Ashes Series 2009 (3 Viewers)

[Roy9]

Looks headed for a boring draw already...

 

[Roy9]

5-321

One more wicket before stumps and I'd say we're slightly ahead

 

[whatashotbyseve]

Apart from Strauss (and Cook earlier), they all look awful. I reckon we can bowl them out for under 400 and make them pay for awful shots - especially from Collingwood.

 

[newmz89]

Yeah not looking so bad now, hopefully bowl them out not to far into the first session.

 

[goony]

imo we're pretty much in the same position that we were in at the end of day one in the first test.

 

[Roy9]

Fuck Hilfenhaus is an absolute weapon. Where is that guy that called him a 'useless cunt'?

 

[Lentern]

Felt bad for Cook not reaching his hundred. It was a wonderful innings to watch whatever your team. Despite the collapse I still think a draw is very much on the cards. This English bowling attack is not going to run through Australia's top order on this deck.

 

[Kujah]

Lets hope we can clean up the tail first.

 

[extensorindicis]

Felt bad for Cook not reaching his hundred. It was a wonderful innings to watch whatever your team. Despite the collapse I still think a draw is very much on the cards. This English bowling attack is not going to run through Australia's top order on this deck.

Well they've started well so far, hopefully Husseys day. Good to see Freddy steaming in today at around 90mph

 

[Kujah]

Hughes falls again.

 

[whatashotbyseve]

Just a poor shot from Hughes. He won't be dropped for the remainder of the series at the bare minimum. Nor should he be.

Ponting was desperately unlucky. He might have been LBW but England didn't really appeal for that and Rudi made it clear he was not going to give him out LBW. This is a perfect opportunity for Hussey to play himself back into form.

 

[u-borat]

um ponting looked pretty dead on lbw imo

didn't see too many replays but

 

[Kujah]

Was he given out for LBW or caught by first slip?

 

[whatashotbyseve]

idk man, hawkeye said it was probably hitting leg, but wasn't plum. Karma for shit captaincy this morning imo.

 

[Prashant Sallan]

holy crap!, Australia 8/156, basically getting rolled right now.. England should get them all out and get a huge lead.. woa this was unexpected from this type of pitch.. i think its swinging alot..

 

[Predator78]

holy crap!, Australia 8/156, basically getting rolled right now.. England should get them all out and get a huge lead.. woa this was unexpected from this type of pitch.. i think its swinging alot..

It is a surprise, I agree. The ball was swinging a little not a whole lot though. It was a poor shot selection, 5 of the wickets were from pull shots. Not great news that. Todays first session is crucial if England gets them quick we are in some trouble.

Quite the reverse of Cardiff they were preying for rain and it seems we will be to.

 

[Kujah]

Uh-oh.

 

[newmz89]

Well yeah Australia are in a spot of strife

 

[Lentern]

Caught.

TBH Rudi is an atrocious umpire needs to have his eyes and hearing tested. I still cringe at the Sangakkara decision in Hobart when he was 197.

I think Aleem Dar and Taufel should umpire all games

I think there is alot to be said for age affecting umpiring skills. Rudi from memory bagged a fair few of those ICC umpire of the year awards a few years back but seems to be getting increasingly poor as time goes by.

If you were to look at the number of umpiring decisions that landed themselves newspaper articles in recent history I would expect an overwhelming number of them to go to messers Hair, Koertzen and Bucknor. The three oldest if I'm not mistaken. By contrast like you said Taufel and Dar who at a glance look to be two of the youngest going around rarely seem at the centre of a scandal.

 

[newmz89]

Yeah hope out for a draw, but dissapointingly we can't have Taufel Umpire any of our Test Matches