Is Ding Dong out yet ?

 

Batting #4 , so not yet. Soon....

 

 

Well he's had a life...

 

Struggling to admit this but the Essex boyz are not having a great time. Bopara might get dropped, bit like that catch he missed today.

 

Was he due in @ #4 or was he brought in as a Night Watchman .

MInd you this Aussie attack not looking as potent - 2-0 anyone ?

 

I agree, anything between 450 and 500 and then hope the rain doesn't descend !!

Fell asleep on the sofa with 9 wickets down woke up at 5 in the morning hearing Macgill saying they were off for bad light!!

And yes it was swinging all over the shop, I love it when it gets like that you just know wickets will tumble.

Light rain forecast until 16:00 on saturday and heavy Rain on Sunday

 

376 is a good effort

Props to Fred , Prior and Broad.

25+ overs left today. I'm hoping for 80-3

 

Close

I think they should start at 08:00 tomorrow and play through til 21:00

 

come on now.... couple more quick wickets!!

 

****. If it wasn't for the weather we would have had them EASY

 

Technically because the weather changed on the final day there was no swing, I guess if it had been like that for 5 days it could have been a different outcome.

Only 3 days to wait for Headingley, scene of some great victories down the years

 

did I mention I'm going Fri and Sat? Cant fooking wait! Beer, banter and a bit of cricket thrown in

 

I dont think you did

 

Even allowing for the weather, I think we could still have beaten them if the bowlers had been used more imaginatively

 

Jokers....

Headingley cracks down on louts amid concern over Ashes crowd - Times Online

The Western terrace is superb at test matches. it's all good natured banter whenever I've been there. Plenty of laughs and everybody enjoying the cricket. They need to wake up and realise that it's part of what makes these games special.

 

So according to Stewart Regan, watching cricket is not about having a good time

Headingley's West Stand, when the crowd are in full swing, is one of the best places in the world to watch a Test from

And that's from a lifelong Lancashire man*



*Until Dad reads this, then I suspect I'll be disowned and excommunicated

 

Whatever they do it will still be more fun than Lords. The stewards there are a a bit over enthusiastic at the best of times.

 

Who else thinks that we'll probably screw this one up and it'll all come down to the last day of the Oval test?

PS: anyone know why they keep changing the start days? We've recently had Wednesday, Thursday and now Friday. Why can't they just leave it at Thursday, so we all know where we are and that 5th day tickets will always be for skivers on a Monday?

 

Mates back home tell me to get on the draw because the weather is still crap !!

I know where you're coming from T2, I had that feeling, I just think they may pick Freddie come what may and he'll break down leaving us exposed, if Harmison's feet are better why not bring him in, the Aussies look like they're going with 4 quicks, I think we should follow suit.

 

What kind of idiot plays football on a wet outfield an hour before a make or break test?











Prior


**** has only gone and done his knee in

 

woohoo win the toss and we are batting.

Prior manages to make it onto the pitch and Harmison is playing.

 

Got lucky,Strauss should have been out first ball.

 

Can we make 200

Total **** up this morning, decision should have been made yesterday on Freddie, When will they learn about playing football ?? Strauss is all over the shop right now!

 

I reckon we'll be all out for a hundred-odd and game over by Sunday evening. Why didn't we bowl first on muggy morning like this? Ponting couldn't have believed his luck when Strauss opted to bat. Maybe they thought that Prior needed a day off to recover!

 

Choose an extra bowler instead of a batsman and then Bat first. WTF!

We are going to struggle to see much past lunch, definitely all out by end of play today. Will be sunny tomorrow and Ponting will get 500+

 

can we make 100 is the real question, what a useless bunch of club level players

 

Cook's gone! We're doomed now.

 

we in 5hite 72-6 even Johnson got a wicket