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The Ashes | 5th Test | Sydney | Day 3 | 5/1/11

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Australia shouldn't win this game now. Their only real hope is to trigger a massive collapse post-lunch.
 
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Watched A. Cooks 100 upto the lunch Interval in HD but going sleep now and will enjoy the highlights on Sky Anytime during the day.
 
Cook into his 35th hour of batting in this series so far (lol). :aali
 
I know Smith's legbreaks are filth but Clarke seems to have forgotten about him altogether. :warne
 
Sledger said:
I know Smith's legbreaks are filth but Clarke seems to have forgotten about him altogether. :warne
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I guess Clarke don't rate Smith so high, dropped him to 7 and now refusing to bowl him.

Lead is 68 now, god we need a wicket or 4.
 
Smith finally bowling. This series is a yawn whenever we are bowling.

We are like India without the batsmen.
 
what has happened to the aussies? england have completely mentally destroyed them by the look sof things. this is worse than watching england vs pakistan.
 
I can't believe this Australian team whitewashed us (Pakistan) last year. They can't bowl and we can't bat.

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Aussies should get a series against us. We will get their players back in form. We are good at that lol

The test series has been very boring. I hope ODIs would be more competitive.
 
England looking for a 300 run lead and then gonna bowl australia out. Swann should be a handful (for once).
 
does anyone else find bothams commentary inordinately irritating?
 
The minute i stop watching a wicket drops. Same happened yesterday when strauss kp and trott fell. Grrr
 
Pathetic ICC.Why snicko was not used in decision making.This could be a game changer.
 
I dont get why aleem dar changed his decision. He obviously heard something thats why he gave it out
 
botham is still banging on about it not being an edge even after the whole snicko saga too.


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saeed-sohail said:
Pathetic ICC.Why snicko was not used in decision making.This could be a game changer.
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Arre bhai calm down. Snicko is not used because its extremely unreliable.

There were reports of Aussie players, eg Hayden, clicking their fingers from the slip cordon at the time the ball crosses the bat - and snicko would pick up that sound too! :))

So no, let's not keep shouting abuse at the ICC 24/7 :P

And no, this was no game changer. Australia are not winning this match, it will be a draw or an England win :D Plus, its a dead rubber anyway!
 
anyways, that decision is very much like the first ever UDRS overturn back in 2008.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/slvind/content/current/story/362378.html

The really contentious decision was still to come though. Ishant Sharma had seen off Jayawardene and Dilshan had made just 1 when Zaheer Khan slanted one across his bat. There was a big plume of dust as the ball passed over the top edge of the bat, and a sound as well. As the Indians appealed, Mark Benson thought for a moment and then raised his finger. The celebrations had already begun by the time the Indians suddenly realised that Dilshan had no intention of leaving the crease.

As Benson signalled for the replay, all eyes turned to the TV screens. Replay followed replay, yet no one could be absolutely sure whether there had been the thinnest of edges, or if the sound heard was merely bat striking ground. The technology that's often used by broadcasters in such situations, the Snickometer, wasn't employed because doubts remain about its efficacy, while Hotspot, used by Channel Nine during the last Ashes series, has yet to be officially tested for accuracy.

With Rudi Koertzen, the third umpire, as undecided as anyone watching, Benson, who had no access to the replays, had little option but to change the decision. In doing so, he opened up an entirely new can of worms. On the first morning of the Test, Dave Richardson, the ICC general manager, had spoken to the media, and emphasised the fact that the final decision would be made by the umpire on the field.

But how could anyone call it Benson's decision when it was Koertzen that actually got to watch the replays and then pass on his perception of what happened? How much is the on-field umpire allowed to ask his colleague anyway? The reversal was Benson's, but in reality, he was doing little more than the job the red and green lights do when the third umpire decides on a run-out or stumping.

The other thorny issue is that of technology. If the game is to embrace it, why not go the whole hog and use all the tools at your disposal? The fact that Snickometer and Hotspot can't be used in these cases is an admission that the technology isn't entirely reliable. Even in the case of Hawk-Eye or Virtual Eye, we know that the predictive element is dependent on the individual who operates it.
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dinakar said:
it's not a dead rubber bhai :) series stands at 2-1
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Fair enough - but ask the Aussie players and fans (and for that matter, their English counterparts), and they will tell you this is all 'after the Lord Mayor's show' now. The real event of the summer is done and dusted. :)
 
So, Bell is just 10 runs away from a first Ashes hundred. Here's Peter Siddle, who is known to be very good friends with Matt Prior.-cricinfo


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Steve Smith. Man is he crap or what? The guy can't spin. He should be called "slow arm ball" bowler!
 
Beer, Smith and Doherty, are these the best spinners in Australia?

Hauritz, Krezja or Mcgain anyday over these three.
 
Aussie spinner are pathetics why they drops Haurizt he has good records
these beer smith are not fit for test level anyway
 
cricketindiafan said:
Beer, Smith and Doherty, are these the best spinners in Australia?

Hauritz, Krezja or Mcgain anyday over these three.
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No they are the ones we hadn't tried yet. I have to say of all of them Beer looks the most promising. But promising in that he might one day be as good as Paul Harris.

Krejza the most talented by miles but he has temperament issues.
McGain too old.
Hauritz is not good enough sorry. He is competent but there is no point having a spinner who can't take wickets on the 4th and 5th days.
Doherty is an ODI bowler.

But yeah Smith sucks, he can't bat and he can't bowl. Get him out of the team right now. Ponting to 6, Khawaja to 3. I can't imagine any opposition team would be happy to see Ponting walking out after they take the 4th wicket. Unless India in India (for Romali).
 
Very pleased with the day's play. We have won the series outright now and can push for 3-1.

Cooky: what can you say? 766 runs in eight completed Ashes knocks is it? Better than Sutcliffe, better than Compton.
 
Robert said:
Very pleased with the day's play. We have won the series outright now and can push for 3-1.

Cooky: what can you say? 766 runs in eight completed Ashes knocks is it? Better than Sutcliffe, better than Compton.
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Congrats Robert you stinking Pom.

Cook has been immense, player of the series.
 
Random Aussie said:
Congrats Robert you stinking Pom.
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I'll have my once-yearly bath to celebrate. Might even splash out on some soap.

Cook has been immense, player of the series.
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Aye. I thought your pace lads were going to duff him up but it's been the opposite case! I think your boys will have to get used to leather-chasing for a couple of seasons, until you sort your best attack out.

I'd drop Watson down to #6, so that he can bowl more. Keep Sid because he tries so hard. Keep MJ because he'll win you one match per series, get Horrors back and keep picking him with Jenner coaching. He made England look bad a couple of times in '09.

And what happened to Bolly? He's got really good stats overall.
 
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Aye. I thought your pace lads were going to duff him up but it's been the opposite case! I think your boys will have to get used to leather-chasing for a couple of seasons, until you sort your best attack out.

I'd drop Watson down to #6, so that he can bowl more. Keep Sid because he tries so hard. Keep MJ because he'll win you one match per series, get Horrors back and keep picking him with Jenner coaching. He made England look bad a couple of times in '09.

And what happened to Bolly? He's got really good stats overall.
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Yeah going to be chasing leather big time unless we can find some penetrating bowlers.

Your suggestions - Watson should be at 6 but it is hard because he is the only player we have who is a) improving and b) prospering in his position. And he likes opening. I worry if he bowls more he will get injured.

Siddle will stay, MJ I guess has to stay. The Hilf needs to go though, just not good enough. Horrors won't be back.

Short story on Bollinger (this is hearsay not fact)....they didn't think he was fit so he missed Brisbane, he wandered around the country declaring he was fit (and therefore made the selectors look like goons as you piled up 1/517), got picked in Adelaide and was not fit enough, reducing to bowling mid 120's and copping a public serve from Ponting. So a grudge is being held against him by management. And he doesn't do enough fitness work outside of the game. Make of that what you will.
 
Aussies send for another Mauling!

3-1 series win will probably be a true reflection of the difference between the two sides.

Congrats england!
 
Wow, another utterly dominant performance, and this was unexpected too. I thought we'd go out for around 300 and it would be a grandstand finish. You know you're playing a crap team when they have Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Johnson, Watson, Smith and Beer (six bowlers) and Mike Hussey bowls an over.

Cook player of the series.
 
Really good day for England and especially for Cook and Bell. It's pretty much Englands game from here if they can get another quick 100 or so on the board by lunch tomorrow making it a lead of 300.

They would really be in the driving seat with looking to wrap things up quick in Aussies 2nd innings being that much ahead doubt it if Aus will score 400 odd to make England bat again.
 
I think we'll win by 7 wickets, but I would love to win by an innings again. That would be hilarious.
 
Yay Bell got a century :D

The australian bowling is pathetic to say the least. One of the worst displays I've ever seen by a major test side in recent years.
 
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Steve Smith, RA is calling it officially.

You suck.
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It beggars belief that the Aussie selectors can't find a better option than him!

I reckon his batting is so full of holes that the only reason he's scored runs at all is that the English bowlers have been spoilt for choice as to ways of looking to get him out and couldn't make up their minds which to choose.

His bowling is not even of first class standard let alone Test standard. Clarke didn't introduce him into the attack until the 102nd over of the innings, and he soon demonstrated why!

Why is Mark Cosgrove being overlooked? He has to be a better option than Smith, surely? People I've talked to who have seen him play county cricket in England rate him quite highly.
 
Omar Malik said:
They would really be in the driving seat with looking to wrap things up quick in Aussies 2nd innings being that much ahead doubt it if Aus will score 400 odd to make England bat again.
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I don't think the Aussies will get 400 with the wicket breaking up.

Time to really do them damage......
 
So it will be 3rd test innings defeat for Australia out of 5 tests? I dont think they ever have been that bad at home or anywhere else in the world. No wonder even Pakistani side won a test against them after 15 years.
 
shan said:
So it will be 3rd test innings defeat for Australia out of 5 tests? I dont think they ever have been that bad at home or anywhere else in the world.
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They were pretty bad in 1985-7 when their SAB revels were banned: Kim Hughes, Terry Alderman, Rodney Hogg, Carl Rackemann, Trevor Hohns and John Dyson. An attack made of Lawson, Alderman, Hogg and Rackemann would have busted a few sides up.
 
And to think the selectors were contemplating back in the summer about whether Cook would play in the Ashes. He didn't do that great against Pak and here he is without doubt man of the series.

Well played!
 
BREAKING NEWS : Collingwood announces, this will be his last Test. Will concentrate on Limited Overs.
 
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