I'm no cricket expert, but isn't it madness to bat first in such a must-win game?
No, a good team will usually want to bat first. runs on the board are key. with a team like england though it can backfire.
The Ashes 2009
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No, a good team will usually want to bat first. runs on the board are key. with a team like england though it can backfire.
If only there was a third option. England seem to backfire whatever the choice.
Aussie in bitter speech about 2005 shock.
He's like some tedious cunt in the office who constantly reminds you of something stupid you said in a meeting five years ago.
Hahahaha, anyone else hear on Sky coverage Warne trying to explain to Bumble what the "Wedding Crashers" film is???? Classic, reminds me of 2005 when Slater was asking Boycott if he had seen "National Lampoon's European Vaction". Cricket is amazing.
that's what I mean, the high pressure situation, we'll flake it I think
Out of interest, has warney got any honours from her majesty? Seems crazy collingwood has and the greatest bowler in history hasnt got any...
Or did he get one at some stage?
Well, you've gotta back yourself. To bowl first on this pitch would have been foolish. And cowardly.
As opposed to the total lack of pressure involved in playing catch-up to the side who've just made 550 after you've stuck them in on a featherbed you mean?
Surely if he doesn't it's at the door of the Aussie government.
g force
Affects Shatner's Basoon
No matter how hard we hope for this, or repeat it in the Ashes thread....deep down we know it won't happen
mattie
missing in inaction
No matter how hard we hope for this, or repeat it in the Ashes thread....deep down we know it won't happen
I expect a very pretty thirty-odd.
At least he's unlikely to get out charging a spinner.
fen_boy
Exits gracefully.
No matter how hard we hope for this, or repeat it in the Ashes thread....deep down we know it won't happen
I try to say it every time he comes out to bat.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Of course we should have batted first. To do other wise would have been pure mentalist idiocy. We need to win the game and to do that we need runs on the board. Why we would be any more likely to get them batting second I don't know...
sorry, I got all narky then, I didn't mean to sound so scathing!
sorry, I got all narky then, I didn't mean to sound so scathing!
fen_boy
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Didn't he hit someone for six straight back over their head at Edgbaston?
Nah. He'll either be out lbw or he'll fence at one outside off and edge to slip.
mattie
missing in inaction
I agree - also because it's hardly a statement of intent putting them in.
Looks more like a number 8 than a number 3.
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double century for bell then
Ramps would have 300 by now. Bring back Ramps!!!!
mattie
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But this is what he's got to figure out how to survive.
How many time I've seen Ponting battered and then score a hundred I don't know. It's what takes him from good to great.
I only mention Bell and punter in the same breath to draw a distinction, not to suggest they're equivalent.
