1st Ashes Test Australia v England - Brisbane

[whitelion]

Make that 89-7....

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

Ffs I am now copping it big style in the office

 

[Steve Foster]

Had a few minutes sleep & we lose 5 wickets!

The stuff of nightmares.

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?290377-Wigan-v-BHA-Score-Predictor

 

[The Wizard]

What a joke this is, all on Broad and Swann to keep us competitive.. Sussex style batting calypso calapso.

 

[Ludensian Gull]

91/8 Swann out

 

[Steve Foster]

What a joke this is, all on Broad and Swann to keep us competitive.. Sussex style batting calypso calapso.

91/8 we won't get enough runs to avoid the follow on

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?290377-Wigan-v-BHA-Score-Predictor

 

[The Wizard]

Back to sleep me thinks, was hoping it was a nightmare.

 

[um bongo molongo]

on the ashes thread before the match I wrote something like concerned we're undercooked and Johnson will run through us" - thought we'd get to three figures though!

 

[dougdeep]

Over confidence.

 

[empire]

we havent scored above 200 in any of the first 5 first inns away from england

 

[um bongo molongo]

We also always lose on genuinely quick pitches (Perth in particular), even when we've won series

 

[The Spanish]

we have serious serious batting problems that have been papered over due to our bowling strength. been blatantly obvious for a while now but england have nearly 10 years of goodwill in the bank from the fans and its stopped being healthy now.

 

[dougdeep]

Why didn't they enforce the follow on? Madness.

 

[Gwylan]

Why didn't they enforce the follow on? Madness.

Er... England saved the follow on - that's the only saving grace.

Need to grab a couple of wickets tonight or it could be a long day tomorrow

 

[Albion_Dave]

Why didn't they enforce the follow on? Madness.

I take it you don't follow cricket much .

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Far, far too much triumphalism yesterday...' England on top...England's day...if we can get 450, we can win this Test...we are going to win 4-0 etc etc.
Facts.....
1) Australia were 132-6 and should have been bowled out for less than 200.
2) England's top order were carried through the summer by Ian Bell.
3) The Aussie bowlers are quicker and more hostile than ours.
4) KP will regularly get out at critical times.
5) Trott can't play the short ball ( not ideal for a no.3 )
6) Prior will regularly get 0 when the chips are down ( flat-track bully and technically deficient )
7) England are bigged up as this multi-talented side but in essence are quite ordinary. They have been flattered by the absence of real competition, South Africa and India ( at home ) excepted.
8) They have committed the cardinal sin of allowing Australia to wrest the initiative at the beginning of the series ( with some very poor batting ) and now face a big uphill struggle.

 

[dougdeep]

I take it you don't follow cricket much .

Since before you were born sir. Have a nice day.

 

[maltaseagull]

One can always rely on the England Batsmen to fail miserably in Australia once or twice in a series.

The only concern is if it becomes a habit then we will have to face 4 years of crowing Aussies after another series thrashing. I believe the side will get over this and compete in the rest of the matches.
We should know that the sports writers don't live in the real world. Win a series we are the best in the world.
We are not!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Why didn't they enforce the follow on? Madness.

I'll spell it out for you. Because we got 35 runs too many.

 

[The Spanish]

One can always rely on the England Batsmen to fail miserably in Australia once or twice in a series.

The only concern is if it becomes a habit then we will have to face 4 years of crowing Aussies after another series thrashing. I believe the side will get over this and compete in the rest of the matches.
We should know that the sports writers don't live in the real world. Win a series we are the best in the world.
We are not!

it is a habit, our openers are shocking and have been for some time.