Test The Ashes Fifth Test January 4-8 1000hrs @ The SCG

[grumbleguts]

I wonder if the guy operating Crawley's remote control got the dreaded "Reconnect controller" message just as the ball hit the pitch.

 

[Bedi]

i got a real bad feeling about this. These two are looking insanely good at the moment

 

[Gethelred]

Lol. That's park as ****.

 

[Lunchtime]

Been discussed as nauseum already - Gus Atkinson was the last person to do it.

Yasir Shah I’m gunna guess would have been the last person to do it in Australia.

Off-spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq, he scored one First-Class 100 and it was in Test cricket.

 

[Plugger35]

Nifty football skills from Brook.

England train that more than cricket skills before a game.

 

[hawkman]

Fielding has been poor today

 

[Daka]

Is Head better than Smith at bowling? I remember when Smith started he would have been much better than a part timer, but he doesn't seem to rate himself anymore.

 

[JackOutback]

i got a real bad feeling about this. These two are looking insanely good at the moment

England have form when it comes to collapsing. Think they'll struggle to get 150 ahead.

 

[Bucking Beads]

I thought the idea of playing Webster was so that he could bowl spin if the conditions suit.

 

[grumbleguts]

i got a real bad feeling about this. These two are looking insanely good at the moment

That's because the pitch has nothing in it. The worst that can happen is a draw, besides England would have to declare to give themselves a chance at winning, and we batdeep insanely.

 

[DaTBird187]

He was an ugly batsman to watch.

Oh but he was busy at the crease. Whatever that meant.

 

[Bedi]

England have form when it comes to collapsing. Think they'll struggle to get 150 ahead.

That's more than enough to make me nervous, but could blow out to more given the ease these guys are doing it.

 

[Bedi]

That's because the pitch has nothing in it. The worst that can happen is a draw, besides England would have to declare to give themselves a chance at winning, and we batdeep insanely.

Dunno about that as Root couldn't get bat to ball against Boland

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Time to bring our frontline spinner on, oops we haven’t got one

 

[MJG14]

Webster's 125km/h dibbly dobblers still looking much more threatening than Green.

 

[Gethelred]

Curator's got this one spot on. Tricky first session on day 1, good batting days 2 and 3, pitch is still good but a few demons emerging day 4.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Webster isn't looking overly threatening yet he isn't giving them much to work with, last delivery aside.

 

[Plugger35]

Another ball that leaped off the pitch, batting last in the 4th innings could be tricky if England can get a lead of 150 or more.

I don't think Potts would look dangerous though even on a tricky pitch.

 

[peternorth]

This feels like a loss

 

[Carn The Berries]

Curator's got this one spot on. Tricky first session on day 1, good batting days 2 and 3, pitch is still good but a few demons emerging day 4.

Not according to the posters who have been calling it a road for the last 2 days

 

[Bedi]

Webster's 125km/h dibbly dobblers still looking much more threatening than Green.

looking much better this innings

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

Few cheap runs before the tea break.

 

[Gethelred]

Not according to the posters who have been calling it a road for the last 2 days

This is the most 'throw all the toys out of the cot' forum on BF.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Webster's 125km/h dibbly dobblers still looking much more threatening than Green.

No they don't

 

[katana]

Curator's got this one spot on. Tricky first session on day 1, good batting days 2 and 3, pitch is still good but a few demons emerging day 4.

shame neither side saw fit to bring a proper spinner so we could see that side of the game for basically the first time all series.