4th Ashes Test (Headingley)

[chrisobee]

Haddin is back so I can keep him in, Clark in for Hauritz.

[the stain]

Well hopefully Prior will get a nice long, sit-down rest. I'm done in and they haven't even started.

[the stain]

Anybody actually watching this who can give a verdict on that LBW call?

[JustMike]

Anybody actually watching this who can give a verdict on that LBW call?

 

 

plumb out, there was 2 noises, at first sight i thought it was an inside edge but it wasnt

[the stain]

That ought to rile them a bit then

[JustMike]

11/1 strauss gone for 3

[Scummer]

Not much of a respite for Strauss then.

[Hatch]

bugger

[JustMike]

our batting line up worries me still. Bopara and Bell in the top 4 is risky.

[JustMike]

see, my worries confirmed. Bopara gone...16/2.

 

An awful bit of batting to, wafts his bat at a wide one, no control. Must be dropped imo

[View From The Top]

Ravi Bopara is not a Test no 3!!

[the stain]

Oh craps, we're going to get reighped here.

[Saintjersey]

Oh dear, need a big partnership here.

[the stain]

Cook and Bell. Cook and Bell. Cook and Bell.

 

Oh lordy...

[keithd]

I see we've reached the pivitol part of the series when England throw it away....

[dubai_phil]

Somehow after all the hype and excitement, we win a toss it was better to lose and I'm having nightmares about being all out for around 180 and then the clouds lift and they go and score 600 or so... think it happened a few times before Sri Lanka or someone?

 

How Strauss wasn't out first ball.... bad start, back to earth, this is England of course...

 

And suddenly where's the batting order depth. Damn

[Pancake]

Bell gone too...

[keithd]

if we make 150 i'll be suprised. i'll take anything over 240 right now...fat chance

 

scrub that, i'll take anything over 200, but expect us to be skittled for under 140

[the stain]

Bopara and Bell adjacent in the order; a recipe for collapse, I warned a thousand times. Why don't the selectors listen to me? If Colly had come in at 4 we'd have had a chance. Gah!

[Pancake]

if we make 150 i'll be suprised. i'll take anything over 240 right now...fat chance

 

scrub that, i'll take anything over 200, but expect us to be skittled for under 140

 

Im going for 175.

[Um Bongo]

Colly gone, 100 will be lucky.

[Hatch]

Not out of it yet.

 

Rain is our 12th man.

[the stain]

Bopara and Bell adjacent in the order; a recipe for collapse, I warned a thousand times. Why don't the selectors listen to me? If Colly had come in at 4 we'd have had a chance. Gah!

 

And there it is, Collingwood gone too and all because the rot had set in. A child could see that two nervous, flimsy batsmen at 3 and 4 is a collapse waiting to happen.

[Scummer]

Four different bowlers, all four batsmen out caught, by four different fielders.

[Ludwig]

Cook ****s up again... 63-5

[Smirking_Saint]

63 for f*cking 5 ????

 

I am glad i came back from work early to watch this ****

[Pancake]

Holy crap. 65/5 is bloody useless no matter what pitch, what opposition or what level you are playing at.

[Hatch]

Holy crap. 65/5 is bloody useless no matter what pitch, what opposition or what level you are playing at.

 

 

and we won the toss and chose to bat

[the stain]

Cook ****s up again... 63-5

 

All too predictable, BOrn.

 

In the face of utter carnage, you've got specific criticism for Cook.

[1576]

Why is it that professional sportsmen always look like they don't give a **** when they seriously **** up. Some lovely shots of the England dressing room having a good old laugh and joke.

[the stain]

Bolllocks

 

:mad:

[Ludwig]

All too predictable, BOrn.

 

In the face of utter carnage, you've got specific criticism for Cook.

 

That's because he's awful. Gets in and does nothing.

[Appy]

That's because he's awful. Gets in and does nothing.

 

Like the whole team?

 

Who has scored the most this innings?

[Ludwig]

Cook. That's just a sad indictment upon the day's play, if Cook has been top scorer.

[TopGun]

Just shocking. No back bone from the usual suspects and none from the slightly mentally stronger either. I have an Aussie client at Headingly today. I'm running an event for him on Monday so at least he'll be in a good mood!

[bungle]

I see we have reached the decisive day of the Ashes today.

 

England have thrown it all away.

[the stain]

Cook. That's just a sad indictment upon the day's play' date=' if Cook has been top scorer.[/quote']

 

 

Ah, that's why it's his fault...

[Redbul]

Wonder what the odds are on 20 wickets falling in the first day of an Ashes test?

[Smirking_Saint]

f*cking hell, this is a joke, duck duck duck duck.

[Saint Keith]

our batting line up has finally been exposed for what it is, without kp to shore it up. just lucky it took the aussies 4 games to work it out

[Pancake]

Shiiiiiiit........................

[JustMike]

oh my god! the worst i have seen in ages from us. some good bowling too bu christ we were all ****

[bungle]

Got to get them out for no more than 220, and hope we can get 400 in 2nd innings. It's not impossible, we've all seen it happen, but anything more than 300 from Aus and it will be incredibly difficult!

[Hatch]

Good job Prior is playing and didn't get injured in the warm up or anything

[1576]

Watch them score 200+ in the rest of the day.

 

Could be all over by Sunday afternoon.

[JustMike]

this really does expose how weak we are when the likes of KP and freddie arent in the team. We need to look beyond the select "pool" of players. Why wasnt Trott given a go in place of the out of form Bopara? Too weak in too many key places.

[Scummer]

102 all out, quality.

[saint_stevo]

Inquisition?

[Saintjersey]

OMG. All out 102 f***ing disgrace.

[bungle]

Good to see the alpine-esque over-reactions setting in. We are 1-0 up in an Ashes series, and have had 1 very bad innings. But it doesn't mean we are sh*t, a f*cking disgrace, nor that we have lost the Ashes.