It is possible ...

[blamebrampton]

... that there is a god, and he or she really likes Alastair Cook. Being a lovely lad, Cook expressed sympathy to Beer, who had no-balled his potential first test wicket.

It's all a bit exciting today!

Comments

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

It is! And I did enjoy Australia's tail end efforts earlier - finally, some Australians playing proper cricket... though with the bowlers getting some of the highest scores today, one is left wondering why we bother having specialist batsmen...

[shu-shu-sleeps.livejournal.com]

Alistair Cook just seems like an all round lovely man. And poor Michael Beer - but he will get his first wicket and hopefully soon :) It has been exciting today hasn't it - just what I needed with the dizziness and not able to get out of bed and all.....

[bonfoi.livejournal.com]

One day, I'm going to go to a cricket match that someone will explain to me.

[wivern.livejournal.com]

Yes it was. I love it when the Ashes are in Aus so I can watch/listen at a reasonable time. *g* And a bonus when England is doing well.

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

Who could resist him??

[glorafin.livejournal.com]

I read about that incident and it puzzled me.

I thought that no-balls were purely left to the subjective appreciation of the umpires. But the BBC report says that TV technology was used to determine if it was a no-ball or not. Are there strict rules about what makes a no-ball? The distance to the wicket or the height of the bounce for instance?

Cheers

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could take an interest in dark haired men with sloe eyes ...

[jekni.livejournal.com]

And I have to say I'm supremely satisfied with the end result. Highest test score at the SCG indeed! Take that, you lot!!