So... who's in? Who's out? Who'll bat? Who'll bowl? Should Colly be getting the wobbles?
Post endless conjecture here and then watch it fucking rain.
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Ambrose at 6?
I'm absolutely shitting it.
An open letter to Michael Vaughn
Dear Michael,
You've always been my favourite batsman to watch. I think you are so elegant with your cover driven fours. Please get some runs in this test. Please.
Kthnkxbye
MrSs
I'm going to make a prediction
He's going to make a quick 30/40 odd looking as elegant as shiny shoes before getting bowled through the gate / caught in the deep hooking.
Damn you and your being right.
Nah
The calls for him to be dropped aren't yet loud enough to warrant him getting any runs, or even looking good. Give it another couple of tests then he'll probably get a big ton in a dead rubber.
Great captain though - maybe move him down to 6. He could be the new Mike Brearley.
i reckon he'll get a duck
oh....hang on
i won't really get to
watch any of this test, being at Truck. So I don't mind if it rains a lot.
Ambrose at 6 is ridiculous though. I'd rather have Stuart Broad at 6!
I won't be able to follow any of it today either
this afternoon the whole school troops down to a big hall place to hold a memorial service for our dead principal. I think if I sneak a longwave radio in that might be seen as being bad form.
i dunno
was he a cricket fan?
Apparently not
shame
Sometimes a shift in position can gave a huge effect on a batsman's performance
It may be Ambrose feels more responsibility to get runs at six and does well. Certainly, I think it's better than Flintoff 6, Ambrose 7 would be.
If we're
300-4 when Ambrose comes in then fine. I'll worry if we're 60-4 though.
He's already shown he can handle test cricket
It wasn't that long ago he got a first class double hundred. He's a better batsman than is being made out at the moment. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he gets a score this test.
I hope so
as I really like the guy. As you said up ^^^^ somewhere, better him at 6 than Flintoff.
I'm concerned like some of you are
about Ambrose at 6. I like him but he needs more time, assuming Flintoff is batting at 7 we could be virtually all out after 5 wickets.
You forget Stuart Broad
that was what the "virtually" was for
;)
I find him quite hard to forget
his piercing eyes and floppy hair haunt me in my dreams.
you love it really
him running down a beach, his hair blowing in the wind.
Stop it!
I won't be able to sleep tonight.
I won't be able to see by the morning...
Pattinson's playing
Collingwood and Sidebottom out.
WHAT?
source please.
CricInfo
.
http://uk.cricinfo.com/homepage/index01.html
More info on Pattinson pls
I know very little about him.
He's Australian
^ this
i'm so confused and scared.
Some info on Pattinson
He's not Tremlett
He's not Hoggard
He's not Simon Jones
He's not Harmison (not that this is necessarily a bad thing)
How the bloody hell did he jump ahead of those four??????
FOR FUCK'S SAKE
Truly amazing
He's never played in England before this season. I think this will turn out to be some sort of practical joke by the England selectors. Why isn't Simon Jones playing?
or Hoggard?
Hoggard at headingley is generally pretty awesome
i've just read that article on CricInfo
apparently it's his home ground and he's perfect for the swinging conditions if it's overcast.
But but but
Hoggard is good for swing in the right conditions.
He's been England's best bowler in many tests over the last few years and he's been dropped and then totally overlooked after one lacklustre seried.
Jesus. I would personally be very happy to never see HArmison bowl for England ever again, I've had my heart broken too many times, but surely Hoggard deserves another go?
I get it
Hoggard, Simon Jones, Tremlet and Harmison were all caught by David Graveney having a wild fast bowlers' sex orgy with Mrs Graveney.
I miss Simon Jones so much
HAR HAR HAR
OH.
We've been put in.
Slight delay cos of a little bit of rain. I reckon 49-1 at lunch.
Plenty of movement for Steyn
Not much for Ntini so far.
Pattinson is coming in at 11
bearing in mind he has some stiff competition this does not fill me full of confidence for our tail.
don't worry
Fred will make a swashbuckling comeback triple century, with Jimmy Anderson picking up a maiden ton as well.
Absolutely terrible decision
I have a bad feeling about this
Steyn getting outswing and bowling full
to Vaughan on 0? What could go wrong?
PING!
Predictable.
aren't you excited about Freddy Pal?
KP will see us through this
These aren't really conditions
Flintoff tends to excel in as a batsman.
I'm just hoping
he'll start pinging it about, ala Beefy in 81
AGAIN?
FFS!
Steyn to Vaughan this series
5 balls, 2 runs, 2 wickets
I know you forget how amazing it is sometimes,
because it happens so often, but to pick up a ball from off-stump and cream it through mid-wicket for four to get off the mark... incredible.
And then smash the first attempt at a short ball
for six.
the guy's just plain daft
but i think he'll get 24 today.
sorry KP
I love it when he's in this
kind of mood. Just the statement of intent.. Brilliant.
:(
that's the end of Strauss
for fuck's sake England
AB deVilliers is an utter cuntgerbil
Claiming a catch off Strauss where the world and his wife would see he'd grounded it.
Also the Cook decision was a shocker. Much as I love Billy that was bad.
oh for f**k sake
that's 2 of our 3 wickets that shouldn't have been given. de Villiers is a complete wanker if he did that, i agree.
wait
did he claim it but it wasn't given?
No, it was referred
but the very fact that he claimed it when he knew full well he'd grounded it makes him the cunt he is.
oh yeah, he's still a cunt
it would've just made me more angry if we'd lost a wicket because of it.
it wasn't given
it just nearly was, strauss was caught behind a couple of overs later
Where is snow_brigade?
My dad is at Headingley right NOW.
Shit
:(
Bell & Pietersen are really taking the game to them
Ntini's getting a mauling at present by the looks of things.
and now Pietersen is out
bollocks
YOU SPOKE TOO SOON
We need Rob Key back in the team
it's never gonna be that bad
Down to the tail already
I actually feel a bit sick now
Odds on my tickets for Sunday being refunded?
don't be silly
it'll go at least 4 days. SA will struggle to make runs and the weather may play a part.
Hindsight being wonderful
and all that. Why did Flintoff just not replace Sidebottom and bat at 8?
Collingwood, Ambrose, Flintoff, Broad looks an awful lot stronger than Ambrose, Flintoff, Broad, Anderson as a lower middle order.
this is what i would've done
and this isn't just hindsight.
2 and a half bowlers?
Great captaincy.
I am not counting Pattinson and Fred is only worth a half for now.
anyone want to bet
that broad makes more than ambrose did?
I'll bet that Broad
top scores.
Now is your hour Ian
The 199 was great, but this is it. Show us what you're made of. Write yourself into history.
I believe in you.
well thanks for that
Fuck it
they're all shit, my comments make no difference
In the absence of snow_brigade
I'd just like to say I fully expect Jimmy Anderson to come up trumps and take 9-24 as we bowl South Africa out for 94 before close of play.
oh dear :(
Broad gone as well
tremendous, this
Don't Worry
Jimmy's swinging the bat! Everything will be fine!
according to guardian obo
J M Anderson not out 8 balls 10 runs 5 fours
he might be swinging the bat but even so, i thik 5 fours is a tad excessive
this sucks
why are we batting so stupidly agressively, by looking at the score it seems as though it's a one-day innings gone a little wrong.
^
I reckon it's cos Fred's back- everyone is going hell for leather so as not to be shown up. And we don't have anyone who can anchor an innings (like Graham Thorpe used to, or Chanderpaul does for windies).
Bell can anchor an innings
He doesn't though
His success largely comes when the conditions are in his favour. Collingwood was the man who used to really get stuck in and not give his wicket away when everyone else was giving theirs away (in the Thorpe mould). Now Broad's about the only one who does.
He CAN
but he don't do it enough- today was another attractive 20 odd, out chasing a wide one while well set. Sigh.
it's true
he's just not got around to it yet. but he will. he *will* be our ponting.
We're not
The fields are just very aggressive, which means the score moves quickly.
Monty's out
would you credit it?
all done
england are going to have to bowl well to stay in this against that batting attack...
Graham Thorpe's Australian Accent
LOL
This is brilliant
holy hell!!
amla caught by vaughan, but he's called back. then he's caught behind next ball and bowden calls no ball to avoid having to answer the appeal.
losing all respect fot him as an umpire...