August 15, 201313 yr Bresnan out injured. Hopefully they fuck Bairstow off and we can go from 3 Yorkies to 1.
August 15, 201313 yr Can't believe we are 3 nowt up after our performances so far. Not confident for th'Ashes in Oz.
August 15, 201313 yr Can't believe we are 3 nowt up after our performances so far. Not confident for th'Ashes in Oz. Weird series to date. We could feasibly be 3-1 down.
August 16, 201313 yr Author Can't believe we are 3 nowt up after our performances so far. Not confident for th'Ashes in Oz. We played well below par and were still the better side. From current performance levels we have much more head room to improve. Shit as they are, Australia are playing up to the ability levels they have. Meanwhile - http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/engine/current/match/566931.html Get Ballance in now!
August 16, 201313 yr Author Just gone to his century with a 6 - this guy is like Hick and Pieterson, but with an even better record. If the selectors could just bring themselves to make a proactive decision for once...
August 17, 201313 yr Author Kerrigan comes on and takes that twat Warner 2nd over. If Kegs & Ballance aren't on the ashes tour squad there's something very wrong with the selection policy.
August 17, 201313 yr Author Well I've jinx'd him good and proper there. lets try another - Ben Stokes was a middle order batsman who smacked it and turned his arm over a little 2 years back. Now struggling to do anything to write home about with the bat, but taking lots of wickets at decent pace. Could be a nice Bresnan replacement in 12-18 months if he can get himself firing on all cylinders.
August 18, 201313 yr Author Yep - stokes needs to perform for much longer if you'd want him as part of a 4 man attack - more likely he needs to get his batting sorted again and become a great option batting 6. Shame they've given Bairstow no competition - useless twat will score 68 this match and they'll use it as a pretext to keep him in the touring party. Reality is either Bairstow is not good enough, or touring without being part of the team has ruined his year, so either way he shouldn't be wintering down under. Bairstow Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St First-class 74 123 20 4581 205 44.47 8 29 139 5 List A 50 45 5 1099 114 27.47 1119 98.21 1 5 84 35 31 3 Ballance Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St First-class 61 94 13 4339 210 53.56 8397 51.67 16 21 518 33 60 0 List A 53 51 10 2267 139 55.29 2478 91.48 5 13 206 55 23 0 #nofuckingbrainer Edited August 18, 201313 yr by maaarsh
August 18, 201313 yr Yep - stokes needs to perform for much longer if you'd want him as part of a 4 man attack - more likely he needs to get his batting sorted again and become a great option batting 6. Shame they've given Bairstow no competition - useless twat will score 68 this match and they'll use it as a pretext to keep him in the touring party. Reality is either Bairstow is not good enough, or touring without being part of the team has ruined his year, so either way he shouldn't be wintering down under. Bairstow Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St First-class 74 123 20 4581 205 44.47 8 29 139 5 List A 50 45 5 1099 114 27.47 1119 98.21 1 5 84 35 31 3 Ballance Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St First-class 61 94 13 4339 210 53.56 8397 51.67 16 21 518 33 60 0 List A 53 51 10 2267 139 55.29 2478 91.48 5 13 206 55 23 0 #nofuckingbrainer Hopefully they'll add Ballance to the squad down under. The Lions are shadowing the main squad
August 19, 201313 yr Oh dear But pace bowler Pat Cummins, who is not part of the Australia touring party, has suffered a recurrence of a back problem and is likely to miss most of the 2013-14 season down under.
August 20, 201312 yr Aussie batting reshuffle, part 5, of 5 Shane Watson will bat at number three, with wicketkeeper Brad Haddin moving up one place to six and Faulkner, who has played eight one-day internationals and three Twenty20s, coming in at seven.
August 20, 201312 yr Author Did anyone ask how Gary Ballance, the invisible man, is getting on? That's right, another 100 for England A http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/593719.html It would be fucking mystifying if they don't pick him for the 1 days against Australia. He averages bloody 60 in the stuff and just smacked them round for a 100.
August 20, 201312 yr Author A 225 run stand with Luke Wright in just 20 overs!! Yep, but he can't get a game in the T20 side. They picked him for the squad against NZL, didn't play him and then didn't pick him for the squad against Aus. If it's not to save him for the 50 over stuff, then he's obviously fucked the wrong blokes wife.
August 21, 201312 yr Author Yep thats the only century he's made, fair cop. Looked crap against Australia on Friday.
August 21, 201312 yr Looks like Lehman is trying to create a Miiiiiiiitchel esque response from the Australian public to keep Broad from performing in the next series. Desperate tactics from a coach, trying to take away the attention from his own team. Sign of a good character, Broad will hopefully embrace the stick like Warne did.
August 21, 201312 yr Kerrigan in. Had an incident with him 3 year ago. Our keeper was telling him to put one out of the ground, then he got bowled and wouldn't walk saying he had backed away to tell keeper be quiet. I promptly came forward from 1st slip, put my arm round him and marched him off. Shithouse umpires called him back tho. Was all in jest on our part but he didn't see the funny side to it.
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