5th Test: England vs Australia at the Brit Oval

[barmyarmy]

CFlintoff smashes 80 off 1 and a half deliveries

I guess we'd better get Mitch "no ball or wide" Johnson to bowl at him then.

barmyarmy added 1 Minutes and 50 Seconds later...

and batting 6 and 7? I'd like to see us going with that 3, 4 and 5 with Bopara at 6 and Prior at 7. With Broad at 8 and Swann 9 we've got a very long batting line-up. Then I'd bring another opener in for Cook as well.

It depends on whether we still play 5 bowlers post-Freddy. The balance at Headingly was wrong but I still wouldn't play Bopara at all, even at 6.
Maybe Hildreth?

 

[The_gas]

Collingwood has to go, probably cook as well. Its a shame though, as i think cook has potential.

 

[barmyarmy]

Apparently Billy Bowden missed another no ball on the Colly wicket. Three in the match gone against England.
Our two top scorers in the first innings but didn't really matter for Colly.

Katich, North and Clarke? Definitely a good selection call on Hauritz...
At least he can't catch it at short leg if he's bowling.

 

[madmusician]

The umpiring this series has been an absolute shambles. The top series for England and Australia should have top umpiring. I don't care if they're Aussie or English, just use the best (i.e. Tauful)!

 

[King Pietersen]

There are better players than Hildreth for me. I'd take Ravi, Joyce and Carberry ahead of him. I am a Ravi fanboy though, so that's expected. I think he could do a job at 6. He's clearly not a Test Number 3, but he is a good player, and I think number 6 could suit him. I'd stick him in there.

 

[barmyarmy]

Once again lol'ing at Cricinfo

So it's Marcus North and Simon Katich bowling in tandem on the second day of a Test match

Mind you Katich's best figures are 6/65 - better than Swann and Hauritz.

 

[King Pietersen]

Not as bad as Brendan Nash and Chris Gayle bowling on Day 1 (iirc) of a Test in the Windies.

 

[evertonfan]

Not as bad as Darren Powell bowling....on his own.

 

[angryangy]

Katich looks good against Strauss, too. Get Clarke bowling to Trott and it would be some sort of mirror match.

 

[aditya123]

Another wicket today and we`ll have a lipsmacking day in store for us tomorrow.:banana2

 

[angryangy]

Can't say the same for day 5.

 

[barmyarmy]

230/3 effectively.
Well played England.

 

[Insomniac]

I think we should have had Aleem Dar in all the tests, he's the best umpire that is eligible.

 

[Dutch]

Well just two things to say really:

1. Why didn't anybody listen to me when I said Broard should be dropped for the fifth test!:laugh
2. Why did I finally succumb to sleep at lunch going to bed thinking not much is going to happen now!:doh (To be fair it was 2 o clock in the morning for me!)

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Colly has been utterly dire this series.

Apart from saving our arses at Cardiff.