***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

[Mister Wright]

What was Clarke doing? That was a terrible, terrible innings.

Great bowling Freddy Flintoff! Warne adds to his duck tally.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

And Warne's gone. What a game from Flintoff.

This is only his second five-for.

Tied on first innings, maybe? Don't think anyone would have expected that after 277 for 2...

 

[andyc]

Argh.

I do hope the conditions are better, I'd like to see McGrath and Warne giving it their all tonight.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

McGrath batting at 10.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Dear me @ Vaughan's catch

Is this the first time McGrath's batted at 10?

 

[andyc]

McGrath batting at 10.

Yep, big day for the Aussie fans.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Dear me @ Vaughan's 'catch'

Is this the first time McGrath's batted at 10?

AFAIK he's batted ahead of MacGill on occasion.

 

[Nuffy]

Its the fact that the middle order has shown zero application all series that begins to grate, Martyn hasn't contributed, Gilly has been embarassing, Kat has his moments but just not reliable enough.

Clarke goes cheaply when his team needs him, poor old warney misses out, but no blame there.

Its the missed opportunity that frustrates the **** out of me, we had a chance to squeeze England and we have ****ed it away in 2 and 1/2 hours.........its the story of the series........heaps of hard work then a collective brain snap.

Just not good enough and at this stage, the players collectively must be held accountable.

 

[Linda]

Dear me @ Vaughan's catch

Is this the first time McGrath's batted at 10?

They always said he would if he and MacGill played together. I didnt realise Tait was that bad... My my.

 

[Scaly piscine]

AFAIK he's batted ahead of MacGill on occasion.

I thought he might have, too lazy to use cricinfo.

 

[Mister Wright]

Dear me @ Vaughan's catch

Is this the first time McGrath's batted at 10?

No. Unless he did early in his test career, the first time he batted at 10 was against Pakistan in 99 for 2 tests ahead of Muller and against Pakistan again in Sydney this year ahead of MacGill.

 

[luckyeddie]

Actually, being a long way from the equator matters little this time of year...I'm up above the Polar Circle at the mo and it still sets about 8. Equinoxes and whatnot.

I mean the quality of light - low angle = a lot of atmosphere for the light to get through.

 

[andyc]

They always said he would if he and MacGill played together. I didnt realise Tait was that bad... My my.

Did you not see his 'shot' last test?

 

[andyc]

Bugger, there he goes.

 

[Nuffy]

Thats the shame of it, the lights poor so Australia needed to bat for large chunks of today, for no other reason than to prolong the game and give themselves a chance.

As soon as England are offered the light they'll be off and that will be the end of it.

A seriously **** poor effort today and heads should roll.

 

[andyc]

I just hope Lee can get us past their score

 

[Jono]

Brilliant bowling by both Hoggard and Freddy. Just great to watch. Really great.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

There's one definitive moment in this game coming up, which is when the umpires look at the light after a 10 minutes break between the innings. Australia's chances, whatever they might be, rest on that decision.

 

[andyc]

There's one definitive moment in this game coming up, which is when the umpires look at the light after a 10 minutes break between the innings. Australia's chances, whatever they might be, rest on that decision.

Yep, well said. And, considering they do play, it's all up to Warne and McGrath, and to a lesser extent, Lee.

 

[Demolition Man]

There's one definitive moment in this game coming up, which is when the umpires look at the light after a 10 minutes break between the innings. Australia's chances, whatever they might be, rest on that decision.

haha, I would love to see England go for the win, I really doubt it will happen.