Ashes 2013/14

[Alexander's Horse]

It's looking like some inspired selections there.

[MikeH]

Wow, way to shake that "Aussies are racist" image Cricket Australia. (again)

Will the real Monty Panesar please stand up?! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/sNcVbAZ37w

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 4, 2013

[Alexander's Horse]

They took it down.

[MikeH]

Sure but it should never have gone up? It's not long after that announcer got fired.

[MikeH]

BTW - I think that was a good day for you. If you get 350/380, we probably won't win, and might struggle to draw. Those 3 dropped catches are going to be crucial.

[Alexander's Horse]

we've come a long way (not)

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Oh hey, England selectors. Maybe we should have played Bell at 3 and had Onions in the team?

Johnson 7-40. That's just a slaughter. And with the lead over 500 it makes no difference that England have two spinners. This series looks like it'll be a whitewash.

[Alexander's Horse]

*snicker* I just bought a new TV to watch the onslaught.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

In a fairly desperate attempt to look for positives, I'll note that 312 is a pretty good second-innings score, Prior finally remembered how to score runs, and Johnson ran out of steam.

Now all we need is for Cook to stop being useless.

[MikeH]

I think there is an argument to relieve him of the captaincy so he can concentrate on batting, as he's not doing a great job there, but the negative connotations of that are so high that it's probably not a reasonable choice, and there's no obvious replacement.

Clarke has been great Captaining again.

[Alexander's Horse]

The tail wagged. I rather enjoyed watching Broad getting a few runs and telling Johnson to stop channelling Dennis Lillee and acting like a goose. It needed to be said.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

It's funny to note that, back in the summer, we were being told that Australia's batsmen had been ruined by the shorter-form game and were now incapable of batting in tests.

They were 100% right, except they used the word "Australia" where they should have used "England".

[Alexander's Horse]

and now on to Perth, where the ball will rear up visciously off a good length

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

My England selection-

Cook
Carberry
Bell
KP
Root
Stokes (OK- he's earned another go)
Prior
Broad
Bresnan
Anderson
Rankin (Might as well give him a go- it makes more sense in Perth than anywhere else).

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Well, they kept Swann in and he's already taken wickets. Not a bad start for England there.

They'll want Haddin out fast.