PaulC Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) Yes England's day but as Dave said lets wait until England bat on it before we get carried away. Credit to Haddin and Johnson because without that partnership we'd have had them out for under 180. Now a 300 score seems likely and that keeps them in the game. Broad brilliant. Tremlett why oh why when you have two bowlers considerably quicker than him not playing. Edited November 21, 2013 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 let's see how we bat, but assuming we knock out the last two for under 30 runs, we'll be able to start batting without too much pressure - which is good for Carberry on debut as well. A ton from Cook would be welcome though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 I'll not judge, till both teams have batted, but you've got to say that was an almost perfect start for England. Yep, looking good so far but we won't know until we've batted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Good old Aussies, you can always rely on them for a laugh. They're literally like a bunch of children. LALALALAALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LALALAALALALA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Watched the TV who used the Aus feed, with their commentators etc. By god they are a biased lot. Really poor sportsmanship etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 I just hope they don't stick on a decent total for the last wicket like they did in the 1st(?) test this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Cook and Trott carrying on their pathetic form from the summer ashes. Carberry is impressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Collapsville. We need to get 100 or so ahead and cannot see that happening now at all. Looking like a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Pathetic. Lucky to get to 150 now. Game lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Really horrible to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted November 22, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2013 B*gger! this is looking not so good, now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Absolute carnage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Oh dear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 LOL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I think lol just about covers it ghost. Embarrassing. Worse than the football team ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Awful but not unexpected, we were poor in the summer but the Aussies were worse, they have stepped up and we have fallen back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 our batting has been questionable for a while now. Not hit 400 runs in the last 17 tests. Cook, Trott, KP, Prior off form for at least 9-12 months now, lower order incapable of hitting decent runs. Arrogance crept in as well in that period thinking they would just turn up and aussie and kiwis would roll over. So much pressure on the bowlers to deliver every time. Carberry looked good but Cook and Trott especially woefully out of form. On paper we should tonk these but as a batting side there are serious problems. I knew 295 wasn't as good as people thought as our battings been so poor this year. Bringing in Bresnan as night watchman in the summer shows a struggling batting side trying to slow the run rate down only adds to this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Ah an old school England batting collapse! How many runs did Tuffers get? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 our batting has been questionable for a while now. Not hit 400 runs in the last 17 tests. Cook, Trott, KP, Prior off form for at least 9-12 months now, lower order incapable of hitting decent runs. Arrogance crept in as well in that period thinking they would just turn up and aussie and kiwis would roll over. So much pressure on the bowlers to deliver every time. Carberry looked good but Cook and Trott especially woefully out of form. On paper we should tonk these but as a batting side there are serious problems. I knew 295 wasn't as good as people thought as our battings been so poor this year. Bringing in Bresnan as night watchman in the summer shows a struggling batting side trying to slow the run rate down only adds to this. dont mention the 400 runs thing it gets laughed at by some people as not important stat though Ive said it all through the summer, for me Root should be dropped he looks like a man with no confidence. this is a very average batting line up that no matter how good Johnson bowled he was made look like Glenn McGrath 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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