Super

nothing official.

is this true?

Have a read of this, best thing i have read the past 24 hours.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013-14/content/current/story/692537.html

In fairness to Vaughan he was commenting on Trott's form which has been woeful, you can't blame him if he never knew anything about his illness.

If this doesn't fire England right up nothing will. Could be a massive mistake by the Aussies.

Trott out of series.

Seeing them win a test against us just reminds me that we can't lose to them. All talk, talk and more talk and constant drivel of us being scared.

Their press are even worse! Some of the stuff they have been saying is laughable.

We have to win in Adelaide.

Can't say I am a big fan of a captain saying to a number eleven you are going to get your ******* arm broken. For me that is overstepping the mark.

top shot KP. braindead.

Just watched Trott's innings again. It is truly awful, he had no clue what to do against Johnson, and apparently since the last series he has been working on this? Well obviously not long enough based on this test.

Pietersen is SA as far as I'm concerned, the accent slightly gives it away. Only moved here out of convenience due to disagreeing with quotas, apparently. Not sure about Prior, was he born in SA ?

yes he was.

Trott has to be dropped.

Definately, the old boys club of who you play for getting you in the team will strike again!

 

Expect Nick Compton is sat watching this match unfold wondering what it. The ECB showed their colours when asking for Nick to go and score runs for Worcestershire against the Aussies last summer, promptly scored 100+ and was told that was not enough

Compton was another one that went into Snails mode though. Even though it's 5 days you still have to score at a decent rate especially the opening three batsmen. Hopefully Carberry can do this as we haven't had anyone since Trescothick that plays aggressive at the top of the order.

That's the problem with Englands batting especially the top order, they are ultra negative and get themselves into the mire.. I know its test but you should be looking at a run rate of 3.30 these days not 2 or less at times especially against ordinary bowling. At least Carberry showed aggression to begin with though.

Said that in the last series that Cook Root and Trott were in such a negative mindset that it just brings problems. Carberry did well consdiering it's his first innings. The most disturbing was us making Nathan Lyon look like Warne and he bowled 9 overs for 17 runs with 2 wickets.

Well that was.... awful.

 

The sad thing was the bowling was pretty ordinary as well.

Anderson looked well pissed off. Understandable as the bowlers busted a gut to put England in a great position only for the Batsmen to fail again.

90% chance of rain tomorrow

The trouble is that there is still so much time left in the game.

That's a big lead for them

If they bat all day tomorrow and get 500 plus in front they will have two full days to get England out

Smell Aussies one up?

Some weather around last 2 days apparently.

Embarrassing. These batsmen need a kick up the ass big time.

But Glenn McGrath had the mental fortitude to continue picking up wickets, even if he didn't like the replies. Think back to the last tour down under. Mitch absolutely capitulated under the treatment dished to him by the Barmy Army. The clearest example of a team having the fans as their 12th man!

 

I remember in particular the fairly unimaginative but highly effective "He bowls to the left, he bowls to the right, that Mitchell Johnson, his bowling is shite!"

 

I'd love to see his first deliveries given the traditional goalkeeper treatment "wooooooooooooooh, you're shit, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"  

You seriously have to worry about someone who has to see a shrink over jibes from the Barmy Army.

It's always difficult to judge a score until both teams have batted but it really does look a 400 minimum wicket.

Fair play to Broad just ramming those pathetic taunts down the Aussie's throats. Hopefully they keep doing it.

Good start one down.

Not really, I dislike India because they have too much swaying power within the ICC. Not having DRS is one thing but refusing to play other countries away with DRS then throwing a paddy about it so they don't have to is another and that's why I plumped for Australia then.

 

As much as I want England to win 5-0, it wont be a stroll in the park.. Australia ran England close over here and should've picked up 2 wins if it wasn't for the weather in one test and Broads magic spell in the other.. 3-0 was a little flattering for us although very sweet.

Fair enough mate, I actually Like Dhoni the way he won that World Cup for India being Captain and having that pressure on him was immense.

As traitorous as it sounds I like Australia and was rooting for them in their recent ODI series with India (simply because I don't like India) but hopefully we'll beat them with relative ease in their own backyard maybe 2 or 3-0. Their bowling attack is half decent but their batting line-up is questionable.

 

Watching the interviews on Sky Sports with the Aussie players made me laugh they way they are so arrogant and it would be nice to ram it straight down there media outlets throats who clearly have tried and failed to get to Broady.

 

BARMY ARMY

That's like wanting Rovers to win!!

Can't see many ?

You are predicting 4 out of 5

 

Reckon we will be ok on this tour, the Aussie's aren't really a cricketing force anymore, as others put above it is all about us getting ourselves out

 

PS Still think Compo should be out there!

Eh?