5th Test - England v Australia

[bulldogtragic]

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If Katich doesn't score in the 2nd innings I'd class it as 2 ashes series where Katich has failed.

Good thing we don't have another specialist opener who has a healthy average after almost winning an away series off his own bat either...

[LostDoggy]

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Dump the selectors.

Amen. Been singing from the same songsheet for close to a year and a half now.

They really are clueless -- and we're running our premier sports team like an amateur glee club.

[LostDoggy]

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Good thing we don't have another specialist opener who has a healthy average after almost winning an away series off his own bat either...

It's just a joke. Shall we all agree that Shane Watson is NOT a Test opening batsman now? It really is a slap in the face of all the batsmen we have opening in the Sheffield Shield here.

An opener has to set the tone for the rest of the batting line-up -- chuck some part-time 50-over floozy up there and sure, you may get a few runs here and there, but you can bet your ass that when they flop -- and they will if they're not cut out for the position -- the rest of the team will follow suit. Voila.

You would have thought a selection committee made up of two opening batsmen (Cox and Hilditch) would know better, but then again, maybe they're just bitter for never getting a decent run at opening at the Test level themselves.

[Bornadog]

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Amen. Been singing from the same songsheet for close to a year and a half now.

They really are clueless -- and we're running our premier sports team like an amateur glee club.

Should have a spinner in

[Mantis]

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Should have a spinner in

And that would help our batting how?

[Sockeye Salmon]

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And the captain(as a captain).
The cricket board should have moved heaven and earth in tryng to secured Warne as captain for 2 years. Around him build a team of young blokes. F. off Nielsen too

I've always wondered why you couldn't still use Warne as captain, make him 12th man and field him all day at slip

[Bornadog]

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And that would help our batting how?

Who is talking batting. We have to bowl them out twice

[The Coon Dog]

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England 332 & 157/4 (55.0 ov)

Australia 160

England lead by 329 runs with 6 wickets remaining

Lunch - Day 3

[GVGjr]

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England 332 & 157/4 (55.0 ov)

Australia 160

England lead by 329 runs with 6 wickets remaining

Lunch - Day 3

7 for 267 so they have a massive lead. North has 4 wickets

[The Coon Dog]

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England 332 & 290/7 (83.0 ov)

Australia 160

England lead by 462 runs with 3 wickets remaining

Tea - Day 3

[Remi Moses]

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Woeful Woeful performance!!!Moan like stuffed pigs about the pitch,but let's be honest the poms are showing application on a dificult wicket. This is something our lads don't have

[The Coon Dog]

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England 332 & 373/9d

Australia 160 & 6/0 (1.2 ov)

Australia require another 541 runs with 10 wickets remaining

[chef]

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We need to make 466 with 2 days to spare and we have 10 wickets in hand. We could still win this.

[GVGjr]

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We need to make 466 with 2 days to spare and we have 10 wickets in hand. We could still win this.

History would say that is very unlikely. The openers have got us off to a nice start but as we have seen for the majority of the series things can change in a hurry for us.

[chef]

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History would say that is very unlikely. The openers have got us off to a nice start but as we have seen for the majority of the series things can change in a hurry for us.

Your probably right but i won't be surprised to see us win. South Africa came from a similar position against us in Perth(if my memory serves me right).