A big summer of Cricket boiling up this summer.

ENG already through to the ICC Semi's + the Ashes to come in under a month

Jimmy is on top of his game hopefully it will be his summer with the Aussies still in a mess.


And just for "7" any comment on Essex being all out for 20 (yes twenty) in their 2nd inns against Lancs ??

 

 

Rav Bop has managed to turn it around in the last couple of ODI's

 

You seem surprised

I literally couldn't care less about the semi's it's all about the summer for me

 

A great start against the Saffers, but I do wonder why Trott is still in the OD team, too slow...

 

Trott shut me up good and proper

 

See Australia are mouthing off already. Claiming that they ahve the best bowling attack in the world. This was interesting.........

CRICKET - ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA BOWLERS


Australia: James Pattinson - 10 Tests, 40 wickets at 23.37

Peter Siddle - 41 Tests, 150 wickets at 28.84

Nathan Lyon - 22 Tests, 76 wickets at 33.18

Mitchell Starc - 9 Tests, 30 wickets at 34.03

Ryan Harris - 12 Tests, 47 wickets at 23.63

James Faulkner is yet to play in a Test match.


CRICKET - ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA BOWLERS


England: James Anderson - 82 Tests, 307 wickets at 30.14

Stuart Broad - 57 Tests, 195 wickets at 30.93

Graeme Swann - 52 Tests, 222 wickets at 28.50

Steve Finn - 22 Tests, 88 wickets at 28.73

 

Ravi Bopara leading the way

 

Shame about the result yesterday but to be fair it was an exciting game. 6 needed off the last ball

Whoever thought that putting Bell into a 50 over game (20/20 in the end) needs shooting

And the good news for the day is that the Australia "team" are collapsing before the Test has even started. Coach sacked today

 

Very disappointing throwing it away like that.

You cant change your tem selection once the toss has been made, they tossed in the morning wehen they thought it would be 50 overs, I'm sure both teams would have made changes to their sides had they known it was going to be 20/20.

Blame the ICC for having no reserve day for one of their premier tournaments, I know it's a busy time of the year Cricket wise but not acceptable imo.

 

Looking forward to tomorrow, no weather issues to worry about. Surely win the toss and bat first in these conditions and get 600 on the board

 

The Rugby boys managed it, now lets hope Captain Cook can do the same.

Been looking forward to this so much. We're bound to make it difficult for ourselves at times but you won't get decent odds for England winning the Series.

 

C'MON ENGLAND Wish I was there for the first day of the series.

 

God I hate Cricket.

 

I said Siddle was one to watch and really wish i'd been wrong. 5-50 so far on that pitch is stupid batting by England.

 

It's getting worse mate

 

Actually, not a bad time of day to get the Aussies in to bat.

 

14 wickets on the opening day, incredible. 1st session tomorrow could be the most important of the game. Hope plenty of cloud cover to get that ball swinging again and a couple of early wickets.

 

I dont know why you two are flapping

 

What a great morning session I was getting frustrated with the 1st half hour as there was no pressure being applied and then it all changed with one delivery.

 

I spoke too soon, they just have no idea how to get no11 batsmen out Michael Holding bang on the money as usual saying how it should be done and what on Earth are we doing.

 

or look at it this way, the weather has changed and Agar is just showing how easy it is going to be for our batsmen (apart from Bell, obviously) to get stuck in and open a lead. I predict a double hundred from Cook.

 

Bloody Hell, don't yer just hate these historical moments

It was as if someone flicked a switch and turned the pitch off !

 

11-2 hahahaha how crap are they. This could turn out to be a very embarrassing defeat.

 

Great text from my best mate in Aus this afternoon.

"Joe Root bats well for a 14 year old lesbian!"

 

How good has today been? A few umpire decisions go our way and Broad is doing really well. The ups and downs of Test cricket really get your heart going

 

Another reason, if needed, proving that the test format is different grade

Also worth noting Punter carrying his bat for 169 yesterday in his last 1st class innings.

 

Yes, but lets just move on from there and not mention the Essex score shall we? Nothing to see here.......

 

EFA

 

After a night to consider...... Starting to agree that Broad should have walked. The fact that Pieterson is jumping to his defence speaks volumes really.

We DID have an atrocious umpiring decision earlier with Trott's dismissal so it evens out but the spirit is just as important as the laws of the game. Lets not slip down the path of lawlessness