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2 absolute beauties from Anderson, Aussies having a bit of luck so far...
 
Lovely shot from Haddin to finish the over. Partnership survives the first hour, England very unlucky not to get a wicket. Once again I've been impressed by Anderson, really has improved as an all round bowler.
 
Warne seems to have lost a fair bit of weight since the summer.

Scores level now, still no breakthrough for England
 
50 for Haddin, some great shots in that innings. Finn should be taken out of the attack now, give Swann a go.
 
Aussies rode their luck just when it looked like they were going to crumble yesterday. England really need to be less than 100 behind going into the second innings on this pitch I'd guess.
 
100 for Hussey, well played. Came into the series with a lot of pressure and has responded with a very important knock.
 
I'm still not quite sure how Anderson hasn't got a wicket yet this morning.
 
That's lunch, Australia are 329-5 and lead by 69 runs. Great session for the Aussies, had a bit of luck but have batted well overall, Haddin's looked in great form. Anderson bowled well without getting what he deserved. England desperately need to break this stand and need to do it soon.
 
The last 45 minutes made it look worse than it was, before then it was all England and the fact we haven't got a wicket is bad luck rather than bad bowling.

"there's not enough absinthe in commentary boxes" so true.
 
200 run partnership, not looking good for England at the moment.
 
100 for Haddin, brilliant innings
 
Lead more than 150 now, England need a minor miracle now to save this match.
 
I reckon Ponting's waiting till Hussey gets his double ton before calling it in. Might go a bit beyond that and give the poms something to chase in the second innings.
 
They'll bat till a lead of 300~. No reason not to. They'll still have over 5 sessions to bowl England out.
 
Blimey, just got up before Hussey's dismissal. Not what I was hoping for, or expecting, to say the least. It's pretty much game lost for England now, and it'll be mighty difficult to win the series against a rejuvenated Aussie team.
 
Game changed on that first hour today, England and especially Anderson were all over Australia, Hussey couldn't hit a barn door and somehow survived about 6 LBW calls, 1 stone dead that of course doesn't get given, he played very well but he didnt half have some luck on his side throughout the innings, lucky not to be out first ball, played and missed so many times it was laughable and but for poor umpiring was blatantly out long before he made 100, very very lucky today.

Englands heads went down after that, nothing went their way and i think they lost heart, easy to do when it seems nothings going your way, fight on their hands to save the game now, given the way the lucks gone in this match i expect heavy cloud cover for the rest of the match and the ball swinging for most of it when the ozzies come to bowl.
 
Allforone said:
Game changed on that first hour today, England and especially Anderson were all over Australia, Hussey couldn't hit a barn door and somehow survived about 6 LBW calls, 1 stone dead that of course doesn't get given, he played very well but he didnt half have some luck on his side throughout the innings, lucky not to be out first ball, played and missed so many times it was laughable and but for poor umpiring was blatantly out long before he made 100, very very lucky today.

Englands heads went down after that, nothing went their way and i think they lost heart, easy to do when it seems nothings going your way, fight on their hands to save the game now, given the way the lucks gone in this match i expect heavy cloud cover for the rest of the match and the ball swinging for most of it when the ozzies come to bowl.
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Bitter or what?
 
Wibble said:
Bitter or what?
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true though.

England seem to have a problem when I'm awake, got up just in time for Siddle's hattrick yesterday morning and stayed awake just long enough to see their partnership past 250 this morning.
 
It might be true, but it was one decision, just because you appeal for 50 LBW decisions, and none go your way doesn't mean, you have a reason to feel down.

The lbw in question was obviously an incorrect call, but if England hadn't wasted their other two review decisions on whims, they would have been able to review the decision and get it reversed.

Their biggest problem was Swann, bowling short time and time again, and Finn bowling rubbish.

He picked up wickets with the short ball, but only after Hussey and Haddin put on 300 runs in between...there should have been a re-think of bowling strategies.
 
They need to scrap the technocrap and go back to having an umpire calling the shots.
 
BTV_is_neutral said:
It might be true, but it was one decision, just because you appeal for 50 LBW decisions, and none go your way doesn't mean, you have a reason to feel down.

The lbw in question was obviously an incorrect call, but if England hadn't wasted their other two review decisions on whims, they would have been able to review the decision and get it reversed.

Their biggest problem was Swann, bowling short time and time again, and Finn bowling rubbish.

He picked up wickets with the short ball, but only after Hussey and Haddin put on 300 runs in between...there should have been a re-think of bowling strategies.
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The problem hasn't been the bowling, it's been the batting. The bowlers had nothing to bowl at on a placid pitch. Anderson bowled remarkably considering the conditions. England should have got 450+ in their first innings. England need to start performing with the bat.
 
Look obviously 260 is not good enough, when the opposition come in and score nearly 500 in their dig.

The batsmen struggled, and just when they were heading towards a potentially decent score, the hat-trick destroyed the innings.

But there was a concerted effort to bowl bouncers and short balls at Hussey. It is one of his main strengths, having played for so many years in Perth. I suppose they were working on the principle of your strength being your weakness...but it didn't work, yet they persevered with it, yeah it eventually worked, but the bloke had near on 200 by then.

Also Swann bowled up so much rubbish..it was unbelievable, at least one short and wide delivery every over, which of course went for a boundary, or runs that released whatever pressure valve there might have been on.

Anderson was truly unlucky, I thought he bowled well for England, and the number of times he beat the bat without any reward was criminal. Broad was decent, but I'm not sure how much his blisters bothered him, so he also escaped any real blame for this.
 
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BTV_is_neutral said:
Look obviously 260 is not good enough, when the opposition come in and score nearly 500 in their dig.

The batsmen struggled, and just when they were heading towards a potentially decent score, the hat-trick destroyed the innings.

But there was a concerted effort to bowl bouncers and short balls at Hussey. It is one of his main strengths, having played for so many years in Perth. I suppose they were working on the principle of your strength being your weakness...but it didn't work, yet they persevered with it, yeah it eventually worked, but the bloke had near on 200 by then.

Also Swann bowled up so much rubbish..it was unbelievable, at least one short and wide delivery every over, which of course went for a boundary, or runs that released whatever pressure valve there might have been on.

Anderson was truly unlucky, I thought he bowled well for England, and the number of times he beat the bat without any reward was criminal. Broad was decent, but I'm not sure how much his blisters bothered him, so he also escaped any real blame for this.
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Swann actually went for 3 an over. You shouldn't take too much notice of the commentators. Swann will come into the game more when the pitch wears in the final day or so... IF England manage to actually bat well and give him a chance.
 
Anderson's morning spell apart, I thought the bowling was pretty shocking. Didn't even look like taking a wicket.
 
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