Third Test: Australia v England at Edgbaston

[barmyarmy]

Thank you, thank you for bowling Shane Watson at us. As Boycott said it's like having a net in the middle.

LF is the Broad fan IIRC.

 

[brad352]

He looks half a yard slower. Wandering up like he's scared of falling apart again

 

[dajesmac]

Yay, we've now gone back to being annihilated.

 

[angryangy]

I think Ponting over-committed Hilfenhaus and Johnson, but as I speak Siddle strikes a blow.

 

[Simbazz]

Not a massive blow, would have been more annoyed had it been Flintoff. Broad and Swann can play, and Flintoff has said he loves these situations, batting with the tailenders!

 

[evertonfan]

That is awful Prior. Absolutely awful.

Barring Ian Bell, all of our batsmen have got themselves out really.

 

[barmyarmy]

Well Matt Prior helped him out quite a lot. Let's see if Broad can justify his selection as a specialist batsman at number 8...

barmyarmy added 1 Minutes and 4 Seconds later...

That is awful Prior. Absolutely awful.

He was playing positively and trying to move the game along. Not everyone goes out there convinced they will lose.

 

[evertonfan]

Can't believe Prior just did that. We had Australia there; really, really had them. That partnership could have easily got us to a lead of at least 50.

evertonfan added 0 Minutes and 48 Seconds later...

He was playing positively and trying to move the game along. Not everyone goes out there convinced they will lose.

I know he was positive, but you just don't play a shot which is that positive.

 

[angryangy]

Prior had played that shot awfully about half a dozen times before.

 

[evertonfan]

Tbh I think we should have put Swann in before Broad. Far more capable of twatting it to all parts. Broad's got some nice shots, but he's not who'd I want in to accelerate the run rate.

 

[Ayub 95]

Freddie got a 5-for at lords, 100 at Edgbaston

 

[evertonfan]

"Worse than New Zealand, you're even worse New Zealand!". Haha, I love Edgbaston.

 

[barmyarmy]

We don't need to accelerate the runrate with Fred there. New ball is 8 overs away and there's still 30 mins til tea.

 

[Themer]

This has the atmosphere of 2005, brilliant at the moment and the first time the crowd have really got going.

 

[deepuparayil]

Flintoff is playing one hell of an innnings.