2nd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide

[Billy the Fish]

My two changes for Perth would be Ballance for Stokes & Finn for Panesar. Bresnan will probably play in the 4th and 5th test.

Would you not just drop Panesar, bring in Ballance at 6 and play Stokes as a bowler, he can bat at 8. Stokes did nothing wrong with the ball, I'd rather have him than Finn.

 

[Hiney]

Woke up this morning hoping for some good news, but fearing the worst.

Shambles. Pietersen is a joke. Is he really that arrogant that he can come to the wicket and flick the ball around without looking at the field.

So disappointing.

What we need now is a Michael Atherton 1995 South Africa innings - almost to the day in fact.

 

[big nuts]

Would you not just drop Panesar, bring in Ballance at 6 and play Stokes as a bowler, he can bat at 8. Stokes did nothing wrong with the ball, I'd rather have him than Finn.

We need to fight fire with fire in Perth and Finn is our quickest bowler and the Perth pitch is tailor made for him. He can be expensive but his a wicket taker and we need to attack them.

 

[fat old seagull]

Woke up this morning hoping for some good news, but fearing the worst.

Shambles. Pietersen is a joke. Is he really that arrogant that he can come to the wicket and flick the ball around without looking at the field.

So disappointing.

What we need now is a Michael Atherton 1995 South Africa innings - almost to the day in fact.

Or perhaps someone to dig the pitch up?

 

[The Wizard]

We need to fight fire with fire in Perth and Finn is our quickest bowler and the Perth pitch is tailor made for him. He can be expensive but his a wicket taker and we need to attack them.

Said that after the first test, Finn is our only 90+ regular bowler and instead we play Tremlett who has lost his pace massively and has become very tame recently.

 

[crodonilson]

Heads should roll, this is an absolute disgrace. Cook and Flower should be hsnding in their resignations tomorrow morning.

 

[vegster]

Woke up this morning hoping for some good news, but fearing the worst.

Shambles. Pietersen is a joke. Is he really that arrogant that he can come to the wicket and flick the ball around without looking at the field.

So disappointing.

What we need now is a Michael Atherton 1995 South Africa innings - almost to the day in fact.

I got some tap for saying this in the summer. He will probably get one good innings out of 10 on tour and everyone will say he is a genius. Personally I think it's time for KP to consider tattoo removal.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Did they go in to the series with an attitude of a holiday at the expense of the supporters?

Maybe their mung bean curry, jasmine rice and edible gold didn't give them the boost they required. More fight in Jack Russell and his baked beans.

Omni-shambles.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

So what happened to the England strategy of the tall fast(ish) bowlers. That lasted all of one game when it became apparent they aren't particularly fast or straight - last Johnson last time round, but very unlike him now.

Also some clueless batting

 

[knocky1]

Listened to Boycott's assessment

His view seemed to be

Panesar becomes preferred spinner instead of Swann
Drop Prior (guessing Bairstow in)
Stokes not good enough (Ballance?)
Bell at 3 - Root at 5
KP on very thin ice

I think he's about right (oh and we are already stuffed in this series as we haven't got the pace to match Johnson)

His mum will open the batting with a stick of rhubarb and the ashes will be retained.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Perhaps clutching at straws but a couple of factors to throw into the mix.

The Aussies we sat behind yesterday went ballistic when Clarke didn't enforce the follow on, went on about the likes of Gerg Chappell, Alan Border, Waugh even Ricky Ponting all would have ground England into the dirt.
"What the f**** he doing" was one comment and that was from a Sheila....

We have rain forecast in Adeliade briefly for Sunday afternoon, but even more on Monday.

Taking the various personalities out of it England have a team of first class cricketers, some of whom can be deemed World class, surely batting out two days on this wicket is not impossible?

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Perhaps clutching at straws but a couple of factors to throw into the mix.

The Aussies we sat behind yesterday went ballistic when Clarke didn't enforce the follow on, went on about the likes of Gerg Chappell, Alan Border, Waugh even Ricky Ponting all would have ground England into the dirt.
"What the f**** he doing" was one comment and that was from a Sheila....

We have rain forecast in Adeliade briefly for Sunday afternoon, but even more on Monday.

Taking the various personalities out of it England have a team of first class cricketers, some of whom can be deemed World class, surely batting out two days on this wicket is not impossible?

Two days ? As it stand's 70 over's is to much !

 

[pasty]

So out of the regular cricket posters on this thread, who is going to bother to stay up and watch tonight? I'm out.

 

[The Wizard]

So out of the regular cricket posters on this thread, who is going to bother to stay up and watch tonight? I'm out.

I think I will try catch the first hour or two and see how things go, have an early start tomorrow (Sunday League) so might not even watch that, I'm not sure why but I just keep tuning in waiting for us to wake up... It's been embarrassing so far, that's the only way to describe it.

 

[banjo]

So out of the regular cricket posters on this thread, who is going to bother to stay up and watch tonight? I'm out.

I have radio 5live on all night it helps Me sleep. I expecting to be awoken by about 3 to hear we've been all bowled out for under 100.

 

[BensGrandad]

Easy answer swiop the football team and cricket team around it surely couldnt be any worse with cricketers playing football and vice versa.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I don't think they deserve our distracted sleeping pattern, do they?

 

[vegster]

So out of the regular cricket posters on this thread, who is going to bother to stay up and watch tonight? I'm out.

I will give it half a session or so and see what happens, Would love to hang on long enough to see the convicts bowled out and Cook/Carbs put on a ton opening partnership.

 

[Beach Hut]

Well done Cook, caught hooking

 

[crodonilson]

Cook, you absolute ****. No way should he be captain.