It's easy to disagree with everything you've posted as it's only YOUR opinion . Now French Connection UK OFF!!!

At least Ian Bell won me 60 quid for being our hightest 1st innings scorer

Disappointing display yes but 1 innings does not make a series and it is unfair to judge until both teams have batted on it. I am still confident we have the armoury to sneak the series

i agree for people like you who probably dont even play cricket. But test cricket is the Form were the Best players play.
Got to be
fit, very good concentration, high skill, good shot selection.
20/20 is not so much about skill jhust slogging i dont mind watching test cricket as you see probably a better standard of PROPER cricket

So seeing a spin bowler slowly walk up to the crease (6 times), slowly bowl a delivery down the wicket to a bloke who leans forward slightly before letting the ball gently tap the face of his bat where it slowly rolls back down the wicket for at least one metre (6 times) is your idea of a good time?

The sad thing is that style of play could quite literally go on for hours.... the batting side might average 2 or 3 runs an over.... MAX!


I seriously fail to see the attraction.

Test Cricket is less interesting than watching paint dry.


And yet a group of poms (including one with a trumpet and another skinny bloke with stove pipes, bad teeth and a top hat) pay big bucks to watch this and think it's fantastic entertainment?

[quote="Barry_McKenzie"]So seeing a spin bowler slowly walk up to the crease (6 times), slowly bowl a delivery down the wicket to a bloke who leans forward slightly before letting the ball gently tap the face of his bat where it slowly rolls back down the wicket for at least one metre (6 times) is your idea of a good time?

The sad thing is that style of play could quite literally go on for hours.... the batting side might average 2 or 3 runs an over.... MAX!


I seriously fail to see the attraction.

Test Cricket is less interesting than watching paint dry.


And yet a group of poms (including one with a trumpet and another skinny bloke with stove pipes, bad teeth and a top hat) pay big bucks to watch this and think it's fantastic entertainment?[/quote]

Yet you have felt the need to post on the Ashes (a Test series) thread three times in the same day.

How does that work then? It says it's missing but the graphic has it hitting.

Got him!

thank god for that was starting too get a bit worried then. We need Ponting early Katich looks set now gotta chip away at Ponting,

Superb session from England. Let's hammer home the advantage after tea now and we could even end up with a lead.

Shame we could not take anymore wickets after tea but the first hours tomorrow will be crucial, with the new ball if we can take a couple of quick wickets then we are back in business, anything under 300 will be good.

Only saw the first hour last night, was Broad threatening at all? How did Finn go, heard he was shaky? Swann seemed to take some stick too. If the aussies keep attacking him they could nulify him.