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The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby budgetmeansbudget » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:17 am

I'm at work, I take the delay is due to the fact it has started raining again!
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby yuppie » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:17 am

Uneven bounce?
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby yorker_129-7 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:17 am

"And after that opening ceremony, Mitchell Johnson will bowl the first ball...and the umpire calls stumps for the end of Day 1"
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby sussexpob » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:18 am

yuppie wrote:Uneven bounce?


Yep, lucky that wasnt 100% on target.
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby Aidan11 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:18 am

budgetmeansbudget wrote:I'm at work, I take the delay is due to the fact it has started raining again!



It was a shower of some sort.
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby yuppie » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:19 am

sussexpob wrote:
yuppie wrote:Uneven bounce?


Yep, lucky that wasnt 100% on target.


2 balls in the first over bounce twice to the keeper :hmmm

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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby Dr Cricket » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:19 am

looks like a terrible pitch for the first test.

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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby sussexpob » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:19 am

As I thought though, nothing in terms of pace in the wicket even with the grass on top. Sophia Gardens pitches tend to slow on day 2 or 3 also, so batting first may not be a great shout
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby Aidan11 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:23 am

Aw crap!!!!
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby Alviro Patterson » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:24 am

How on earth did a ball going down leg side end up in the slip cordon?
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby dan08 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:26 am

Terrible shot.
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby sussexpob » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:26 am

Not sure what Lyth was doing there... not even two overs and trying to play from offstump to the leg side. Just block it you prat
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby Aidan11 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:28 am

Not the attacking style that we played against NZ so far.
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby sussexpob » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:33 am

Ballance looking technically solid again... edges a boundary to get off the mark.
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Re: The Ashes; First Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Postby Aidan11 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:35 am

Johnson getting some swing.
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