The Official Cricket Thread

[lifetime fan]

As goon an over as Flintoff's to Ponting?

[Son of L8]

Fuck off Warner!

[Guest Super Sub]

This will be over with an innings to spare I reckon.

[Sweeney287]

Much needed wicket that one.

 

Fuming that I have missed it. Up stairs having a shit and heard a big roar.

[Son of L8]

6 down, 34 behind. Come on England!

[Trumo]

At this rate, the 4th test is going to be a one-dayer and the 5th will be a T20!

[King Emlyn]

As goon an over as Flintoff's to Ponting?

No one strayed but it was indeed some beautiful bowling

[lifetime fan]

I'm almost home so it'll definitely go another day.

[Son of L8]

Shit review.

[King Emlyn]

Shit review.

Stevie Wonder could see that it hit him outside, can't believe he reviewed that

[Son of L8]

Jimmy Anderson leaving the field hurt is an ugly sight.

 

Just a niggle. Please.

[Jairzinho]

Niggle, please.

[lifetime fan]

I'm gonna fuck off out again at this rate.

[Spy Bee]

wickets fall in multiples on this surface it seems. We could do with a couple falling soon so we don't have a real task in the second innings.

[A_S]

Bumble mentioning a guy called Jack Brooks as a possible replacement for Anderson, should he not play next game. Good shout? Side strains generally don't come up in a week.

 

It's the same venue where McGrath stood on the ball too.

[Trumo]

Aussies now 0/6.

[Son of L8]

Fivefer Finn!

[Bernard Diomede]

5 for Finn. Quality performance

[Trumo]

8/7. Johnson goes for 14, and Finn has a 5-fer.

[A_S]

The number of times a bowler has got a wicket in the first over of his spell in this game is amazing.

[Son of L8]

110 deliveries to Nevill, and the number of times he's played and just missed the outside edge without nicking it...

[Son of L8]

23-7 at stumps day 2. Would have loved to wrap it up in two days, but you'll take that.

[Champ]

I am still out.

 

Blame champ.

Very self sacrificing on my part, I think

[Dan Vito Corleone]

We should really have got it wrapped up already but you never turn down the position we've bowled ourselves into under any circumstances. I am very worried that:

 

1) We're England. We'll find a way to screw it up.

2) Anderson's injury is going to have a significant impact on the series.

 

If the latter happens we have to make sure it isn't our McGrath moment and that we are in front when we have to deal with the problem. But hopefully Anderson is fully fit.

[Dougie Do'ins]

I reckon once they thought the game is in the bag, the took Anderson off as a precaution.