![]() ![]() "Anderson (although his figures during the summer Tests weren't amazing) bowled well enough to merit a continued run in the team but was jettisoned for tried-and-tested players. "Where would England be if the national selectors had stuck to the guns after the home series against India and stuck with Anderson and Tremlett rather then attempting to coax out performances from Harmy and Hoggard in Sri Lanka?" asks Tom van der Gucht. (Sounds weird, doesn't it?) Five overs since the break and Cook is yet to add to his 50. That was very close to spelling C-U-R-T-A-I-N-S for England's former captain. Lawrence, I feel what is needed is some cold water poured on England success." Eh? Why?ģ8th over: England 109-1 (Cook 50, Strauss 34) It's been a quiet start to the post-prandial session as Oram fizzes one past Strauss's outside edge. "When I hear Boycott saying confidently that England will win this match, then I shudder and run for cover. ![]() "England need at least 350 today and quite fast," says Clare Davies. ![]() "Cryptic clues - "wicketkeeper", south sea island connection, out for dinner with the rest of the Kent "team.can you guess? Can you?" For pity's sake.ģ7th over: England 109-1 (Cook 50, Strauss 34) Strauss pushes a single into the covers off Mills. "Guess which former Test cricketer I saw fairly recently in Pizza Express in Birmingham?" says Tom Hopkins. "I'm not getting at you for using it - it is a cliché in interviews with captains and managers and pundits - but when did they stop taking the game step by step?"ģ6th over: England 108-1 (Cook 50, Strauss 33) Oram continues to land the ball on an NZ-dollar note outside off-stump, which means Cook has two choices: defend or leave. "When did the word 'momentum' enter the cricket vocabulary?" asks Tim Knights. That's been his favourite scoring area today and a sign that he's looking to accumulate rather than dominate. 35th over: England 108-1 (Cook 50, Strauss 33) Andrew Strauss collects the first runs since the break with a whip for two through square-leg off Kyle Mills. ![]()
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