England v NZ & Aust 2015

[No4918]

Nearly worth playing Neville at 6 until Marsh gets more experience. Top scored in the tour game so he can play and is taking lots of wickets.

 

[Strewthcobber]

Nearly worth playing Neville at 6 until Marsh gets more experience. Top scored in the tour game so he can play and is taking lots of wickets.

Jeez he (Neville) looked terrible against Ali last night though, even before the soft dismissal. I reckon when we come up against even a semi-decent spinner he will have problems.

Smith going big has papered over so many cracks in the last couple of years.

 

[Quick Hands]

Australia all out 481 - great score after being sent in, England 8/107 at stumps - clearly it was their turn to collapse or maybe being up 3-1 has affected their intensity. Either way, a good bowling performance:
M Marsh 3/18
Siddle 2/18
Lyon 2/32
Johnston 1/21

 

[light]

Bit of credit should go to Voges and Starc.

They did well to hang around with Smith and ensure he wasn't left to carry the innings with the tail once England got through Clarke and Marsh. Starc in particular was the main contributor to the partnership and played exceptionally well I thought.

Voges proved again that his initial call-up and 5th test retention was justified.

 

[Quick Hands]

Voges proved again that his initial call-up and 5th test retention was justified.

AGAIN?????
You must be joking surely.

 

[light]

Not at all.

Had he made a start or a small score the knives would have been out about how he should never have been selected for this test and was never a test cricketer.

Had he made 150 it still wouldn't have been enough to please his critics.

I thought he played well and deserves credit for the knock. There were better players who scored less on that pitch.

 

[Quick Hands]

Not at all.

Had he made a start or a small score the knives would have been out about how he should never have been selected for this test and was never a test cricketer.

Had he made 150 it still wouldn't have been enough to please his critics.

I thought he played well and deserves credit for the knock. There were better players who scored less on that pitch.

See post #579, where I gave him the credit he deserved.

He had to be selected for this test as there is no youthful replacement in the squad who would have benefitted from the experience.

It doesn't alter the fact that he should not have been selected for the squad in the first place and his performance on the tour has in no way justified the original selection.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Black armbands all round for day 2, Arthur Morris having passed away seven short of his 100:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricke...est-cricket-legend-arthur-morris-dies-aged-93

 

[Quick Hands]

Black armbands all round for day 2, Arthur Morris having passed away seven short of his 100:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricke...est-cricket-legend-arthur-morris-dies-aged-93

One of the true greats on and off the field.

 

[Pedrolicus]

While Australia hasn't overly impressed this ashes, one positive is Lyon's emergence as a wicket taker. He's flown under the radar with all the high drama, but is in career best form.

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[waiopehu oldboy]

Poms rolled for 149 & Clarke enforces the follow-on, first time he's done so.

 

[Strewthcobber]

England's opening partnerships this series
7, 17, 0, 12, 19, 11, 32, 30, 19

Funny old game isn't it. We're probably going to collectively have around about a 3-4 run better average than the English throughout the series, barring something miraculous here, but the impression is we've been comprehensively outplayed.

 

[Quick Hands]

It's certainly been a series of wild swings in form by both teams. Unfortunately we've just had a couple more of the bad ones than they have.

 

[Highlander35]

3rd time lucky for Mitch Marsh against Ian Bell.

England 2/62

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

It's certainly been a series of wild swings in form by both teams. Unfortunately we've just had a couple more of the bad ones than they have.

I was just remarking the same. None of the games have been even remotely close and if we'd managed to post a combined 200 more in our first innings at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge we might still be playing for the Ashes in this test. It's been very disappointing.

 

[Quick Hands]

England 6/203 at stumps. Still another 130 runs to make us bat again. You'd have to think that barring rain of biblical proportions we will win this test.

Part of me wants to win by an innings and part of me would like to go in again chasing 20 or 30 runs so that Rogers or Clarke could hit the winning run.

 

[Quick Hands]

Hope I didn't speak too soon.

London Forecast - rain due to hit about 2pm local time.

Dry, bright and warm at first although breezy. A band of cloud and rain will spread from the south from mid-morning turning heavy as it moves northwards, especially in the west. Rain and wind should move away by evening

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcpvj0v07

 

[Pedrolicus]

I wonder if Warne thinks you should bowl at tail enders the same way you bowl at batsmen?

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[The Red Baron]

I wonder if Warne thinks

Fixed that for you.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Game to resume at 12.00 EST. Shouldn't take long to wrap up the last two wickets.