chesilbeach Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Just caught up with the final over of the England innings today - Bopara scoring a whopping 28 runs of it! 33 not out off 13 balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 A good over, that may prove very important given the way Sri Lanka are batting at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Well, it might have been a long wait to get going today, but it turned out to be a pretty good match. Congrats to India, but well done England - it was fantastically close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Pretty awful choke. I would have fancied India nine times out of ten, but 130 was a perfectly chase-able target and we bottled it really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 India were on the ropes, England should have won that comfortably. As a colleague at work said last week, they seem to be good at either bowling or batting in a match, but they don't seem to be able to do both at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Wow, fantastic innings by Agar! Would've been nice if he'd got his century - he deserved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 It was a good innings, but runs he never should have got in the first place, according to TMS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 We can blame the umpires as much as we like, the fact is the Aussies were on 130 at that point and our bowlers were abysmal after that. There's no way Agar's a number 11, he took full advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Didn't see any of it, but caught a few snippets on the BBC news website, and it does seem that Steve is right - they seems to be saying that our bowlers seemed to forget they had to bowl until they'd taken all ten wickets! Will try and watch the highlights tonight to get a better feel for how the day went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Great batting debut by Agar. Now he just needs to take a few wickets. I don't usually get to see any international cricket on TV here, but I noticed halfway through watching Le Tour de France that we do actually get the Ashes coverage here. I'm thrilled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Well, I mean, in fairness if it wasn't for bad decisions he wouldn't have had the chance to get them runs - but get them he did and fair play to him for that. Definitely not a No. 11, some sublime batting. I felt so uncomfortable wanting an Australian batsman to get his century.. Respect to Swann after he caught him out, too. Supposedly congratulated him on a great innings. I think this Test hinges on how well KP and Cook can settle into the crease now. They've made a good start but with the twists and turns in this one so far pretty much anything could happen from here. Bloody great start to The Ashes, mind.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 I didn't see the Australians batting. Didn't they have the match review system in place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 They did, it was the third umpire who allegedly made the wrong call (I haven't seen it, I'm going by what TMS were saying at the time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I've really enjoyed the play so far and it felt odd to want Agar to reach his century. It's a shame that there is all this controversy over the Trott dismissal but at least its been confirmed quickly as to what went wrong. It doesn't give him a chance to bat again but at least us fans know what went wrong and why. I'm always really impressed at how rarely the on-field umpires get a decision wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Nuts. If Australia don't win this now it will either be due to a heroic batting performance from the England middle/lower order or Australia collapsing like a Devon cliff after a period of prolonged rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Not wanting to put the kibosh on things, but England are slowly playing themselves back into the game here . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 DON'T SAY THAT!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Stuart Broad needs to hang his head in shame. I find it impossible to believe that he didn't know that he was out, it was a poor decision from the umpire but he has to walk. It's just not cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Funnily enough, OH said "he should've given that" to which my response was, "he should've walked." Gone are those days ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Yep, pretty shocking decision. I wish I could say that an Aussie would have walked, but as Chesil said, I'm afraid those days have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 The commentators seems to be saying that 'those days as gone' as well. Bairstow walked, I guess I still expect a player to walk when the wicket is so obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I haven't seen it, but as Boycott said no Australian player - with the exception of Gilchrist - would have walked so why give them an automatic advantage? If everyone were playing by the same code it would be nice to think people would hold up their hand when they know what has happened, but we're past that and with high-stakes games and potentially their career on the line surely the onus should be on the umpires to make the right call in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 The umpire should definitely have got the call right, it was a pretty clear edge. The other shame is that all the Broad headlines will take the attention off of a great innings from Bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Oh well. I think we should all just be delighted that we've batted strongly and are now in a strong position for the last couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I think it's a damn shame that the whole game is being overshadowed by umpire's decisions (or non-decisions). Oh, and Bairstow walked without waiting for the umpire's call, so let's not tar everyone with the same brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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