Cricket

[Shaggy]

Carberry had 83 dot balls in his first 100 deliveries Dig in, plod on

Comptonesque

He's just cementing.

[captainfog]

OUCH!!!!

[Shaggy]

Third night on the ****in trot settled down to watch some cricket and it's still raining. Three days of non-stop rain ffs. Thought it was supposed to be summer ffs.

[captainfog]

I watched the start of Roots innings and he looked in good touch. Raced to 20 at about a run a ball.

I think that's the top 6 settled, but I don't think England know their bowling lineup yet. It'll all come down to the last warm up game.

[Chazza]

Prior looking a doubt for the first test with a calf problem.

Huge boost to the Aussies if Bairstow has to play.

[Shaggy]

Yep Prior would be a massive miss. Nightmare really. Also like their squad. Mitchell Johnson anywhere near his best will be their most threatening and destructive bowler.

[Shaggy]

Haha this is quite funny

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2013/11/12/clarke-announces-england-team

[captainfog]

I'm still very confident. The Aussies batting line up is **** and ours is in good form. They've got some good bowlers but most them are injured, and as for Mitch? He's not played well with the red ball for a long time.

Lets smash them

I loath Lehman. Hope he is humiliated and sacked.

[captainfog]

Yep Prior would be a massive miss. Nightmare really. Also like their squad. Mitchell Johnson anywhere near his best will be their most threatening and destructive bowler.

Yes and no, yes he is hugely influential and when on form he's the best in the world, but he offered nothing with the bat last summer and had a very average time of it with the gloves.... and we still won 3 nil. Bairstow will easily be able to match Priors recent form.

[Deano]

Yep Prior would be a massive miss. Nightmare really. Also like their squad. Mitchell Johnson anywhere near his best will be their most threatening and destructive bowler.

He'll be the match winner in my opinion, He'll be up for it, its just if he can channel it correctly.

Bailey is another good pick - Me thinks England might struggle this winter.

[captainfog]

He'll be the match winner in my opinion, He'll be up for it, its just if he can channel it correctly.

Bailey is another good pick - Me thinks England might struggle this winter.

Bailey's record in red ball cricket is poor to say the least. Only recently in a domestic game he got completely worked over by Ryan Harris and made to look a complete amateur.

As for Johnson, well, yes he is dangerous, but for every dangerous player they have, we have 2 or 3. We are massive favourites.

[Shaggy]

Some action tonight from 11.30pm, not that I won't be asleep on the sofa by then

Need to up my game for a ****load of late nights over the next 2 months

[Alex]

It's become a (personal) tradition for me now to get drunk on Christmas Day and watch the Boxing Day test start off at 11pm.

[Chazza]

Like you I will have all the intentions to stay up but it will go on its arse after the first half an hour.

Realistically the weekends will by my only chance until xmas.

Wanted to get a few mates together to watch a full nights play but that is proving to be a non starter.

[RichC]

Christmas Day test will certainly see me trying to stay up, no doubt I'll fail miserably.