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The Ashes 2009

Finally i can post. Good morning session - let's see if we've learnt the lesson from the aussies first innings at cardiff - the signs thus far are good. Only one aussie bowler seem to have any control today and even he's been a bit loose later on.
 
Best session of Cricket I've seen from England in a very long time, although admittedly helped by the bowling.
 
Santino said:
He rang the bell at the beginning of the innings, so he's definitely there.

His annoyance to insight ratio is getting worse, as far as I'm concerned.
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I think he's determined to make Cricket as interminable when he's commentating as it was when he was batting.
 
Nemo said:
I think he's determined to make Cricket as interminable when he's commentating as it was when he was batting.
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Maybe one of his co-commentators will break his microphone.

As for Australia, you have to think that they will not be as terrible as they were (apart from Hilfenhaus) after lunch.
 
I like Boycott. He's a part of the fabric of cricket. It's a shame Richie isn't commentating anymore though.
 
Idaho said:
I like Boycott. He's a part of the fabric of cricket.
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I kind of like him. His periodic tirades against the Iraq War cheer me up. He's just reached the age where he doesn't give a damn what others think of him.

He is infinitely better than the ultimate professional Yorkshireman Fred Truman. God that man was a bore.
 
Boycott loves the game, and he cuts through a lot of the nonsense. His dismissal of all the fuss about reverse swing was great.
 
Idaho said:
Boycott loves the game, and he cuts through a lot of the nonsense. His dismissal of all the fuss about reverse swing was great.
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He does love the game, and he doesn't harp on about 'my day' like twat Truman did. He embraces the way things have changed and certainly doesn't think everyone should play just like he did (Truman again).

And he is the only cricket commentator to my knowledge to have come out against the Iraq War. That almost gives him a free pass in my book.
 
Yeah, I like Boycs as a commentator.

My favourite summariser was probably Trevor Bailey. I also liked Mike Selvey and actually, Graham Thorpe did a few tests a couple of years ago and he was really good.
 
tangerinedream said:
Yeah, I like Boycs as a commentator.

My favourite summariser was probably Trevor Bailey. I also liked Mike Selvey and actually, Graham Thorpe did a few tests a couple of years ago and he was really good.
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Yes, I liked Trevor Bailey a lot. He seemed like an unfailingly decent chap. Mike Selvey was good in a different way in that he didn't hold back in his criticism.

I like Vic Marks too.
 
littlebabyjesus said:
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.
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Cool. Physics embedded in cricket :cool:
 
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