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Generali

JonnyBravo wrote: »

Went to bed at 100-1 and woke up for the last hour. Great stuff.
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I sat and watched every ball on Channel 9, right up until they stopped coverage with 20 minutes to go for the news :mad:

The Aussies are just desperate. They know England are the better side and there's nothing they can do about it. There's nobody coming back from injury, there's nobody playing amazing cricket in the State games really apart from that Pakistani kid that they called up for the 'squad of seventeen'.

The ABC sum it up:

Aussies pray for rain as Cook sizzles

StevieJ

Generali wrote: »

So we end the day 72 ahead. If Australia just manage a par day tomorrow, that will be a lead of almost 400 for England and Australia looking at trying to bat 5 sessions to save the game, weather permitting. Worst case for Australia is an English declaration 30 minutes before lunch on Monday 500 runs ahead with the Aussies having spent 2 days in 35C temperatures in the field.

On the 5th day the ball will be up and down and will take a huge amount of turn. Seriously, watch the way that the pitch will fall apart tomorrow. The surface looks good but at Adelaide it seems to crumble just below the surface and go very quickly from being benign to malign.

I would have thought they may declare an hour before the close on Sunday if the weather is looking dodgy, especially if Pietersen stays around.

Generali

StevieJ wrote: »

I would have thought they may declare an hour before the close on Sunday if the weather is looking dodgy, especially if Pietersen stays around.

I suspect that is the most likely. Showers are forecast and I think we'll see the pitch breaking up tomorrow.

If Petersen and Cook can see off the new ball, say 20 overs at 3 an over plus then 40 overs at 4.5 an over sees an English lead of 310.



Plenty of assumptions in there of course. Catches were dropped today and it's hard to imagine the Aussies will bowl any worse than today.

Generali

England are now going along at almost 6 an over (4th hundred came up in 115 balls). The shine has come off the ball and Petersen has just hit a glorious six off the 'spinner' (stock ball being the slow one that goes straight on). Petersen seems to be getting into the sort of form that ends up with Ricky Ponting finishing the day with a sunburned throat and a stiff neck from watching the ball fly over his head so often.

I was right about the surface, you can see the grass holding the surface together flying off the bowlers' boots each time they bowl a ball and if it carries on like this Xavier 'Yer Mum Wouldn't Pick You to Play' Doherty might even get some turn.

StevieJ

Generali wrote: »

England are now going along at almost 6 an over (4th hundred came up in 115 balls). The shine has come off the ball and Petersen has just hit a glorious six off the 'spinner' (stock ball being the slow one that goes straight on). Petersen seems to be getting into the sort of form that ends up with Ricky Ponting finishing the day with a sunburned throat and a stiff neck from watching the ball fly over his head so often.

I was right about the surface, you can see the grass holding the surface together flying off the bowlers' boots each time they bowl a ball and if it carries on like this Xavier 'Yer Mum Wouldn't Pick You to Play' Doherty might even get some turn.

Pity about that rain at tea, another hour of Pietersen and they would have been ready for a declaration before the close.

purch

if it carries on like this Xavier 'Yer Mum Wouldn't Pick You to Play' Doherty might even get some turn.

Don't hold yer breath :eek:

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

The Aussies are just desperate. They know England are the better side and there's nothing they can do about it. There's nobody coming back from injury, there's nobody playing amazing cricket in the State games really apart from that Pakistani kid that they called up for the 'squad of seventeen'.

I love you Gen, you're a brit when it comes to cricket and an Aussie when it comes to the economy, best of both worlds. Jammy sod.

leveller2911

Having only been on here for 2 years and in that time starting a thread just the once (about the uk fishing fleet and unfair EU quotas) I was sad/!!!!!! off to see it got moved to the Moneysavers Arms after only one night... So I hope you will allow me to air my views on this thread........

It has Naff all to do with debating house prices or the economy so why is it still here???

Oh I should have known my place, I'm not in that little group of posters who have influence................... Oh and by the way I love cricket.....

StevieJ

Looking at the forecasts I should imagine we will get an overnight declaration.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=5

Generali

StevieJ wrote: »

Looking at the forecasts I should imagine we will get an overnight declaration.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=5

Yeah, there's a thunderstorm predicted for today and showers for Tuesday. They should get plenty of overs in though.

The Aussie bowling 'attack' has taken 6/1081 in the last 2 English innings.

Xavier 'Couldn't spin a record' Doherty has figures of 2-269 for the series in other words a test bowling average of 134.5.