SNH cricket thread

[hutyluty]

yeah i feel i may have tempted fate with the choking vid.

Why is root bowling??

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Trying to get a jammy wicket I guess.

The total is still going to be pretty easy to chase down, 180/190 tops (fingers crossed)

[hutyluty]

apparently miller scored 100 off 38 recently. Defo not counting any chickens

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yeah he's got a good county cricket record. We only need 2 wickets from the other end though, shouldn't be impossible. Kleinveldt has already exceeded all expectations

[Electric_Head]

That was piss-poor.
Chokers.

Still support them, tnuc.

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In all fairness the conditions helped england out massively.

So much swing at the start of SA innings for Anderson, total sunshine for the entirety of englands innings.

[Electric_Head]

Right, I blame the English weather then.
You bunch of stnuc.

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Ideal situation for tomorrow:

Win toss
Bat
Hundreds for Cook, Root & Trott

I'm actually a bit nervous though, Aus seem to have pulled their shit together just in time.

[nousd]

Lehmann will be our best.
and we'll fall short because of spin.

[hutyluty]

Ideal situation for tomorrow:

Win toss
Bat
Hundreds for Cook, Root & Trott

I'm actually a bit nervous though, Aus seem to have pulled their shit together just in time.

or... michael clarke trips over a cricket ball during the warmup and is ruled out

at least it looks set fair for the foreseeable future- if we can win the first one then i think aus could fall apart, so big first test!

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Will be interesting to see how england handle the conditions, not exactly swing bowling weather outside! Maybe the dryness will cause a bit of extra bite for swann though..

No doubt there's a lot of pressure on clarke to perform, I think he can handle it though.

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So Pattinson pulls a harmison and starts with a wide

I reckon they've bought in this Agar kid because of Pietersens supposed weakness to slow left armers, hopefully KP can take him to bits

[hutyluty]

pitch looks low and sloooow. Footholes could be good for swann and a bit of reverse swing in the fourth- almost like an indian wicket.

[zionlion18]

Resting our hopes on Trott today, I'm thinking a big ton this innings.

[nousd]

for some reason we're hearing English commentary
& it's quickly becoming less cocky
where are those tons boys?

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We've still got 2 good batsmen at the crease plus prior to come.

Broad, Swann and to an extent Finn are all capable of putting a few more runs on the board, I must admit that Aus have bowled better than I was expecting.

Siddle showing that experience counts for a whole lot more than youth out in the middle.

*edit* Bell seems to be dealing exclusively in boundaries

[nousd]

180 for 6
Lehmann's influence has quelled our fella's egos
but it doesn't explain the batsmen.
(a not very subtle piece of psyching out )

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Fucking Siddle!!

We are going to have to bowl very well now

[nousd]

You will. Don't panic yet.

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England need a few quick wickets here, just to get their heads back in the game a bit.