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[the Ashes] first test Trent Bridge

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The match has shown that batting is easiest against the new ball as the game has progressed.

Think the new ball will only be taken as a last resort.

Hopefully have it all wrapped up before it is due anyway ;-)
 

Just reading a few of the comments from today on here about how we are beat, and that its all because Cook chose to bat :lol:

It was the correct call to bat first. Its not like the ball went round corners in our first innings, the majority of the wickets were poor shot selection. The only thing Cook has got wrong were his tactics when the Aussies were 9 down in their fist innings.
 
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chunkylover53 said:
Just me or is this thread a bit knacked? We are on page 29. Says there is a page 30. But if you click it it takes you to the top of page 29

Roger out
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Completely knacked. We've had people saying the wicket is flat, bad decision to bat, we've won, we've lost, Cook's a shit captain, the Aussie are a good side, all kinds of bollocks.

Oh, right. That page thing as well.
 
Steak Pie said:
You keep saying it, and I'll keep answering it.

Two Tests against New Zealand were effectively a battle for two spots between Bairstow, Root and Compton.

Compton lost because:
a) He scored less runs
b) Never looked like it
c) Is the wrong side of 30 and has had a rank average career.


Joe Root is an opener, who has opener his entire career, it is anything but crazy. So I'll ask again. How long would you wait before you let your new star opener, err, open?
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It's only an option mate, relax :lol:

Who will be coming in for Bairstow then?
 
chelt_mackem said:
If Broad had overstepped, the review would have stopped then and there and he would have been not out. That's why it's always the first thing that gets checked when a review is requested.
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Even though the umpire was only asking to confirm it had carried? I wasn't talking about Clarke asking for it to be reviewed, just the umpire checking it was taken cleanly.

elder said:
did they show 'snicko' on the tele. i've only seen the highlights and they didn't show it...

like you said he must have known he'd nicked it.
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Hotspot and snicko both showed the edge. He also snapped his head back after it past him, which is a sure fire giveaway.
 
3.142 said:
Even though the umpire was only asking to confirm it had carried? I wasn't talking about Clarke asking for it to be reviewed, just the umpire checking it was taken cleanly.



Hotspot and snicko both showed the edge. He also snapped his head back after it past him, which is a sure fire giveaway.
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I think since the introduction of DRS, whenever a review is asked for, whether it's by batsman, bowler or umpire, the no ball is checked first if it would automatically result in the decision being not out.

The umpires sometimes now wait until after the ball has been completed before checking the no ball if they're unsure. I think Cook got away with being caught on 99 in the Sydney test a couple of years back when the umpire wasn't sure of the no ball until it had been checked with DRS.
 
3.142 said:
Even though the umpire was only asking to confirm it had carried? I wasn't talking about Clarke asking for it to be reviewed, just the umpire checking it was taken cleanly.


Hotspot and snicko both showed the edge. He also snapped his head back after it past him, which is a sure fire giveaway.
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can't believe he referred it then, hopefully he keeps this style of captaincy up as it will help us keep the urn here....
 
Mainze said:
It's only an option mate, relax :lol:

Who will be coming in for Bairstow then?
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:-? Fine thanks.

It's a straightforward question that you can't/won't answer, that's the point, it's a piece of piss to sit around saying this and that are shit without backing it up...

Root is ten times the player Compton is, so he opens.
If Bairstow continues to fail, James Taylor is next in line I reckon.
 
elder said:
can't believe he referred it then, hopefully he keeps this style of captaincy up as it will help us keep the urn here....
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It was only the faintest of edges mind, although I think he still knew he had feathered it and reviewed it in the hope it didnt show (sometimes happens, especially if it clips the bat where a sticker/logo is).

Technically the review should only be called for if its an absolute blunder by the umpire, (well that was its purpose) but many are using it tactically. You could even argue that we shouldn't have reviewed the Swann wicket as it was very very marginal in terms of whether or not it pitched in line so the umpire hadn't made a terrible call.

Steak Pie said:
:-? Fine thanks.

It's a straightforward question that you can't/won't answer, that's the point, it's a piece of piss to sit around saying this and that are shit without backing it up...

Root is ten times the player Compton is, so he opens.
If Bairstow continues to fail, James Taylor is next in line I reckon.
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Agreed on the Root selection, its a no brainer for me.
Regarding Bairstow, I think he played a good 1st innings tbh.

jaraarrow said:
Got an awful feeling the aussies will nick this.:cry:
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Doubtful, although if they do, hats off to them as they will have done it with a record chase.
 
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dangermows said:
Technically the review should only be called for if its an absolute blunder by the umpire, (well that was its purpose) but many are using it tactically. You could even argue that we shouldn't have reviewed the Swann wicket as it was very very marginal in terms of whether or not it pitched in line so the umpire hadn't made a terrible call.
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I see where you're coming from with that, but the fact remains that the umpire did make a mistake with the Swann wicket, not a howler by any means, but he gave the batsman the benefit of the doubt as umpires are expected to do. England used the DRS exactly for its intended purpose on that one, to overturn an error by the umpire. Clarke's use of it was nothing more than hoping for a technical error when he knew full well the umpire had called it right.
 
Did Strauss only take the job at sky so he can complain abut everyone who ever criticised one of his decisions as captain?
 
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