3rd Test: Australia v England at Perth Dec 13-17, 2013

[Armageddon.]

Drinking game

have a litre of Rum every time the poms get the ball inspected

There isn't enough rum in the world for that game

 

[undertaker]

I am fairly confident Swann would be terrified of bowling on this deck. Has 0/100 written all over it.

Another reason why, being 2-0 down in the series, the Poms needed to go for the jugular in this match, take a gamble and play 4 frontline pace bowlers and omit both Swann and Panesar. The decision to play Swann could come back to hurt them.

 

[8Ball]

I thought Rankin would have been a good selection for this test..Bowls in the mid 140s..plenty of bounce.

 

[Timbo]

...did Warne just suggest Trott could bowl a few overs?

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Was that Warnie who said Trott could bowl a few overs? Derp.

 

[madunit]

Well he did suggest Beer would become a great test bowler.

He's becoming more mild with his tard moments

 

[madunit]

Watson plays a #10's cut shot

 

[undertaker]

Was that Warnie who said Trott could bowl a few overs? Derp.

Maybe he was taking the piss out of Trott (which would be in poor taste)

 

[Timbo]

The thing I've noticed in the County Championship in recent times is how many sides have all-out medium pace attacks.

There are only a handful of genuine pace bowlers in England, and they're the guys who can take advantage of decks in Australia/NZ/South Africa.

The difference between their attacks this tour and last tour is pace. All of them are seriously down on it.

 

[undertaker]

Watson plays a #10's cut shot

well, as the expression goes "if you're going to go for it, go hard at it".

 

[Horrie Is God]

Over a 1/4 of the pommy side involved in that pow-wow..

 

[undertaker]

The thing I've noticed in the County Championship in recent times is how many sides have all-out medium pace attacks.

There are only a handful of genuine pace bowlers in England, and they're the guys who can take advantage of decks in Australia/NZ/South Africa.

The difference between their attacks this tour and last tour is pace. All of them are seriously down on it.

The thing that England and New Zealand both have in common: if they're not playing on

1) a rank greentop (like the Hobart test in 2011) or
2) there's no natural swing in the air (England are aided with this in their home conditions using the Duke ball instead of the Kookaburra)

their fast bowlers have absolutely nothing. I've noticed so far this series that the Poms haven't been able to extract the swing they were able to last time around in 2010/11. I remember Bresnan and Anderson were getting the ball to boomerang a lot in the air.

 

[Armageddon.]

And the curtains close on the Test career of Shane Wazn

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Watson :lol: what a f**king dud

 

[_snafu_]

f**k off Watson.

 

[chigurh]

This guy is such an imposter.

 

[MrAnonymous]

Sick of this merkin, f**k him off

 

[Horrie Is God]

Shane Wazn..

 

[Timbo]

Oh ffs...

I'm starting to come around on Watson.

This is a 500 wicket. The middle order can't keep expecting Clarke and Haddin to score 400 of them.

 

[madunit]

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Shit again from Watson, proving he deserves to be dropped.