Australia vs England - First Test

[comrade]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

Petersen gone!

[GVGjr]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

Petersen gone!

His foot work is poor isn't it?

[dog town]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

His foot work is poor isn't it?

He is all eye, you wont change that now.

Hauritz is getting a bit of turn and just dismissed Strauss.

[comrade]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

Bumble just called Hauritz a cheeky faced chap

Australia all over the Poms now.

[comrade]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

A very good over from Hauritz just then, really turning the screws.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

England are a disgrace.

[GVGjr]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

Bumble just called Hauritz a cheeky faced chap

Australia all over the Poms now.

Hauritz isn't bowling too badly at all but I'm surprised that they have thrown the ball to Clarke not North.

[GVGjr]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

England are a disgrace.

How do you figure that?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

how do you figure that?

85/5

[GVGjr]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

85/5

Very simplistic view I would have thought.
So anytime Australia collapses on a 5th day track they are a disgrace?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

Very simplistic view I would have thought.
So anytime Australia collapses on a 5th day track they are a disgrace?

Are you serious?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

His foot work is poor isn't it?

Looked like he was dancing the Charleston.

[hujsh]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

His foot work is poor isn't it?

Would be worrying that they showed a dismissal against the Windies and he ended in almost the exact same position as this time.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Australia vs England - First Test

Very simplistic view I would have thought.
So anytime Australia collapses on a 5th day track they are a disgrace?

Australia has lost The Ashes once since 1987.

Australia is the number one test nation, and has held it for a long time.

Australia has won 16 consecutive tests at one stage.

When Australia is going through a re building stage, with McGrath, Warne, Hayden, Langer, Martyn, Gilchrist etc.. all leaving. They come out and produce this crap, they are in my view a disgrace.

Australia has the runs on the board, England continue to fail on the test arena. If they turn it around then good on them, but for a wicket which was not expected to produce batsmen scoring 100+ & Australia has 4. And then they just collapse like this, against a spinner who was not even expected to play, if i was an England supporter i would be livid.

[The Coon Dog]

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England are a disgrace.

Oops!!

Match drawn.

How riveting was that last hour & a half? I love test cricket, so much more than the one day & 20/20 stuff. It was absolutely gripping stuff & every non wicket ball for the last half hour was enthusiastically cheered by the full house.

Colingwood & Swan put on 62, then Collingwood & Anderson put on 12, but more importantly occupied valuable time.

When Collingwood was dismissed England were 9 down & still 6 runs short, but importantly there were 11.3 overs remainining. In that time Anderson & Panesar eeked England 13 runs on & never looked like going out.

England 435 & 252/9

Australia 674/6d

Off to Lords on Thursday for the 2nd test. Interesting to see how both sides reacted to a match where one team, for the most part completely out played the other, but they go in all square.

Australia will be the more disappointed.