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England v South Africa - 1st Test

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randle said:
Why was Bopara even contemplating that shot after facing 4 balls? He doesn't have the brain for test cricket.
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That's what Boycott's just said on TMS. One day player but he has reservations about his mental attitude.
 

No offence but I dunno how you can watch this for 8 hours or however long it is.
 
KarlM said:
It's probably not meant to be, but it just isn't very exciting, is it?
I don't mind 20 20 and ODI for obvious reasons.
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:lol::lol:

Test match cricket is often one of the most exciting sports you can possibly wish for.
 
The Lambton Worm said:
Ahhh, so you have the attention span of two short planks!

Shut the door on your way out pet.
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So instead of explaining why it's considered to be exciting, which may have led to me enjoying watching it, you make assumptions about me and try to insult me. Nice one.
 
KarlM said:
So instead of explaining why it's considered to be exciting, which may have led to me enjoying watching it, you make assumptions about me and try to insult me. Nice one.
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If you stick with it (which to be fair can take days) you get to know the complexities and tactics and it gets good.

If you watched Basketball for the first time you'd find it exciting at first but be bored rigid after a while. Cricket's the opposite.
 
KarlM said:
It's probably not meant to be, but it just isn't very exciting, is it?
I don't mind 20 20 and ODI for obvious reasons.
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If you want to know why people think Test cricket is exciting, pop along to your local HMV and buy the 2009 Ashes boxset, you can get it for about £10 now and watch the First Test at Cardiff. Watch how the game develops, how the Aussies think they're about to wrap it up, watch how Paul Collingwood shows true grit and determination to keep them out time and time again only for him to chuck his wicket away so close to the end to give the victory to the Aussies on a plate only for Panesar and Anderson, not known for their fantástico batting abilities to cling on at the very end to salvage a draw. That's what makes Test cricket exciting.
 
Andy Reids Love Chil said:
If you want to know why people think Test cricket is exciting, pop along to your local HMV and buy the 2009 Ashes boxset, you can get it for about £10 now and watch the First Test at Cardiff. Watch how the game develops, how the Aussies think they're about to wrap it up, watch how Paul Collingwood shows true grit and determination to keep them out time and time again only for him to chuck his wicket away so close to the end to give the victory to the Aussies on a plate only for Panesar and Anderson, not known for their fantástico batting abilities to cling on at the very end to salvage a draw. That's what makes Test cricket exciting.
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Then, when you've done that, pop back to HMV and pick up the 2005 Ashes boxset and watch the 2nd test at Edgbaston. Watch England take total control of the game by notching up 400 on day 1, then remain in control by ensuring a steady flow of Australian wickets to give them a 99 run 1st innings lead and end day 2 on 25/1 still looking in control.

Only then to see us look like we're about to throw it away on day 3 by being 6 down in no time, before Flintoff smacks them around the park for a couple of hours to see us defending a rather modest 281 run lead. As Australia look assured at 47/0, Flintoff bowls the best over ever seen dismissing Langer and Ponting. With the Aussies on 175/8 at the close after some fantastic bowling, there could only be one winner.

That's until Warne, Lee and Kasprowicz have something to say about the matter, once again it looks like Australia will fluke a win from nowhere, until, with Australia only needing 3 to win, Harmison bowls one of the worst deliveries he's ever bowled (the worst being the first of the next Ashes series in Australia, but that's a different matter) and the rest, as they say, is history.

That match, and the one mentioned by ARLC explain why test cricket is the most fascinating and intricate sport there is, and why pyjama baseball cricket will always be a very poor imitation of the real thing.
 
Prior is fast becoming one of my favourite players. I'm not entirely sure why in the recent 50 over series, although we won 4-0 that we played Kieswetter at 7. Surely we'd be better off with Prior if we're going to play a wicketkeeper at 7 (although Kies is a decent pinch-hitter), or even more simply, give the gloves to Bairstow or Buttler who we seem to insist on playing as specialist batsmen (I'm sure we're the only side in world cricket to play three wicketkeepers in a team) and pick another batsman such as Taylor.
 
Dreamboat said:
Prior is fast becoming one of my favourite players. I'm not entirely sure why in the recent 50 over series, although we won 4-0 that we played Kieswetter at 7. Surely we'd be better off with Prior if we're going to play a wicketkeeper at 7 (although Kies is a decent pinch-hitter), or even more simply, give the gloves to Bairstow or Buttler who we seem to insist on playing as specialist batsmen (I'm sure we're the only side in world cricket to play three wicketkeepers in a team) and pick another batsman such as Taylor.
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Boycott was saying on TMS earlier that Prior is playing too much one day cricket for his County as it's affecting his Test game. He reckons he's not playing a proper innings but wanting to play a shot every Ball.
 
Very poor runs for us today. Haven't watched it mind but we barely put on 100. Yesterday we crawled to 285 on a flat wicket. The Aussies of yesteryear would have been on 400.
 
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