if it all goes tits up for the ozzies and we retain the ashes after this game, what odds on ponting being dropped? seeing how desperate the selectors seem, might we see ponting given the heave-ho before the end of the series? eh? eh?
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TrippyLondoner
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had a strange feeling this would happen.
is it fuck. The ball's swinging crazily thanks to the breeze there, fuck all to do with the pitch
Stop panicing everyone, Australia were 69-5 and there's nothing wrong with the pitch, their tail showed that
The "breeze" that is some breeze to turn a cricket ball.. lol.. anyway like I say we had a good bowling pitch for our bowlers.. that is why we chose to bowl first.. now we have to get within say 50 runs of them to win this test.. but a draw would do .. it's early days
It's not 'turning', it's swinging. Johnson's swinging it because he's got his action sorted again (temporarily) and the wind's blowing from the Prenderil End which always assists swing at Perth. Harris and Siddle are struggling to control that swing which is why they're spraying it around and posing little threat. Watch the ball through the air before it pitches. That's swing. The pitch is still true - bouncy and quick but true all the same. Not much breeze yesterday, there is today.
Bowling well at Perth is about length. Pitch it up and you'll get wickets, which is what Johnson's doing. Get seduced by the bounce and you won't (against Australia anyway, cos they're used to it) because that bounce is even and easily leaveable. Johnson has his wrist position right, his arm's higher than it has been recently and as a result he's swinging it and got his line and length right. Finn in particular needs to take note of that length, that's where you need to bowl at Perth
mmm, we'll need to bowl well again though and rough parity or a lead for Aus may encourage their top order to sort their lives out and stop playing shit shots. Fancy a result either way, 250-300 in the first two innings should mean a result especially given that Perth just doesn't lose time to rain or light.
Siddle really can't control the swing here, he's all over the place with his length
Ok lol
Cooley's the one who's been coaching him through his decline
TrippyLondoner
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fuck sakes. we are gonna have to battle really hard for this test now.
Yeah I know but something has worked since he last played
England need to show what we've really got now
