There's rain around!!! We may save this test.... somehow if we're lucky and can bat for a bit longer than usual. Aussies have declared this morning.
Oh yeah it was that pic which is going to lose us this game... Prior's playing some shots which is nice to see. Need him to get back into some form asap
****ing dire Only the football saved the weekend. Something's got to be done about this and ****ing rapid too.
At Perth on a fast track in a few days. Several of our players have shown a fear of short balls from Harris and Siddle, let alone Johnson - and I mean FEAR. The Aussies can scent blood, and we'll be lucky to walk away with a draw, but we won't. I blame Botham for predicting a 5-0 whitewash for England. What hubris. Richie Benaud predicted Australia could win, and that should have made us sit up and take notice as he's no ridiculous bombast like Beefy. Benaud v Botham; who's the expert? Now THAT match is a walkover, Ian.
Surely got to give Finn a go on this next pitch? Yes he may be expensive but he takes wickets. Could be our Johnson. Carberry, Bell, Root & Prior have all got a few runs in these games now (unfortunately none of them in the same innings) so if they can keep that up and Cook & KP get anywhere near their best then no reason we can't make a decent series.
