I_Saw_Shaw_Score
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Batting first over to you Cooky to set the tone! 1 down by lunch please.
Batting first over to you Cooky to set the tone! 1 down by lunch please.
Thought we might have bowled first. Overcast and if there's going to be any movement it will probably be early on.
Conditions set to improve later, but Clarke too said he would bat first as well.
We desperately need a good start.
I wonder how many Welsh people will be cheering on the Aussies? I know it's the England and Wales Cricket board, but that shitty little stadium in Cardiff isn't upto much!
Was going to post exactly the same thing. Be a rarity for a Welshman or woman to cheer for England at anything.
Still seems very odd to me to play England home games in a different country.
[video=youtube;EG4qL7qMXHQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG4qL7qMXHQ[/video]No captain would put the opposition in.
Yeah I was going to mention the infamous Hussain decision.
The selection is odd with Ali at number 8 really. A part type spinner and frontline batsman at 8. Don't get it.
Pitch looks soft and irregular so will be an interesting session.
Yeah I was going to mention the infamous Hussain decision.
The selection is odd with Ali at number 8 really. A part type spinner and frontline batsman at 8. Don't get it.
Pitch looks soft and irregular so will be an interesting session.
They've been playing him there for a while. To be fair, the batting line-up isn't too bad and Moeen can whack it round if he wants... I'm guessing that's the thinking behind it, for at the end of an innings. I'm a little surprised Rashid wasn't given the nod though.
Yeah, the batting line up isn't too bad, it's going to be taking 20 wickets a match which will be the issue.
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Saying that... Bloody England!
No captain would put the opposition in.
The start of the series will be vital, if the Aussies get a decent start I can see the doubts and nerves creeping in to the England side and it all going horribly wrong.
Even though as Botham has just said, there's swing there for both bowlers and we're 43-3?
Hmmm, not quite the start I was hoping for.
Never. Clarke would have batted. Problem is we have an opener whose never really played test cricket and played a poor shot. Cooks dismissal certainly wasn't to do with swing bowling and bell is in a bad place.
Never?
I wish I was such an expert as you.
Look how many times it happens - it's very rare and for very good reasons.
Years ago with uncovered pitches maybe. Not now though against top quality opposition.
England are just poor and vulnerable.
Thank god for Joe Root, we're increasingly a one man team as far as batting goes.
I can see Taylor or Bairstow coming in for Bell if he fails again.
I can see Taylor or Bairstow coming in for Bell if he fails again.
Cook played his way through his bad spell tough didn't he. Sometimes it's the best way. Bit of luck, one good score and you're flying again.
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