The Ashes 2009

[TrippyLondoner]

Not keen on bopara doing much either, hope i'm proved wrong.

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[mattie]

oopsey.

No Trott either.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Awww fack

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Wonder if we'll even make it through till when it gets better for batting.

 

[Nemo]

Is it too late to bring back Thorpe?

 

[kabbes]

I believe in Bell. Srsly, true. No irony or sarcasm. I think he's so good to being a great batsman. He's one of the few England batsman that I could actually see scoring some double centuries in his test career.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Bring back atherton...

 

[mattie]

Bring back Boyco...

No, too far.

 

[kabbes]

With Bopara, OTOH, I've lost what little faith I started with.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Where's Len Hutton when we need him.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Shittety shittety shit

 

[gabi]

Oops.

 

[Nemo]

Never let the Aussies say they don't get the decisions - Bopara's wicket was probably a no ball.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Never let the Aussies say they don't get the decisions - Bopara's wicket was probably a no ball.

damn those evil umpires

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Never let the Aussies say they don't get the decisions - Bopara's wicket was probably a no ball.

A fucking shit shot whatever. It sounds like he played it as if he had heard the no-ball call.

 

[Nemo]

damn those evil umpires

Still deserved to be out for that shot mind you.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Still deserved to be out for that shot mind you.

I don't care, i'm gonna whine about it for 10 pages onwards.

 

[kabbes]

Bell is already 2% of the way towards that double century.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Right now. Optimism boots on. It's just a couple of early wickets. You half-expect to lose one to the new ball anyway, so it's just one more wicket than an ok position. Lots of batting to come, weather soon to brighten up, two young talents at the crease...

 

[Corax]

Why is Bopara still getting picked? Single figures, 20s and so on don't cut it at no. 3 FFS.

 

[Nemo]

Bell is already 2% of the way towards that double century.

He'll do what he normally does - get out for a beautifully-compiled 40 or 50.

 

[Nemo]

Lots of batting to come

That's a matter of opinion.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I believe in Bell. Srsly, true. No irony or sarcasm. I think he's so good to being a great batsman. He's one of the few England batsman that I could actually see scoring some double centuries in his test career.

Quite right. Although if he gets out for less than 100 today I will hunt him down

 

[paulhackett]

Lots of batting to come

..when Australia bat..

 

[gabi]

Why is Bopara still getting picked? Single figures, 20s and so on don't cut it at no. 3 FFS.

Whats his average in this series?

Hes dropped catches, missed run outs and conceded runs in the field too. Still, he looks good on the advertising.

 

[kabbes]

He'll do what he normally does - get out for a beautifully-compiled 40 or 50.

To be honest, paradoxically it's probably why I like him. I like beautiful cricket and I like players who can consistently score 40+ runs. I liked Trescothwick for similar reasons. If the top 8 batsman all scored 45 runs in every test then you'd have 360 + whatever the tailenders could manage in every innings, which would always be competitive. You don't HAVE to have century-makers.

Of course, that's not how cricket works. But it appeals to me when a player seems capable of it.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Bopara's a load of shite, how did he get out? I was down the shops.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Whats his average in this series?

Hes dropped catches, missed run outs and conceded runs in the field too. Still, he looks good on the advertising.

He is to this series what Bell was in 2005 – scored loads of runs against a poor side in the early-season jamboree and stays in the team on the back of that and the lack of credible alternatives.

 

[Nemo]

IMO, Bopara should bat below Collingwood and they should have replaced Flintoff with Trott (and Broad with Sidebottom).

 

[Nemo]

Bopara's a load of shite, how did he get out? I was down the shops.

Ball passed him at about stomach height wide of the stumps and he hung the bat out and lobbed a catch to gully.