2013 Ashes Part 2 - Down Under

[Braveheart81]

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[No4918]

Tipping Faulkner to start over Bailey.

 

[scaraby]

The Poms have found a solution for short pitch deliveries in Adelaide .....

 

[RugbyReg]

Tipping Faulkner to start over Bailey.

It's been announced. No changes from Brisbane. Faulkner 12th

 

[JSRF10]

England bring in Ben Stokes and Monty Panesar. Stokes has to be a gamble his ODI and First Class records are pretty poor for a test all rounder.

 

[Braveheart81]

England bring in Ben Stokes and Monty Panesar. Stokes has to be a gamble his ODI and First Class records are pretty poor for a test all rounder.

Ballance and Bairstow have both struggled as well. Any of the choices were far from optimal.

 

[The Red Baron]

So the English have gone for 2 frontline spinners in Adelaide eh? hmm..

 

[No4918]

Nothing in this pitch, if we aren't 3/300+ at stumps there is a problem. Anderson already looks like he doesn't want to be there.

 

[Braveheart81]

Warner again gets out by being just that bit too aggressive.

He needs to learn better stroke choice. I haven't seen a replay, but it sounds like a very similar dismissal to his one in the first innings in Brisbane. The ball holds up slightly on the pitch and he taps a simple catch into the off side.

 

[scaraby]

looked like he ws giving batting practise....what was he trying to do??

 

[No4918]

Despite making the runs several shots were miss-timed that made the boundary. Won't see many softer dismissals this series.

 

[Braveheart81]

Looks like there will be a lot of overs of spin. I wonder if Dave Warner has been sent out to the nets to start practicing his bowling?

Depending on how our seamers go, Warner, Smith and Clarke could all bowl a few overs in tandem with Lyon in this match.

 

[JSRF10]

Without putting the wood on the Aussies, they are starting to look fairly comfortable out there. They've got through a sticky patch and don't look in too much discomfort with the bowling now. 450+ must be an minimum even at this early stage.

 

[jermano]

Does anyone find this racist?

I was taught Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

 

[JSRF10]

People taking the piss out of teletubbies really is a blight on our society and needs to be eradicated.

Was it not more the comment on the Cricket Australia tweet than the Sikhs in fancy dress?

 

[The Red Baron]

Watson gets to 50 and throws his wicket away..Again! He is never going to be a player we can bank on. He is never going to start converting his starts into big scores.

We have gone from being in a pretty good position to being 4 down at tea..

 

[Braveheart81]

Disappointing last half hour.

Clarke and Bailey have a lot of work to do now.

 

[No4918]

Watson gets to 50 and throws his wicket away..Again! He is never going to be a player we can bank on. He is never going to start converting his starts into big scores.

We have gone from being in a pretty good position to being 4 down at tea..

Agree, bat him at 6 as an allrounder or he can leave. At 32(?) I think we have seen his best at test level.

 

[Braveheart81]

The problem is that we haven't got an obvious number 3 to replace him. Clarke doesn't want to bat there, Khawaja's form hasn't been fantastic and he is far too defensive to be your typical Australian number 3 and Hughes has been tried a couple of times.

I think Hughes or Doolan are the next potential choices there but I think they could only be given a shot at 3 if one of the other batsmen in the team gets dropped. Both are scoring well in Shield cricket this Summer.

 

[mark_s]

At 32(?) I think we have seen his best at test level.

I thought the same about Haddin a while ago and was wrong. Im not going to crucify Watson for only getting 50, atleast until someone else demands selection.