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Two Winters and One Summer of English Cricket and Continued Adventures
Logie66:
Still not had much of a chance to watch the test, good effort by the England tail yesterday getting the score above 400. The Aussies certainly highlighted the missed opportunity on the first day by the England batsmen, shot selection good and it"s an easy wicket, especially when the balls not swinging !
Could be another hard slog in the field today as the Aussies are dominating the proceedings. Won"t be watching much again as I prepare to travel up for the Chezger Festival this weekend.
Looking forward to the Chester races and the poker on Saturday evening.
Logie66:
Aussies dominating us in this test, we need to show some steel, determination and passion !!! But most of all we need lots of rain today !!!
Logie66:
First of all I want to say a big thanks to Ger, had a great time at the Chezger Festival and the hospitality was second to none. Managed to bubble the cash, but the game was superb and finally got back to the hotel and into bed about 4am.
Woke up and set off home and got home to see an Aussie win the Grand Prix, had a little snooze and then settled down to watch the cricket and an expected Aussie win.
When Collingwood fell, it looked like the end of the test match, but along with the crowd in Cardiff we started cheering Jimmy and Monty as they blocked out the majority of balls being delivered by the Aussie bowlers. Big cheer when we went ahead and then lots of laughs when the 12th man and the Physio were running on the pitch to waste time.
Superb effort to get a draw out of this game by Collingwood and the tail, can"t really compliment the top order in saving this one. The best result from this game is that the pressure will be deflected on Ponting, I"m sure he"ll come in for a lot of stick for not bowling out England, especially the ferret that is Monty. We have got to turn up at Lords on Thursday and carry on where we finished, kick up when they"re down is what I say ;D
Finally, congratulations to Cardiff for providing a great spectacle and a great atmosphere, especially the final session ;D
Logie66:
Find it slightly amusing this morning that Ponting is deflecting the teams inability to bowl England out on the 2-3 minutes of time wasting when the 12th Man and Physio were on the pitch. Has he forgotten that they bowled over 65 balls to the last pair ;D
Would be interesting to hear Jeff Thomson"s opinion once more ;D I think Ponting will come in for a lot of criticism back home. The lack of overs that the two most effective bowlers, Hilfenhaus and Siddle, had in comparison to Johnson was shocking. But can"t complain, thanks to Punter we got out of jail !!
Honeybadg:
It"s a great save but essentially saved by the 4th day rain.
England 687 for 19
Australia 676 for 6
Ponting and Co ... not sure how much noise there will be back home (or how much they will care).
Ponting may have bowled the wrong bowlers at the end
England picked the wrong bowlers at the start.
Panesar + Swann = 73-12-246-1
(Where was Onions (or Harmison))?
Hauritz = 60.5-13-168-5
Fair play to Collingwood (great stoicism) and fair play to the rearguard but I am pretty sure Australia go to Lords very confident.
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