Ashes 2013 - see mod warning in post 689

liamoreilly · 31-03-2013 2:34am

..Does anyone feel that all the negativity surrounding austrailia and there chances of winning could have an adverse effect on england...
I see England as a confidence team, but with a tendency to be over confident and fall into the hype of the media and surroundings...would worry from an english perspective that there is a sense of turn up destroy aussies go down under and do it all again...
Also, reading alot of predictions regarding the aussie test side... what would be your english selection, is it a copy of the NZ test or is it too early to be sure of a place?...

booth70 · 31-03-2013 8:23am

England's side for the first test of the Ashes is very predictable.....it will be same side that played the third test in NZ ....except it will be Petersen in for Bairstow and Swanny in for Monty

booth70 · 31-03-2013 2:13pm

Cook ,Compton and Trott at 1,2 and 3.......probably the most boring top order to watch in world cricket now?

djimi · 31-03-2013 11:17pm

Depends how you define boring I guess. Cook and Trott on form are a joy to watch, even if they arent setting the scoring rate alight.

booth70 · 01-04-2013 12:06am

Funny how , ever since McCullum called him the best batsman since Bradman , that Cook has not made a decent score;)

Giggsy11 · 01-04-2013 6:00am

booth70 wrote: »

Cook ,Compton and Trott at 1,2 and 3.......probably the most boring top order to watch in world cricket now?

For me they are up there at the top. Thinking of most boring 1-3 batsmen and tbh I couldn't think of any.

It's not just the scoring rate, I find few players batting style very boring and for whatever reason Cook is at very top for me.

kryogen · 01-04-2013 11:40pm

Trott, Trott all day, he can put up some big numbers but sweet lord he puts me asleep watching him, always number one on my boring elevan...

dfx- · 02-04-2013 1:20am

booth70 wrote: »

Cook ,Compton and Trott at 1,2 and 3.......probably the most boring top order to watch in world cricket now?

Suppose it depends on the bowling attack, conditions etc.

The obstinacy in good bowling conditions against a good attack would be interesting. The polar opposite is the Sehwag style of opener..

Smith is probably the ugliest opener in terms of technique, boring possibly?

Gordon Gecko · 02-04-2013 1:39am

dfx- wrote: »

Suppose it depends on the bowling attack, conditions etc.

The obstinacy in good bowling conditions against a good attack would be interesting. The polar opposite is the Sehwag style of opener..

Smith is probably the ugliest opener in terms of technique, boring possibly?

I despise watching Graeme Smith bat. He's a fantastic batsman without doubt but think he'd be just as good if he'd been a right hander (being naturally right handed). I wouldn't agree that England's top 3 are that boring, they just adapt quite well to the conditions. I think if the wickets are remotely decent though they (Cook in particular or Joe Root if he's there) will flay the Aussie attack, their spinner in particular - who's probably yet to make his first class début as we speak :pac:

Rascasse · 02-04-2013 2:12am

booth70 wrote: »

Cook ,Compton and Trott at 1,2 and 3.......probably the most boring top order to watch in world cricket now?

I really enjoy watching Cook bat when he is in.

I Can't comment on Compton as I haven't seen enough of him.

Trott I would agree with. Forever scratching around at the crease and scoring at the slowest rate possible.

booth70 · 09-07-2013 6:21am

Good piece in the build up to the Ashes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2358408/Ashes-2013-Nasser-Hussain-David-Bumble-Lloyd-Michael-Holding-Ricky-Ponting-discuss-upcoming-series.html

3-0 to England

Lovely Bloke · 10-07-2013 8:42am

IS TMS available online here in Ireland?

Kia_Kaha · 10-07-2013 8:47am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

IS TMS available online here in Ireland?

If it is, it will be on 5 Live Sports Extra: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/13629853

I was able to listen to Worcestershire vs. Aus and England vs. Essex online last week, but they were on Local BBC Radio.

djimi · 10-07-2013 8:51am

BBC have been blocking TMS on 5LSX a lot (even for home series) lately so it might not be available online. I use a program called Tunnelbear on my Android phone to get access to UK content and TuneIn Radio to listen to 5LSX.

Lovely Bloke · 10-07-2013 8:51am

Yep, I know where to look alright, was just wondering if they'll geo-lock it - only one way to find out I suppose.

j72twr6f4e5ako · 10-07-2013 8:57am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Yep, I know where to look alright, was just wondering if they'll geo-lock it - only one way to find out I suppose.

According to Agger's twitter feed there is no geo-locking this time round:

Jonathan Agnew ‏@Aggerscricket 1h And remember you can catch TMS all over the planet! BBC, ABC, Tunein Radio, iPlayer app, http://bbc.co.uk/cricket etc! No escape…

So hopefully you should be okay.

Lovely Bloke · 10-07-2013 9:02am

great news, cheers!

djimi · 10-07-2013 9:02am

Great stuff!

Kia_Kaha · 10-07-2013 10:54am

Yep, listening live now on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra

Lovely Bloke · 10-07-2013 11:41am

Cook gone inside 10 overs.

27/1

liamoreilly · 10-07-2013 12:19pm

..56/1...good start for England...
..What score do people reckon is bad/average/good giving the pitch conditions..do england need 300?..

Kia_Kaha · 10-07-2013 12:26pm

liamoreilly wrote: »

..56/1...good start for England...
..What score do people reckon is bad/average/good giving the pitch conditions..do england need 300?..

It's a very dry pitch at the moment, has been for the last month. County games at Trent Bridge has seen an average score of 452 and only 16 wickets per match.

decies · 10-07-2013 12:55pm

Come on Aussies !!!

Lovely Bloke · 10-07-2013 2:03pm

Pietersen and Root gone too. Very bad for England

Luckycharms_74 · 10-07-2013 2:19pm

Kia_Kaha wrote: »

It's a very dry pitch at the moment, has been for the last month. County games at Trent Bridge has seen an average score of 452 and only 16 wickets per match.

Yeah its pretty dry alright and it will get plenty of bumps & cracks on the wicket in the next couple of days. We will most probably see plenty of reverse swing as well

smackbunnybaby · 10-07-2013 2:28pm

and now Trott!!

124/4

Luckycharms_74 · 10-07-2013 2:44pm

Tufnell caught napping on break from TMS special :pac:

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Luckycharms_74 · 10-07-2013 3:29pm

Siddle on fire. He now claims his 5th wicket. England 180-6

Rascasse · 10-07-2013 4:44pm

Time for Anderson and Broad or Finn to earn their keep. No one expected it to be overcast and lights on all day, and chances are it'll be clear tomorrow so they need to make inroads into the Aussies tonight.

matthew8 · 10-07-2013 5:12pm

Feck's sake Aussies, trying to blow this great start.

Rascasse · 10-07-2013 5:24pm

Huge wicket, Pup gone for a duck. Lovely ball from Anderson.

booth70 · 10-07-2013 6:07pm

FYI

For those who don't have Sky Sports.....daily highlights on Channel 5....thro the 'Add Channels' facility on Sky digital

Rascasse · 10-07-2013 6:32pm

Disappointing day all round. First day nerves? Caught out by conditions?

England ahead, just, but will need to get a couple of quick wickets in the morning to get into the bowlers.

mike65 · 10-07-2013 8:07pm

Wacky Races sort of opening day as judged by the Channel 5 highlights. Still if the pitch is lively its always entertaining - weird to see the lights on by close of play!

Luckycharms_74 · 10-07-2013 9:43pm

Watching the ashes verdict On sky now. The Ashton Agar selection is a really weird one & has bob willis and tom moody baffled. In the space if 12 months he has gone from an unused player in the u19 world cup to the no1 spin bower in the opening test of the 2013 ashes.
Nathan Lyon must be scratching his head wondering what has happened. In his last test match vs India he takes 7 wickets.
Strange for sure unless they thought the left hand spinner might be a weapon vs the English right hand batsmen

dfx- · 10-07-2013 10:25pm

Isn't the pitch supposed to soften out for the bat tomorrow/Friday. If Australia can hang in for the guts of the morning session without a wicket..

shefellover93 · 11-07-2013 10:49am

Really looking forward to today now, nice to have an Ashes test that's finely balanced and not just one team gripping on for a draw.

Lovely Bloke · 11-07-2013 11:40am

Excellent start for England! Two gone nice and early.

Lovely Bloke · 11-07-2013 11:44am

...and another!

114/7

Get in!

Lovely Bloke · 11-07-2013 11:50am

Amazing!!

114/8

Lovely Bloke · 11-07-2013 11:59am

wow wow wow

117/9

What a collpase!

Luckycharms_74 · 11-07-2013 12:17pm

I had to go away from my desk for a while come back and hear that Aus collapsed. TMS is great

Lovely Bloke · 11-07-2013 12:26pm

Yeah, really enjoying TMS, my first time properly listening to it.

liamoreilly · 11-07-2013 12:51pm

...What the **** are the English doing...They id so well this morning, potentially a 70 run lead...Aussies will lead if this keeps up...

Elro · 11-07-2013 1:49pm

Somehow Australia have made it to lunch, excellent last wicket stand from Agar and Hughes.

djimi · 11-07-2013 2:06pm

Methinks that this Agar lad is somewhat better than your average number 11 batsman! He hasnt exactly slogged his way to 69; its been a good innings with a lot of proper shots.

England have massively messed this up though; psychological advantage to Australia with that lead when they should have been facing the guts of 100 run first inning deficit.

Elro · 11-07-2013 2:11pm

djimi wrote: »

Methinks that this Agar lad is somewhat better than your average number 11 batsman! He hasnt exactly slogged his way to 69; its been a good innings with a lot of proper shots.

He defiantly is, he's only batting there because it's his test debut and not a bad debut hes had either

KevIRL · 11-07-2013 2:45pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Yeah, really enjoying TMS, my first time properly listening to it.

The nut radio sport show.

alchemist33 · 11-07-2013 2:55pm

Spectacular stand from Agar. Proper sports hero stuff.

Edit: cr*p. Kiss of death.

matthew8 · 11-07-2013 2:58pm

Aww just before his century.

Ashes 2013 - see mod warning in post 689

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