Declaration...........the lead is 508.............England have a nasty 2 overs to face before lunch. What's the odds on a wicket falling? Lyth on a pair
Pathetic stuff. We'll lose this series three or four one now. Giving ****e like Johnson the idea he's good, ridiculous.
england are a chundering disgrace. stokes run out for example.. why were you ****ing running anything dodogy... pressure thats what cook flashed a bat.. why.. bell.. joke... ballance.. out of form, another joke. lyth.. totally found out. has failed at test level
menatally today they went out defeated and bowled to delay australi's declaration. they admitted they could not take wickets they then found australia had bounce and movement proving the bowling was pish... once cook went it was all over. he failed to do a captains job by swishing at stuff when he needed to bat for 10 hours.
Might sound crazy after that, but I still think we demonstrated how strong we are in that first test. Bad day at the office but that today/yesterday is not a true reflection of where we are. We had exactly the same thing against New Zealand where one bad test result spelled doom and gloom but this side proved they have strong character. Strauss cant make everything perfect immediately but I have to hand it to him. He's done well to not allow this England side to break down mentally and resign themselves to failure after defeat.
finally this is how i expected all 5 tests to go. its clealr at cardiff aussies were not set for the pitch. here on a good batting pitch the aussies took 20 wickets handily and scored a **** ton of runs. this is the blue print for the rest of the tests? bell, ballance and lyth to be dropped?
