The Ashes: 1st Test - The 'Gabba, Brisbane

DMC

Time for some zzzzz, maybe with a hint of Blowers whispering in my ear

county

427-4 at lunch

kyp_durron

Austraila 602-9 dec

England 34-2, not looking good at all, will do well to avoid the follow-on. So far the Aussies have looked in a different league. Hope this doesn't set the tone for the whole series.

kyp_durron

Collingwood gone for 5.

England now 42-3, I honestly can't see any way back and we're yet to see warne as well.

DMC

Woeful!

county

pretty dire alright,if ever we needed a few boycotts in the team its now

TrueDub

A Boycott would be good, but what this situation calls for is a Tavare - 8 runs in a session once, the only man to see out a situation like this.

I said last night that the pitch is a belter and if England's top order bat the way they should the game is there to be drawn. That was a big "if", and they're up against it now. Tomorrow's play will prove whether Pietersen has the brain to play test cricket in all it's forms, by digging in & grinding it out.

JacksonHeightsOwn

how bloosy shocking is Harmisons bowling though???

he reminds me of me, i played cricket for just 1 season, when i was 12, i remember when i bowled id only get 2 balls in an over on target, but i was a bloody kid, this fella is paid to do that, shocking

England are gonna lose by an innings here, and get totally whitewashed, sure the injries didnt help, but my god thats a shocking display

SydneySider

Hi to you guys over there.

All I've caught so far is snippets on the TV and radio, but today is Saturday so I can take up the viewing position and watch the wickets fall!!

Big plug for the boys, great batting. Go Gilchrist in the second innings or match. He needs a big one.

KevIRL

Big drop there by Clark.

Pieterson should have been gone

KevIRL

Pieterson gone for 16.

England 78/4

Thats the early breakthrough the Aussies wanted

Paul Tergat

Not had chance to see any of it....anyone give me a decent summary so far, obviously not good in terms of score but who's bowling well and hows the pitch playing?

county

the aussies were lucky with that,never out

county

5 down now,england in tatters

flintoff out for 0

KevIRL

Flintoff gone to Lee!

This test is there for the aussies now

England up the ****ter

Flintoff gone after 3 balls

79/5

KevIRL

county wrote:

the aussies were lucky with that,never out

it did look out tho, on normal play. Even the sky lads said so.

Will England avoid the follow on?

county

KevIRL wrote:

it did look out tho, on normal play. Even the sky lads said so.

Will England avoid the follow on?

it was a no ball aswell



the aussies will not bat twice in this game

KevIRL

county wrote:

it was a no ball aswell



the aussies will not bat twice in this game

Yis are looking fooked mate. Australia by far the better team

Nowhere near the drama of 15 months ago tho

KevIRL

Lovely shot from Jones

county

KevIRL wrote:

Lovely shot from Jones

this is the start of a great partnership





*hopefully*

KevIRL

brings up the hundred!

KevIRL

Good fielding by Billy Bauden!

county

yes,cost england 4 runs:)

KevIRL

time for bed methinks, Atherthon is gone back to goin on about Botham's birthday party last night.

nothing to see here, move along

county

i`ll try and stay up for a few hours yet,thank god no work tomorrow

county

118-5 at lunch

Mothman

157 all out
McGrath takes 6

Aus bat again and are scoring at will, 132 - 1 off 31 overs
Hayden run out
langer 66no

Mothman

155-1 35 overs

lead restored to 600

20 minutes to end of play.

Mothman

End of play Day 3
181 -1 (lead 626) 40 overs
Ponting gets his 51no
Langer 88no

county

embarrassing to say the least,thank god i`m away for the weekend so i won`t be able to watch the last two days play,


on another note what is ponting at not making england follow on ,he will probably bat on for half a day tomorrow and declare.if england get to the close untouched it will give england a massive morale boost and have them thinking they can scape a draw,very poor captaining by ponting witch could bite him in the arse.


personally i dont think this will happen but giving england a sniff of getting something out of the game is poor judgment imo