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Ashes - Second Test

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  • #32
    mike65
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    That was a hell of a ball from Warne but I think it was all the marshalling of fielders that actually did the trick as Strauss forgot to refocus on the incoming ball.

    Mike.


  • #33
    Badabing
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    mike65 wrote:
    That was a hell of a ball from Warne but I think it was all the marshalling of fielders that actually did the trick as Strauss forgot to refocus on the incoming ball.

    Mike.


    100% agree,Warne is a master of field placings, but what a ball at Strauss,Hoggard did well to hang in there.


  • #34
    Harry2001
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    Hell of a ball from Warne, if England can get up to 250 tomorrow it will make it very interesting the Aussies chasing 350 to win

    Hopefully Hoggard will bore Warne into submission


  • #35
    RuggieBear
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    Harry2001 wrote:
    Hopefully Hoggard will bore Warne into submission

    lol....

    but some ball by warne....strauss looked absolutely shellshocked


  • #36
    andyman
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    I hope Giles will be able to top that in the next 2 days


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  • #37
    county
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    this ashes series is classic,england have come a long way in the last couple of years but it think there still behind the aussies some what,but you never know :)


  • #38
    arbeitsscheuer
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    My fingernails are bitten down to the quick (whatever that means). It's so nerve-wracking, and finely balanced goin into the 3rd day. England have the advantage, no question, but for the last 15 years I've watched them f**k up chances like this so... It's a frame of mind that's difficult to shake off. But...

    England Expects


  • #39
    county
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    we can do it :)


  • #40
    Brian017
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    We? :eek:


  • #41
    arbeitsscheuer
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    Eh, he's from Manchester. And I was born in England.

    Is the idea of us describing England as "We" too much for you to grasp, Brian? ;)


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  • #42
    mike65
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    Me too! :D (not from Manchester though. phew!)

    Mike.


  • #43
    cgf
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    Trescothick & Vaughan out - 2 wickets to Lee in 4 balls. England 29-3.

    Trescothick chasing a wide one and Vaughan playing across the line again. Could be an interesting days play....


  • #44
    KevIRL
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    England 63-4 with Hoggard gone for 1

    Pietersen and Bell at crease on 15 and 16 respectively


  • #45
    mike65
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    Agh! :mad: Pietersen gone - bad call from the umpire, his glove not in contact.

    Mike.


  • #46
    Mothman
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    Pieterson and Bell both out caught Gilchrist bowled Warne

    Time for Jones to prove his selection ahead of Reid


  • #47
    Mothman
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    now 82-6
    Wickets fell at 72-5 Pieterson (20)
    75-6 Bell (21)


  • #48
    RuggieBear
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    mike65 wrote:
    Agh! :mad: Pietersen gone - bad call from the umpire, his glove not in contact.

    Mike.

    shocker from the umpire but all the australians appealed in unison....they'd all obviously heard something...

    England look like they don't want to win this alto gillespie put down one of the simplest caught and bowled chances i've ever seen :p


  • #49
    county
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    mike65 wrote:
    Me too! :D (not from Manchester though. phew!)

    Mike.

    easy :D

    well back to the ashes,another england middle order collapse,if they get a lead of 250 it will be by the skin of there teeth,but the aussies could get that in the sleep,not very optimistic :(


  • #50
    KevIRL
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    95-6 at lunch. Freddie will be the key wicket. Also can the tail wag as well as it did in first test?????


  • #51
    arbeitsscheuer
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    This is depressing/ I'm reminded of what my Aussie mate said to me at lunch yesterday - "I haven't seen the Poms this optimistic since Lords!"
    Of course, I laughed it off and suggested that the team had learned a lot from the first test.

    Clearly we haven't.

    On the brightside, the pitch looks to be a f**king nightmare. Gilo could be the key man in the final innings.


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  • #52
    Harry2001
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    Depressingly all too familiar collapse from England :mad:

    Lose this and it’s all over, this was the big big chance with McGrath missing

    Gutted!


  • #53
    KevIRL
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    101-7

    With the pitch as bad as it apparently is it could be close yet!


  • #54
    county
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    a bit of fight in england freddie is the key, 230 ahead


  • #55
    mike65
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    If Flintoff and can England to about 250 they're in with a good shout, the weather looks like remaining dull for the day* and with the bowlers in shape - well here's hoping.

    Mike.

    *sunburst any second now then!

    Mike.


  • #56
    Mothman
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    Giles out, outside edge to Hayden off Warne

    131-8


    250 is going to be tough target.


  • #57
    county
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    spoke to soon 8 wickets down :mad:


  • #58
    Mothman
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    Warne on Hatrick

    131-9


  • #59
    county
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    no no no another wicket :mad:


  • #60
    county
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    50 for freddie


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  • #61
    Mothman
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    Flintoff belting 6s, 2 in 3 balls, and has got 50.

    150-9


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