The Ashes 2009

kmart6

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

Collingwood gone.....Aussies should def win it now!

Marshy

Monty and Anderson have to bat out 8 or 9 overs now.

kmart6

England don't deserve a draw in this test!!

kmart6

Balls.....!

Marshy

Australia probably only have 3 overs left now.

Monty hanging on so far.

kmart6

Well basically have to get them out this over!

kmart6

Bringing in North....questionable choice!

Mothman

kmart6 wrote: »

Bringing in North....questionable choice!

Indeed??

kmart6

And again!

Mothman

A draw, but what an exciting one!
Great last day.

kmart6

I think it's a bit pathetic that the commentators, fans and players are happy with this! They were completely out-played....and should be somewhat embarrassed!

Berti Vogts

A shame really when one team is so clearly superior to the other.

Royale with Cheese

kmart6 wrote: »

I think it's a bit pathetic that the commentators, fans and players are happy with this! They were completely out-played....and should be somewhat embarrassed!

Yeah why would they be happy with saving a test match? Sure nobody's ever celebrated that before.

Brilliant end to the match. Fair play to Anderson and Monty, I wouldn't have given them a hope of batting out 11 overs. In test cricket, if you don't take 20 wickets in a match then you can't win. Australia have nobody to blame but themselves... and maybe a little bit of rain yesterday.

Mothman

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Brilliant end to the match. Fair play to Anderson and Monty, I wouldn't have given them a hope of batting out 11 overs.

Not many did

kmart6

Bullology!!!!!! England could only take 6 wickets....so does that mean there more deserving of a draw than Austrailia!?

Marshy

The lost session yesterday afternoon was crucial in the end, though Australia still had plenty of time to get the 8 wickets today. Its a result they might well rue at the end of the series.

Marshy

kmart6 wrote: »

Bullology!!!!!! England could only take 6 wickets....so does that mean there more deserving of a draw than Austrailia!?

England were outplayed, no-one questions that. But the nature of the game means that there's limited time and a mixture of the weather yesterday and some resistance from England today meant they avoided defeat.

In the 2005 series, Australia avoided a loss in similar fashion at Old Trafford, finishing 9 down at the end of the 5th Day.

Mothman

A draw has been a feature of test cricket since timeless tests ended regardless of which team performed better. The weather has as well.

Mothman

Can also blame the pitch. Pretty benign for the fifth day.

Dan Dare

And maybe Australia missed Brett Lee.

d'Oracle

Dan Dare wrote: »

And maybe Australia missed Brett Lee.

I dunno.
He has not been himself and was not exactly on fire before the injury.
Mitch Johnson needs to step up here.

HonalD

Mothman wrote: »

Can also blame the pitch. Pretty benign for the fifth day.

I consider it great that the test lasted 5 days, and right to the end. There was turn on day 1 and the pitch still didnt deteriorate too much - the aussies just seemed to be 1 trick too short!

Mothman

HonalD wrote: »

I consider it great that the test lasted 5 days, and right to the end. There was turn on day 1 and the pitch still didnt deteriorate too much - the aussies just seemed to be 1 trick too short!

And England many tricks..
Both attacks were found wanting and this leads me to criticize pitch. We can thank England not batting to their potential for allowing Aus to nearly get a deserved victory and a nail biting end to 5th day.

kyp_durron

Let's be honest. The rain on Saturday saved the test for England. It's between Onions or Harmy for Lords, personally I think they should go with Harmison and Onions, drop Broad, he was muck in this test.

booth70

tbh if you cant bowl out 9,10 and jack with 40 overs left you don't deserve to win the test match;).....still a boring test match made exciting by Australia's inability to get Monty out!!:D

LFC5Times

Forgive my lack of knowledge when it comes to cricket,but with the main sports channels and papers going on about the Ashes I have no real choice but to have a look and try understand it.

The first innings, England scored 435 all out while the Aussies scored 674 and declared(not sure what this means?).

Englands second innings they scored 252 for nine wickets and the first test has managed to be a draw.

Do the Aussies not get a second innings?

Basically why has the first test turned out to be a draw, when it seems the Aussies have done better.

Thanks in advance

TrueDub

LFC5Times wrote: »

Forgive my lack of knowledge when it comes to cricket,but with the main sports channels and papers going on about the Ashes I have no real choice but to have a look and try understand it.

No worries, we're happy to assist!

LFC5Times wrote: »

The first innings, England scored 435 all out while the Aussies scored 674 and declared(not sure what this means?).

Each side has 10 wickets in their innings - England were all out, meaning they'd lost all their wickets. Australia declared, meaning they hadn't lost all their wickets but said "We've batted enough, you have another go". Essentially it means they'd amassed what they saw as a formidable total and would like another bowl at England.

LFC5Times wrote: »

Englands second innings they scored 252 for nine wickets and the first test has managed to be a draw.

Do the Aussies not get a second innings?

Basically why has the first test turned out to be a draw, when it seems the Aussies have done better.

Thanks in advance

A test lasts 4 innings (2 innings each) OR 5 days, whichever is the shorter. The Aussies didn't get a second innings as they failed to bowl England out.

It's a draw because they ran out of time.

The Aussies were the better side, but England hung on for the draw, which is a skill in itself.

Dozen Wicked Words

Already answered, better than I did by TrueDub

Malari

TrueDub wrote: »

The Aussies didn't get a second innings as they failed to bowl England out.

Aha. I wasn't sure about this.

TrueDub wrote: »

It's a draw because they ran out of time.

The Aussies were the better side, but England hung on for the draw, which is a skill in itself.

And quite exciting. Looking forward to the next test now!

dereko1969

what a great end to a test match, so exciting. thought strauss was acting the maggot sending the physio and the 12th man out twice in a few minutes though, but i'm sure ponting would've done something similar.
i was watching it in clontarf clubhouse having snuck in for the last 12 overs, does anyone know why broad was staring daggers at the ump for giving him out lbw? (no sound on in clubhouse) he was as plum as a plum that's been soaked in armagnac!