July 15, 200818 yr Off on Sunday for the 3rd day however trains looking bobbins to get there in time from my lancs/yorks bolthole so will have to drive. Anyone know best places to park near the ground ?
July 20, 200818 yr Fully agree, Jones needs a full season and id expect him to play in the ashes next year, Ambrose needs to go and either Foster or Prior to replace him. Prior? Surely you want your best keeper?
July 20, 200818 yr Prior? Surely you want your best keeper? Prior is the better batsman IMO granted he is prone to the odd clanger, so do you substitue runs for a better gloveman?
July 20, 200818 yr Prior? Surely you want your best keeper? You need your best keeper. Ideally 5 specialist batsmen, 4 good bowlers, your best keeper and Flintoff as all rounder. If one of your batsmen can bowl too, that's a bonus: as is the ability of the keeper to grab a few runs. Most people would be happy if the keeper averages 20 runs per innings: a good keeper will save you that many, so is under less pressure to score runs.
July 20, 200818 yr if the keeper has to bat at 6, then it needs to be prior - with a tail of panesar, anderson and sidebottom, you need more than 20 from the wk my argument with the selectors over tremlett is that he can't be trusted to last 5 days now, bearing in mind anderson went in with a back niggle, and flintoff possibly has some worries around him, theres no way tremlett can play so why keep him hanging around harmison should never play again hoggard does seem a surprising omission especially against a team with smith in top and bottom of it, the toss - and some weak umpiring on the amla catch - decided this game Edited July 20, 200818 yr by Casino
July 20, 200818 yr if the keeper has to bat at 6, then it needs to be prior - with a tail of panesar, anderson and sidebottom, you need more than 20 from the wk my argument with the selectors over tremlett is that he can't be trusted to last 5 days now, bearing in mind anderson went in with a back niggle, and flintoff possibly has some worries around him, theres no way tremlett can play so why keep him hanging around harmison should never play again hoggard does seem a surprising omission especially against a team with smith in top and bottom of it, the toss - and some weak umpiring on the amla catch - decided this game why was the amla catch so important? He made only 38; I suppose at 70-odd for 4 at the best time for bowling, possibly. Was England's batting not a huge contributory factor?
July 20, 200818 yr twas a factor, but the sa were no better on friday, so that suggests to me in those conditions theyd have been all out for sub 250 too i reckon theyd have been 5 down for 110 ish if amla had gone as he should have done and then its a different game
July 20, 200818 yr Sorry don't get you. Bolton were on Skysports 2,which i was watching instead of that piss poor effort from our cricket team.
July 20, 200818 yr Bolton were on Skysports 2,which i was watching instead of that piss poor effort from our cricket team. I wish I'd known.
July 21, 200818 yr Author Went today and what a long day as an England fan it was even though the weather was top notch. We looked ineffective today as a bowling unit. Losing Strauss and Vaughan were a killer blow and can't see us batting 2 days unlike SA to save the test. BTW if you thought BWFC stewards were bad you want to see them today. Total jobsworths they were beach balls were confiscated and people thrown out for not handing them over. Same went for the beer snakes. All a bit of fun but sadly stewards had no sense of humour. About 6 people legged it on the field and stewards frogmarched them out.Even a lass ran on and looked like they were gonna throw away the key the way they manhandled her.
July 21, 200818 yr Went today and what a long day as an England fan it was even though the weather was top notch. We looked ineffective today as a bowling unit. Losing Strauss and Vaughan were a killer blow and can't see us batting 2 days unlike SA to save the test. BTW if you thought BWFC stewards were bad you want to see them today. Total jobsworths they were beach balls were confiscated and people thrown out for not handing them over. Same went for the beer snakes. All a bit of fun but sadly stewards had no sense of humour. About 6 people legged it on the field and stewards frogmarched them out.Even a lass ran on and looked like they were gonna throw away the key the way they manhandled her. Winding the stewards up is part of the test match experience these days. Running them all over the stands with a beer snake singing have you every kissed a girl, usually works a treat. The ones at Old Trafford really are mongalongs.
July 21, 200818 yr F?cking shower of shite: England. Another abysmal abject betting performance today. They sent Anderson in as night watchman to protect the "real" batsmen. He stuck around for 80 balls: scoring 34. A pity Strauss, Vaughan, Pietersen etc didn't do the same. Then Broad makes a mockery of the whole innings by top scoring.
July 22, 200818 yr I reckon they should put vaughan bk in his county to get some runs and the team should be Cook Strauss Bell Pietersen Collingwood Chris Read (much better with both bat and gloves) Flintoff Broad Anderson Sidebottom Panesar Collingwood should stay in the team because the big influence he is on the field with his fielding he also is a run scorer and good bowler who can keep one end tight. Chris Read in for Ambrose because hes a different class with the gloves and even watches the ball into the gloves unlike Ambrose, he also is a great batter.
July 22, 200818 yr Bell can't bat at 3.Collingwood needs a break as much as Vaughan does. Vaughn too good as a Captain to have a break, he will come good. Team for me: Cook Strauss Vaughan K.P Bell Prior Flintoff Broad Sidebottom Anderson Panesar The batters need to get in and graft, Broad and Anderson showed the top order up yesterday.
July 22, 200818 yr Vaughn too good as a Captain to have a break, he will come good. Team for me: Cook Strauss Vaughan K.P Bell Prior Flintoff Broad Sidebottom Anderson Panesar The batters need to get in and graft, Broad and Anderson showed the top order up yesterday. Seconded, Prior has scored morre runs than anyone/most in the county championship this year. Edited July 22, 200818 yr by meite/faye's neighbour
Off on Sunday for the 3rd day however trains looking bobbins to get there in time from my lancs/yorks bolthole so will have to drive.
Anyone know best places to park near the ground ?