The Ashes

Originally posted by GrumpyBoyFett
I think I'll just look forward to the next test now 🙁

England 2nd innings (target: 648 runs)
Strauss c sub (RA Broad) b Clark 11
Cook c Hussey b Warne 43
Bell lbw b Warne 0
Collingwood st Gilchrist b Warne 96
Pietersen not out 92
Flintoff c Langer b Warne 16
Jones not out 12
Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 12, wd 1) 24

Much better day in the field for England. Put a bit of heat on Dads Army. Good cricket.
😉

Good day for England. Collingwood and Pieterson showing they can take it to the Aussie attack. I think it's good for us that Flintoff threw his wicket away in a test we've already lost. He's had a habit of doing that in the past, and hopefully the embarrassment of it in front of the team he's supposed to be leading will mean he won't do it again all series.

Have we lost yet?

The Seth Efriken gone on the 4th ball of the day for 92.

Originally posted by blade68
Have we lost yet?

At least we finished with some pride intact.

With the exception of Strauss, Bell and Flintoff all batted well.

Originally posted by GrumpyBoyFett
With the exception of Strauss, Bell and Flintoff all batted well.

Originally posted by lordhighgus
England 2nd innings (target: 648 runs)
Strauss c sub (RA Broad) b Clark 11
Cook c Hussey b Warne 43
Bell lbw b Warne 0
Collingwood st Gilchrist b Warne 96
Pietersen not out 92
Flintoff c Langer b Warne 16
Jones not out 12
Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 12, wd 1) 24

Much better day in the field for England. Put a bit of heat on Dads Army. Good cricket.
😉

Originally posted by howardgee
The cracks are starting to appear in dad's army:
Ricky "ooh my back" Ponting, missed most of yesterday in the field on the physio bench.
Glen "I'm a comedian pretending to have a bad back, but actually do have a bruised heel" McGrath, hardly bowled in the last innings, got slaughtered by Pietersen and scraped one wicket all innings.

Hopefully, the sel ...[text shortened]... mison needs to learn to bowl a slow ball and the yorker.

Then we will level the series.

Originally posted by Esoteric
Oh you mean Ricky "256 Runs" Ponting and Glenn "7 wickets for 103 off 42 overs" McGrath. Yes, the cracks certainly are showing arent they...

Originally posted by mtthw
Hey, we're allowed a bit of optimism, aren't we?

As long as Mcgrath is fit, he'll put the ball in the right areas every time.

But, IF he does have fitness problems, especially in the middle of a Test, the Aussie bowling looks very stretched.

Originally posted by Varg
As long as Mcgrath is fit, he'll put the ball in the right areas every time.

But, IF he does have fitness problems, especially in the middle of a Test, the Aussie bowling looks very stretched.

Originally posted by cantspell
Our bowling does not look much better