2nd Ashes Tour Match :: England Lions v Australians at Worcester 1-4 Jul

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Is he going to start his spells in the 40th over? He was as ordinary as everyone else with the new ball.

 

[hineyrulz]

Is he going to start his spells in the 40th over? He was as ordinary as everyone else with the new ball.

Thats the major worry, the Poms get 40 cheap overs before we trouble them.

 

[Timbo]

That spell Lee bowled would have troubled any lineup. He was fast, getting bounce and swing.

I'm glad he's back to his best, we'll need him.

 

[Coraki_kid]

Thank god Hauritz bowled himself out of contention

 

[Twizzle]

Thank god Hauritz bowled himself out of contention

dont be too sure mate

our selectors never cease to amaze me

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

I would be more surprised if Hauritz didn't play than if he did.

 

[beads6]

Johnson bowled rubbish but he tends to bowl better when he has a large work load..

 

[wittyfan]

Hopefully Haurie can clean up the tail tonight!

 

[TheParraboy]

Hopefully Haurie can clean up the tail tonight!

Is Punter allowed to bowl him from both ends and bribe the batsmen??

 

[TheParraboy]

Australians 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
PJ Hughes c Morgan b Harmison 8 27 20 2 0 40.00
5.5 gone! Harmison bounces out Hughes for the second time in the match, round the wicket and the short ball is right on target. All Hughes can do is fend off into the slips and he's been worked out in this match 17/1

SM Katich c Moore b Rashid 37 129 76 4 0 48.68
29.2 caught Moore 90/3

RT Ponting* c Rashid b Harmison 15 21 15 3 0 100.00
11.1 caught Rashid 41/2

MJ North not out 106 0 185 13 0 57.29

MJ Clarke c Onions b Solanki 80 159 129 8 0 62.01
68.1 caught Onions 260/4

MEK Hussey not out 11 0 14 2 0 78.57

Extras (b 11, lb 7, nb 1) 19

Total (4 wickets; 73 overs) 276 (3.78 runs per over)

bye bye Haurie

this will probabaly be the 1st test side

Katich
Hughes
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
North
Haddin
Johnson
Lee
Clark
Siddle

 

[Twizzle]

a couple of things to come out of this practice match

Hughes defo needs work on the short ball, but I'm not sure anyone else in the pommie team can bowl it like Harmy so if Harmy dont play it may not be such an issue. He did bowl well though and could have bowled himself into a test spot. At 20, Hughes has plenty of time to work on it and I think he's good enough to work through it.

Good to see North get amongst the runs, I'd say he's at 6 for a while. Clarkie did well but Punter's form is a worry.

Lee seems to be our form bowler in this game, more wickets last night, Clark is tight but not penetrating.

Johnson's technique is just plain sh*t. He cannot get the seam upright and still has the round arm action which pulls down on the seam ans he doesn't get his wrist behind the ball, no wonder he cant get a wicket.

What is the myth Troy Cooley doing about this, he's had this problem since the tour of India.

Hauri, send him home, he's just an oxygen thief on the touring party.

 

[Spike]

North has to be in the test side of Hauritz

 

[Twizzle]

impressive batting from North, 191 N O

 

[aussies1st]

Good to see North hitting some form, that is more like the guy we know.