bloody ordinary.....would have prefered Onions I think.

But whatever, that's the 11.....c'mon the lads!!!

 

[Pizzorno]

Love Bresnan, the whole team love him too. Runs please England I will seriously fume if you bottle your first innings again.

 

[Pothas]

No collapses please, have tickets for the 5th day so could both teams please bat a little better.

 

[Cabinet96]

Bresnan pre Dec 2011: batting ave of 45.42 bowling ave 23.60.
Post Dec 2011 batting ave 17.14 bowling ave 55.43.

/temptingfate

Yeah, it's incredible. I'm not convinced that recent surgery Bresnan has had has done much either, so I'm worried that we'll just be getting the 55 average guy.

Cricket Australia ‏@CricketAus 27s
Usman Khawaja replaces Ed Cowan. Ryan Harris comes in for Mitchell Starc. Hughes to bat at four, Clarke five. #Ashes

ahahahahahha

Yes!

Don't think they could play Finn after the last test, just can't risk him bowling that badly again.

I hope we have done the whole underestimating Bresnan thing like we used to.

Would love for it to be the case.

 

[Uppercut]

Bresnan pre Dec 2011: batting ave of 45.42 bowling ave 23.60.
Post Dec 2011 batting ave 17.14 bowling ave 55.43.

/temptingfate

The next Ryan Sidebottom: Yorkshireman with a reputation as a dobbler comes into the test side and bowls surprisingly fast, looks great initially but soon experiences a lot of fitness problems and burns out.

 

[Jayzamann]

Yeah, Warne had Hughes at 3, with Faulkner at 7 just now.

I'm sure he was biting his tongue about throwing Beer in there as well.