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

[Slow Love™]

Twenty-two years without ***?

Man!!! That's gotta hurt.

Kinda explains the nickname, of course...

No, that's what happens when you don't take what you can get.

Like, for example, if England fail to pick off the Aussies this series.

 

[Shane Warne]

Yeah. He already did his bit by not catching him 99 runs ago.

They seem to be more intent with that side of things than playing hard and winning the game.

Everytime Lee hits someone he goes and kisses it better and if an Englishman get's a fifty Warne gives them a hug.

 

[Slow Love™]

Well done on the century, Andrew Strauss, since no-one's mentioned it yet...

It was... extremely good and he upped the tempo according to England's needs.

 

[PY]

Let's feel the raw heat then KP.

 

[Scaly piscine]

It was... extremely good and he upped the tempo according to England's needs.

Yep, and it makes my prediction of him being highest English run getter in this series look better...

 

[PY]

Let's feel the raw heat then KP.

Love that.

 

[Slow Love™]

Bye bye, KP...

 

[Jamee999]

Pietersen out for a golden duck.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

What a ripper from Glenn! haha, didn't see that coming at all.

 

[Adamc]

Nice yorker. Might have hit outside the line though, will need to see the replay.

Nope, fair enough decision.

 

[Shane Warne]

Then Lee running all the way from the other end of the ground, desperate to congratulate Strauss with a braod smile on his face.

Way over doing it.

 

[Slow Love™]

Let's feel the raw heat then KP.

Yeah, maybe some Deep Heat for his sore shins.

 

[scottcraze]

Martin floored that catch

 

[Shane Warne]

Gilchrist drops another.

Warnes been unlucky.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Is it just me, or does Gilchrist look really stiff and inagile? Like he's struggling for fitness or something.

Maybe it's the back-to-back tests? He's not the youngest guy around.

 

[PY]

Yeah, maybe some Deep Heat for his sore shins.

Hindsight is a wonderful things isn't it?

 

[Shane Warne]

Is it just me, or does Gilchrist look really stiff and inagile? Like he's struggling for fitness or something.

Maybe it's the back-to-back tests? He's not the youngest guy around.

I guess Hoggard forgot to include him in his column.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I guess Hoggard forgot to include him in his column.

Meh. I might be wrong about the back-to-back tests, given that he's never struggled with them before. The two people Hoggard did mention certainly don't. Maybe Gilchrist is just having a tough time at the moment, but whatever it is he would usually never miss stumpings or bat pad catches like that. The drops earlier in the test are one thing, and that can happen to any keeper, but Gilchrist is usually sublime when keeping to Warne, and missing straightforward stumpings and failing to get around the stumps for a pop up catch is just not something you see from him.

 

[scottcraze]

Speedo on Mcgrath to the shot that Bell topedged over Gilchrist for four 93 mph! Hmmm!

 

[nick-o]

A word in support of Bell-o here -- the boy's done what was needed, even if it was slow.

When you're followed by hit-or-miss guys like KP, Flinto, and Gero, the job is to get runs on the board, however slow they may appear. KP's failure proves the point.