This will end tonight.
Ashes I - 2013 - In England
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
6 down, 4 wickets needed.
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Aside from their pathetic batting, the Aussies' use of DRS is also an embarrassment.
England will win this with a +-400 margin. Got my prediction totally wrong!
Thats a hammering in test cricket. the sort even the likes of Bangladesh or Zimbabwe don't often get afflicted by.
So I guess that the question ... just how bad is this Australia team?
Thats a hammering in test cricket. the sort even the likes of Bangladesh or Zimbabwe don't often get afflicted by.
So I guess that the question ... just how bad is this Australia team?
Isn't Warner available for the next Test?
If he is, maybe he opens and Watson comes down the order. Hughes coming in before Clarke is a joke.
If he is, maybe he opens and Watson comes down the order. Hughes coming in before Clarke is a joke.
It'd be a shame if Aus can't score in two innings, what England scored in one.
Will need to do better than the single figures he got against zimbabwe 2nd xi. His best contribution would have been if he had actually knocked Root out.
Can't see this lasting now. Shame really because while I love hammering the Aussies, I love listening to cricket a little bit more. It would have been nice for them to at least take this to the 5th day. I don't see this series being as tight as it was at Trent Bridge again.
17 runs against Zimbabwe is hardly promising either.
It is a stark contrast when you consider how England seemed to philander against New Zealand just a few months ago.
Fair enough. Not much else they can do with their batting unless they bring Cowan back, but he looked clueless in the first Test.
Katich?
They wont get anywhere close. Its a complete sham. And I dont see how tey can take any positives.
England can still expect major contributions from Cook, Trott, Pieterson, Prior with the bat and Broad, Bresnan and Finn with the ball. Im sure Bell, Root, Swann and Anderson will continue too.
On the other hand, aside from a ton or two from Clarke, I cant see any form from Australia, esp with England friendly venues like Headingly and Oval to come.
I did consider him (and unless I'm mistaken, he recently scored a century for his county) but at 37 maybe he's a bit old? Then again, they do have Rodgers at 35 and they need to do something to make this series somewhat competitive.
Katich has given an interview saying he's available for selection. Hodge gave an interview earlier this year saying the same.
Inverarity must be seriously considering these options.
Steven Smith is not a test cricketer, as much as his attitude is to be admired.
Inverarity must be seriously considering these options.
Steven Smith is not a test cricketer, as much as his attitude is to be admired.
Nah, the cupboard is bare. They are destined for this this sort of hammering for at least the next 2 to 3 years.
England, India and South Africa have great youngsters coming through, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka still have some classy players.
I put Australia towards the bottom of the 2nd bracket of teams.
Thing is, England are playing at 70% of their actual level. Cook, Trott, Pietersen, Prior haven't done anything of note.
Where's Shaun Marsh? He's always looked decent to me when I've seen him. Also George Bailey showed a lot of application early on the Champions Trophy. Phil Jacques and Adam Voges are two other guys who have a fair bit of country experience too.
What the feck is that?I'd say he nicked it, but to change the umpire's call when hotspot shows nothing is surprising.
App snicko is not part of the DRS protocol, so don't see how he gave that out.
I feel sorry for Agar. Surely not enough evidence to overturn it. If you are trusting hotspot, trust it completely, or don't include it in DRS. Didn't look out to me
Seems to be preference of audio over hotspot.
Snicker isn't, but the audio track itself is. However, I'm starting to think they're doing it deliberately now just to wind the Aussies up.
Still, 128 all out and 154-7 in a Lords test match..... you cant dress it up any other way.
Its amateur stuff. Scotland and Netherland would do better.
Its amateur stuff. Scotland and Netherland would do better.
What's Holding on about, he's nicked it very slightly. However how can you overturn that and not say LBW's which just flick the stumps but aren't given out?That's a very poor decision to overturn it.
The umpires so far have all had shocking decisions. Worst of all, these 4 clowns will be umpiring all 10 matches!
The umpires so far have all had shocking decisions. Worst of all, these 4 clowns will be umpiring all 10 matches!
DRS is annoying as is Australia's use of it. Get rid
I agree with Holding on one thing though, nothing wrong with the system just the people using it.
I agree, DRS is meant to overturn OBVIOUS errors. This was very marginal and the DRS technology evidence was by no means conclusive.
I think the officials need to sit down with umpires and captains and restate the purpose and value of DRS which is it is meant to eliminate obvious human error AND NOT VERY MARGINAL CALLS which can still be argued either way, after DRS reviews.
This series has been a disastrous advertisement of DRS. HotSpot as well seems too unreliable. If Snicko is providing better evidence in such close calls, then surely that should be the one used.
Yeah not a fan of hotspot, I think Pietersen's dismissal first innings to Harris didn't show up on it even though it was quite clear.
There's a delay in generating audio for snicko.
Snicko was available about 15 seconds after the decision was made
Go back to the umpire decides. It's not more or less accurate and doesn't feck up the live experience. DRS is a classic example of why football should not go down that road.
That's the "first run", the fully synced version takes several minutes.
David Warner's brother
, escape goat I'm in tears over here.Christ.
The warners are all stupid
The warners are all stupid