Tom
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Post by Tom on Nov 28, 2010 14:38:28 GMT 1
I hope we can bat for two days, but I doubt it, and I also hope we can win some of the other games. I never expected us to do well in Australia, we rarely do, but my hopes were raised by comments on the bbc website. Tbh i've never taken interest in the Ashes series down under before because we always lose, but similarly to you i am this time because of the hype around it. Same as you I didn't expect us to bat out the final 2 days, and wasn't the only person either. But having seen the Day 4 score it should be a draw now. Even if we do lose this test 1-0 is by no means a disaster, and we've still got a realistic chance of retaining the Ashes with at least a draw imo. Been reading the BBC live commentary each morning when i wake up (and on Fri night before going to bed) and it did seem, like others have said, that we were unlucky. If that decision had been given out rather than not out (can't remember who the batsman was now, the one where we ran out of reviews) then i think we could have skittled them out for 300-350. As i thought the last 2 days of the test were heading towards an England defeat i didn't bother reading about last nights play, in fact i'd forgotten all about the match until seeing this thread!
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Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2010 15:53:48 GMT 1
Excellent job, I'm amazed! Halfway there though, let's get to 3pm tomorrow still batting, and set them an impossible target and have a little bowl at them. Dont want to throw it away though as as long as we draw them all we keep the ashes!
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Post by Panda on Nov 28, 2010 21:04:16 GMT 1
Weak aussie attack could we win this now? I don't think there'll be enough time, to be honest. We need at least another 200 on the board to be safe and would then only have a session and a half, at the most, to bowl the Aussies out. The pitch seems to be holding up well so I don't think it's going to offer a great deal for Swann to do some last-day damage.
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Post by Panda on Nov 28, 2010 21:10:02 GMT 1
Session-by-session:
Morning: Eng 116-0 (England's session) Afternoon: Eng 103-1 (England's session) Evening: Eng 71-0 (England's session)
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Post by Panda on Nov 29, 2010 9:19:02 GMT 1
A comfortable draw in the end. 235 for Cook, 135 for Trott. Their unbeaten partnership is England's biggest ever in Australia. Cook's score is the highest ever at the Gabba. England declared on 517-1.
Simon Katich fell early - the only wicket of the day - as Australia reached 107-1 before the draw was called with an hour still to play.
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Post by Panda on Nov 29, 2010 9:23:45 GMT 1
Session-by-session:
Morning: Eng 130-0 (England's session) Afternoon: Eng 78-0, Aus 11-1 (England's session) Evening: Aus 96-0 (Australia's session)
MATCH SCORE: AUSTRALIA 7-8 ENGLAND
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Post by wonderwall on Dec 2, 2010 13:53:48 GMT 1
Mitchell johnson dropped for 2nd test damn! i was hopeing he would be left in
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Post by Robin on Dec 2, 2010 14:07:02 GMT 1
At least by being dropped he can't 'find form' during the Test. On his day he is still the Aussies best bowler
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Post by Panda on Dec 3, 2010 1:31:49 GMT 1
What a start for England...
Australia won the toss and chose to bat. A run-out and two Anderson wickets later and the Aussies were 2-3. Ponting went first ball, caught by Swann.
Now 11-3 and England have narrowly missed out on another following a review...
England are unchanged from the first test. Bollinger and Harris are in for the Aussies, in place of Johnson and Hilfenhaus.
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Post by frag on Dec 3, 2010 2:40:49 GMT 1
Amazing start, could hardly believe it!
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Post by o on Dec 3, 2010 11:02:31 GMT 1
The bowlers have done their job, now it's up to the batsmen, if they can knock out 350+, we may well gain some momentum and win this test!
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Post by wonderwall on Dec 3, 2010 14:04:53 GMT 1
400 plus and i think we will knock them over again
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Post by Robin on Dec 3, 2010 14:51:47 GMT 1
Wonder what Strauss and Ponting were arguing about at the end of the day?
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Post by wonderwall on Dec 3, 2010 15:42:45 GMT 1
Wonder what Strauss and Ponting were arguing about at the end of the day? England wasting time making sure they would only face 1 over maybe?
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Post by Panda on Dec 3, 2010 16:43:14 GMT 1
Ponting is both a bad loser and a moron. He's the George Bush of cricket.
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Post by wonderwall on Dec 3, 2010 16:45:43 GMT 1
Ponting is both a bad loser and a moron. He's the George Bush of cricket. He knows the aussies are in the sh*t in this match in this series
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Post by Panda on Dec 3, 2010 16:49:07 GMT 1
Session-by-session:
Morning: Aus 94-3 (England's session) Afternoon: Aus 65-2 (England's session) Evening: Aus 86-5, Eng 1-0 (England's session)
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Post by wonderwall on Dec 3, 2010 16:52:38 GMT 1
Australia tail is awful as well really weak
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 3, 2010 21:22:19 GMT 1
A great first day for England on a wicket that the experts reckoned was a 350-400 strip for a first innings.
But let's wait and see how things are in 12 hours time before getting too excited.
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Post by wonderwall on Dec 4, 2010 3:35:34 GMT 1
Lunch England 90-1 Strauss out for 1 but trott and cook are off again
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