Australia in England

[Indiangod]

I cant wait for the 4th test either . Best of luck to england and the aussies , they'll be needing it.

Tait should be making his debut in the next test .......Tait made tim roberts from northants bleed , nasty blow to him.

 

[Annihilation66]

Yeah, that for me is also a factor in this series. Harmison and Flintoff are consistentely hitting the other team with bouncers while Bret Lee just hits strauss and the rest go over the top. Personally i think they need to rough up trescothik flintoff and pieterson more when they some in to bat. MAbeye tait can do that now

lol McGrath hit someone with a bouncer, cant have hirt that much.

Oh and whoever said why do i care, its pretty much because India arent playing atm and its hard not to watch the ashes and hard to get away from it in England. Its even starting to take over football

 

[squiz]

lol McGrath hit someone with a bouncer, cant have hirt that much.

Probably wouldn't have hurt that much either

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Its even starting to take over football

Which is great to see! About time the overpaid wimps got shoved off the back pages.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Which is great to see! About time the overpaid wimps got shoved off the back pages.

Couldn't agree more!

 

[Indiangod]

If the aussies even do try a nasty bouncer , one of the english players likely to hit them for a 4 or a 6 , no bouncers from the aussies bowlers cant hurt or damage the engish players , they wont back out , and take the pain .

 

[andrew_nixon]

If the aussies even do try a nasty bouncer , one of the english players likely to hit them for a 4 or a 6 , no bouncers from the aussies bowlers cant hurt or damage the engish players , they wont back out , and take the pain .

Be realistic mate.

 

[Indiangod]

They might duck from the bouncers occasionally , but flintoff and pietersons likely to go after it.

 

[aldersley]

Mate Lee and Tait will snap ya. How funny are shane warne bouncers, ive seen him bowl a few. i think he bowled in the 2nd test?

 

[squiz]

He bowled one to Pietersen IIRC

 

[Indiangod]

Warne bowled a good bouncer to pieterson in the 1st test , which suprised him for a bit.

 

[angryangy]

yeah i saw that retired hurt.

honestly, though, australia aren't carrying any more underperforming players (over a reasonable period of time) than anyone else.

obviously gillespie has lost the confidence of his peers now, and he will no doubt be replaced. it was necessary to play him in at least one test however, as he has been reliable in the past and deserved a chance to prove his worth. after edgbaston, though, i think enough was already enough.

hayden is the batsman that most people are calling for to be dropped. his 12 month form is still better than geraint jones, andrew flintoff, sourav ganguly, vvs laxman, salman butt and marvan atapattu.

if you look around the world most teams are "carrying" a couple of batsmen. often more. australia has the luxury of playing what is practically 7 specialist batsmen. this is a curse when they dont perform to standard. by contrast, england are playing 5 specialists. flintoff's abilities with the ball allow him a degree of leighway while batting, while it is debatable whether a more specialised keeper would be of less worth with the bat than geraint jones.

calls to put andrew symonds in the test team are baseless and foolish. you dont select a reserve batsman for the test squad simply so you can call up other batsmen ahead of him. symonds was ineffective in his test opportunities and that is more relevant than his form in odis.

 

[Indiangod]

Gillespie lost his confidence way back in the odis , Haydens gone 28 innings without a century , symonds is a one day material.

 

[andrew_nixon]

symonds is a one day material.

Who's just hit 3 centuries in 3 county championship games.

 

[Indiangod]

Who's just hit 3 centuries in 3 county championship games.

That changes my mind , Why isn't hussey playing in the ashes series ? , hussey did prove himself in the odis.