The Ashes 2015 - Spoilers

[Dayvo]

Hmmm - 417-7. Beginning to look like Cook's (?) decision to invite the Australians to bat may be back-firing.

With the series won, I'd like to have a more positive approach. Putting them in on what seems nothing worse than a good Test wicket shows more than a little caution, maybe a lack of confidence, even!

Oh well, we'll soon know which England batsmen are in form.

 

[psmiffy]

Aussies 481 all out

Another good day for Aussies – patient batting – by Smith 143 and Voges 76 – a flurry of wickets from Moeen before lunch - but a steady accumulation by Smith and Starc after lunch – England not bowling badly and gradually winckling them out

Now the interesting bit to see how Englands batters do on this surface

 

[psmiffy]

Putting them in on what seems nothing worse than a good Test wicket shows more than a little caution,

I think its easy in hindsight to say the pitch was going to favour batting - Alec Stewart said it was a good un - but pre-match it was touted as being bowler friendly - none of the pundits that had been and prodded the pitch were critical of the decision - but yes at the time of the toss I thought it was a cautious decision.

 

[Dayvo]

I think its easy in hindsight to say the pitch was going to favour batting - but yes at the time of the toss I thought it was a cautious decision.

I know, and me too.

 

[Dayvo]

Lyth, Bell and Bairstow to get more than 50 between them in the 1st innings?

And no, I've not had a word with them and got a dodgy bet going.

 

[Dayvo]

Just realised that Adam Lyth looks like Oz Clarke.

 

[Dayvo]

Bring in Oz Clarke, I say. Shame cos he's a very good slip fielder.

 

[psmiffy]

Lyth - spooned one form Siddle to mid-off - Brains of a rocking horse

Root first ball into the fence

 

[Ganymede]

Hmm, Lyth proving very little in his favour again today (though agree he's good in the slips, it's not really enough). I shan't mind too much if he's dropped cos I can never remember if it's pronounced Lith or Lithe.

 

[Dayvo]

Hmm, Lyth proving very little in his favour again today (though agree he's good in the slips, it's not really enough). I shan't mind too much if he's dropped cos I can never remember if it's pronounced Lith or Lithe.

Think it's Lyth, as in Blythe (without pronouncing the 'e', if that helps).

But he's from Yorkshire, so it could be anything.

 

[psmiffy]

Just watched replay of Johnson and no balls - at least 10-16 - England ought to be well on their way to a 100 by now

 

[Dayvo]

Just watched replay of Johnson and no balls - at least 10-16 - England ought to be well on their way to a 100 by now

Why weren't they called?

 

[psmiffy]

Why weren't they called?

Nope - it seems to have become part of modern test cricket - but apart from the loss of runs - it allowed Johnson carte blanche to work Root over

 

[psmiffy]

Lyth, Bell and Bairstow to get more than 50 between them in the 1st innings?

And no, I've not had a word with them and got a dodgy bet going.

So Bairstow to make less than 21

 

[Dayvo]

So Bairstow to make less than 21

Probably.