tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957117710153695243.post9082080859246123602..comments2024-03-16T21:27:16.600+13:00Comments on CricketGeek: Mini-session Analysis 1st Ashes Test, Trent Bridge, 2013Mykuhlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821799061116228138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957117710153695243.post-90261544783431269582013-07-16T00:34:38.568+12:002013-07-16T00:34:38.568+12:00I fully understand your giving that mini-session t...I fully understand your giving that mini-session to Australia.<br /><br />It was a bit of a strange one: with the pause between the innings, it was a bit truncated; more importantly (to me), we didn't bowl particularly well, yet still got wickets, then we didn't bat particularly well, yet didn't lose any wickets (but neither Twatson nor Rogers looked the least bit convincing). Mostly, that's why I called it a draw. I just didn't argue my case particularly well. bettiwettiwoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711578604748626539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957117710153695243.post-79565093356103274272013-07-14T11:22:48.532+12:002013-07-14T11:22:48.532+12:00haha - sorry Betti. I wasn't saying that you&#...haha - sorry Betti. I wasn't saying that you'd called that mini-session a draw, just that most Australian fans online had been calling that England's session, and that most English fans though that it was Australia's session. A case of mutual pessimism.Mykuhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821799061116228138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957117710153695243.post-80023711415881912132013-07-14T01:02:47.818+12:002013-07-14T01:02:47.818+12:00'Interestingly most fans seem to think their t...<i>'Interestingly most fans seem to think their team lost that session, regardless of which team they support'</i> <br /><br />Pffft. I didn't. I called it A DRAW! Had I thought our bowling better*, I'd have given it to (A)us, given that we didn't lose any wickets once we came out to bat. Had I thought England's bowling better, I'd have given it to England, but given that we didn't lose any wickets once we came out to bat - well, how could I?! <br /><br />You're clearly biased, Mykuhl! ;P<br /><br />*'Better' as in good, not as in 'getting some tailenders'.bettiwettiwoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711578604748626539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957117710153695243.post-59070943515664582102013-07-12T14:06:18.636+12:002013-07-12T14:06:18.636+12:00It was a very exciting Day 2, wasn't it?! Oh, ...It was a very <i>exciting</i> Day 2, wasn't it?! Oh, the drama when we thought that all was lost and that we were staring yet another humiliating defeat in the eye but were suddenly rescued by the unlikeliest of White Knights: Phillip Hughes and a 19-year-old spinner on debut! <br /><br />A humiliating defeat is still always possible, of course, but at least it won't arrive until Day 4, and after our batting debacle on Day 1, that feels like victory - however small and moral.<br /><br />I can't find fault with the mini-session count, but somehow, I still feel that England is ahead overall. Partly, this is probably due to my lack of confidence in our batting; partly, because with the glaring exception of 2-1b, I thought that England won the mini-sessions they did win more emphatically.bettiwettiwoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711578604748626539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957117710153695243.post-36198409764531252452013-07-12T00:44:48.962+12:002013-07-12T00:44:48.962+12:00The modern techniques do look awful when the ball ...The modern techniques do look awful when the ball starts swinging don't they.Mykuhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821799061116228138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957117710153695243.post-628089631992611612013-07-11T22:15:33.220+12:002013-07-11T22:15:33.220+12:00Good start to the Ashes, maybe, but not a great da...Good start to the Ashes, maybe, but not a great day for Test cricket. It was faulty batting technique all the way, from both sides. Test batting is in terminal decline, it appears. <a href="http://cricketkeeper.blogspot.in" rel="nofollow">Cricketkeeper</a> has more on that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821416119468033047noreply@blogger.com