22 men, 90 overs , 10 wickets or 274 runs

[sostenurter]

Originally Posted by R W S

Current Partnership: 100 runs, 29.3 overs, RR: 3.39

I'm in awe of a certain youngish man!

Can't think who you mean RWS. Not Daniel Vettori?

[Goatman]

Run rate now 3.17 - this partnership scoring at 3.35!

This is really excelent cricket from these two. Trouble is, how could we justiy dropping either? Who is going to lose out in the longer term?

[Scott-Wozniak]

How many do England realistically need to be chasing down at Tea? 100? 120?

On comes Cairns to try out his *yawn* slower ball.

Scott

[R W S]

Originally Posted by Goatman

Run rate now 3.17 - this partnership scoring at 3.35!

This is really excelent cricket from these two. Trouble is, how could we justiy dropping either? Who is going to lose out in the longer term?

This type of luxury problem is a sure sign that England are a coming team.

[sostenurter]

NO!

I can't believe that just happened!

[R W S]

Expletive deleted!

England 143/3, Partnership of 108
AJ Strauss run out (Cairns) 83 (171b 13x4 0x6)


Thank you Andrew Strauss .

Although I didn't see it ont'elly and the TMS boys reckon it was his call so his own fault.

[Whips_off_the_bails]

Now who was it who floated the idea that Hussain might run Strauss out?

[Scott-Wozniak]

Originally Posted by Goatman

This is really excelent cricket from these two. Trouble is, how could we justiy dropping either? Who is going to lose out in the longer term?

Well as Athers was just saying on C4, he feels (as I've often said) Strauss should perhaps open with Tresco, with Vaughan dropping down the order to 4. Should you perhaps play your best strokemaker (in Vaughan) at 4? I think so.

That still leaves the problem of who you drop. It can only really be Nas or Giles. In the short term, it might be Giles, in the longer term clearly its going to be Nas. The big question is - do you allow Nas to get his 100 Caps or do you make the change for the best of the team?

Scott

[sostenurter]

For the first time in the match we were starting to look really comfortable and on top. And we had to just chuck it away - it wasn't a brilliant bit of cricket by them, or an inspired piece of captaincy. They are right back in the game because Nasser was a bloody idiot!

[R W S]

Originally Posted by Richie Benauds Love Child

I also think its odd that one player is playing with another that could replace him for the next test. I'm surprised Nas hasnt tried to run him out.

They used to burn people like you - or weigh them and float them - like aplles and gravy.