posted Jul 12, 2009

Ponting's "chatting" to the Umpiress is a little close to the mark in my eyes.
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Depends what he was talking about. If he was clarifying how long there was left, when Australia needed to get the final wicket by, then that's fine by me.

We need to know exactly what was said before thinking anything suspicious was happening.

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posted Jul 12, 2009

I did GKT! He just ran on and patted Anderson on the back before running off again! And yes, he'd hardly have won the fitness challenges he sets would he??!!

Ah well, all worth it!

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posted Jul 12, 2009

Am I missing a point here? We were comprehensively outplayed on 3 of the 5 days, did no more than draw the other 2 days, failed to bowl them out but somehow scraped a draw. This is not a success, it's a bloody disaster and unless Strauss starts to pull something out of the bag damn quick we are down the swannee in this series and no hope of the Ashes coming home. Christ, listen to Sky and you'd think we won! We were slaughtered and this is an almighty get out of jail.

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posted Jul 13, 2009

I should like to be a Kevin Petersen fan but he frustrates me out of it. When is he going to learn how to play for the team? He batted well for a while in the first innings then threw his wicket away. When he was really needed in the second he went absent. C'mon KP concentrate.

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posted Jul 13, 2009

why didnt ponting take off mitchell johnson in the final overs?? he was bowling all over the place, whereas hilfenhaus had benn consistently hitting the right line and length. and whty did he bowl marcus north??

in all, bad captaincy from him in the final session

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posted Jul 13, 2009

maurry dood- this is the point i have been trying to make about pieterson- he didnt go missing but he has a problem holding on to his wicket when he tries to play slow and hold on to his wicket.. there was a time when he tried this out for a test series- was it against NZ in england i am not sure- and he still got out in the same amount of balls but just scored less- he really doesnt look that comfortable playing that grinding game- but when he is on and clicking and in the zone he plays the best- many sportsman are like that- its like snookerplayers/golfers(that are zone players) etc- if there can keep playing at there best pace there will win, if situations change they crumble

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posted Aug 3, 2009

I think the momentum in this series is shifting back Australia's way. They are reminding us that they have more gritty batsmen with solid technique who can get in and go on to put together a good innings in 1-6 of their lineup than we have in ours.

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posted Aug 3, 2009

i think the aussies should turn the day into a 20/20 match- there could get to i dunno 230 ahead- with 20 overs for us to have a crack at it!

off course we wouldnt play 20/20 style- but it would be fun

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posted Aug 9, 2009

I went to have a sandwich last night when England were 58 without loss. I returned to see us two down. I then ate said sandwich and we were three down. The sandwich? Cheese and Pickle.

The irony is not lost on me.

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posted Aug 9, 2009

I wonder if there is just the faintest glimmer of a possibility that Prior and Broad could put on a century stand...just to delay the inevitable a while longer?

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