Eng vs Aus - game #1 and it aint the fekin Ashes

Was never hitting middle and leg

Looked like it was clipping at best imo

Wonder if Glenn Mcgrath is going to go 5-0 again with this batting line up

bopara back on now please cookie.

get the fifth bowler out of the way now.

Prepare dustbowls for the Ashes and play 2 tweakers + Joe.

Not out i thought...

lay again 1.19....thats to average out...

tese are that poor they couldnt get 270 if i bowled 10 overs never mind root

why are aus scoring so slowly here?

don't worry about trying to reverse sweep, focus on hitting the ball first

aussies are massive price here

bailey and voges building let marsh hit winning runs

i agree footie

its only cause its home advantage they are strong fav, Englands death bowling is poor

England odds are too low, these two are good batsmen, Bailey captaining the sides and Voges who can start hitting big when he gets going.

why are England so low odds

quality stumps there

so we all agree england are too short, we're doomed!

we are if youre on Australia.

Anderson has been excellent these last couple of overs

cant be that hard to get singles aus u useless bas atards

If they can get to the pp at around 135/3 it'd give them a small chance.  Would leave them with a RRR of 9 with pp overs to come.  Not that I see it happening, but for them to have something to launch from and potentially go close they need to be somewhere around that you'd think.  Has to be said though, noone in this lineup looks like they can score at 7 an over, let alone 9/10 when needed.

this mug will eventually get out with a reverse sweep

one bad thing about the aussies they have that pune warriors player mitchell marsh

how do players like steve smith and callum ferguson not get into this side when mugs like warner and hughes do?

poone

powerplay taken early...

anything could happen in this match now theyve taken this PP.

its a good idea to take batting powerplay now

awful.  Making Bresnan look like dale steyn

BOOM!

1.12! Still way too low.

2 wickets away from gsm

not correct, theyre 6 wickets away from it.

Bres for Finn looking like a very shrewd move

Jun 8, 2013 -- 5:07PM, Srichaphan or Ancic? wrote:

not correct, theyre 6 wickets away from it.

dreaming mate

no, thats the rules of cricket

why the aussies don't select shaun marsh, he is one of the best domestic batsman in aussie cricket

aussies are a bloody joke they have a bits and pieces cricketer bat at 6

you have to play 6 genuine batsman ffs in ODI cricket

not even trying to score, this ones over boys

I think everyone knows Australia are not on good terms with their selectors, so they probably lack some of the team attitude they have had previously - any success says the selectors have made the correct choices, and so its a tricky situation for them.

whats next, darts at 7pm?

The quick premier bowlers have played very well. Broad and Anderson bang on the money

A decent odi side would have chased this easy imo.

or at least gone close

the thing about marsh he aint good enough to find the gaps for 1 or 2 runs, its 4 or nothing

lol @ australia 231 par score might have been too many

GSM

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Aus will piss this with ten overs to spare.





They'd better crack on then

Is it only me that thought that bounced into the gloves ?

That ball blatantly bounced.

not that they had much chance anyway, but it was the wrong decision.

How could anyone think Aus would chase this? terrible batting line up bangledesh would fare better!, england free money

I thought it bounced too

Wurzel

looked to me like it bounced too.  Makes no difference either way though, Aus not even going to get close.

sometimes I think the third umpire actually listens to commentary and judges from what they are saying.

out. did not bounce

the commentators seem to have convinced themselves that 300 was required. Maybe Cook knows perfectly well it was about putting a defendable score on the board and letting a decent bowling attack do their thing.

Aus surely more concerned about batting out the overs now.  Net run rate could become an issue for them later in the tournament.

I think they made sure they were going to get a decent score and if Morgan/Buttler came off a really good one.

these umpire reviews are getting silly

Is it too late for Bangladesh to replace Australia. The crims are truly woeful

Hope England get on with this so I can get my money and move on :)

if aus concentrate on net run rate and batting through now, 8/1 with pp about team of top runscorer to be aus could be worth an interest punt.  Needs another 37 runs.

The reverse swing has been a pleasant surprise. From Australia's slower balls you could see Tredders and Root would prosper

Could get a draw here !

maybe not haha.  Should be an all out job now

Australia you might be better just heading home now. The ashes is not going to go any better for you

both these teams shocking imo, india going to pi ss this tournament

had a shocker in this one - turned a great book into one which wins nothing.  Waste of a few hours!  Better than a loss though I suppose.

Agree r.e the ashes - aus have no chance.

out

agree - out

out to me

from 127 for 3 to 151 for 8

aussies have played bad

I think he was out but so many views mean he wsas gonna stay

truely awful decision

In the modern age it should be on the stump being hit, not some impossible-to-tell idea of a bail being dislodged

doesn't look likely to be an important decision.

Ravi bopara producing a MOM performance

these umpires have been useless.  Not surprising with erasmus but seriously all of this stopping the game for nonsense is ridiculous.

Anderson you have been excellent today regardless of all this chat about the Eng total

So what is par on this wicket

love it.  All that whingeing about England going slow and they turn aussies over.

If we win the first test then this could be the best chance of England getting a whitewash for a long long time

does anybody know what was the runline to start in first innings?

to be honest I reckon  the lions share of 300 was par, we were below they were pitifull, worrying thing for England is they may believe that their sc ore was  so good and that a poor batting side look aus had very little chance of chasing it down , I still think india, windies, saffers and co would breezed up .

WP England

the windies made 171 look tough yesterday

Ian Botham summed it correctly...England might get through this but they batted pathetically.

agreed fallen windies didn't fire at all yesterday, don't kid yourself that will continue to be the case.

would i take our line up over theres....... everytime

India I agree, but WI, too inconsistent

inconsistency may not rule teams out,once the group games are over it will be more about producing something special as you have to win two games against the the more inform teams.i do accept England don't always need quite as many runs as the other sides as they usually bowl a touch better than the oponents.t6o be fair any one of the 8 sides  have some kind of chance of winning the whole shebang.

we will see, Eng needed to win 2/3 games to be semi-finalists plus a nice boast to the NRR, I agree you might need something more in the last two games but the bowling attack is the class of the competition. They have a fighters chance

of course they have  chance , they should qualify now having got a win in the bank but the batting tactics aree certainly a worry.

as the Thread starter, I think I'm due some credit from my opening post - and so it came to pass.........

Well done two ton, spot on. Looked like an under par score but a combination of good disciplined bowling by England & some uncharacteristically meek Aussie batting, it was a walk in the park for the home team...

Well done two ton, spot on. Looked like an under par score but a combination of good disciplined bowling by England & some uncharacteristically meek Aussie batting, it was a walk in the park for the home team...