Final Ashes test 2009

[Southy]

IS Australia any chance, discuss

 

[Winmar]

Yeah they'll probably win. It's one wicket down already. Cook's been in shit form. Now Bell's in.

 

[Bucko]

fuk i forgot.... I've been playing LORD's new thingie since I got home .... is the test at LORDS .... bwhahah I crack me

 

[Iron Zombius]

the test is at "the brit oval"...WTF is the brit part, thought it was always knows as just "the oval"

 

[Winmar]

Some sort of sponsorship, I've been assuming.

 

[Winmar]

Hmmm 175-2 now. England on top, but it's a flat pitch, even if it's breaking up. Why didn't Australia play a spinner?

 

[Iron Zombius]

statistically last season, the best aussie spinner in the country was greg matthews.....lol

he still plays 1st grade cricket for sydney uni, but doesnt wanna play first class stuff anymore

 

[Winmar]

That's the good thing about cricket - you can play it forever!

England are building up quite a lead now. It's going to be pretty hard for Australia to even get a draw at this rate.

 

[Celestial-Todd]

And quite frankly, they've got no-one to blame but themselves this time. Alot of people are blaming the pitch and the conditions (admittedly, the rain on the second day did liven the pitch up during Australia's innings) but if a debutante can score 100 (Trott) and not a single one of our middle order batsmen score over 10, there's something wrong with the way we're playing

What I find so incredibly frustrating is that if the selectors had the balls to pick the right players in the first place (Stuart Clarke), we probably wouldn't be in this position. Our inability to bowl out the tail in Cardiff fucked up this series! That game should have been a run-over after the way we batted!

 

[Iron Zombius]

466 to win in 180 overs

thats only 2.58 per over!

 

[Celestial-Todd]

The issue isn't the run rate... or even the amount of runs (in form, we could easily make it)... the problem is that NONE of our batsmen really look confident enough or in good enough form to dominate the attack

 

[Winmar]

Hussey's not even half the player he used to be. It's quite strange really.

Australia should have gone with a specialist spinner on that wicket. North's done pretty well though. I like that guy; he seems a decent sort.

 

[Iron Zombius]

have you seen husseys record since gilchrist left..?

no test ton in some 30 odd innings

 

[Celestial-Todd]

I'm a HUGE Hussey apologist... but he REALLY should have been dropped after the 3rd test. He doesn't even look like he's trying anymore, that's how low his form and confidence is

 

[Winmar]

Gilly wasn't great in the second half of his career either. Lucky he and Hussey had such excellent first halves so their averages are still very good.

 

[Iron Zombius]

Lets face it, Huss had an average ove 80 with gily in the side, post gilly....less that 30

I agree, he should be dropped and play North as a designated batsman and McDonald as the alrounder. The dude bowls stump to stump and takes it either way off the pitch. In english conditions its a no brainer

He has played 4 tests and been on the winning side 3 time. At least give him a run and see what happens

 

[Iron Zombius]

Ponting looking good. Cutting well off the back foot. Always a good sign he is on

 

[Celestial-Todd]

At the end of the day, even if we lose, I want to see us go down fighting. I'd rather see us go for the win and fall 50 runs short then to put up a brickwall and get bowled out 200 short

 

[Iron Zombius]

hearing that...
but at the moment, the fight is on

 

[Iron Zombius]

2/182.... 1/3 of the way there