4th Ashes Test: England v Australia at Nottingham on Aug 6-10, 2015

[undertaker]

So basically, no matter how average England are, we will never beat them in England while our pitches are concrete slabs...

In a nutshell, the crap pitches that have engulfed both test/ODI and Sheffield Shield in Australia for at least the last 10 years has led to an over-confident attitude in many batsmen who have done well when making the test team, only to be brutally exposed in conditions where there's movement in the air and seam. As a team, we were exposed in the Hobart test in 2011 vs New Zealand in very similar conditions to this Trent Bridge test, and also the ODI in Brisbane in 2013, where Sri Lanka skittled us for 70-something.

Warner is one of the nuffies. I was never sold on him as a test batsman, and it has been the media that have hyped him up for his T20 big-hitting prowess when in reality he would be nothing without his thick-bladed bat and if he had to regularly play in these conditions (in other words, he's been made to look better than he really is).

 

[Eelectrica]

Well done Clarke. Having a captains knock here. Top scorer with um....9
Clarke into dbl figures now. Should raise his bat or something.

 

[jargan83]

Listening on the radio and apparently this is the earliest time in terms of balls bowled that both 4th wicket and 5th wicket have fallen in Test Cricket.

 

[hineyrulz]

What a call it was to take Voges over Burns, too. When will we stop picking old blokes who were never up to it?

A few of us questioned the decision on here, and were told Voges was in form blah blah blah. He was 35 and had not played test cricket for a season. He's bog average.

 

[Brutus]

Australia would be all out by now if Jimmy was playing.

 

[hineyrulz]

First decent shot Clarke has played in a year.

Besides the one that knocked up his missus.

 

[undertaker]

gee Jimmy Anderson looks pissed

f**k me the ball is moving sideways

If Anderson was bowling from the other end, I feel we would've been close to bowled-out by now

 

[WaznTheGreat]

lol those Kiwi posters got butthurt when i said this was the worst Aussie team ever leading up to the WC

Haynetrain 1
Kiwi's 0

 

[Twizzle]

Clarkey with a quiney

 

[Canard]

All over in what 5 overs???

 

[TheParraboy]

Wheres that Leeds Rhino the cat??

Petrified Notch will take 10/10 I bet

 

[_snafu_]

lol

 

[chigurh]

Leave the f**king ball for goodness sake :lol:

 

[undertaker]

6-down.

Broad gets a 5-fer in his 4th over

 

[JW]

Well that wasn't required...

 

[Eelectrica]

There goes our top scorer.

 

[Canard]

Really what was shot from Clarke?

Time for him to go

 

[tomdl]

FFS that was 2 metres outside off. f**k off Clarke

 

[Tommy Smith]

Shot Clarkey!!

OMG!!!!

BROAD FOR A KNIGHTHOOD.

 

[mave]

Ffs.