5th Test: Austalia vs England at SCG Jan 3-7 2011

[Matt23]

We'll be 5 down by 3:30, and all by 6

 

[beads6]

Commentators are going on about how Brilliant the bowling was from bresnan while the Haters are going off about Hughes...

 

[yappy]

Hughes did f**k all wrong there. It was a jaffa. If you don't get a nick on them it's got far more to do with good luck than good management.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

surely can't persist with Hughes at test level any longer

 

[beads6]

surely can't persist with Hughes at test level any longer

Well if he is dropped it has to be because he is viewed as never to return otherwise we must persist with him.

 

[beads6]

How the .... can the poms get it to start reversing and we can't??? Madness.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

Perfect example from England there of bowling to a plan. Bresnan has bowled practically the same ball over and over again and strangled the life out of the batsmen.

Australia take note.

What are you talking about?
Our bowlers have plans ... bowl to the pads of Cook and Trott. Bowl short just because the Saffers had success. Bowl inconsistently. Learn absolutely nothing from how the Poms have bowled. Forget totally about line and length.

 

[Twizzle]

what a farkin disgrace from both batsman... how difficult is it to always run the first run hard?

so that was Hughe's fault, lol

about Watson got some of his own medicine, he's run out all his partners this season

 

[Evenflow]

Hughes' average has now dropped to below 40 after being over 50 before this series. I think it's fair to say he can no longer rely on 2 decent innings a couple of years ago to prop his average up and make him look better than he actually is.

Can you just imagine the hiding he'd be copping around here if he was playing for ANY other state than NSW :lol:

 

[ElectricEelMan]

How the .... can the poms get it to start reversing and we can't??? Madness.

Considering they cheated in 2005 to get it to reverse ...

 

[Danish]

Would anyone seriously argue if we were to drop 8 out of 11 of these bozos??

Khawaja and Hayden are the only ones worth feeding, with Clarke only surviving because frankly I can't see who else we'd have as captain and his form will return eventually.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

Commentators are going on about how Brilliant the bowling was from bresnan while the Haters are going off about Hughes...

yeah no shame getting out to that delivery. just shows the difference between their bowlers and out bowlers.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Hayden?

England with the cough lollies again by the looks of it.

Lol @ the Victorians butt hurt.

 

[Twizzle]

Hughes did f**k all wrong there. It was a jaffa. If you don't get a nick on them it's got far more to do with good luck than good management.

exactly

he had to play at it, moved about 5 degrees I reckon, alot of people would not have nicked it

but lets not give the bowler any credit, we'll just blame the batsman for getting a good ball

 

[Matt23]

....I think he meant Haddin

 

[Johnny_L_O]

Just found out what that barmy army song is that theyve been singing the last few tests....

"He bowls to the left, he bowls to the riiiight,
That Mitchell Johnson... his bowling is sh***te"


:lol:

 

[madunit]

again, poms bowling patiently, intelligently, consistently and within themselves (Not trying to bowl too fast).

4 things the aussie bowlers have not done this entire series. Johnson fluked it in Perth briefly, and Siddle fluked it briefly in Brisbane.

 

[Danish]

Hayden?

Whoops! :lol:

I was looking up Hayden's stats while typing that post (comparing what a great opener was actually like compared to Watson.... its painful to say the least)

Haddin, Khawaja and Clarke are the only players with any claim to their position. The rest are just there under reputation or past glory.

 

[madunit]

as much as Khawaja isn't scoring runs at the moment, he's not looking too concerned, I like his patient demeanour, reminds me of an in form Mark Waugh.

 

[BroncosMan]

Whoops! :lol:

I was looking up Hayden's stats while typing that post (comparing what a great opener was actually like compared to Watson.... its painful to say the least)

Haddin, Khawaja and Clarke are the only players with any claim to their position. The rest are just there under reputation or past glory.

The hatred for Watson on here is ridiculous.

How can you say Clarke deserves his spot more than Watson? You wanna talk about past glories!