Pizzawheel

Seem to be having scoreboard problems- they`ve got the first innings 408-9 listed against England.

Shome Mishtake Shurely!

Hawkmoon77

Aye, somewhat bizarre, I know. Being an England fan, I still think we can snatch defeat from here. Remember that game where Oz posted 400+ & South Africa chased it down (was about 2003 ish)

And Yorks batsmen scored nearly half the runs

Pizzawheel

That crazy Aus-SA game was 2006/7 I think- I remember it was while I was in Nigeria anyhow.

Oink

Wow, that was a shocker. A pleasant one. Lets hope this is a new type of England rather than a one off.

Hawkmoon77

So Peter Moores. Run that past me again why you took Adil Rashid to Windies & chose to play Treadwell and a recovering-from-injury Moeen Ali instead?

Buttler is a freak, but a nice one.

Oink

I can understand why Swann kept him out but now? He must get a look in Ashes?

Pizzawheel

It's tough being a leggy. You can go from unplayable to basic pie throwing in the bat of an eyelid, unless your name is Shane Warne.

Hawkmoon77

...who just ate all the pies

Dizzy Gillespie, Yorks coach, saw Rashid was worried about being hit for runs, so he took him to one side and pointed out that Warne was hit for 6 more than any other bowler in test history. Armed with this knowledge, Adil has become a more attacking spinner. We use him to mop up the tail (something Eng have struggled with in recent years)

Pizzawheel

Yep, I have some previous of eating all the pies too.

Amazing what a good skipper can do for your performance as a leggy.

Hawkmoon77

oops.

Pizzawheel

Bit of tap everywhere eh?

Well, lets see what our boys can do with some pressure on.

Oink

Jordan should never be let near an England side again. And ffs, why did they keep bowling short balls? None of them are fast enough for that.

Hawkmoon77

Not easy chasing 400 odd, is it ?

Oink

Especially when you're rubbish. :thumb down:

Edited to note: I might of been a bit harsh. Shame about the rain but the run chase has been very good and shows a lot of promise for a new perspective from England. In the old days they'd of just collapsed for 190 all out.

Novocastrian

They now need 34 runs off 13 balls after the restart (D/L) to win....