The Ashes

[Bill Manspeaker]

Patto has looked ordinary so far today. need a big LIIIIIIIIIFT son. in Patto we trust

[tbagrocks]

ABC is classic! got a proper English voice sounds like a royal!  ;D

I thought these two would take control! Such great batsman!

[Bill Manspeaker]

YEUH needed that. a gift from Trott.

do umpires even look at the no-ball line? half his bloody foot was behind the line for flower sake

[BratPack]

Every time I hear Jonathan Agnew I swear I'm playing International Cricket Captain

[PowerBug]

On the line. No ball. Surely.

[Bill Manspeaker]

YEAH BABY GOT HIM. uuuuuuuuuuntil he gets called back for a no-ball. seriously, it's not hard to stay behind the line. it really... really isn't.  has cost us many times. the lines there, stay behind it.  ::) how much will it cost us

[Bill Manspeaker]

it's the biggest kick in the balls on a cricket field. and it is so easily avoided. flowerin annoys the shower out of me

[RiOtChEsS]

How can you say that Starc is a better bowler than Harris?!?!?!

When fit, Harris is Australia's best bowler and imo one of the best in the world. In 12 tests he averages something like 23 with the ball and has won us a few test matches already. He is an absolute gun and won't leak anywhere near as many runs as that hack Starc. Everytime I watch Mitch bowl, he reminds me more and more of Johnson.

i wasnt saying he is better, ideally i think a left arm quick is a tremendous asset to a side, the same as when ur bowling u need to adjust to a righty lefty combination, its unsettling, if the lefty is a significantly worse bowler then he doesnt deserve inclusion, but if he is of a similar talent ur mad not to have a lefty in ur side imo

[RiOtChEsS]

it's the biggest kick in the balls on a cricket field. and it is so easily avoided. flowerin annoys the shower out of me

He ought to have an adjustment to his run up for his effort ball, as a decent quick when i was younger i had a standard run up for all my deliveries but i ran in a bit quicker on my effort ball and i had to allow 30cm for that extra effort in the approach, never marked it just knew that when i really let it rip to start a bit further back

[Cicjose]

100 partnership 8)

[RiOtChEsS]

We cant be giving up these large partenrships id like to see Clarke try and buy a wicket, these guys r set so toss a part timer 2 overs with an aggressive field forcing them into taking risks, once we get a break through get back to the main guys but ya cant just stand by and watch this type of thing dribble on

[Cicjose]

Wasn't that long ago that 28-3 would turn into a max 150 all out against Australia.

Are England THAT much better, or is this Aussie attack pretty poor?" England are better, Aussies are worse and most crucially, this is a very flat wicket at the moment. The new ball did a bit but after that it's been a dream day to bat.

Ian Bell 100 8)

1/139 since

[elephants]

flowering hell Cic.

[RiOtChEsS]

Imo Clarke isnt an aggressive captain, u cant have two guys at the crease without throwing them a situation they havent planned for, nothing gives a batter a bigger chubby than seeing someone come on that doesnt have complete control/confidence in what they r doing, yeah our team isnt "great" but u can make it less of an issue by being unpredictable when it looks like two batsmen r getting comfortable, nobody has troubled either of these two for over an hour

[RiOtChEsS]

Here we go Smith on and a wicket will happen