Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

Couple of big decisions went against us yesterday...great shame after the fusillade of wickets. Time for Pieterson to step up. A reasonably decent score and I can see our bowlers doing the business again.

 

Wow, this is from some way out!

[video=youtube;XsqVFWoCrM0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsqVFWoCrM0[/video]

 

I was quite impressed with the way KP played yesterday. You expect Cook to be able to play long, grinding innings but it's not Pietersen's natural game. Hopefully he can continue this morning.

 

Hope it's the right Pieterson who turns up today. A great batsman, but can also throw it away. Trott may not be flamboyant, but he is far more likely to build a decent innings and create partnerships. Pieterson...not so reliable.

 

Haha yeah ideally, to get that I need to score a mid 2:1 in third year, so it's possible

 

Pietersen and Trott complement each other and their averages are similar. Trott is more reliable, Pietersen's more likely to play an outrageous match-winning innings.

 

Pieterson may be more exciting (and don't get me wrong I want him to do well....desperately), but a solid player like Trott can provide the base for an innings. Big miss when given out (wrongly as it seems) yesterday.

 

True. This situation is made for Trott.

 

Nicky C signed Hinteregger for me on FM.

 

Decent first 40 minutes for England. The 100 up and KP's past 50. Cook isn't scoring many but runs aren't too important at the moment.

 

Just went and read through it, she seems like a cool woman. H Jon Benjamin seems like a good dude too.

 

No hurry. We have all the time in the world....isn't that the bit in the movie where you get shot!

 

Yes it is. There's that part of the movie. Well done Fran!

 

That was definitely the wicket Australia wanted. Bell in, time for him to improve that poor Ashes record.

 

Well done Cook.

 

Cook goes! That good work of the first hour has been wasted. Bell and Bairstow need to regroup.

 

I suspect they will. The idea is to get the Court of Appeal to rule quickly [in their favour, of course] so that the league can get underway on time.

 

I have a bad feeling that the stumping that didnt go our way yesterday is really going to cost us. Take a hundred runs off their total and this match would be done and dusted.

Hopefully Bairstow and Bell can justify their position and a quickfire 50 from Prior gives us a lead of 300 or so. Should b more thqn enough with Swann bowling into Starks footholes to the left handers.

 

I reckon a lead of 200 should be enough.

 

300 would give our bowlers a margin for error, but may be hard to get. I will be reasonably happy at 250+.