Tour match thread -Scotland v Australia Aug 28

[ajdude]

we can't be having Johnson there bowling terrible, releasing the pressure, and not even getting in the batsman's face, not even having a word, not even show some aggression.

Reminds me of cricket with balls Mitchell, onto the list, there’s a good boy - join sehwagology

Best line in the article; "Bollinger is dying to test his new hair."
Where the hell is Bollinger, is he playing County Cricket this year? He did take 5/35 against Pakistan on ODI debut...

 

[aussie1st]

Never get the point in these 2 day games, wish we could just ask the Lions to bat twice.

Lineup I would go with
Hughes
Watson
Ponting
Hussey
North
McDonald
Manou
Johnson
Hauritz
Lee
Clark

 

[Howsie]

The Lions team:

Jamie Dalrymple (capt), Michael Carberry, Stephen Moore, Jonathan Trott, Andrew Gale, Stephen Davies, Liam Plunkett, Chris Woakes, James Harris, Steve Kirby, Gary Keedy

Bell and Bopara have gone back to county cricket, hopefully they don't make any runs when they do so.

 

[Therbs]

Good chance for Trott to work his way into the Test team. Australia will give the bench players a run. Hauritz will need to bowl a few overs.

 

[karnog]

Moore to score a hundred but the selectors pick Bell after he scores a maginificent 30 for his county side. You heard it here first!

 

[Sureshot]

Steve Kirby? :laugh

 

[blake]

I've always admired Kirby. He has a great name - it reminds me of those pink fluffy things.

 

[King Pietersen]

Steve Kirby? :laugh

41 wickets at 20 in the Championship this year, albeit in Division 2 is still a very solid effort, certainly a better effort than Woakes and Harris have put in this year. He probably shouldn't be in the Lions squad, but they've hardly gone all out with the team. A bowling attack of Woakes, Kirby, Plunkett, Keedy and Harris is not one to strike fear into Aussie hearts. When Liam Plunkett is the strongest bowler in the attack (27 wickets at 21 this season), you know you've got problems. Woakes and Harris are picked on potential, they've not done alot this season, especially Woakes, who after a cracking start has tailed off awfully. I'm sure Hussain will still be considering him as a bowler England could bring in that offers some genuine pace though :laugh

 

[RoboRocks]

A very odd Lions team. No Bresnan, Rashid, Mahmood or Denly. Instead the likes of Andrew Gale have been called up and he's nowhere near the England side at the moment.

 

[Themer]

A very odd Lions team. No Bresnan, Rashid, Mahmood or Denly. Instead the likes of Andrew Gale have been called up and he's nowhere near the England side at the moment.

England decided that they didn't want to disrupt the County Championship games which are going on at the moment by calling people to go play for the Lions so the whole team is people who wouldn't have been playing in a game this week hence the lack of the normal peripheral figures.

 

[Sureshot]

Don't forget the 1st day is T20 finals day, as well.

 

[Leicester Fox]

I think the Aussies should bring Gilchrist back just so we can get Plunkett to give him some more nightmares with that absolute beauty of an inswinging yorker. Oh Liam, Oh Liam, faster, harder, LIAM YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Inbox24]

I would go with this to give everyone a fair go:

Hughes
Katich
Ponting
Watson
Hussey
Haddin
Johnson
Lee
Hauritz
Siddle
Clark

 

[Hooper]

This thread is too confusing. I still don't get it.

How are there over 500 posts for a match which hasn't even happened.

 

[Inbox24]

It's being used for all the tour matches on this tour.