4th Test: England v Australia at Leeds

[evertonfan]

Clark's on. This is the match winning spell; 7 wickets for him at least.

 

[King Pietersen]

Katich has an awesome style!

No he doesn't. It's horrible to watch. May be effective, but it makes my eyes bleed watching him bat.

Clark on. Cook out within the next 5 overs.

 

[IloveGilly]

Finally. Australia's best bowler has come to the crease.

No he doesn't. It's horrible to watch. May be effective, but it makes my eyes bleed watching him bat.

Makes him stand out at least. But still plays like any other batsman.

 

[iridescentt]

The ICC rankings are a load of Shoaib Akhtar.

 

[OffCutters]

Good solid start by Clark, slowly building up his speed.

 

[aussie1st]

Clark getting swing, pace is building up as well. If he can touch about the 137km/h mark then hes back to his usual.

 

[bowser]

I've hardly ever seen openers use it. Hussey's method is more the one I'm use to.

Obviously very young then. It is a very correct way of playing a swinging ball.

 

[angryangy]

If Belly is going to keep giving Johnson both the offside waft and also the front pad option, I think we'll see the back of him sooner rather than later.

 

[piriyanth]

Good start by Clark.

 

[Howsie]

Obviously very young then. It is a very correct way of playing a swinging ball.

How many players actually use this method. The two guys I'm thinking of are fairly average.


Clark looks poo's if you ask me. He's quite clearly lost a yard of pace.

 

[irottev]

he's a little midget ginge who's scared of direct sunlight.

I just found a photo from the user thread of you and i'm sorry, but you have no right to call people out on their looks. Someone else was saying how ugly Siddle was the last test too. I just don't get it. Since when does being good looking become a pre-requisite to playing cricket? I swear, some of you guys really need to come out of the closet.

 

[bowser]

How many players actually use this method. The two guys I'm thinking of are fairly average.


Clark looks poo's if you ask me. He's quite clearly lost a yard of pace.

Any opener worth his salt uses it. You get into position to play the ball, bat and everything in position as you judge the line. Then if you pick that it is continueing on it's line you play inside. If it is an inswinger you play it.

It is the way that all good openers have played the swinging ball. Unforunately the youngsters of today don't have to deal with a swinging ball and play with the eye and not with good technique. The balls and the pitches need to stop being so batsman friendly and get batsman playing the line not throwing the bat as they do.

 

[aussie1st]

Obviously very young then. It is a very correct way of playing a swinging ball.

Doesn't seem a great way of playing the seaming ball though. The commentators have mentioned it on numerous occasions that we target Cook outside off stump expecting an edge. And so far its worked in this series and the last where we had him caught behind quite a few times.

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Clark looks poo's if you ask me. He's quite clearly lost a yard of pace.

Hes lost a bit but hes keeping it tight and getting some out swing. This isn't the seaming wicket that the Clark type bowlers like.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I may be jinxing England here, but Cook and Bell are looking pretty solid out there.

 

[bowser]

Doesn't seem a great way of playing the seaming ball though. The commentators have mentioned it on numerous occasions that we target Cook outside off stump expecting an edge. And so far its worked in this series and the last where we had him caught behind quite a few times.

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Hes lost a bit but hes keeping it tight and getting some out swing. This isn't the seaming wicket that the Clark's love.

Cook's problem is that who looses concentration and plays at the ones he shouldn't. I am not saying that he is the worlds best opener, just that those ones he played inside of were well played and deliberate shots.

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Can we hope that Johnson has turned the corner?