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sonar

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8 minutes ago, Erimus said:

Is this site going really slowly for anyone else, takes a while to submit a post...other web sites are ok...

It's not you. It is taking forever to load.....since this morning.

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btron3000

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3 hours ago, Erimus said:

 

For me this test is gone, Australia can only throw this away now. I am looking forward to seeing Archer in the side, looks like Jimmy will be out until at least the 3rd test, big loss.

The problem England have is they just don't win big tests at Lords so much, they could find themselves 2 - 0 down in the series before they blink, and as a drawn series will do for Australia, that is the Ashes as good as gone. 

Might as well not watch anymore then. Series over. :D

Burns LB, Root bowled. All little things like the feather edges going England’s way. Not looking good for Aus.

Only thing we got going is England have scored slowly. They’ll no doubt speed up, but if we can jag a few and they haven’t passed our score before the new ball, we might knock em over for a small lead.

Lyon needs to chip in here.

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Smoggy

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12 minutes ago, btron3000 said:

Might as well not watch anymore then. Series over. :D

Burns LB, Root bowled. All little things like the feather edges going England’s way. Not looking good for Aus.

Only thing we got going is England have scored slowly. They’ll no doubt speed up, but if we can jag a few and they haven’t passed our score before the new ball, we might knock em over for a small lead.

Lyon needs to chip in here.

Couple of wickets and will look very different for Australia, game on a knife edge. Still Australia's game for mine.

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Smoggy

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3 minutes ago, Unlimited said:

According to Google, which now has live probability tracking, the game situation is as follows:

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Stop it, you will mess up my method ^_^

England still plenty behind.

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Smoggy

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Rode his luck early on, but a great knock from Burns. Still not sure about his technique, he is no Steve Smith, but has character in bags and that goes a long way in test cricket.

Australia bowled ok today for little reward, it was like they were jinxed at times.

So the test is finely poised, England will have to bat last on a wicket that will offer much, especially to Lyon. Australia stiĺl very much in this and cant see England getting a big lead at all......

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sonar

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9 minutes ago, luisenrique said:

How come this is happening so much nowadays? Happened about 5 times iirc in the World Cup

It's not uncommon in reality.

I've seen both bails lift off and then come back down. I've seen a bail spinning in the socket because the ball hit it in just the right place.I've seen a bail come off and then wedge itself between the stumps at the top but not in it's socket. We had a general rule of thumb when playing without official umps....the bail had to come off and hit the ground.

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btron3000

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5 hours ago, Erimus said:

Rode his luck early on, but a great knock from Burns. Still not sure about his technique, he is no Steve Smith, but has character in bags and that goes a long way in test cricket.

Australia bowled ok today for little reward, it was like they were jinxed at times.

So the test is finely poised, England will have to bat last on a wicket that will offer much, especially to Lyon. Australia stiĺl very much in this and cant see England getting a big lead at all......

Are you gonna talk England's chances down for all 5 frickin Tests?:)  Even a lead of 50 is huge with Australia's flimsy batting order. We are likely to be 3 down before we pass it. And we still need SIX wickets, so chances are the lead will be more than that.

Yeah Burns rode his luck for sure. The amount of times he played and missed... and he was lbw. I think that will be his best knock in the series - most times he's gonna nick one. But yeah, stuck it out and that has set up the Test nicely for England. 

Below is a good article on Australia's bad luck, comparing their bowling effort to Anderson et al. in Australia the last time England won it here. 22% false shot percentage is worse than most players in T20! The question is, will they stay the course or will getting behind hurt them too much momentum wise.  I think having Langer and Waugh around will help them keep it in perspective.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27309981/australia-method-offers-promise-not-results

 

Australia made some mistakes too.  What were they thinking when Burns was stuck on 92 for 35 minutes, then played and missed 3 in a row from Cummins, and next over Cummins goes around the wicket and spears one into his legs??:woah:  It was the guy's first time in the 90s and he was struggling, and they gave him cheap runs. You never get that chance back. If you get him out in the 90s the first time then he is nervous every time. Moments like that can change the course of series and careers, and they just let it slip through impatience.

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btron3000

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1 minute ago, sonar said:

It's not uncommon in reality.

I've seen both bails lift off and then come back down. I've seen a bail spinning in the socket because the ball hit it in just the right place.I've seen a bail come off and then wedge itself between the stumps at the top but not in it's socket. We had a general rule of thumb when playing without official umps....the bail had to come off and hit the ground.

Yeah, but there is no doubt that the Zing bails were heavier and that caused it to happen more often in the WC.  Not sure why in Tests? Weird. It may just be that it was a rare one-off in the Test and we are thinking it happens heaps more because of the amout of times it happened in the WC.

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sonar

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22 minutes ago, btron3000 said:

Yeah, but there is no doubt that the Zing bails were heavier and that caused it to happen more often in the WC.  Not sure why in Tests? Weird. It may just be that it was a rare one-off in the Test and we are thinking it happens heaps more because of the amout of times it happened in the WC.

Agree with you about the Zing bails. I wish they'd piss them off.They're a gimmick which statred in the Big Bash for T20 and the the promoters of them go ohhhhhh look at the pretty flashing lights. Bollocks. You want flashing lights.....go to a disco........:D

 

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Smoggy

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4 hours ago, btron3000 said:

Yeah, but there is no doubt that the Zing bails were heavier and that caused it to happen more often in the WC.  Not sure why in Tests? Weird. It may just be that it was a rare one-off in the Test and we are thinking it happens heaps more because of the amout of times it happened in the WC.

In tests i have seen the situation where the ball has been hit by the body or bat and has the pace taken off it, but it has rolled towards to stumps and hit, but not dislodged the bails, less so with one flying at the zip that Roots delivery was, that is pretty rare, world cup antic aside.

I confirm that when i played cricket for my team in the UK the bloody bails never failed to come off lol. But then i was lower order and my middle stump was usually spinning end on end on to the next field. No need to look around, just put bat under arm and walk....

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StringerBellend

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I never had much luck in my brief career as a specialist deep fine leg for Richmond Ex-Servos under 14s

My best innings was two not out scored in over an hour a half when we need a draw for the semis 

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43 minutes ago, StringerBellend said:

I never had much luck in my brief career as a specialist deep fine leg for Richmond Ex-Servos under 14s

My best innings was two not out scored in over an hour a half when we need a draw for the semis 

I remember I scored a glorious 8* in the second innings of the historic Year 8 Boys v Year 8 Girls Continuous Cricket match in a double PE period, after being dismissed LBW first ball in the first innings...

Ah good times

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