The Ashes 2009

[littlebabyjesus]

Maybe it's a naive question, but wouldn't a misshapen ball be good for the bowlers anyway? It would make it more unpredictable for the batsman.

Kills the swing.

 

[kabbes]

Kills the swing.

Why so? Does an odd shape not make it easier to swing?

 

[tangerinedream]

Possibly, but OTOH, the bowler can't control it. Anyway, it wasn't about that, the Aussies were trying to dispense with a ball that wasn't swinging.

Yeah exactly that, it's a blag to try and get a ball that does something...

 

[Dirty Martini]

I think the England batsmen should pass on lunch. They've surely had enough pies already.

 

[liquidlunch]

Fuck this 10 byes in 2 overs

 

[Nemo]

Siddle seems to have caught the disease now.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I'm off to the bookies to put a tenner on Mr. Extras making his maiden century

 

[Nemo]

All together now: who chucked all the pies? Who chucked all the pies?...

 

[agricola]

Siddle seems to have caught the disease now.

Very odd, the last two balls of the over before this from him were superb, but this over has been almost entirely composed of shit.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Fuck this 10 byes in 2 overs

 

[Nemo]

Disgraceful timewasting from Ponting now.

 

[Badgers]

Would kinda like to be watching this.
Office or cricket with beer, is there more than once choice?
The scorecard will have to do I suppose.

 

[Santino]

I want some of that TMS pork pie.

Pic from Aggers: http://img404.yfrog.com/i/5ym.jpg/

 

[El Sueno]

"The Most Glorious Pork Pie, Born and raised in Melton Moybray"... ((Blofeld))

 

[Nemo]

100 up.

 

[agricola]

"The Most Glorious Pork Pie, Born and raised in Melton Moybray"... ((Blofeld))

Poor Henry, has obviously never visited the wonderful Hulsons.

 

[liquidlunch]

Actually Ricky isnt that much of a cunt,look at this
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,25790664-11088,00.html

 

[tangerinedream]

"The Most Glorious Pork Pie, Born and raised in Melton Moybray"... ((Blofeld))

"The players are edible, oh, no it says don't eat the players"

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Why so? Does an odd shape not make it easier to swing?

With the new ball, bowlers use the seam to make the ball swing. Wikipedia says this:

'the raised seam and other minor imperfections in the ball's surface can induce turbulence while air flowing over other parts of the ball remains laminar'

If there's also a bump on one side of the ball this could easily negate the effect of the seam, depending where the bump is. Plus, the important fact about swinging the ball using the seam is that the swing is controllable.

Conventional (as opposed to reverse) swing bowlers like a hard, well-shaped ball. A ball that is randomly misshapen may well not swing at all as the distribution of the turbulence is also random.

 

[liquidlunch]

"The Most Glorious Pork Pie, Born and raised in Melton Moybray"... ((Blofeld))

We have the same broadcast

 

[tangerinedream]

We have the same broadcast

Yeah, TMS is also on ABC - they've been talking about it all series mentioning 'our listeners in Australia' etc...

 

[Dillinger4]

Which room are you staying in, Henry?

 

[Idaho]

Siddle looking the most dangerous of the bowlers by a long chalk.

 

[Dillinger4]

I want some of that TMS pork pie.

Pic from Aggers: http://img404.yfrog.com/i/5ym.jpg/

Gosh, they were not joking about that pork pie!

 

[liquidlunch]

Yeah, TMS is also on ABC - they've been talking about it all series mentioning 'our listeners in Australia' etc...

Ah ha its the first time this series i have been able to pay my undivided attentionHenry is fucking great,Tuf too

 

[Barking_Mad]

live stream here: http://ecricketlivestreaming.blogspot.com/2009/07/england-v-australia-live-streaming_15.html

 

[Dillinger4]

live stream here: http://ecricketlivestreaming.blogspot.com/2009/07/england-v-australia-live-streaming_15.html

Is that of the Pork Pie or the Cricket?

 

[Nemo]

England still scoring at quite a lick here.

 

[Idaho]

live stream here: http://ecricketlivestreaming.blogspot.com/2009/07/england-v-australia-live-streaming_15.html

Not working for me alas...

 

[Dirty Martini]

Not working for me alas...

Hold your nose and use Internet Explorer?