Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:03 am  

Good fightback from these two 94-3 at lunch.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:05 am  

94/3 at lunch, these two have steadied the ship.

Finn has struggled, the drop off in the standard of our bowling from Anderson and Broad with a new ball to Finn with an older one is pretty big.

Hopefully we can get stuck into them a bit at the start of the afternoon session.

: Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:24 am  

Great day with the ball from England. We need to get a decent lead in now and this match is ours.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:34 am  

The Aussies are seriously rattled. Ponting and Haddin still seemed a bit peeved with the Harris lbw and at the end of play and got into a bit of a conversation with Strauss. The Aussies have more problems than a dodgy lbw decision to one of their tail enders. Could this be a sign of deeper issues here???

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:50 am  

Loved seeing that ponce moan at the end of the days play, thats how you can tell we are on top

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:58 am  

Richard1 wrote:

The Aussies are seriously rattled. Ponting and Haddin still seemed a bit peeved with the Harris lbw and at the end of play and got into a bit of a conversation with Strauss. The Aussies have more problems than a dodgy lbw decision to one of their tail enders. Could this be a sign of deeper issues here???

Let's hope so! I didn't see the Harris decision, but I was listening to the radio commentary at the time. Even Justin Langer admitted there was no reason for the third umpire to overturn the original decision as the ball would have just hit leg stump and the "hotspot" gauge didn't indicate he got any bat on it. Not sure why they should have a bone to pick with Strauss for appealling for a dismissal that, at worst, was clearly possibly correct.

Only worry so far is that Finn seems to be conceding runs too quickly.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:14 am  

Great day for England, 245 on that pitch is a great effort.

One or two areas for concern though. Firstly Finn, still not convinced by him, far too expensive but he is picking up wickets which is saving him right now. Also Broad, his figure look great but he is wasting the new ball by bowling too wide, a lot of his deliveries are just let go by the batsmen so there is a lot of pressure on Anderson. Still as a unit we skittled them for 245 so not all bad.

The other thing is the pitch, it did a bit today so we really need to score big in our first innings as batting last could be a real mindfield.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:15 am  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

Let's hope so! I didn't see the Harris decision, but I was listening to the radio commentary at the time. Even Justin Langer admitted there was no reason for the third umpire to overturn the original decision as the ball would have just hit leg stump and the "hotspot" gauge didn't indicate he got any bat on it. Not sure why they should have a bone to pick with Strauss for appealling for a dismissal that, at worst, was clearly possibly correct.

Only worry so far is that Finn seems to be conceding runs too quickly.

Harris nicked it with the back of his bat, only slightly and it just about showed up on hotspot but not enough to overturn the decision.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:18 am  

PAUL M wrote:

I would imagine both captain will bat should they win the toss but I do wonder if it would be brave to bowl first? That way you get the best of the bowling conditions on day one when it might do a bit and the best of the batting conditions on day 2 & 3. It does mean batting last of course which is not good at Adelaide but if you have a first innings lead then it would be worth it.

Good toss to lose perhaps!

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:31 am  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

Let's hope so! I didn't see the Harris decision, but I was listening to the radio commentary at the time. Even Justin Langer admitted there was no reason for the third umpire to overturn the original decision as the ball would have just hit leg stump and the "hotspot" gauge didn't indicate he got any bat on it. Not sure why they should have a bone to pick with Strauss for appealling for a dismissal that, at worst, was clearly possibly correct.

Only worry so far is that Finn seems to be conceding runs too quickly.

The aussies were miffed by the Harris decision because, unless Harris is in the wrong profession and should be an actor, he was clearly absolutely convinced he'd nicked it. But there was never any legitimate reason for over turning it and no reason whatsoever for blaming Strauss.

I cant see the aussies getting that many in their 2nd innings if they have to bat on the 4th or 5th day, so a strong batting performance should put us in the driving seat.