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Aussie captain Pat Cummings has been ruled out of the second test because a close contact has tested positive for Covid, so Glamorgan’s Michael Neser comes in for a debut. England have brought in Stuart Broad for Jack Leach and he took the only pre lunch wicket as Australia crawled to 45-1.
2,000 test runs for Marnus in (I think) twenty tests. Great effort.
Australia 129-1 at tea. I read a piece from Jon Agnew yesterday where he said the pitch was very dry and he thought Leach should play - looking at how much Joe Root is turning it, Agnew was right and England have picked the wrong side, again. Not a great fan of Chris Silverwood as coach at the moment - the test team has definitely gone backwards since he came in.
I don't think Silverwood did himself any favours when he said that he would rotate his selections, particularly with the bowlers, in the run up to this series. Makes me wonder if Root doesn't have that much say in the selection process any more which can't help. Injuries haven't helped, and neither has the quality of our batting recently either, and I still have doubts whether Stokes is bring used correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
This looks like a whitewash series to me.
Loads of things against the side but they dont help themselves with selection and tactics.
I’d add catching to that as well, Buttler took a great catch early on then dropped two that were sitters by comparison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Talking of Glamorgan...I was just chatting with a Pakistani Gentleman, whose favourite cricketer was Majid Khan.
I wasn't familiar with him until I looked up his record.
Majid was simply class.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Foulkes is the best keeper by a mile. Think hes still injured but I doubt theyd have picked him anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Agreed, the days when England picked the best wicketkeeper are long gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Just read Foakes is fully fit.
Averages over 38 in First Class cricket more tha Buttler and has 1 Test Century himself and 11 others in FC.
The selectors were concerned about his ability against short pitched bowling.
Clueless!!!
They just seem desperate to get Buttler in. As good as limited over cricketer you will get but I think its time to hang up those gloves for good in Test Cricket. After this display he needs to get a century.
Foakes is most definitely fit and on the young Lions tour.
Staggering. They just dont learn. How many runs does they have to give to dropped catches to see theyve got it so badly wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pearcey3
I could understand it if Foakes averaged about 10 and was a useless bat but thats not the case.
Selectors management and the captain are to blame.
When you don't have a genuine all-rounder in the team then you end up picking players who can do a bit of two elements pretty well, but none of them exceptionally well.
Ever since Jack Russell hung up his gloves, England have preferred to pick keepers on their batting ability and not their glove work.
How come Wales hasn't got it's own team?Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Michael Neser is having a pretty good debut so far.
Innings defeat coming up.
They really are poor.
Im so glad I didnt get BT Sport for this.
Apparently theres Australian commentary as well. Couldnt stand watching this with gloating convicts.
England need to replace Silverwood and his team.
Huge slump after a decent fightback from Malan and Root.
Poor application and team selection again. With Nathan Lyon getting the lion's (sorry!) share of the bowling, Jack Leach's exclusion has exposed Silverwood.
9 wickets down still 250 behind and more misery on its way.
Australia have declined to make England follow on just to prove me wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Labuschagne and Neser obviously read your post during the break and had a quiet word with Steve Smith.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Foakes isn't very good at batting either. He's been on a pretty lean run of form in CC too. I think his last full season he was averaging in the 20s, and he bats every other game at the Oval. They'll be hoping Bracey is the answer, at the minute he's the only player to get a ton this tour :hehe:. He's not a keeper though, but I think the Lions have gone home so they'll have to make do with what they've got.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Also Neser and Marnus are South African born, so I'm claiming their runs and wickets as ours. It's the rules.
:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
Not much doubt in Aussie batting again IMHO.
Firstly, no need to put pressure on your bowlers should the slim chance occur of England building a score.
Secondly, give their batsmen every opportunity to score runs for the remaining tests while at the same time heap more misery on Root and his tired attack.
Thirdly, try and prolong the game as much as possible for the sake of the paying crowd, the bar franchises to make some money and overseas viewers to enjoy.
Apart from Root having some joy in his last few overs before the close, the run out of Warner looked the only way England looked like taking a wicket.
At least the barmy army :rollseyes: seemed to be enjoying themselves, hope they have enough alcohol.
😁Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
They could be regulars on here, disguising their identities.
Who could they be?
These 2 definitely.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
A good effort by the lower order, but, yet again, the specialist batsmen let England down - this is shaping up to be the fourth tour of Australia out of five where England have lost at least four tests and a decision needs to made as to whether this prioritisation of the Ashes above all other test cricket is worth it, because, at the moment, it looks like a policy which is both arrogant and stupid.
Stokes born in New Zealand that's how it is these days.last 11 tests lost 8 drawn 2 won 1
Silverwood is about as much use as Mick McCarthy.
Id bring in Alec Stewart.
He'd still be a better wicket keeper than Buttler.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
they are not helped by having basically no time to adapt to the conditions down thereQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Its a fair point. Injuries to Stone and in particular Archer havent helped either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
But they still dont help themselves with selection and tactics.
Ever since Jofra Archer became available, the talk was about how the plan was to hit Australia with pace through him, Stone and Wood. Of course injuries to the first two put the kybosh on that, but, instead of Wood being a cert for selection, he was left out of the second test. On the day before the test match, Johnathan Agnew said the pitch was very dry and England had to play a specialist spinner, this was a view I heard from others in the lead up to the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Instead of that, the decision was to pick five “typical English seamers” and on the fourth day we had the farcical sight of an England spin attack consisting of Root (who, to be fair, is a better bowler than he seems to think he is), Malan and Robinson wheeling away as Australia added runs they were never going to need against this England batting line up.
I think the lesson of stacks of English tours of Australia is that one of or a mixture of pace, wrist spin and left arm spin tends to win games in that country, but England are selecting teams that give them little chance in a country where they must have a big inferiority complex.
Ive only just found out Wood was available. I presumed he had an injury. They are clueless.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Saying that when the batting line up cant make 300 let alone 4 or 500 hundred your up against it.
Marnus was interviewed on the radio over here in Australia this morning after
Receiving an award.
He put a lot of his success down to his time with Glammy.
Special mention for Matty Maynard,
and quote “I love everything about Glamorgan”.
Which gave me a kick.