Its the sort of pitch where if you concentrate and pick the balls to go at

you can score runs but if you play a stupid shot you will get out as there is just enough movement there for the bowlers.

As well as we bowled yesterday several of the Aussie wickets were due to them playing expansive shots at the wrong balls and in terms of our 3 wickets two were stupid shots and Cook was rather unlucky. Its not a 13 wickets in a day's play type of pitch. What we therefore need to do today is go back to playing a bit of old fashioned test cricket for a couple of sessions, leave a lot of balls outside off stump and accumulate runs at 2-3 an over whilst not losing too many wickets. Then, when/if we have got ourselves 150 ahead we can cut loose.

I fancy us to get around 350. The Aussies will bat better second time around and we will end up chasing around 150.

Posted By: Jim on July 30th 2015 at 08:27:44

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268 all out, Australia 155-3 (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jul 30, 07:55:20
- I know they were expecting good batting weather today, but we've just had the mother of (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 30, 08:14:20
  - Reminder: you're in Yorkshire (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 30, 08:25:26
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jul 30, 08:56:33
    - except for Scotland. (n/m) (General Chat) - caley canary, Jul 30, 08:35:12
      - Yes, but then you're in Scotland (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 30, 08:36:52
        
        Scloltland! (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 30, 09:08:46
    - Steady on. Lancashire. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 30, 08:26:07
      - You need one of these then (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 30, 08:29:33
- I'd take that. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 30, 08:04:32
  - 250-260 felt like par yesterday didn't it? (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 30, 08:14:48
    - I didn't see enough to judge really, Dominic Cork had said it looked a good batting track (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 30, 08:22:56
      - Its the sort of pitch where if you concentrate and pick the balls to go at (General Chat) - Jim, Jul 30, 08:27:44
      - Decent enough track but much greener than Lords and it was cloudy and damp (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 30, 08:27:41

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