Australia 97 for 5 at Lunch on first day.

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Excellent start

 

178-9.

What the odd's on an England Victory within 4 days (or even 3).

Long way to go .

 

190 all out. great start. hope confidence stays high.

 

Should be good to see the high lights tonight.

Awesome result for first day .

Let home the batsmen can put in a good show !

Must dash - need to text my Aussie mate in Sydney

 

11-2 in reply so far - It was good while it lasted

 

I'm going tomorrow so might see the tail end of the 2nd england innings at this rate.



Glad I don't have tickets for Saturday!

 

14-2.

Is Geoffrey Boycott back .

Saturday should be good

 

another one bites the dust ....

- Jon

 

19-4 was it really worth turning up?

 

21-5

McGrath got all 5 Wickets !!

 

21-5

 

These guys are professionals??

- Jon

 

Oh dear here we go again. Still it wouldn't be right if we weren't struggling

 

25-5

 

Batsman

Runs
*****
4s
6s
M E Trescothickc J L Langerb G D McGrath4
1710A J Straussc S K Warneb G D McGrath2
2100M P Vaughan
b G D McGrath3
2000I R Bell
b G D McGrath6
2510K P Pietersennot out
2
1600A Flintoff
b G D McGrath0
400G O Jonesnot out
4
910


Extras 4 (Joint second highest England Scorer)



edit - Looked lovely before i pressed "Post Reply" - Honest

 

What a days cricket !!!

You cant knock Mcgrath the guy is different gravy.

 

Pietersen's gone for 57 after attempting another 6 off Warne, I'm very happy with the 10/1 I got nn him being the highest England scorer in the 1st innings

 

come on england!!!

 

155 all out.


Better than it was looking early evening yesterday .

 

I must say, this afternoon is the first time I have ever actually sat down and watched it properly. I dont know if its all the fancy camera angles,instant replays,ball trajectory models etc, but I couldn't get away!..certainly seems to have improved for the TV viewer anyway.

Crikit, was always a surefire way of sending me to sleep.

 

You can't knock him for playing the shot though It was a fecking AWESOME catch

Can't help thinking we'd still have been better off with Thorpe, Bell's not convinced me at all If we make 200 tomorrow I'll be amazed


I'm starting to think that maybe we English should have kept our gobs shut about McGrath & Warne being past their best too, I think it may have wound them up a tad

 

Channel 4's presentation is certainly a vast improvement on what the Beeb used to provide, but it still ain't a patch on being there and soaking up the atmosphere You've never been able to beat a 5 day International for excitement, especially against the convicts It's all about the tactics and the mind games you see Can't wait till the (proper) Old Trafford match now

 

Ah well At least they managed to beat their first innings score.

 

Yeah but pietersen looks good out of all the english players,sorry he isnt english but you know what i mean!..BTW i bet mr graveney wished thorpe didnt hang up hes bat so readily now.

 

A more accurate description would be Mr Graveney is wishing he hadn't been so eager to **** on Thorpe from a great height

I don't honestly see Ian Bell as being Cricket's Garlic Bread

Unusually, Vaughan wasn't especially convincing either

 

For me Vaughan has not been convincing with the bat all summer, he donated his wicket in the 1st innings with an awful shot.

roll on the 2nd test, I would hope England have learned a lot of lessons from the 1st test.....

 

He was our best player of both Warne and McGrath by a country mile, bodes well for the future methinks. Makes you kinda glad he ain't black doesn't it

 

I reckon from that outing against the aussies we've got at a push 2 form players and they are harmison and pietersen who i reckon can handle the aussies and the rest look way out of their depth especially the top 4 batters with flintoff,geriant,giles,hoggard,jones (i think hes a bit more promising) looking equally dodgy.
If we are going to win any tests, what do you reckon would be the best playing wicket (flat,bouncy etc) for england to have a chance on???

 

The only way the England batsmen are going to stand a chance on any type of wicket is if McGrath & Warne get taken mysteriously ill I've got a sneaking suspicion that those two might have a little 'first to 600' wager going on McGrath's cocky enough to think he can overtake Warney