4th Test: England v Pakistan at Lord's, Aug 26-30

[Lady Whistledown]

That's your fault.

Pakistan 9/2 now

 

[Barrel of Fun]

446 all out

Go to 'em boys with the ball although Broad might be slightly knackered

He'll be buzzing, I reckon.

 

[fleet]

13-3 - as long as they don't have a 7th wicket stand

 

[fleet]

50-4

 

[Danny-Boy]

He was a terrible captain - gave it up after a very short time. I don't think he lasted two seasons.

But it's funny you mention his average because I saw that and was pondering on it when I went to sleep.

The Sussex line-up when I first started watching them was something like: Lenham, Langridge, Suttle, Graves, Parks, Cooper, Griffith, MA Buss, A Buss, Snow and Bates. Parks (and latterly Snow) would be away on test duty and Griffith would keep wicket then.

I looked up the averages of that team and they were astonishingly low, only Suttle and Parks had averages over 30, the others ranged from 23 to 27 - Les Lenham played 300 games and had an average of 26. These were no fringe players, all played at least 200 games.

I then looked up some other long-serving players from other counties: Kitchen, Shepherd, Smedley, Duddleston, Mike Smith of Middlesex and none of them got much beyond 32 either.

So, Sussex players were lower but not much lower - an indication of the problems of playing on rain-infected wickets I suppose.

Which Buss was Omni and which Trolley?

 

[fleet]

74 all out

 

[BensGrandad]

and 41 for 2 following on.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I thought that Strauss would have been keen for some more batting practice, so was surprised to see he'd gone for the follow on. Am I missing something? Are they just concerned with winning the game and worried that the rain might have a big impact on the last few days?

 

[Beach Hut]

41/4 at close of play

 

[BensGrandad]

I thought that Strauss would have been keen for some more batting practice, so was surprised to see he'd gone for the follow on. Am I missing something? Are they just concerned with winning the game and worried that the rain might have a big impact on the last few days?

Winning the match and series is the most important factor, batting practice comes 2nd.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Amazing................i thought we were gonna loose by an innings and here we are going to win by one!