1st ASHES TEST: England v Australia at Cardiff, July 8-12, 2009

[TheParraboy]

acccording to Mo Matthews on SBS, Rony McDonny is in instead of Hilfy or Hauri

Mo = FAIL

 

[chileman]

Oh goodie....Clark out????????????:crazy:

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

damn what are they thinking :roll:

 

[Twizzle]

they aren't thinking

 

[Bazal]

Ridiculous selections. Again. FMD

 

[Timbo]

Does anyone else feel like screaming 'STOP TALKING ABOUT 2005 - WE KILLED YOU IN 2007!!!'.

So annoying.

 

[Twizzle]

so Mitch has decided to attack their leg stump

great tactics with both batsmen off the mark in the first 4 balls

way to build up pressure

 

[Timbo]

Johnson's seam position in that first over was...alarming.

 

[Timbo]

Hilfy is getting swinging beautifully.

God I hope the old Johnson isn't back.

 

[Spike]

At least Hilfy is getting some swing

 

[Bazal]

Mitch has horrible seam position....so it wasn't that alarming tbh. More like more of the same

 

[TheParraboy]

Johnson's seam position in that first over was...alarming.

According to Lee, the indians did that to rough up the ball so it could reverse swing earlier

but he also said that they would do it if the new ball didnt do much, and thats what the australian attack planned to do :crazy:

 

[TheParraboy]

Wheres Locky?

Oh thats right, must be vacuuming cause Cookys batting

 

[Spike]

ffs stay off their pads Johnson

 

[Twizzle]

Johnson is bowling rubbish

straight half volleys at leg stump

 

[Azkatro]

On this wicket, against this batting, I'm not sure how many wickets Johnson will get bowling erratically, as he has tended to do in the past.

Edit: First ball of his third over is more like it, get them driving outside off stump early.

 

[Twizzle]

Ponting on the defensive already after 4 overs, taking out the bad pad

way to support the bowlers

 

[aussies1st]

Looks like a long day in the field unless Siddle can get 10 wickets.

 

[Azkatro]

I wouldn't panic yet, wait until they're 0/100 at lunch and Ponting commences the second session with Hauritz :lol:

 

[Collingwood Storm]

Dear Stuart Macgill,

Please GTFO my TV screen.