Second Ashes Test: Lords, 16th July, 2015.

[Hutty1986]

Has anyone been reading cricinfo this test? Easily the worst commentary I have seen on there.

It is some dude attempting to be funny even second ball and failing miserably

He's been alright. Don't take him too seriously.

 

[JW]

Any word from ingerlish bunniesman Greame Swann on Smiffy's crap technique during that arsey double hundred?

 

[redvscotty]

Score board pressure will see the poms crumble. Aus will declare 3/620 with an hour to bowl and England will be 5/40 by the end of day 2.

Wasn't far off. What a day of cricket!

 

[umina panther]

Bloody weird on the Haddin thing - even if they're all in England that's scary!

You lot are precious on Smith - fine fine player, on one hell of a tear - and deservedly rated very highly the ratings - but premature to call him great, and all I am saying is this wicket and most the wickets in Australia last summer were pretty flat...

Clearly de Villiers and Sanga remain the best - imo Smith heads the younger group a sniff ahead of with Root then Williamson and Kohli

Amla and Younis etc remain pretty f**king good too

This has really backfired on the Poms - they needed Miandad to take charge of the coin toss for them :lol:

Yep Smiffy isn't a all time Australian great yet but he is better than any Kiwi bat in history.......all about perspective

 

[blaza88z]

Me? Meh, whatever - England created this wicket, which isn't great - now they're paying - it's funny

The wickets in Aust last summer and these have made Smith look like Bradman - he's good, but his form and these flat tracks don't hurt

you've lost the plot, he's been doing it in almost every country he's played in

 

[Haffa]

you've lost the plot, he's been doing it in almost every country he's played in

To be fair he lost the plot a few years ago when he told us all the Pielander was one of the best bowlers in world cricket.

 

[LeedsRhinos]

Stall, delay, hang on for the draw

Ingerlund, Ingerlund!

 

[Hutty1986]

Carn boys, need to break this stand

 

[JW]

Warney thirsty and talking about cherries.

 

[blaza88z]

Stall, delay, hang on for the draw

Ingerlund, Ingerlund!

They'll be all out by tea, we bat 2 sessions just as a nice top off, bowl them out again in 5 sessions, then we might see a few lively pitches for Johnson and co to break a few arms instead of this docile rubbish which I have no doubt is a plan by England as they're shit scared of Mitchell Johnson

 

[umina panther]

Goooone

 

[umina panther]

Boooo

 

[Hutty1986]

Lol it was about 7m outside the line. Such a dumb review.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Didnt they f**king watch the first innings. Those balls will ALWAYS be outside leg. Idiots.

 

[LeedsRhinos]

They'll be all out by tea, we bat 2 sessions just as a nice top off, bowl them out again in 5 sessions, then we might see a few lively pitches for Johnson and co to break a few arms instead of this docile rubbish which I have no doubt is a plan by England as they're shit scared of Mitchell Johnson

We'll still be batting tomorrow morning.

 

[Mr Angry]

Yep Smiffy isn't a all time Australian great yet but he is better than any Kiwi bat in history.......all about perspective

Point of order Mr Speaker...

Martin Crowe...

Not there and will never be as classy...

Will be run machine..clinical, figgetity, hard to get out...

But Crowe...far more a natural.

Cannot agree..

FTR not one English bat since Gower has been up to it, where smiffy is.

 

[umina panther]

If style was what mattered then Mark Waugh is better than Bradman but no its about runs

 

[shiznit]

Yep Smiffy isn't a all time Australian great yet but he is better than any Kiwi bat in history.......all about perspective

Well done genius...

In one post you've just shown everyone here that you have NFI about cricket.

:lol:

 

[Pete Cash]

Point of order Mr Speaker...

Martin Crowe...

Not there and will never be as classy...

Will be run machine..clinical, figgetity, hard to get out...

But Crowe...far more a natural.

Cannot agree..

FTR not one English bat since Gower has been up to it, where smiffy is.

tbh nobody cares about technique in Australia. Bradman had a very ugly technique

 

[blaza88z]

We'll still be batting tomorrow morning.

come on mate, have some confidence in your team ffs, I think they'll at least pass the follow on..