There the breaks. Lazy shot from Haddin who played a great innings. of course the match had to end with a review and there was a noise. Great game. Should set the tone for the rest of the series.
England obviously wanted to go to lunch so they could pay the umpires. Disgraceful decision to overturn that.
I would have had no problem at all if he had stayed with on field decision based on the evidence at hand, Snicko confirms there was an edge so at least the correct decision was made ultimately.
Haddin did not need to play that ball. Before lunch he would have let it go. Oh well. He definitely hit it. I really thought we were heading for an unlikely win. England won't want Anderson getting injured, they rely on him so much.
Lots of spiff and nonsense being written about Anderson by journos with the attention span of amoeba's.
Anderson's record in the last 2 years, prior to this match, is slightly behind that of Swann & Broad.
England don't rely on Anderson - they have several good bowlers who are all match winners on different days. Today Anderson brought home the bacon.
As for the Aussies being able to bat against the rest; that's quite a statement for a team which was out for 135 in the first innings, and went 8 for 130 in the 2nd innings at one stage.
When 30% of your runs are coming from the 10th wicket, it's safe to say you're relying on a strategy which isn't going to come off often.
Anderson's record in the last 2 years, prior to this match, is slightly behind that of Swann & Broad.
England don't rely on Anderson - they have several good bowlers who are all match winners on different days. Today Anderson brought home the bacon.
As for the Aussies being able to bat against the rest; that's quite a statement for a team which was out for 135 in the first innings, and went 8 for 130 in the 2nd innings at one stage.
When 30% of your runs are coming from the 10th wicket, it's safe to say you're relying on a strategy which isn't going to come off often.
thrawn said:
I'm on holiday this week so I'll respond to the troll.
In this match 3 incorrect decisions have occurred. The rest of the 'controversy' was DRS leading to a correct decision, which is only controversial if you're an idiot.
The 3 were -
i) Non award of a stumping, giving Australia 145 extra runs.
ii) Overturning of correct 'not out' decision to give England statistically best batsman a 1st ball duck.
iii) Broad nicking off and getting away with it - hard to quantify when in the middle of the innings, but England ultimately scored 20 more runs from that point than the spread betting predicted before that decision.
The net result is that the result was made artificially close, but the team with the short end of the stick still won.
2-0 in a weeks time.
- Jul 12, 2012
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Why didn't Hadden walk? 
What a great test match, it really is the pinnacle of cricket. I thought Aus played well and it should be much closer than a lot predicted.
I said as soon as Hadden played the shot he had hit it. You could clearly hear the nick and his bat was nowhere near his body or the ground. I'm glad England kept a review in hand otherwise we could have been looking at 1-0 Australia.
What a great test match, it really is the pinnacle of cricket. I thought Aus played well and it should be much closer than a lot predicted.
I said as soon as Hadden played the shot he had hit it. You could clearly hear the nick and his bat was nowhere near his body or the ground. I'm glad England kept a review in hand otherwise we could have been looking at 1-0 Australia.
- Jul 8, 2009
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Waterloo Sunrise said:
Let me preface my comments by saying that Haddin nicked it and the better team (for this game) won.
But you're engaging in a bit of cherry picking Waterloo old boy... 3 incorrect decisions? BS. At the end of the game it had about evened out, but there were some obvious 50/50 calls that demonstrably favoured England over the course of the game.
In regards to your 3 examples -
1. Couldn't possibly give that stumping out on the evidence provided. Side on was too much shadow. From the rear shot, look like he never lifted his foot? Don't blame the young fella that England decided the best course of action was to bounce him out (I'm looking at you Steve Finn!).
2. Fair enough, Aussies would have been spewing if it had happened to them. DRS operator error would have to be a 1st mode of dismissal?
3. Since when does spread betting come into it? He smashed it, got away with it. Whatever. Care factor of zero. Aussies wouldn't have walked either and not one of them derided Broad for standing his ground. Reality is that he scored more than 14 runs after the decision.
Two 50/50 calls that come to mind are -
1. Chris Rogers LBW in first dig. Shocking call to give it out live. DRS shows it JUST clipping, hence umpires call. He was stiff.
2. Phil Hughes' LBW in the second dig. Looked to pitch outside leg live. DRS shows it 50/50 on the line? He was stiff.
DRS has certainly taken the benefit of the doubt out of the game. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing? England used the DRS better, of that there can be no doubt.
Will be interested in the team selection for both teams?
Australia - Cowan or Khawaja. Khawaja for mine, but Clarke appears to have a little bit of man love for Cowan? Disturbing.
England - Finn bowled sh!t apart from 2 balls in the 1st dig. Appeared that Cook had lost confidence in him in the 2nd? Bresnan?
Will also be interested if Root lasts the series as opener? For all the praise he receives from the commentary box, you would think we're dealing with the second coming, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Compton back opening? Root, plays late and tight when the ball is on the stumps, but if he continues to play the ball into the gully the way he does, then on a wicket that offers something he could be a nicker? Time will tell.
On the wicket, whilst it lasted beautifully, didn't look like a 5th day wicket to me, what about leaving some grass or moisture in the deck? Was the curator told not to water for the 8 days prior to the match? Maybe someone in the England camp rated the Aussie quicks?
1 all in a weeks time.
- Jun 16, 2009
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Anderson is obviously the standout bowler for England but I thought Swann was good in periods of the game and Broad did well considering the circumstances. A lot more positives out of this game for England than Australia. Our batting lineup is simply not up to it due to a lack of depth.
ffs, balls that are hitting the stumps are not shocking lbw decisions, yes you (and I) would prefer to see the benefit of the doubt go to the batsman but they aren't terrible decisions, people need to get a grip.
The partisan clowns saying that decisions that could go either way are terrible are hilarious, please don't stop and continue to keep me amused for the next month or two.
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I would have thought that Australia could take just as many positives out of this game?
Rogers - at least he gives a stability to the opening position that we've lacked whilst Warner was the incumbent.
Watson - Appears happier as an opener... still massive underachiever though.
Hughes - Was overlooked due to Agar's innings, but he was under massive pressure in that 1st dig and looked like a test player.
Smith - Ditto Hughes.
Agar - Enough said.
Zero contribution from Clarke could be seen as a positive going forward?
Rogers - at least he gives a stability to the opening position that we've lacked whilst Warner was the incumbent.
Watson - Appears happier as an opener... still massive underachiever though.
Hughes - Was overlooked due to Agar's innings, but he was under massive pressure in that 1st dig and looked like a test player.
Smith - Ditto Hughes.
Agar - Enough said.
Zero contribution from Clarke could be seen as a positive going forward?
- Jul 8, 2009
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Cyivel said:
No partisanship from me your honour (or should I call you a clown?), the very nature of DRS decision making is that they can go either way... if you don't see this then you don't understand the review system.
- Jul 12, 2012
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Spider1964 said:
I don't think the groundsmen was that happy with the wicket although it played pretty well throughout. It was difficult due to the horrendous spring we had. It was either pouring with rain or freezing cold. We have quickly gone into a spell of very hot weather which has dried everything out much quicker than it usually would.
I heard reports that this weather is here for another few weeks so don't expect the wickets to be much different.
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