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gotta think the wicket will be slow and flat - a real chief exec's track. glamorgan of all the host counties will be desperate for 5 full days play and all the revenue associated with that
oz definitely too short. you could easily make a case for 4 or even 5 england players in a composite XI. the obvious main difference in personnel is likely to be 3rd and 4th seamers on both sides alos australia just have a winning mentality whereas england have a nasty of habit of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in the last year or so. have given up winning positions twice at headingley and in barbados. when england have a bad session at the moment it tends to be a disastrous match losing session. they lose 5 or 6 wickets rather than 2 or 3 |
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for me its a lay of the hosts from k.o....oz will make sure england dont get anything out this 1st test to lift their spirits..
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I've backed the draw at 3.7 a while back. Should shorten as we get nearer to Wednesday.
As long as there's no clatter of wickets in the first session it will trade much lower. Fascinating market already. Little confidence in the hosts and the Oz price will take some shifting. As always the draw price has to react and it will often be wrong during the match. Test Cricket ![]() |
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alright you ****g pommy **** now it's time put up or shut up, we lost 1 of our great players, Ryan Harris but we replace him with another great young player, he played 1 game in South Africa and tore them apart
our form in this format has been impeccable unlike you lot of ****g idiots couldn't even beat West Indies ffs |
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err seem to remember you got annihilated by pakistan in the emirates last winter - the most one sided test series in history i believe
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first review of pitch expectations
http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2015/content/story/894429.html |
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I believe Keith Exton as been told by the powers they want a flat slow pitch,and that wouldn't have come from anyone within Glamorgan
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I can't see how playing Ballance can be justified. His tecnique is shot to buggery at the moment and he will be caught like a rabbit in the head lights way back in his crease.Rashid could probaby score more runs even if he gets flayed all over the park with his bowling but still better to have in have him in the side.
Looks like it could be a flat wicket. I hope The Enforcer and Best White Ball Bowler in the World gets flogged and Finn comes in at Lords. The only was I can see England winning is for Anderson to bowl some magic and Rashid to get the tailenders out but that looks more of a McCartney Filterless situation than a dream. Although I suppose if we do get dead pitches it might negate The Aussie advantage. How do England win? |
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England win by doing the basics.
Get to 100-2. Accelerate as the ball gets older, especially between overs 60-80 when Lyon and possibly Watson will be bowling. Set it up for the lower middle order which I wouldn't swap for theirs.. As for bowling, Warner gives chances, Smith must shirley nick off if it swings, Clarke hates the short ball, Voges is untried, Watto doesn't get past 50, Haddin and Rogers are old. Simples ![]() |
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had them 150 for 5 in every first innings last time when we didn't even want to be there and their batting is certainly no better this time
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starting book
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England, have a new coach, so there will be some difference there, so players may well take to his methods or may not. What England, should do is play the game, almost like a 50 over game and really attack their bowlers and try and smash them out of sight, a bit like the Australians will try and do to the English attack. Bowlers quickly fall apart, when they are being whacked around the ground. However a slow Cardiff wicket, isn't where England, would want to start this series, or for that sort of attacking play.
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given England's most recent changes in attitude and fortune, think this first test is closer than what the market is suggesting, would rather be backing England at 4.4 than draw 3.6 with the weather set good for five days !!!!
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I see Coming Second is back for another pasting.
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Don't worry - they'll be plenty more coming out of the woodwork.
I always used to enjoy Deadly Ernest - though he had the considerable advantage of having a brain. |
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Yeah deadly was funny - a lot of the rest of em are shrieking morons.
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Todays cooler overcast conditions could suit England, so would'nt be surprised if they put AUS into bat first, should England win the toss....
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Ideal bowling conditions for the next 2 days - which is the primary reason why this game will almost certainly not be a draw. Laying 3.75 is a massive trade for me.
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is there a Broad to get hit for 6 an over or more on average in the series market?
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Ricky Ponting is a great addition to the Sky team.
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wonder if BJT is going to make an appearance, his seething always gives me entertainment
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W*nker watson instead of M Marsh, can't believe that
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fiiiiiive nil five nil fiiiiive nil five nil
you ****g moron EeternalCumstain, noticed you went on an Eeternal vacation last time Australia spanked England pillar to post for the difference between these teams is simple, we have better bowlers and much better batting depth (we bat all the way down, I mean all the way down), England relying heavy on Cook to produce the goods, Joe Root is already rattled by Warner, not a ball bowled yet ffs hope there's plenty of lubricant in stock around the Cardiff area for these bunch of ponces representing England |
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lmao comingsecond is fully seethinig already, amazing scenes
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drizzling, covers on as a precaution !!!
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players still warming up
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I honestly don't know why we continue to pick Watson, he's not going score significant runs, he will dry up an end with the ball and that is all he offers
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players warming up so should be ok for 11am start
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