Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:51 pm  

adelaide-giant.no9 wrote:

where are mcgrath and warnie when you need them

We don't need them, thanks!

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:25 pm  

< ashes drift > Herschelle Gibbs books sounds a good read http://zebra.book.co.za/blog/2010/11/01 ... the-point/

< ashes drift > Herschelle Gibbs books sounds a good read http://zebra.book.co.za/blog/2010/11/01 ... the-point/

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:52 pm  

Is it an earlier start tonight?

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:57 pm  

Smiggs wrote:

Is it an earlier start tonight?

Yes, starts half an hour earlier.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:20 pm  

Australia = Pub Team

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:45 pm  

General Zod. wrote:

Australia = Pub Team

Be that as it may, as Shane Warne pointed out it's still 0-0. It doesn't matter how well England are playing or how poorly Australia are going, if they don't get 10 Aussie wickets in time they won't win the game. They cannot bowl properly on the evidence we've seen so far, but Ponting, Clark, North, Haddin and Hussey are all perfectly capable of getting 150 on that pitch. Rain could also cost England if they don't declare early enough.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:05 pm  

glorious blue skies this morning in adelaide

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:32 pm  

I'd give KP licence to throw his bat and as soon as he's gone declare

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:42 pm  

We should just declare and get stuck into them.

With the runs we already have on the board the Aussies will need to see out 5 sessions just to secure a draw, with the forecast as it is it makes no sense to bat on, though I expect we will for an hour or so as Strauss can be quite a cautious captain.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:06 pm  

Asim wrote:

We should just declare and get stuck into them.

With the runs we already have on the board the Aussies will need to see out 5 sessions just to secure a draw, with the forecast as it is it makes no sense to bat on, though I expect we will for an hour or so as Strauss can be quite a cautious captain.

Strauss can be a bit conservative, kp to cane it from the off, declare as soon as he's out or after an hour, quick burst before lunch from the quickies, another after lunch, the get Swanny landing it in champagne's footmarks.