Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Holy shit, WTF Siddle. You're supposed to be shit.Amazing hattrick, every ball was perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Fuck this. Australia, why can't you just suck? Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski the Swift Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Fuck this. Australia, why can't you just suck? Please?Hooray! Australia, Australia, Australia!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 A fucking Peter Siddle hatrick? You have got to be shitting me. :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 A fucking Peter Siddle hatrick? You have got to be shitting me. :bang:He actually bowled really well though, it wasn't so much just the English batsman being shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 End of day one and it's Aussies in front clearly. Still, some good batting from Bell and Cook so it wasn't a total waste for England.They will have to bowl well tomorrow morning to get back on top ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delete this account pls Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Im the worst Australian ever because I totally forgot this started today. The only hint I had that something was going on is when I unexpectedly felt that pleasant warm glow spreading through me that I only ever experience when the English are in pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Im the worst Australian ever because I totally forgot this started today. The only hint I had that something was going on is when I unexpectedly felt that pleasant warm glow spreading through me that I only ever experience when the English are in pain.I personally wasn't in pain, watching Siddle scythe through our batting line up was actually strangely cathartic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I went to bed at lunch and things didn't seem too bad. It's reassuring that normal service has been resumed.England, you choking chokers who choke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Looking forward to manhana... hope it's not too onesided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 It's strangely conforting to know that we are still the same England we've always been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 It's strangely conforting to know that we are still the same England we've always been.Aha! First time I'm near a computer...was watching it a lot at work (thank goodness I wasn't teaching too many classes today). Siddle would have been the least likely person to take 6 wickets in the innings but there you go. It's just as well because Johnson bowled pies all day. Australia were lucky to get out of that innings, they can't afford Johnson to be completely ineffectual in an innings again.And they have to make Siddle's hat-trick count by getting in a good first innings. The pitch seems pretty flat so there's no excuse for not piling up runs on Day 2-3, but the rather creaky nature of the Australian batting lineup gives me a bit of pause. Ponting might be able to resurrect his Gabba magic but who knows. Anyway, I think the English are still in with a good chance. Their second innings won't be as bad, and they bat awfully deep with Swann at 9. We got lucky with Siddle's bowling but it's going to be much harder work to get the wickets next time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoë Sumra Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I went to bed at lunch and things didn't seem too bad. It's reassuring that normal service has been resumed.Ditto. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Just looking at the England batting lineup, I was impressed by Bell, he seems to be a lot calmer and classical these days. It's good to watch him bat. Some of the English batsmen are more effective than elegant (Collingwood and Cook)...in particular I have always been bemused by Cook. He barely ever plays with a straight bat (his defensive shots almost always come down crooked) and he plays with a closed face half the time, yet he makes it work as an international opening batsmen. Very intriguing!Then again, there are people with stranger techniques...just ask Ridley Jacobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Test Match Sofa put it, 'he bats like he's just borrowed somebody else's limbs before he went out', thought that was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confalume Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Bollinger is out. Disappointing because Siddle never looks like he's going to take a wicket and doesn't really move the ball much.LOLTo be honest I am glad Siddle is in for Bollinger.Good Call :cheers: I love him cause he's a VICTORIAN (and cause he's awesome). Brilliant hat-trick. He has really put in the hard yards to overcome a serious injury. 6fa including a hat-trick on your 26th birthday, doesn't get much better than that !!!Hilfenhaus and Doherty both bowled well, but Johnson was a bit of worryNow we just need Watson to get out and Katich and Ponting to set a new record partnership!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartTesla Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Do England & Wales have a sports psychologist as part of the team? A few breathing exercises, some pep talks before the game might help them overcome the occasion.Alternately, they need an opening batsman like Sehwag who would set the tone for the first Test and possibly the rest of the series. Sure, its 50/50 if such a batsman can dominate the attack or get out the first over ..... like Strauss did. Right now it seems as if they'll be chasing the 8-ball for a lot of the Ashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Alternately, they need an opening batsman like Sehwag who would set the tone for the first Test and possibly the rest of the series.Sometimes England really miss Marcus Trescothick. Admittedly, he isn't quite as explosive as Sehwag but he can still give plenty of momentum to the start of the innings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Turkey Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I love listening to the commentators discuss Shane Warne's body hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Well that's not helpful. I think this is shaping up to be a long night. :frown5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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