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We'll still be all out for sub 200, match lostQuote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
Smith lucky ��
Yup. Just the 250-odd runs behind with them having 7 wickets in hand and the world's most in-form batsman at the crease.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
Riddle me this B, why did the Aussie not enforce the follow on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Look to have the filthy Brit out by mid-afternoon tomorrow then just smack the ball all around the Gabba\Oval\wherever it is.
Captains do it to give their bowlers a rest rather than risk them potentially having to bowl solidly for 2-3 days (not that that would be likely in our case). Captains have become less keen to enforce follow-ons in recent years - it's become unfashionable.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Personally, I'm a great believer in (almost) always enforcing the follow-on for psychological reasons if nothing else.
I can understand this viewpoint but then 2-3 early wickets and you would expect your boys to metaphorically sh*t their white pants.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Another Smith review....
Goooooooooooooooone
Lyon on...proper night watchman
Exactly. Also, only three sides in test history have ever enforced the follow on and lost. Amusingly, they've all been Australian. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
This is just annoying now. Suddenly we find a spark with the ball and it's too little, too late.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
Plus we don't have enough pace in the side to win at the WACAQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I'm not really sure why there's any debate whether we should play Wood, tbh. To my mind, he's the only one of our bowlers who can get near 90mph and should therefore walk into the side.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Even worse, throw in a little bit of seam movement and swing and the world's best batsmen looks like a village cricketer with a hangover. One of those deliveries did relatively little but turned him almost 180 degrees with his bat facing leg slip and his back leg ahead of his front.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Its actually ****ing depressing.
If he is fit he probably gets in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Well there's no way it can't, really. Given the way he shapes up. it's pretty much physically impossible for him to play any effective strokes if the ball deviates at pace. For me, there's something wrong with world cricket when a cünt like that is able to accumulate that many runs. It tells you that - outside England at least - it has become a batsman's game to a ludicrous degree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Unless you happen to be an English batsman abroad......Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Well that’s just down to them being a bit shīt.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB