92/3

Hopefully Strauss will bag a ton.

Or not. Well there goes the batting.

Pathetic batting performance yet again...and Rashid still doesn't get picked though to be fair to him it probably makes him look an even better player in not being picked!!

Good to see we were completely clueless with the batting powerplay yet again

Are we all out yet?

Somehow no...Bresnan and Sidebottom have shown the "batsmen" how to do it in putting on an excellent 30odd partnership to get us up to something vaguely defendable

I hate us. I do. I seriously do. So maddening it's untrue, completely clueless with powerplays - bowlers batting!?

This could be the least interesting and exciting sporting series ever.

Even staunch cricket fans I know can't muster up any enthusiasm for it.

7-0 anyone?

What a shambles!

Anyone for a 7-0 away win?

Another shocking batting performance by the England middle & top order.

Bresnan made it onto the top 3 runs scorers on the night for us... says it all!

Anyone for a 7-0 away win?

Another shocking batting performance by the England middle & top order.

Bresnan made it onto the top 3 runs scorers on the night for us... says it all!

Get Tresco back!

And he'll be the one dropped to accommodate Broad, you can bet on it.

The ODI side is like the Test side, a cosy members club that once you're in its very difficult to get expelled from.

Maybe the Warwickshire coach will display his lack of bias again in the next selection meeting and we'll get Ian Bell back in the side.

Indeed. Playing the one dayers before the tests helps raise interest. Playing them after is an anti climax

Central and Incremental contracts announced, interesting to say the least

And then bowled like a batsman who's never bowled in his life. Utter utter toilet at the end of the innings when there was a slim chance of victory.

So we're just going to ignore his first spell then (something like 0-18 in six very tidy overs) in determining whether he keeps his place?

Frankly he's looked no worse this series than the much more experienced Anderson and Sideshow Bob who have appeared to be going through the motions.

Still, if Rashid can worry Michael Clarke (one of the best players of spin in the world) then get dropped I suppose anything is possible.

No, but he should have the guile to bowl at the death. What I watched was one of the worst bowling displays since I used to play.

Collingwood and Anderson rested for 3 games (Colly) and the rest of the series (Jimmy) and not a moment too soon for me.

With regards Bresnan - I think he's an easy target as he's a bit chunky and he doesn't bowl at express pace and doesn't rip through teams but in my eyes he's never really let England down...he wasn't alone in bowling raggedly the other night was he??

Team for Saturday as follows perhaps??
Denly, Strauss, Bopara, Shah, Morgan, Prior, Wright, Rashid, Broad, Swann, Onions

Still very light batting-wise but not many other options in the squad selected.

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Eng 100/2 (20)

Good start by England.

Eng 220 all out (47)

England tail blown away by Brett Lee. Should be a stroll for the Aussies on this pitch.

Aus 47/0 (9)

Australia crusing to victory. I was worried about missing the end of this game due to watching the Super League game a 6pm, at this rate it will be over by 5.

Well if 50 over cricket is slowly dying on it's a**e, England are doing their utmost to see it's brutally murdered in this country.

Disinterested, spineless, useless. And them's the good points!

Well I'm still flying on the back of my best sporting summer ever. England win the Ashes and then a week later Wire win the Challenge Cup. Stick your ODI series up your booty, and the Super League. There's history and then theres invented competitions.

I haven't smiled so much for ages,just reading this forum with pommie posts,they are rubbishing everyone and anyone,they read like something out of the diary of a 10 year old boy.......but I bet IF England were to win a couple of the last 3 ODIs all would be forgiven and England would again be the top cricketing nation in the world....gee you poms are REALLY FICKLE.





















Let's be honest,you have been crap for the last 20 odd years and will continue to be so for the next 20 years if you dont stop picking foreign players ad-lib and concentrate on bringing up your own players......an old Yorkshire friend of mine tells me at one time England could have picked a team from the Yorkshire Council League that would have given Australia a good game......................Oh HAPPY DAYS.

Quote ="10940"I haven't smiled so much for ages,just reading this forum with pommie posts,they are rubbishing everyone and anyone,they read like something out of the diary of a 10 year old boy.......but I bet IF England were to win a couple of the last 3 ODIs all would be forgiven and England would again be the top cricketing nation in the world....gee you poms are REALLY FICKLE. Let's be honest,you have been crap for the last 20 odd years and will continue to be so for the next 20 years if you dont stop picking foreign players ad-lib and concentrate on bringing up your own players......an old Yorkshire friend of mine tells me at one time England could have picked a team from the Yorkshire Council League that would have given Australia a good game......................Oh HAPPY DAYS.'" Nice to see smug Aussies are still alive and well!. It was that attitude that lost you [iThe Ashes [/iTWICE in succession in England and you even managed to come second in [iThe One Horse Race[/i that was the [iRL World Cup [/ilast year. Read this topic it is much happer reading. viewtopic.php?t=414432

Quote ="10940"I haven't smiled so much for ages,just reading this forum with pommie posts,they are rubbishing everyone and anyone,they read like something out of the diary of a 10 year old boy.......but I bet IF England were to win a couple of the last 3 ODIs all would be forgiven and England would again be the top cricketing nation in the world....gee you poms are REALLY FICKLE. Let's be honest,you have been crap for the last 20 odd years and will continue to be so for the next 20 years if you dont stop picking foreign players ad-lib and concentrate on bringing up your own players......an old Yorkshire friend of mine tells me at one time England could have picked a team from the Yorkshire Council League that would have given Australia a good game......................Oh HAPPY DAYS.'" Nice to see smug Aussies are still alive and well!. It was that attitude that lost you [iThe Ashes [/iTWICE in succession in England and you even managed to come second in [iThe One Horse Race[/i that was the [iRL World Cup [/ilast year. Read this topic it is much happer reading. viewtopic.php?t=414432