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ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
- ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
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RE: ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
chub > 21/07/2013, 15:31
I am going to go out on a limb and say that England will win this test pretty easy ;)
see if my jinx can be broken by the obvious
Australia are still in transition so they will play well one test and average the next. thankfully England have a good talent pool to choose from at the moment so the future looks rosey -
RE: ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
RussyRover > 21/07/2013, 16:04
I think you're safe there chub lol...
Root Root Root Root Root Root Root Root was the cacophony from the crowd (in Luke Donald style) as he gets Michael Clarke to knick one down the leg side and easily caught by Cook.
Previous to that first Khawaja then Clarke reach their half centuries and Australia are starting to build something but 134 for 3 turns to 134 for 4 as Clarke goes. Then just over 10 minutes later he's at it again as he gets Khawaja caught by Anderson, there is no stopping this man, if he doesn't get MOM, I'll be very surprised.
Then on the stroke of Tea, Bresnan gets Smith with a faint edge caught by Prior and the Aussies are in disarray at 136 for 6
This could end this evening as they're into the bowlers now, 2-0 here we come. -
RE: ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
RussyRover > 21/07/2013, 19:01
Wow, an exciting last over dismissal of Pattinson after England took the extra half hour means they win by 347 runs after bowling Australia out for 235.
Pattinson thought he had been given out caught, but was told it was for lbw which was plum. But yet again a 40+ plus last wicket stand, perhaps these boys should open for the Aussies lol...
England are jubilant as they did not want to come back tomorrow, and Stuart Broad leaves with still 199 test wickets, not being able to add to that in this innings.
Well done lads, you gave us a scare to start with though. I wonder what surprises you'll have in store for us at Old Trafford? -
RE: ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
StrumSolo > 22/07/2013, 08:53
A minor scare thankfully but it wouldn't be England without at least a little jeopardy.
10 day wait for Old Trafford now, I'm not in to that at all... -
RE: ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
Hilary Briss > 22/07/2013, 09:40
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RE: ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
StrumSolo > 22/07/2013, 10:26
You offering? :) -
RE: ASHES 2013: SECOND TEST - LORDS
RussyRover > 22/07/2013, 12:11
Sounds like an offer to me Scotty? Though I could think of nothing worse than going to a place call Old Trafford
- no, I'm not a United fan...
So after that convincing win with 4 balls to spare on day 4, what did the Captain's have to say after England have now won the last four Ashes Tests, and five of the last six.
Alastair Cook played down talk of the whitewash - "It is certainly too early," he said. "But it is a winning habit."
"We won't be taking anything for granted or taking our foot off the pedal. That is not how this England side works."
He added: "At certain moments in this game we were right under the cosh, but it is to the credit of the players that they dealt with those moments.
"We have to give credit to the way we bowled in the first innings. Our bowlers have dug us out.
"A few of the boys were keen to finish it tonight and we just about got there in the end."
On the other side, Michael Clarke is still upbeat - well he has to be really hasn't he, especially on the record...
"I am still confident we can win this series. I heard a lot of the crowd laugh when I said that but we have seen just about all our top order can make a fifty; we need someone to go on and make a hundred.
"But I don't want to take any credit away from England. They have outplayed us in both Test matches.
"We need to perform better to win this third Test. We will do everything we can to win. We have plenty of talent. The boys can do it; it is just about doing it consistently."
"We let ourselves down. We have plenty of experience in our top seven but our shot selection was poor and we just did not have the discipline England had.
"The boys fought well today but I am most disappointed with our performance in the first innings with the bat. You have to bat for long periods to make runs."
Away from the Captain's , Darren Lehman admits his batsmen have to make immediate improvements in the Ashes series.
Now that has to be one the biggest understatements of all time !!!!
"We've certainly got to bat better, 55 overs in the first innings is not acceptable so we've got to get better at batting full stop," Lehmann said.
"I felt sorry for the bowlers, they only got three and a half hours off."
The tourists have gone 10 Tests without a top three batsman making a century.
"One thing you don't see in Test cricket any more is draws"
"Years ago it would be 500 versus 500, now it's a case of getting the game moving forward, everyone is doing that, but you still have to have the ability to bat eight to 10 hours as a batsman and we certainly aren't doing that as a team, let alone a batsman," he added.
•Australia's top six have made five fifties between them in the two Ashes Tests, with Phil Hughes's 81 at Trent Bridge their only score higher than 54.
•In contrast, England's top six have posted seven scores in excess of 54, including three centuries.
"The bowling's fine we've just got to get our batting right, but we're all going in the same direction so that's the pleasing thing and at this time we've got to stick together as best we can."
So that's the 'official' statements, what's being said behind closed doors is another thing... Isn't it nice to see the Aussies squirm for a while :)