snowychap Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 A lot of tripe again from England today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) In the balance isn't it? New ball soon get another couple of wickets looks a lot diff Edited December 2, 2017 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 2, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2017 The last forty minutes or so have been another chance getting away from us. We needed to capitalise on taking Smith and get another two or three before the close - it reminds me of the end of day three in the first test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, PaulC said: In the balance isn't it? New ball soon get another couple of wickets looks a lot diff England have still bowled a lot of tripe today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Have they. I haven't watched much tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Yes slow but Australia have edged it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Nah Australia have more than edged it. Put in to bat and only 4 down? Happy days. They'll be bowling at is tomorrow evening and in a strong position. Bowlers have been filth. I know woakes got a wicket and a run out but sadly he hasn't turned up on the tour when it counts so far. Not good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 5-0 to the Aussies I think in this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 6 hours ago, Rodders said: Nah Australia have more than edged it. Put in to bat and only 4 down? Happy days. They'll be bowling at is tomorrow evening and in a strong position. Bowlers have been filth. I know woakes got a wicket and a run out but sadly he hasn't turned up on the tour when it counts so far. Not good. Bar that golden summer against Pakistan he's never really done anything in Tests. I'm not sure how he's going to get anyone out with the Kookaburra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 He had to come back from a very serious injury to be fair and has lost a bit of pace. Early wickets tomorrow and we are back in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2017 Good morning Mr Handscomb - off you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2017 Two given out and repealed - and now the umpire gives a not out to a delivery that looks pretty good. The two successful reviews have put pressure on the umpire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Two given out and repealed - and now the umpire gives a not out to a delivery that looks pretty good. The two successful reviews have put pressure on the umpire. Inside edge on the third one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I think they'll get 400 and we'll be not many for 6 down by the close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Yeah the Ashes are gone. Its dismaying how appalling our bowling has been. We are never bowling them out twice in a match. So disappointing. On the other had at least I won't find myself struggling to sleep in the early hours. Silver linings and all that. Going to have been in tge field for aroubd 130 overs or so at least. Tiredness and evening session is going to lead an awful session against fresh and actual competent bowlers. As per @snowychap I rather dread how many we will be down. At least Stoneman has encouraged a little more faith that he can dig in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Appalling is a bit much. Anderson & Broad have generally bowled well for little reward. We just have so little after that... Woakes has been very poor, Overton has been better than Ball, but no more than ok. Problem is we have 4 seamers all bowling pretty much identical pace. We're crying out for a Mark Wood or Steve Finn who can put an extra 10km/h into the mix. And we're _really_ missing Stokes's aggression. As usual though, we come unstuck bowling to the bloody tail... it's criminal that we always seem to let at least one of the Aussie tail get a really decent score, and usually a couple of them. Hard to judge the wicket until we've batted. Who knows, we may go in and score 400+ too. Nah, I'm kidding, we'll be out for 150 and following on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 149 overs after putting them in to bat they've declared. 442/8 watching behind the hands time now / do something different may be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2017 It's disappointing because we've put ourselves into positions where we've had real opportunities in both tests and then let those opportunities fade away. In the first test at the end of day three it looked like we'd take a lead of about 60 or 70 and we ended up letting it slip to being behind by 20 or 30; not much, but enough to change the psychology of the game - even after that, we had the opportunity to maybe take a draw at the point where Root reached 50, but we capitulated almost immediately. Last night at 205-5 and with the ball moving around, Tufnell said he was hoping to see them off for 280 and that the Australians would be happy with anything over 300 - to let them add 150 onto that expectation is awful - an opportunity to put a little pressure on completely wasted. As others have said, it's hard to see us bowling them out twice in a test right now - both teams have had two full innings and our highest score is lower than their lowest score - right now, the best we can hope for in this test is a little bit more rain, a bit of stubbornness from Cook and Root at the crease and the hope of a draw, but it's very difficult to see us getting anything out of the series at this point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Glad the rains came. Let's hope they can come and stay for the next two days. It would be nice if our bowlers spent more time on practising their bowling rather than making silly faces at batsmen when they do eventually get them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I thought I'd give them another try and stay up. Now wish I hadn't. Awful from the England captain. How many to avoid the follow on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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