England in Australia
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evertonfan
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Yeah, even I wanted Anderson out of the side in place of Mahmood. Wouldn't have replaced him with Plunkett though, would be a very hard ask of him to make his comeback match as an important one such as this. Still, no point dwelling on it now; Hopefully England win and Giles takes 0'fer and gets two golden quackers. 
evertonfan
Chairman of Selectors
And in fairness to the umpires regarding the little decisions that they have got wrong in the series so far, they weren't ever really going to match effecting so there is no point dwelling on them. It's when batsman who are well-set during crucial run chases who are given out by a ball that is going over the stumps that will worry me.
evertonfan
Chairman of Selectors
I agree Sly, he has gone off the boil a bit since that decision. I've always found that to be a flaw in Lee's game at times. He gets worked up a bit when something doesn't go his way and it causes him to lose discipline and become more erratic as that Pietersen pull shot just proved.
angryangy said:
Warney doesn't take the new ball
They only had 5 overs with it last night.Yeah agreed on umpires too - they've been pretty good. English fans will point to a Giles to Ponting LBW shout while sweeping when he was about 70 that could have been given, but in an eerily similar ball yesterday Michael Clarke nearly got Pietersen when he was on 46 I think. Both were not out for me.
Here comes McGrath - finally. Clark should have relieved McGrath, not started out first. Ponting was probably just feeling guilty about underbowling him.
Oh dear Glenn 
Now that was a shame your first ball went for 4. Can McGrath actually keep his fitness levels up for a 5 test-series? I doubt it. As I type this KP hits McGrath for a 4 down the ground. KP seems to have moved quickly this morning.
EDIT: 3rd 4 of the over. Pietersen looks in complete control (hopefully thats not a wicket generator)
Now that was a shame your first ball went for 4. Can McGrath actually keep his fitness levels up for a 5 test-series? I doubt it. As I type this KP hits McGrath for a 4 down the ground. KP seems to have moved quickly this morning.EDIT: 3rd 4 of the over. Pietersen looks in complete control (hopefully thats not a wicket generator)
McGrath getting owned by KP atm he will need to get that pace up or else hes going to get more from KP.
Took 50 wickets last year to be the 2nd highest wicket taker for the year only behind Warne. The world doesn't revolve just around England
MUFC1987 said:
Took 50 wickets last year to be the 2nd highest wicket taker for the year only behind Warne. The world doesn't revolve just around England
evertonfan
Chairman of Selectors
MUFC1987 said:
Yeah i'll raise a glass (of coke
) to that. Played in 2001 and hasn't put in a decent performance against us ever really. Twelve off McGrath's first over. Now where is that collapse I keep talking about?What does humble pie taste like? I'd love a slice right now.
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