stevegrant Posted 8 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 8 July, 2009 Particularly to Hauritz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 KP- Fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 Buoycott making me lol on the commentary on bbc sport, tearing into KP etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 what did he say Stevo? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 Pietersen chucks his wicket away AGAIN. He will never be a top quality batsmen until he learns to stop giving his wicket away. he IS a top quality batsman DEPSITE throwing his wicket away once in a while. i can think of maybe 3 times in 100 odd innings when he's done so. i aint gonna deny it was a carp shot, but his silly shots are what makes him the dangerous player he is. ps hauritz is aweful !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 Pietersen chucks his wicket away AGAIN. He will never be a top quality batsmen until he learns to stop giving his wicket away. hahaha was that a joke? id rather he died trying than found wanting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 300-5. http://twitter.com/bumblecricket David Lloyd's twitter, it's well good haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 Come on tail, time to start wagging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 With Pieterson you have to accept that his brilliance can also be his weakness. He actually played an excellent, well controlled innings but at some point he is always going to try to totally dominate the bowling. Despite the fact it's fair to say he played a pretty dumb shot that's the flip side of the arrogance which makes him so good. He was still our top scorer and I'd have him in my side any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 With Pieterson you have to accept that his brilliance can also be his weakness. He actually played an excellent, well controlled innings but at some point he is always going to try to totally dominate the bowling. Despite the fact it's fair to say he played a pretty dumb shot that's the flip side of the arrogance which makes him so good. He was still our top scorer and I'd have him in my side any day. if it hadnt hit his helmet it would have gone for 4. just unlucky imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Buoycott making me lol on the commentary on bbc sport, tearing into KP etc You wouldn't see Geoffrey (no fours before lunch) Boycott trying that shot. In fact you wouldn't see him trying to hit a four full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 You wouldn't see Geoffrey (no fours before lunch) Boycott trying that shot. In fact you wouldn't see him trying to hit a four full stop. Haha, whenever I think of Boycott I think of the Test match in which he was playing when he was so slow some wag in the crowd shouted "Come in number 1, your time is up ! " Then the infamous World Cup final v West Indies at Lords in the 70's when Boycott and Brearley put on about 150 for the 1st wicket but they were so slow England had to score at about 15 an over to win, unsurprisingly they failed !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 boycott is an over opinonated wife beater ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Give me Graeme Smith over Kevin "arrogant pr1ck" Pietersen any day of the week. Smith is a batsmen with all the shots who doesn't feel the need to give his wicket to the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Give me Graeme Smith over Kevin "arrogant pr1ck" Pietersen any day of the week. Smith is a batsmen with all the shots who doesn't feel the need to give his wicket to the opposition. Oddly enough their test averages are almost identical, Smith 50.33, Pietersen 50.49. I'm by no means KP's biggest fan especially as he seems not to care a hoot for his County but anyone averaging over 50 in over 50 tests is clearly a top class player. He did play a stupid shot without question but that's just the way it is with him. Lets not forget that without his briiliant century in the final Ashes test in 2005 England probably would have lost. So I'd put him down as a flawed genius, a bit like Ronnie O'Sullivan in snooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Give me Graeme Smith over Kevin "arrogant pr1ck" Pietersen any day of the week. Smith is a batsmen with all the shots who doesn't feel the need to give his wicket to the opposition. smith is boring, dull, wont take many chances - if any - sure he'll grind you out 50 runs in 150 balls, but if i'm paying to watch and i do pay to watch, gimme an entertainer everyday of the week. the sky boys (or was it radio 4) summed it up when collingwood was partnering pietersen. he grinds out decent scores nowadays, but would you find a bar at a cricket club anywhere in the world that would empty when collingwood or smith came into bat? i think maybe not. pietersen however, he'll empty a bar all day long. he's getting to be like marmite (KP not bungle), you either love him or hate him. like one of our old players, matt le tissier. i just think you gotta have him in your team, i'd want him with me not against me. the aussies are sht scared of him, replace him with Shah (for example) and you say goodbye to the ashes. no, i know you're not saying to drop him, at least i dont think you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Greame Smith test match strike rate 61.2 Kevin Pietersen test match strike rate 63.3 Big difference there, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Buoycott making me lol on the commentary on bbc sport, tearing into KP etc Yep it's a bit rich for a player with a lesser test average, just under 48, and who played at a pace a snail would have found slow to criticise someone better than him. I really don't understand why anyone would want Boycott as a commentator. He's like a broken down gramophone record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Boycott in the box is like KP on the pitch. Bristles with arrogance and disdain, will have a lash at anything, and when he's wrong he's spectacularly wrong. Hearing him wind himself up into an explosive lather is one of the joys of the english summer. The perfect counterpoint to the mellow chumminess of Aggers and Marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Need to get as near 400 as we can this morning. If Jimmy can block, Broad and Swann can have a hit. Would 370-400 be enough though? It's a very slow pudding of a wicket but there does seem to be some sideways movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 all this slagging off KP makes me laugh! we finally get a player that can take it to the bowlers and score freely / consistantly and we moan!!!! without him we would not have won the ashes in 2005 and would have lost countless other games too. He is world class and im glad he chose to play for us instead of SA, if they had him they would be no1 in the world by some distance and we would be always wondering what if. Watch how many of the people that slag him off will be man juicing all over him if he scores a big hundred next time out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 without him we would not have won the ashes in 2005 What I said !! Lets not forget that without his briiliant century in the final Ashes test in 2005 England probably would have lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Greame Smith test match strike rate 61.2 Kevin Pietersen test match strike rate 63.3 Big difference there, then. you can prove anything with statistics!! and anyway, KP will get to 100 whilst Smith is stranded on 98... i take your point re S/R but would still have KP any day and twice on sundays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintjersey Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 What an over for England and Swann who races onto 30 from 21 balls and England are over 400! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Good stuff, already got about 50 more this morning than I thought they would get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 arse. Anderson + spin = wicket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 435. Good total. Sounds like Hauritz got some turn, which bodes well for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 435 all out good effort from swan who ends on 47 n.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barfy Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 England's tail wagging, Saints getting a new owner. I'll wake up soon... Swann & Monty are going to have a field day on this wicket, may as well open with them in tandem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 So gutted I can't watch this live, thank the lord for Sky+ ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 So gutted I can't watch this live, thank the lord for Sky+ ! It's live on the internet via sky.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Hugely entertaining late flurry from england. Broad's struggling to get the measure of Hughes though. Might be time for Flintoff to frustrate him for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reib80 Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 It's live on the internet via sky.com Anyone know anywhere else this is being broadcast? I've got sky, but my work filter wont let me watch it on their site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 damn skyplayer, 2nd time today its gone down!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 I see that we've already reached the decisive day of this Ashes series today. England throwing it all away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 I see that we've already reached the decisive day of this Ashes series today. England throwing it all away. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Dear, oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 I see that we've already reached the decisive day of this Ashes series today. England throwing it all away. I can see you know your sh1t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Who let him on this thread?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 first test is a draw then with ze rain coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 all this slagging off KP makes me laugh! we finally get a player that can take it to the bowlers and score freely / consistantly and we moan!!!! without him we would not have won the ashes in 2005 and would have lost countless other games too. He is world class and im glad he chose to play for us instead of SA, if they had him they would be no1 in the world by some distance and we would be always wondering what if. Watch how many of the people that slag him off will be man juicing all over him if he scores a big hundred next time out. Have to agree on this, don't see anyone moaning about the failures from the first innings just slating the highest scorer from our fist innings :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Only saw highlights but looked like England's bowlers were poor. They didn't seem to know not to give Hughes any width??? I've been a critic of Harmison in the past but we need him back for Lords to give the Aussie's a bit of hostile bowling which Hughes obviously dosen't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Bones Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Well looks like I'll have to take my Pointing comment back..but then again 3 days and four tests still to come. Still 180 odd runs behind - I think day 3 is pivotal. Gees I hope it doesnt rain. My thoughts on KP were that it was an awful shot and a bit of a brain fart - He is however easily the batsmen the Aussies want out cheaply in every test because he has the natarul talent to take a game away from any country ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 agree with why we went in to this game with 2 spinners but why one of them is monty is still beyond me. He has been awful all summer and is just too predictable, doesnt mix his pace or variation up enough. Maybe they thought Rashid was a gamble too far. Still, would have been interesting to see if harmison or sidebottom would have faired any better on that track. I hope they have all had a kick up the arse over night and change their plans today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 some pretty ordinary bowling against two men digging in. i have to say i switched off at tea and didnt bother watching it again for the rest of the day. im thinking today will be different, we'll get amongst them, knock them over with the scores pretty much level, maybe 10/20 runs either side of our score. a draw looking the favorite with the poor weather approaching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 10 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 10 July, 2009 some pretty ordinary bowling against two men digging in. i have to say i switched off at tea and didnt bother watching it again for the rest of the day. im thinking today will be different, we'll get amongst them, knock them over with the scores pretty much level, maybe 10/20 runs either side of our score. a draw looking the favorite with the poor weather approaching I think a draw's pretty much nailed on now with the likely rubbish weather tomorrow. I wouldn't be totally convinced that the Aussies will get a lead though, if you remember back to the Oval test in 2005, they were 264/1 and ended up 367 all out, and that was a typical batsman-friendly Oval pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Katich gone.... FF for that. Come on, open the floodgates !!!! Though, not too optimistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 The Aussies are collapsing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 10 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 10 July, 2009 The Aussies are collapsing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 need to get Ponting asap, get 2 new batters in there twitching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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