Ashes 2015

[JJH]

Can't understand why people are getting excited about wickets.

For me, I'd have a defensive field trying to stifle the run rate and trying to prolong our time out there, meaning that Australia have to spend more time in the middle, so they have less time in the field to take 20 wickets.

Also, it's not promising to see that the ball has been doing a bit today. That's slightly concerning.

Lyth and Cook need to come in when the Aussies declare, get their heads down and bat for hours. This pitch is made for Cook.

 

[Super_horns]

Smith out for 214..;.

New wicket keeper guy getting a few runs quickly.

Feel they might declare soon..

 

[Abertawe]

Someone explain to me what's so wrong with the wicket/pitch...

Wickets starting to tumble now.

 

[Pilgrim Meister]

Wicket is deteriorating Aus will want to take 20 wickets inside 3 days (if they can enforce the follow on). Only chance they will have of winning on this pitch. Best England can hope for is a draw. It's vital that we avoid the follow on at the very least

 

[JJH]

They've declared at 8/566 1 over after tea.

Our openers need to get their heads down, be disciplined and bat long. This inevitably means that one of them will get caught playing at one outside off for 12.

 

[Pilgrim Meister]

Oh dear Lyth out for a quack, 2nd ball in

He should of left that, both of them in fact

0-1

 

[JJH]

They've declared at 8/566 1 over after tea.

Our openers need to get their heads down, be disciplined and bat long. This inevitably means that one of them will get caught playing at one outside off for 12.

Just as I said, apart from he didn't even manage 12.

 

[Modernist]

I predicted a wicket in the first 5 overs, it's typical england.

 

[SpireiteDan]

Solid start.

 

[JJH]

It's a needless shot. If they're planning on coming out and playing positively they can knock that on the head straight away. Absolutely no chance of England win it, so why not just bat it out?

More brains in a pork pie.

 

[SpireiteDan]

BBC weather reckon it's gonna piss it down Sunday. Good times.

 

[Pilgrim Meister]

England collapse and follow on seem to be on the cards

29-3

 

[SpireiteDan]

Oh.

This top order isn't very good is it?

 

[JJH]

Lol.

Go on Joe Root, dig the top order out of the shit yet again and paper over the cracks. Please.

 

[Pilgrim Meister]

30-4 Root gone

We will be all out by mid afternoon tomorrow for under 200, and put back into bat

 

[Super_horns]

Oh dear...well they always were going to fight back.

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

So we've switched pitches in the 10 minute interval between innings? Because these Aussie bowlers are making this flat Lords pitch look like Perth's finest.

 

[Dazza]

Brainless batting.Playing needless shots.Wouldn't worry about it raining on Sunday.The way we are batting it will be over by tomorrow evening.

Not the first time in 2015 the top order have not performed.

 

[TheArtfulDodger]

Great to see genuine fast bowling.

 

[Modernist]

BBC weather reckon it's gonna piss it down Sunday. Good times.

we'll probably need more than one day of rain at this rate.

 

[Super_horns]

Captain's innings from Cook?

(He'll be out soon now..)

 

[Baz]

Cook has dug in nicely so far, however he needs to realistically bat all day tomorrow and hope Stokes, Buttler and Ali can hang around for long periods with him.

 

[Bobbin']

BBC weather reckon it's gonna piss it down Sunday. Good times.

Think the weather is going to be irrelevant, it will still leave Monday which is more than enough time for the Aussies the way it's going.

 

[Super_horns]

Stokes and Cook doing a good job so far.

 

[Super_horns]

Shame Stokes went but Cook still there.

Mind you cannot afford to lose another wicket so soon after lunch because then it get towards the tail.

 

[SpireiteDan]

Think the weather is going to be irrelevant, it will still leave Monday which is more than enough time for the Aussies the way it's going.

Probably, forecat has changed now anyway.

And Buttler very, very lucky that didn't carry just now.

Edit: Although technically i guess it did carry just grassed it at the same time.

 

[Super_horns]

Will the Aussies enforce the follow on?

Don't often do so...

 

[SpireiteDan]

Will the Aussies enforce the follow on?

Don't often do so...

Doesn't really matter, either way we can't save the match from this point but i suspect they'll go out and get another 200 or so just to put us firmly in our place.

I much preferred it when we were on top back in Cardiff.

 

[Super_horns]

Well our top order cannot seem to hold their own which hardly helps.

Relying on one of Cook or Root to have a massive innings I think.

 

[Modernist]

312 is criminal on this pitch, no we have to try and bat for 2 days. Only the weather can save us.