The Ashes

Sylvester Wrote:

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> Enjoyed watching the number 11 bat.
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> I was cheering an Ozzie on. Cant believe that


The number 11 was stumped on 6,clearly shows he was out of the crease.

Trott nicked the ball when given out lbw

Both of these decisions went to the 3rd umpire and they still made the wrong call

I would have liked to see Agar get another 2 runs

Can't wait for day three

Game poised on a knife edge. England effectively 15/2 which is pretty much the position they were in anyway at 11/2. Should be a good day for batting and if the Aussies don't make early inroads it could be a long day in the field for them. I predict England will bat through the day.

well if england cant bat out the day, then they are in big trouble.they have their only 2 class batsman at the crease and if they fail to kick on then the other batsman to follow will be easy pickings for the aussie bowlers because imo they lack class and are ordinary at best.it all boils down to kp and a cook and if they fail then england will fail.

Davetheflower. - Marais Erasmus has never impressed me as an umpire -Now Getting it badly wrong as a 3rd umpire. Azar decision you can maybe defend but Trott looked to get a sizeable inside edge!

shrek Wrote:

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> Maybe they could open a bet, either team to bat
> through a whole day.

hope you got the lot... or did you bet against it? lol

Shocking umpiring and piss poor sportsmanship by Broad.....huge edge and caught!

Englander Wrote:

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> shrek Wrote:
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> > Maybe they could open a bet, either team to bat
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> hope you got the lot... or did you bet against it?
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If you read my post above I said England would bat through the day. In a good position to push on tomorrow.

not the best cricket on display but great entertainment ...more drama in 3 days of a test match than you would find in a series normally...pity the commentating team have no ozzies in it just to balance it up...cant wait for tomorow

Shrek, yup, I had seen it

Pirates... a short, sharp but nevertheless fairly decent overview lol

WE... more great sportsmanship by Bairstow for walking, those that do these days are few and far between and to single out Broad for lack of sportsmanship in this regard, I assume simply because it was so obvious, is imvho, completely unfair. The Aussies for decades now have had a policy of you don't walk until you are given out, there have been very few exceptions to that rule. I don't think any team is any different. I don't think Broad would ever win a "sportsmanship" award but he was simply applying a "rule" the Aussies have adhered to for 50 odd years

If the Aussies hasn't have wasted their second review on a shocking lbw the could have had Broad. Clarke should be more selective.

shrek Wrote:

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> If the Aussies hasn't have wasted their second
> review on a shocking lbw the could have had Broad.
> Clarke should be more selective.


Sure but how could the ump be so blind.....a sub A kid could have seen that deflection.....

WESTERN EXPLORER Wrote:

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> shrek Wrote:
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> > If the Aussies hasn't have wasted their second
> > review on a shocking lbw the could have had
> Broad.
> > Clarke should be more selective.
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> Sure but how could the ump be so blind.....a sub A
> kid could have seen that deflection.....

Agreed but a third umpire couldn't see Trott's deflection onto his pads. That's the rub of the green.