The Official Ashes 2013 Thread - ENG vs AUS

[Alan]

KP's dismissal. Snicko picks up a sound and hot spot has a spot appear bizarrely on the back of the bat

 

[NeonNinja]

Loving this.

 

[AirWolf]

England's best bowler in the world gets.....
zero wickets .

 

[AfricanTech]

KP's dismissal. Snicko picks up a sound and hot spot has a spot appear bizarrely on the back of the bat

Never seen hotspot performing as oddly as it has in England.

And why is snicko not used in conjunction with the video?

Anyhow, nice to see an actual contest for a change

 

[Stefanmuller]

England's best bowler in the world gets.....
zero wickets .

That one still makes me chuckle. In no single stat over all forms of the game is he better than Steyn. Steyn leads him with 10 test wickets with 19 tests still in the bag. I think only in runs per over he is slightly more economical in ODI's and he took more wickets as he played 185 games vs 63 odd games for Steyn.

 

[Alan]

Never seen hotspot performing as oddly as it has in England.

And why is snicko not used in conjunction with the video?

Anyhow, nice to see an actual contest for a change

Think it was. Anyway if anybody can explain that perhaps they can also explain what went through Bresnan and Warner's heads for their dismissals

 

[AfricanTech]

Think it was. Anyway if anybody can explain that perhaps they can also explain what went through Bresnan and Warner's heads for their dismissals

Nope - 3rd umpire not allowed to snicko as part of DRS

 

[Alan]

Yeah sorry of course *facepalm*

Hotspot playing tricks again.....

 

[Creag]

10.15am: Morning everyone. I wish I could tell you it was this sort of morning but, sadly, it's more Lemon Jelly than the Doobie Brothers at Old Trafford. The good news is that the rain appears to have stopped, however briefly, and the covers on the square have been removed (though the pitch is still being protected); the bad is that plenty of standing water remains, the whole playing area looking somewhat bedraggled. This is not the storybook ending this Test demanded but all hope is not yet lost - we might still get 40-50 overs today. There will be an inspection at 10.45am, when we'll get a clearer picture... At the moment, it's a water colour.

Sadly prospects for an outcome in this game is unlikely. Pity for Australia and the series. The Aussies will almost certainly declare and hope for the Poms to crumble if they get some play in.

 

[DJ...]

Snicko can't be used in DRS because of the non-standard audio sync methodologies used by various broadcasters. At least that's my understanding of it...

 

[AirWolf]

In these types of situations, you end up with one team trying to slow the game down *cough* England *cough*. Should DL their asses .

 

[Creag]

10.50am: Australia have declared and we are going to try for an 11.30am start, so England will need to chase 332 in, perhaps optimistically, 98 overs. Assuming we get a decent amount of play, we could still be in for a ring-a-ding-dinging final day.

 

[Alan]

Indeed. Hopefully the poms audaciously go for it.

 

[Enzo Matrix]

Stupid to go for it, they just need a draw to retain the ashes

 

[Creag]

An early wicket. That'll spice this up a bit

 

[Alan]

Stupid to go for it, they just need a draw to retain the ashes

One can live in hope if Peterson starts firing

 

[Creag]

Trott out and England are two down now

 

[Creag]

Siddle to Root, no run, what a delivery, seaming, clipping the edge but dropped! That was just too hot for everyone, Michael Clarke included and it's given a life to Joe Root. The ball was headed towards leg stump but straightened viciously off the pitch, Root tried to turn it square and got a thick outside edge that flew low to second slip, only to hit Clarke on the wrists as he grasped at it

Catches win matches.

 

[Creag]

3 down now. Pietersen goes!

 

[Creag]

Siddle to Pietersen, OUT, pitched up and Pietersen is driving, beats the bat, Haddin is up on his toes, arms in the air, Siddle less sure but Hill gives it! Pietersen looks baffled, even hurt and calls for the review ... Here we go, then: there's maybe a faint sound as the ball passes the bat, no visible edge; Hot Spot shows nothing ... and Dharmasena again decides there's not enough grounds to overturn the on-field call, so Hill's finger is raised again! Pietersen looks furious as he marches off; the soup has just got thicker

KP Pietersen c †Haddin b Siddle 8 (16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Pietersen was furious at that decision but you'd have to say the third umpire was in another bind, there, simlar to the Khawaja dismissal though there was more to support the on-field call this time. England now have no more reviews... Snicko, meanwhile, suggests a thin scrape

England have used both of their reviews and any howlers which come now cannot be overturned. Given the tension and state of match, at least one howler from here is possible. In fact, it might actually be quite fun to get one now.

Here's Rajesh: "In the run-up to the match in Sky Sports studio, Nasser Hussein and Atherton were saying Pietersen holds the key to this match. Pietersen gone, chances of England saving the match is akin to the wafer thin edge which made Pieterson out."

I'm banking on these two twits changing their tune and call Bell, Root, Prior, Broad, Swann, etc, etc pivotal wickets to the outcome of the match.