*****Official Ashes thread*****

[rotters]

Aussie new boy is having fun in the middle, whilst the "experienced" bowlers bowl very badly at him.....too many short/bouncers....come on lads sort it out.

 

[ringo747]

Steven Finn really bowls some rubbish at time. I'm not a big fan of Bresnan but I think he bowls less tripe than this fella.

 

[Gilly]

Finn is bowling too short at him. It's just very obvious what's coming.

 

[ringo747]

Very frustrating considering he should have been given out stumped ages ago.

 

[Disco Boy]

Just bowl him out already, this is stupid.

Very frustrating considering he should have been given out stumped ages ago.

It's frustrating only being able to listen to it and not having seen a clip of this!

 

[manic111]

Steven Finn really bowls some rubbish at time. I'm not a big fan of Bresnan but I think he bowls less tripe than this fella.

Agreed - he's still very rough around the edges. He's capable of brilliance though, but really needs to be taken under a wing and told to stop trying to bounce tailenders out.

It's a shame that Troy Cooley isn't around still. Played a big part in the early years of Broad's development.

 

[ringo747]

Finn will soon be trending on Twitter with so many comments giving off about this useless short stuff!

 

[Disco Boy]

He made his 50. What an utter **** take.

 

[rotters]

50 on debut in an ashes match. Congrats to him but enough is enough. Made me laugh that he played a warm up match for Henley and played number 3 hehe. He won't be an 11 for long at this rate.

 

[manic111]

England can't bowl to tailenders. It's been a problem for years

 

[Alpherah]

50 on debut in an ashes match. Congrats to him but enough is enough. Made me laugh that he played a warm up match for Henley and played number 3 hehe. He won't be an 11 for long at this rate.

He's not a number 11 anyway, he's batted all through the top order at lower levels.

 

[rotters]

Fair enough.

 

[manic111]

Still nowhere near enough runs for Aus. They lost too many wickets early today. It's a lot easier to bat than yesterday, should have been looking at a 50+ lead. England still have the advantage, but this innings will give Aus a psychological boost.

Not sure about that. If we bat as brainlessly as we dd yesterday we could be in trouble. Can't see it happening though.

 

[ringo747]

This is wrecking my head. What on earth are they doing?!

 

[Locky]

We really are crap

 

[manic111]

Anyone listening to Glenn McGrath talking about sledging?

 

[Gilly]

Anyone listening to Glenn McGrath talking about sledging?

They mentioned it earlier when he was saying that you shouldn't abuse people, that's not sledging is about.

 

[Mr Jack]

Stunning innings for a number 11. He's totally showing up the rest of the team.

 

[platypus]

Stunning innings for a number 11. He's totally showing up the rest of the team.

Teams.

 

[Gilly]

Definite advantage for Australia now.

Yeah, big time. The only small positive for England is that it appears to be a batters crease now, though as it deteriorates Swann should get some turn.