Mogden
I like tea
Personally I'd delay it so I could get down tea and scones with lashings of jam without fear of the afternoon post sugar slump while on the field.
The Ashes 2015
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Can extend by 15 minutes.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Looking pretty comfortable in the end. These two look to have played pretty sensibly (compared to the rest of the match). See off Johnson and score steadily but not recklessly against the rest. Sorted.
Test cricket is unrecognisable these days. Usually in a 5 match series in England you'd bank on there being at least one draw due to weather, but the speed the game is played at now means you could lose entire days and still get a result. I think the only thing that seems certain is the series won't be drawn.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Hales hopefully. Even if he gets out for not many in half his innings he'd still be contributing more than Lyth has.
Like I said yesterday, we can't drop one of our only three batsman who actually know how to bat. We don't have that luxury.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Bit of luck but bell played properly today. Positive is good but this is test cricket. Lara always said you give the first hour to the bowler. He was as positive as they come but he also wanted to bat all day.
You also need an opener to hang around, at least in English conditions.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I expect lyth will stay in. For lack of alternatives really. Plus he's lucky England won. Wood for Anderson only change.
Aus may lose one more from dad's army.
Aus may lose one more from dad's army.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Yep. I think it's pretty likely they'll stop with him, but he is a concern. Personally I've still a soft spot for Compton but he still seems to be persona non grata.
I think there's a good chance that Aus will drop Voges for Shaun Marsh. Siddle must also be in contention for a game.
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BandWagon
Life's a bitch and then you die...
I was thinking about the pitch. The match lasted less than 3 days so that's a big loss of gate receipts, especially as it was the weekend that went missing. Sky won't be happy either. OK, it was an exciting game but pitches are supposed to be prepared for 5 days.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Made more difficult with extremely fragile batting line ups.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
As BA said the reason for this game finishing early has more to do with the inability of the batsmen to cope with some movement than the pitch having demons in it.
You see it quite a lot these days, batting collapses on wickets that while having something in them for the bowlers are by no means unplayable. The simple fact is that not enough modern days players are willing to, or maybe can, play like Nevill did in the 2nd innings, defend your wicket, play for time and maybe score a couple an over, in order to post what should be a par score.
