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The Ashes 2009

I think we bowled well 40% of the time. The thing about test matches is they are a test of consistency and temprament most of all. It's no good bowling 3 good balls, 3 average balls, getting a maiden, then getting frustrated that you haven't got a wicket yet and bowling a couple of loose ones and giving the batsmen boundaries.

I was hoping for some cloud cover and humidity this morning - but looks like we have picked the only 5 dry days that South Wales gets every year (I lived there for 6 months and it rained EVERY DAY. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY. WITHOUT FUCKING FAIL...)
 
Idaho said:
I think we bowled well 40% of the time. The thing about test matches is they are a test of consistency and temprament most of all. It's no good bowling 3 good balls, 3 average balls, getting a maiden, then getting frustrated that you haven't got a wicket yet and bowling a couple of loose ones and giving the batsmen boundaries.

I was hoping for some cloud cover and humidity this morning - but looks like we have picked the only 5 dry days that South Wales gets every year (I lived there for 6 months and it rained EVERY DAY. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY. WITHOUT FUCKING FAIL...)
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Did you live here from Oct to March?

Cos if you didn't I don't believe you.

:)
 
Idaho said:
I think we bowled well 40% of the time. The thing about test matches is they are a test of consistency and temprament most of all. It's no good bowling 3 good balls, 3 average balls, getting a maiden, then getting frustrated that you haven't got a wicket yet and bowling a couple of loose ones and giving the batsmen boundaries.
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Thing is, Otis Gibson knows this full well. Strauss also seems very reluctant to bowl the spinners in tandem. His faith in Broad after lunch was mystifying.
 
Otis Gibson played his first 1st class match with Malcolm Marshall. In his first over, he bowled a dot ball first up. Marshall was standing at mid-on or mid-off and Gibson asked him where he thought he should bowl next. Marshall's reply was to do the same thing again. After every ball of that over, the young Gibson was itching to try something different to get a wicket. Marshall got him to bowl six good balls just outside off. The over was a maiden.
 
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Santino said:
Saving Jimmy and Freddie for the new ball I imagine.
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By which time they'll be nicely in. First over the day should be your bowler most likely, new ball due or no.

I'm constantly being disappointed by Strauss as a caption. He seems utterly lacking in nous.
 
It would've be a waste of time using flintoff/anderson with that ball first up, especially flintoff becuase we don't want to use him for long spells if we can help it.
 
History doesn't support that assertion - go back and look at how many not-out batsmen overnight get out without adding to their score the next morning. The first three to four overs of a day are absolutely crucial, regardless of the state of the ball.
 
As long as the rest of them collapse for 50 runs - we'll be well in.

You Aussie batsmen - imagine you're English!
 
Idaho said:
As long as the rest of them collapse for 50 runs - we'll be well in.

You Aussie batsmen - imagine you're English!
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Remember the Oval in 2005:

J L Langer 105
M L Hayden 138
R T Ponting 35
D R Martyn 10
M J Clarke 25
S M Katich 1
A C Gilchrist 23
S K Warne 0
B Lee 6
G D McGrath 0
S W Tait 1
 
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