[Cricket] **** England v Australia, 1st Specsavers Ashes Test, Edgbaston. Official match thread ****

[SweatyMexican]

Bugger

 

[Triggaaar]

As usual your a bit late with the news! Murdoch sold Sky to a US cable company months ago.

Now you'd expect a short 'oh I didn't know that, thanks', but no, this is BG:

But they will still have an allegiance to him I would think

 

[pasty]

If ever there was a time for a "Captains innings", here it is. Roooooooooooooot

 

[BensGrandad]

Now you'd expect a short 'oh I didn't know that, thanks', but no, this is BG:

Just googled it and it appears that Murdoch lost control of Fox in Sept 18 to Comcast I didnt realise that as I have no great interest in Sky or subscribe to it.

 

[The Wizard]

Surely if Roy is going to open the batting he should be playing his natural game, seems to me like in trying to play a test style of game style you lose all his positive attributes, he needs to play his natural attacking game and if he gets out cheaply every now and again you can accept it because in other games he takes games away from teams, similar to a trescothick type. Seems like a waste of his ability him playing such cautious cricket

 

[Easy 10]

 

[Triggaaar]

Just googled it and it appears that Murdoch lost control of Fox in Sept 18 to Comcast I didnt realise that as I have no great interest in Sky or subscribe to it.

I have Sky BG, but I didn't know either

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Is it me or is Sky insanely biased toward the Australians?

I turn on this morning and it's a feature on Steve Smith. Not one question about sandpapering cricket balls.

This wouldn't happen in Australia, they would be solely focused on their team. What are Sky proposing during the Ashes for us? Raking over the Pietersen Saga, feat. Piers Morgan, great, what a boast.

I'm sick of how accommodating we are being. The Australians perfected arrogant superiority going well over the acceptable line for over 2 decades. The whole 'baggy green' we do everything better, blah blah blah and they get caught cheating and after a year, we're supposed to be all forgiving and accommodating "why are people booing Smith's century" – do people have no idea how they've been over there in the past? And Sky then put on a feature on Smith on the 2nd day of the first Ashes test of the series. **** off Sky. Just **** off.

Atherton squirms constantly having to mention the cheats.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Surely if Roy is going to open the batting he should be playing his natural game, seems to me like in trying to play a test style of game style you lose all his positive attributes, he needs to play his natural attacking game and if he gets out cheaply every now and again you can accept it because in other games he takes games away from teams, similar to a trescothick type. Seems like a waste of his ability him playing such cautious cricket

Trescothick was an immovable object as I remember, with about 3 or 4 shots, and he didn't vary or attempt to vary that at all in test cricket. He would leave, then leave again and only play the balls that suited his 3 or 4 shots. Hell of a player because he played the game so simply I thought. He was cautious in those first stages of an innings though. (if memory serves...).

 

[Titanic]

Bounce and turn for Lyon... interesting times.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Surely if Roy is going to open the batting he should be playing his natural game, seems to me like in trying to play a test style of game style you lose all his positive attributes, he needs to play his natural attacking game and if he gets out cheaply every now and again you can accept it because in other games he takes games away from teams, similar to a trescothick type. Seems like a waste of his ability him playing such cautious cricket

Worked for Adam Gilchrist, stick him in at no.4 I say.

 

[Luke93]

Another umpire mistake. In England’s favour, Aussies didn’t review!

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Another umpire mistake. In England’s favour, Aussies didn’t review!

Ha ha

 

[the right footed denilson]

What a mare they're having.

 

[Titanic]

England 51-1 (19.1 overs)

Burns 29* Root 7*

 

[Titanic]

Root given out... reviewed straight away...

 

[studio150]

Root given out but under review

 

[Titanic]

The NOISE was as it passed the STUMPS!!!

Not the bat, or the pads, the stumps and bails clearly move, but end up intact!!

WOW - a life for Root

53-1 Root 9*

 

[studio150]

Overturned yet again, great game for the umpires

And met with a chorus of same old Aussies always cheating

 

[The Wizard]

Do these umpires get anything right? Dreadful, never seen anything like it.