JustMike Posted 15 February, 2009 Share Posted 15 February, 2009 Lets see if we can get past 2 overs this time Harmison could be re-called to the side because the pitch is expected to be lively, so would that mean that Anderson misses out again? Harsh on him if thats the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 15 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 15 February, 2009 Harmison in for Sidebottom and Swan in for Monty. Start delayed due to over night rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 15 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 15 February, 2009 England lose toss and will bat first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_bert Posted 15 February, 2009 Share Posted 15 February, 2009 50 up for no wicket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 15 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 15 February, 2009 woo hoo at least we got past 51!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff leopard Posted 15 February, 2009 Share Posted 15 February, 2009 strauss is looking very good, he's remembered you dont have to spend 5 hours getting a century. lets hope he can keep going. we have to be thinking of a 500+ total from England check this out for an unbelievable cricket moment on youtube http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/feb/15/australia-new-zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 15 February, 2009 Share Posted 15 February, 2009 woo hoo at least we got past 51!!! Quadrupled plus some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 15 February, 2009 Share Posted 15 February, 2009 Shah is beasting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 15 February, 2009 Share Posted 15 February, 2009 Close of Play.. 301-3 Pietersen 8 Anderson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSparky Posted 15 February, 2009 Share Posted 15 February, 2009 Stumps - Day 1 England 301-3 - Strauss 169 That's a bit more like it, now lets try to not make a mess of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 15 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 15 February, 2009 good display from England, bet Strauss is glad he lost the toss because he would have bowled first too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 strauss is looking very good, he's remembered you dont have to spend 5 hours getting a century. lets hope he can keep going. we have to be thinking of a 500+ total from England check this out for an unbelievable cricket moment on youtube http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/feb/15/australia-new-zealand watched that catch live, was quite impressive. have to say tho, i've seen it once or twice before - albeit failed attempts - pietersen has definately done it. his heel was in contact with the rope as he caught it, fell back threw it up then caught it again. couple of summers back against teh indians iirc...anyhoo, good bit of cricket fo sho well played england today, strauss especially. only two complaints from an otherwise impressive display. shah - wtf was he thinking? BIG pose for the cameras on the block shot, then thought oo i'll run! too late too late will be the cry when the man with the cricket ball passes you by... as mentioned above, gotta be looking at 500+... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 Strauss led from the front yesterday, an excellent innings and I'm sure it meant a lot to him. Now we must push on and get to 550, and that means Pietersen can't afford to get himself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 Gutted about Strauss innings. I bought his runs on a spread bet for the '2nd test', and didn't get around to renewing the bet for this '3rd test' So far it has cost me £178 and there is still the 2nd innings to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 Currently 391-4 at lunch. Should be able to get up to around 550 mark by the end of the day i reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 Gutted about Strauss innings. I bought his runs on a spread bet for the '2nd test', and didn't get around to renewing the bet for this '3rd test' So far it has cost me £178 and there is still the 2nd innings to go. What's the bet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 What's the bet? £2 for every run Strauss scored over 80 . Aggregate for both innings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 two balls that kept low have taken pietersen and flintoff. im pleased we've already got 400+ !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjinksie Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 Did anyone else see the Southampton FC flag when Broad hit that six to bring up the 500?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSparky Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 566 for 9 declared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Monkey Posted 16 February, 2009 Share Posted 16 February, 2009 GOL! 45-1 Gayle out. c Anderson b Harmisson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 16 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 16 February, 2009 good day again, glad we got Gayle out too. Be interesting to see how the pitch plays on day 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 17 February, 2009 Share Posted 17 February, 2009 good ol' harmy...slings 4 awful balls down, couple of no balls to lull the batsman into a false sense of security then dishes up another shocker which gets rid of the dangerous Gayle.... you can't buy quality like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 17 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 17 February, 2009 good ol' harmy...slings 4 awful balls down, couple of no balls to lull the batsman into a false sense of security then dishes up another shocker which gets rid of the dangerous Gayle.... you can't buy quality like that... bowled him from the wrong end imo, wanted to see him from freddies end. be interesting to see what they all do today with the pitch supposedly getting livelyer each day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff leopard Posted 17 February, 2009 Share Posted 17 February, 2009 swann has got 5 wickets and is doing clever things with the new ball. and the windies are in self-destruct mode! the follow-on looks likely, let hope the wickets keep tumbling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff leopard Posted 17 February, 2009 Share Posted 17 February, 2009 ENG 566-9 WI 285 all out England have decided to bat next to get a quick 150 or so, let the pitch wear down some more. Its what the Aussies would do but the Windies looked hopeless in the last session, scoring very slowly before giving their wickets away. But saying that, England looked really good, fielding well, bowling economically and taking wickets when it mattered. If Strauss can get another good total it will do him the world of good. But a couple of quick wickets would surely bring back memories of the 51 all out horror show in the last test (proper). Its been a good game and it could well have some twists and turns in its tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 17 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 17 February, 2009 The only reason we didnt enforce the follow on is because 2 of the bowlers are ill / injured and its sooo hot out there for the rest of the guys too. Good decision imo, declare sometime after lunch tomorrow, gives us a day and a half to bowl them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barfy Posted 18 February, 2009 Share Posted 18 February, 2009 For some reason I get a bit nervous when we don't enforce the follow on. I just wonder whether we could have got through last night without using Harmison or Flintoff, and brought them back fresh this morning. If all had gone well, we may not have had to bat again, and they could have had a day or so extra rest before the next match. As long as we don't spend too long scoring too slowly, we might be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 18 February, 2009 Share Posted 18 February, 2009 need. to. score. quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Monkey Posted 18 February, 2009 Share Posted 18 February, 2009 need. to. score. quicker. Agreed. With 8 wickets in hand, why dont we just batter it about OD style? (not our OD style. A good team's OD style) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barfy Posted 18 February, 2009 Share Posted 18 February, 2009 Another hour after lunch. Get as close to 500 as possible. Should be enough for a declaration surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 18 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 18 February, 2009 Another hour after lunch. Get as close to 500 as possible. Should be enough for a declaration surely? yes it should be, bit of luck KP starts playing his shots and we can declare even sooner. Am very worried about the condition of Freddy though, it may be that Broad has to bowl alot more, which is possibly why he was under bowled yesterday? Swann will beliking what he is seeing from Benn and Hinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 18 February, 2009 Share Posted 18 February, 2009 yes it should be, bit of luck KP starts playing his shots and we can declare even sooner. Am very worried about the condition of Freddy though, it may be that Broad has to bowl alot more, which is possibly why he was under bowled yesterday? Swann will beliking what he is seeing from Benn and Hinds KP tried to play his shots without much success, he was "run out" three balls before he was actually out but no-one claimed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 18 February, 2009 Share Posted 18 February, 2009 They need 503 to win. Freddie gets a pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 19 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 February, 2009 7 wickets needed today to win. If we can get Chanderpaul or Sarwan fairly early then at least that gives us one end in which we have a better chance of taking wickets. Apparently though, there is rain forecast, could mess us up good and proper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 Need to get Sarwan and Chanderpaul out a bit quick after lunch or the only result will be a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barfy Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 Need to get Sarwan and Chanderpaul out a bit quick after lunch or the only result will be a draw. Just one of them out would give them an end to work on. Though reading the BBC live text, it doesn't sound like we've caused them much trouble so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Saint Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 Sarwan's gone. Bowled by Broad on 106. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 313-7 with 25 overs left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 367-9 - Think we've blown it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 Match drawn ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 19 February, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 February, 2009 fookin bollix!!! why oh why did we bat for sooo long! Need a new coach appointed asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 ******. Scored too slowly first thing yesterday. Cost us about 45 minutes bowling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 Balls, wasted there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSparky Posted 19 February, 2009 Share Posted 19 February, 2009 Another ****-up by the England cricket team, well done lads!!!! Credit to the West Indies players but they should never have had a chance to get out of jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 20 February, 2009 Share Posted 20 February, 2009 ok, lets get a grip! it was a flat track, always has been. when Lara got his 10,000 runs on it iirc smithy got 190 odd, match drawn. we did darned well getting that close to a victory. and with only 4 front line bowlers. if we'd declared earlier there would have been a danger of giving them a sniff, first thing you do is make sure you don't lose, then work on winning. lets not get too despondant about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff leopard Posted 20 February, 2009 Share Posted 20 February, 2009 Like everyone else I'm gutted by the result, especially considering how the Windies batsman were queuing up to give their wickets away on the evening of day three. the injury and illness that limited Flintoff and Harmiston definitely cost us the match. but lets not get all 'ffs! what a load of rubbish!'. this was an incredible game of cricket that went down to the wire on the final day, bringing back memories of the unbelievable ashes series in 05. this is why test match cricket is such a special thing, building like an epic novel and ending like a pantomime, with every ball being cheered and booed in equal measures. well done England for coming back so well after the disaster of the first test, and well done windies for putting up such an incredible defence when it looked like they were doomed to fail. the game was a draw but the future of test match cricket was the undoubted winner. its been a long time since we've been able to enjoy football, lets try and remember that there is still pleasure to be had in sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 20 February, 2009 Share Posted 20 February, 2009 Great match - well done to the West Indies - but sorry very poor captaincy by Strauss. He doesn't strike me as having the winning mentality alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barfy Posted 20 February, 2009 Share Posted 20 February, 2009 As much as I like Freddie and what he potentially brings to the team I often wonder whether his body is up to the job of test cricket. Obviously over the years, he has been at the core of the team and vital to some of England's successes (Ashes 05 and the subsequent celebration ), but equally he seems to recover from one injury only to to suffer another during the first half of a test. I have absolutely no idea whether or not this latest injury is related to his ankle problems, and I know that injury could strike any player. But it seems Freddie is more susceptible to injury than most, so can England really take that increased risk of losing Flintoff mid way through a match? A fully fit fifth bowler would probably have been enough to have won the test (it certainly wouldn't have hurt England's run total!) instead of a mildly disappointing draw from a very strong position. That said, well done to the WIndies for a solid 4th innings performance, hopefully England have picked up a few tips on how to occupy the crease from that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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