FFS he did the hard work to get there, then missed the catch.
Ashes I - 2013 - In England
- Thread starter ghaliboy
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England in inability to break last wicket stand shocker...
Lunch has to be taken in 5 mins. Cant come quick enough for England
Torture this is.
England delaying. Pathetic.
have a go at this time wasting effort.feck off you Aussie's
Broad
After all that.
time wasting in cricket.Why would they not want another over anyway
Lunch extension at the worst possible time.
Lunch extension at the worst possible time.
Yeah, you can get exciting games to an extent but they're not as good as tests IMO.
@ England for time wasting. serves them rightPoor from Finn there
"He'll ply a sweep...."
so it never worked
Thrilling session. England had it all but won but credit to the Aussies who are, somehow, still in this. Brilliant stuff.
England will win this i feel
Lunch , fugk it is torture you're right
, fugk it is torture you're rightAMAZING session of test cricket. Loved it!
what a final day so far.
Problem is, I've to go out running but I want to see how it ends. Dilemma!
Why is it?
Would have been game set if broad was out 
Would have been game set if broad was out
Aussies would have been nowhere near had Agar been given out
fecking Aussies, never know when they're beaten
Finn has just been fecking useless. Two disgraceful overs, rubbish fielding and a dropped catch. As for Joe Root's attempted 'throw'... bottlers.
Aussies would have been nowhere near had Agar been given out
I agree, he is the only reason Australia are anywhere near winning.
That was Bairstow, that catch from Finn was unlucky, he is a good bowler but he has a tendency to bowl too short at times.
my bad, was a terrible throw. Aussies have played really well, apart from Finn I think our bowling has been fine. Swann's gone for a few but had some beat the bat, and broad has been tight. Need Anderson to conjure up something after lunch.
The vitriol from Finn can only be from part time Cricket watchers.
Shit happens
Shit happens
I'm one of the hugest Finn fans around but that hour from him today was absolute dog shite. He's struggled ever since his run-up problems in New Zealand and you just knew he'd be expensive this morning.
I was glad he got the nod over Bresnan to start with but since his two wickets at the start of Australia's first innings he has done nothing except give away about 70 runs of freebies bowling absolute utter shite.
In his defence, this slow, low pitch is not good for a strike bowler relying on pace and bounce but you have to be able to play in conditions that don't naturally suit you.
Oh god, my Dad has just walked in and declared this 'like a 20/20 game'.
Get the extra over in and try to get the wicket. If you want to delay the game, do it in a less obvious way by changing the field, not taking your shoe off.
Not sure it matters really. Tactics are a big part on test cricket. Certainly not pathetic.
Surely there are more inventive methods of time wasting than taking your shoe off? Taking your shoe off seems to be the most common
Great game so far.
Great game so far.
Ulp.