offical thread 1st test - eng v Aus @ lords [20/8/05]

[Amjid Javed]

head to head record @ lords (overall)

played 32 - england wins 5 Australia wins 13 drawn 14

In Test matches @ lords (since 1900)

played 25 - england wins 1 Australia wins 11 drawn 13

england have won just 1 test @ lords v Australia in last 109 years and that was in 1934 Since then, in 17 matches, Australia have won eight and drawn nine.

odds very much stacked against england for 1st test @ lords.

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England: 1 Marcus Trescothick, 2 Andrew Strauss, 3 Michael Vaughan (capt), 4 Ian Bell, 5 Kevin Pietersen, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Geraint Jones (wk), 8 Ashley Giles, 9 Matthew Hoggard, 10 Simon Jones, 11 Stephen Harmison.

Australia: 1 Justin Langer, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Simon Katich, 6 Michael Clarke, 7 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 8 Shane Warne, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Jason Gillespie / micheal kaspowicz, 11 Glenn McGrath.

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place all match updates when game starts tmoz at (1030am uk time)

Sticky please MODS :19:

[Rob H]

bit early AJ

[Amjid Javed]

bit early AJ

never to early :21: :P

[Lightning]

What time this thing starts in the U.S?

[Rob H]

i am sooooooooo pumped up for this. I cant wait

[tahaqureshi]

it starts at 09:30 GMT

and right now its 07:35 GMT

so im guessing in another 2 hours

[MIG]

And a Warm Welcome to Taha...back from the wilderness ( still in Pak on holidays ? )

[Big Mac]

Mon The Belly

[Gooner]

Australia won the toss and will bat

[JhonnyBravo]

teams are announced no surprises

Australia team: JL Langer, ML Hayden, *RT Ponting, DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, SM Katich, +AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath.England team: ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss, *MP Vaughan, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, A Flintoff, +GO Jones, AF Giles, MJ Hoggard, SJ Harmison, SP Jones.

[Amjid Javed]

latest - Aus 25/0

hoggard and harmison been given the new ball. harmison bowling with good pace and bounce. however, hoggards not got his radar right yet!

[Big Mac]

Hoggard bowls Hayden \o/\o/\o/\o/

[Billy]

Hoggy Hoggy Hoggy!

[Amjid Javed]

timber....!

hoggard knocks over hayden clean bowled

Aus 35/1

lovely shape on that ball!

[Amjid Javed]

peiterson drops pointing! a dolly!

could be crucial!

39/1 latest....

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 43/1 after 10 overs...

[roo-boy]

Langer punishing any rubbish, healthy run rate above 4.00 .

[Big Mac]

Harmison hits Punter with a bouncer and the Aussie captain's face is cut open

[Amjid Javed]

Harmison hits Punter with a bouncer and the Aussie captain's face is cut open

:( seems harmison is in injury mode today!

[Billy]

Harmy gets his man.

[Amjid Javed]

pointing gone caught 3rd slip

55/2

harmison strikes!

[Amjid Javed]

langer 40 off 40 balls

Aus 66/2

flintoff onto bowl!

[Billy]

Langer out!

B Fred C GBH

[Amjid Javed]

langer gone! caught hooking!

harmison pouches it!

flintoff strikes

66/3

[Billy]

Maybe off a missed no ball?

You lot can't complain though, what with it being Dar n'all ;)

[Amjid Javed]

martyn gone!

simon jones strikes 1st ball

aus 66/4

[Billy]

Jonah gets Martyn!

[Amjid Javed]

england on fire here!

[Amjid Javed]

latest --> Aus 71/4

[Billy]

Still Gilchrist to come though..

What odds on an 80 ball hundred to bail the top order out?

[Rob H]

:))) And you thought the aussies would batter us

[Amjid Javed]

latest 78/4

katich and clarke have to play inns of there lives here!

[ZM]

rob dont get too cocky here
we were in same position at WACA but gilly bailed aussies out
main man is gilchrist

[Rob H]

We are on a role. It'll be 300-4 at the end of play

[Amjid Javed]

latest -- aus 83/4 from 21 overs

[Amjid Javed]

clarke goes to jones lbw

Aus 87/5

[Amjid Javed]

Gilchrist in now...!

[the Great Khan]

lol..aussies gonna get smashed up here..no one left except gilly...but could it happen?/ engalnd the best in the world??..arrrgghh..the thought pains me..lol

[Amjid Javed]

gilly off the mark with 4

[Amjid Javed]

gilly smashes another 4

[Amjid Javed]

lunch --> Aus 97/5

englands session!

[Fessal]

damn..thats not a good start for the aussies but well played england.

[Raz]

97-5. Great start by England. Good to see

[Amjid Javed]

england have been agressive, persistant and bowled and fielded with quality.

they fully deserve there sucsess!

[Raz]

Amjid i reckon they can still improve. Hoggard bowled quite a few loose balls in his spell although the Hayden wicket was a beauty. Id say Flintoff was most consistent out of the 4 bowlers in terms of line and length.

[Amjid Javed]

gilchrist playing as he always does... smashes two 4s..

1 streaky, one simply sublime...

[Amjid Javed]

gilchrist gone caught behind of flintoff

Aus 126/6

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 146/6 -- katich 16* warne 14*

[Amjid Javed]

shane warne throwing the bat 4 more

150/6

[Amjid Javed]

4 more for warne off a hook shot...!

match looks similar to 1st test in 1997!

link - http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997/AUS_IN_ENG/SCORECARDS/AUS_ENG_T1_05-08JUN1997.html

[alghazzali]

too early to say that.

[Amjid Javed]

i just meant from pattern of aus 1st inns... they collapsed like cards and then warne cam out all guns blazing!

[Amjid Javed]

wow what a thumping cover drive for 4 by katich!

[alghazzali]

All bowlers have been aggressive. Expensive but wickets have come,and I think all teams can learn from this. It's the only way to beat the Ozzies

[Amjid Javed]

All bowlers have been aggressive. Expensive but wickets have come,and I think all teams can learn from this. It's the only way to beat the Ozzies

you have to have an all round good bowling attack. bringing muhammed khalil, abdul razzaq on 1st change in pakistans case wasnt gona give aussies sleepless nites...!

thats diff!

[Amjid Javed]

harmison bowls warne for 28

aus 175/7 now....

[alghazzali]

I'm not talking about Pakistans games against Australia, just in general u need to be aggressive against Australia

[alghazzali]

Warne Gone!

b harmison 28

[alghazzali]

leg stump flies out of the ground

[Amjid Javed]

I'm not talking about Pakistans games against Australia, just in general u need to be aggressive against Australia

yeah i agree 100% u have to be agressive but you have to have the bowlers/batsmen to back it up in the team ...!

[Amjid Javed]

katich gone hooking for 27

Aus 178/8 now.....

[alghazzali]

me thinks Australias tail is dangerous aswell, all hard hitting

[alghazzali]

Goooooooo England!!

[Amjid Javed]

australias tail needs 2 wag here some how....

[alghazzali]

yeah i agree 100% u have to be agressive but you have to have the bowlers/batsmen to back it up in the team ...!

We do have the bowlers in Pakistan, just the selectors are a bit blind.

[zaf1986]

200 would be a good total now.

[Schiller]

well well well

[alghazzali]

If England were told they'd bowl Australia out for 200, they'd be over the moon, but I think they should have had them for 180 all out. Now the score will most likely reach 200.

[the Great Khan]

i think we may be seeing the end of austrailian dominance...if england beat em here then we may see a levelling of the playing field as i think engalnd arent ready for dominance just yet but in a years time they may have acheived that..lets see..this series has a long long way to go yet!

[Amjid Javed]

peiterson drops brett lee...

his 2nd drop catch!

[Amjid Javed]

brett lee goes to harmison

Aus 178/9

[mumtaz]

Australia 178/9

Harmison 4-39

[Schiller]

pakistan is going to be metaphorically speaking,....

[zaf1986]

mcgrath's gonna get a 50 :P

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 190 all out

harmison 5 wkts in inns

[Big Mac]

Australia 1st innings R B 4 6
JL Langer c Harmison b Flintoff 40 44 5 0
ML Hayden b Hoggard 12 25 2 0
*RT Ponting c Strauss b Harmison 9 18 1 0
DR Martyn c GO Jones b SP Jones 2 4 0 0
MJ Clarke lbw b SP Jones 11 22 2 0
SM Katich c GO Jones b Harmison 27 68 5 0
+AC Gilchrist c GO Jones b Flintoff 26 18 6 0
SK Warne b Harmison 28 29 5 0
B Lee c GO Jones b Harmison 3 8 0 0
JN Gillespie lbw b Harmison 1 10 0 0
GD McGrath not out 10 7 2 0
Extras (b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 11) 21
Total (all out, 40.2 overs) 190

FoW: 1-35 (Hayden, 7.6 ov), 2-55 (Ponting, 12.5 ov),
3-66 (Langer, 14.4 ov), 4-66 (Martyn, 15.1 ov),
5-87 (Clarke, 21.5 ov), 6-126 (Gilchrist, 28.3 ov),
7-175 (Warne, 36.1 ov), 8-178 (Katich, 36.3 ov),
9-178 (Lee, 38.4 ov), 10-190 (Gillespie, 40.2 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Harmison 11.2 0 43 5
Hoggard 8 0 40 1 (2nb)
Flintoff 11 2 50 2 (9nb)
SP Jones 10 0 48 2 (1w)

[alghazzali]

Brilliant stuff from England

[Schiller]

mar gayay!!

[Amjid Javed]

mar gayay!!

:))) :)))

[Schiller]

mat pooch yar
i can see the future rt now
man its going to be bad i fear

[alghazzali]

Pakistan might aswell give up now, hope our security fails, cos theres no way we are going to cope with this attack.

[Amjid Javed]

england come out to bat

umars hero mcgrath to bowl....

[Amjid Javed]

oh well lets see what BW the gr8 can do for pakistan to combat england this winter!

[Amjid Javed]

tresco off mark with 4 down to 3rd man.

[alghazzali]

whos gonna be the 500th?

[alghazzali]

I've got a feeling tresser

[Amjid Javed]

i recon tresco will.

[Schiller]

oh well lets see what BW the gr8 can do for pakistan to combat england this winter!

aj, Australia are struggling, dont bring BW in now

[alghazzali]

Strauss is Lee's bunny.

Also AJ I suppose BW helped England with their victory, warning them of Gilchrist, a warning they responded to which led them to a successful 1st innings.

[Amjid Javed]

lee lets one fly past strauss nose... goes for 4 leg byes...!

eng 8/0

[alghazzali]

Mcgrath bowls a maiden, just another drop in the Ocean of Maidens

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 10/0 @ tea

[Big Mac]

McGrath has Trescothick caught in the slips first ball after tea, 10/1 and McGrath goes to 500 wickets in tests

[Amjid Javed]

mcgrath makes it 501 strauss gone

Eng 11/2 game on....

[Big Mac]

Mon the Belly ffs

[Amjid Javed]

Mon the Belly ffs

looks like mcgrath will knock him over any minute!

mcgrath looking awesome here!

[Amjid Javed]

vaughan gone

england 18/3

[Big Mac]

oh yeah, WHO NEEDS THORPE EH

[Amjid Javed]

ooooh peiterson almost goes 1st ball

gud stuff from mcgrath

[Gasherbrum]

nice try england.

[whyhkk]

the two youngsters at the crease

[Amjid Javed]

lee just beats bell, unlucky not to get a nick

aussies with tails up here!

[Amoeba]

Come on Belly!
Remember what I, as Captain, taught you when you were 15 and I was ...well too old!

[Amjid Javed]

Come on Belly!
Remember what I, as Captain, taught you when you were 15 and I was ...well too old!

:19:

clean bowled by mcgrath

:))) :))) :))) :)))

[zaf1986]

How England must have wished for Thorpe to be in the middle!!

[Amjid Javed]

i thought glen mcgrath was passed his sell by date?? :21: :21:

[Amjid Javed]

Amoeba, u have taught ian bell well! :))) :13:

[Shayan_Sohail]

Mcgrath gets five flintoff gone

[Amjid Javed]

21/5 flintoff gone

mcgrath oh ah mcgrath.................

[Schiller]

:O:O:O:O

so very ouch!!!

stupid mistake to leave thorpe out

[zaf1986]

21/5 flintoff gone

mcgrath oh ah mcgrath.................
Mashallah beta keep it up, just as he breaks that record that he got against us I'll be happy :D

[Amjid Javed]

:O:O:O:O

so very ouch!!!

stupid mistake to leave thorpe out

i havent seen such an awesome spell of bowling :38: :38:

jones just hits mcgrath for 4

25/5

[Schiller]

i havent seen such an awesome spell of bowling :38: :38:

jones just hits mcgrath for 4

25/5

i have i have :D

england disappoint - YET AGAIN!!! :D

[Gasherbrum]

is the ball really keeping as low as cricinfo would suggest on those vaughan and flintoff wickets?

[zaf1986]

is the ball really keeping as low as cricinfo would suggest on those vaughan and flintoff wickets?
The odd ball keeps low, but the poor technique of the English batsmen is being exploited by the great man who has exploited the techniques of the best of the best.

[Gasherbrum]

so much for not being scarred. this will definately leave a mark.

[Amjid Javed]

is the ball really keeping as low as cricinfo would suggest on those vaughan and flintoff wickets?

yes both balls did keep low...! :D :D

[zaf1986]

My verdict: England will not be winning the Ashes. As if there was any doubt :D

[Schiller]

aayay haay oway hoyay !!

[Schiller]

actually lee seems to have bowled rather well

[Amjid Javed]

g jones hammers a four...countr attack needed!

[MIG]

I PREDICT 50 All out for England - I expect to see some celebrations in the East End by our Bengali brothers

[Amjid Javed]

I PREDICT 50 All out for England - I expect to see some celebrations in the East End by our Bengali brothers

:))) :)))

england are up to 39/5

peiterson, g jones and giles can all bat...!

[Big Mac]

is the ball really keeping as low as cricinfo would suggest on those vaughan and flintoff wickets?

The one to Flintoff kept a little low, the one to vaughan was fine but he just misjudged the length

[whyhkk]

Is there any other site faster than cricinfo?

[zaf1986]

Is there any other site faster than cricinfo?
www.********.com

Why is C r i c b u z z filtered out? :13:

[Amoeba]

Amoeba, u have taught ian bell well! :))) :13:

Ah well maybe Mcgrath is just a touch better than most Birmingham League bowlers!:))

[Amjid Javed]

Is there any other site faster than cricinfo?

yeah PP

England 49/5 latest...

[Noman]

I was close Macgrath bowled 13 over on the trot

[Amjid Javed]

Ah well maybe Mcgrath is just a touch better than most Birmingham League bowlers!:))

on serious not thou from what ive seen bells a neat compact player and shud be able to have sum sucsess at test level!

[Team Slayer]

lee is going to get pieterson out soon...

[Noman]

Lee uis not trying to bowl fast now,,,

[Amjid Javed]

g jones smashes a 4 past point of gillepsie...

53/5 now...

[Nauman]

www.********.com (http://www.********.com)

Why is C r i c b u z z filtered out? :13:

Its the word buzz that is filtered out :)

[Amoeba]

on serious not thou from what ive seen bells a neat compact player and shud be able to have sum sucsess at test level!

He has good technique, good concentration and good temperment. Will be Thorpe's long term replacement.

[whyhkk]

13 runs of the last 4 balls
Aus having a problem

[mumtaz]

Ponting gone to sleep.

Should have brought Warne on after McGrath finished his spell.

[whyhkk]

Jones out
79/6

[zaf1986]

Giles out hit wicket & caught behind LOL

[zushy_786]

looks like after england bowled successfully and bowled the aussies out for under 200, they seem to have lost their magaz ! What the hell are they doing out there :13:

[Hussain]

dont think England can even get close to Aussie 190


i bet on them getting out handing over a huge lead and the Aussie batsmen will take it over frm there
and put up a near impossible total

[Rob H]

my bet is that the game will be over by tomorrow. England will get about 110 if KP stays in for a bit and then aussies will make 200 odd and england skittled over for 70. Has been a great day of cricket though. I told you AJ it is top class stuff (from both sides!!!)

[Tupac]

:))) And you thought the aussies would batter us

uhh...yea?

[zushy_786]

uhh...yea?

don't worry RH will be back after he is done crying ;-)

[Rob H]

Well at least we arent doing as bad as Pakistan did :16:

[zushy_786]

Well at least we arent doing as bad as Pakistan did :16:

:))):)))We'll see dear RH, we'll see tommorrow....don't get your hopes up yet ;-)

[Hash]

to tell the truth.........is 92 for 7 really much worse than Pakistan did? I mean......look at our scores in Melbourne and Sydney. Sure, we messed up in Perth but you cannot compare the Perth wicket with this one!

Think about it.............92 FOR 7!!!

SHALL I REPEAT THAT FOR RH?

92 FOR 7!!!!!

and this is suppose to be England's great chance to win the ashes!:))) :))) :)))

[Rob H]

Hello did you get the Aussies out for 190? You had them in s better position than we did and you couldn't even get them out for under 200.

[Rob H]

we messed up in Perth but you cannot compare the Perth wicket with this one!
i beg to differ. Did you not see the bounce in this wicket? Flintoff's dismissal is a prime example. And this is only the 1ST DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hash]

the point is RH, Pakistan did not brag for months upon months before the series that this was our big chance, oh yes, beat the aussies etc etc.

Wheras England have done!

92 for 7!:))) :))) :)))

[Fessal]

Look RH everyone knows Pak is missing the stars of yesteryear and are not the same team s before. Hopefully we are getting back to good old days again and some new stars will emerge against u lot in October. As for Pak v Aus we have limited resources wheras England are meant to be world number 2 playing in there own backyard against the Aussies.

Go Aussies ... annihliate the poms ;-) Aussie Aussie Aussie ...oiy oiy oiy...:27:

[pakistani pride]

What a day ! England batsmen will have a long night !

[zaf1986]

the point is RH, Pakistan did not brag for months upon months before the series that this was our big chance, oh yes, beat the aussies etc etc.

Wheras England have done!

92 for 7!:))) :))) :)))

Precisely. In fact we knew we were going to be beaten 3nil and I was SURPRISED we had the best team in the world on the ropes in the first session at Perth!

Whereas England were going on as if they were going to win the Ashes 5 nil. That will shut up the media and put them in their place.

Hoggard yesterday: McGrath is finished

McGrath today: I let the ball do the talking :))

[zushy_786]

Precisely. In fact we knew we were going to be beaten 3nil and I was SURPRISED we had the best team in the world on the ropes in the first session at Perth!

Whereas England were going on as if they were going to win the Ashes 5 nil. That will shut up the media and put them in their place.

Hoggard yesterday: McGrath is finished

McGrath today: I let the ball do the talking :))

:)))Ok guys, lets not rub in to bechara RH too much......He's already crying in his tea, so lets not push it......I was very surprised at England's batting performance, I thought they would have had put up much more of a fight than they did.....Credit to Aussie bowling though, they didn't back down, and congratualtions to McGrahth.......

[alghazzali]

I think 180 will be a tough score to chase on this wicket and the Aussies dont' really have to worry too much, Gilchrist will get that on his own, but which player in the England line-up is half as gud as Gilchrist?

[alghazzali]

9.1 SP Jones to Hayden, FOUR, Jones begins with a loosener down the leg
side, only 84 mph and misdirected, Hayden has no trouble
swivelling and cracking the ball down to fine leg!

Cricinfo Commentary, the guys an Indian and he has the audacity to say only "84 mph", thats the fastest any Indians EVER bowled.

[Fessal]

I want Aussies to get 500 but even 250 will be more than enough to annihliate the poms :P

[mulan]

Me thinks the Aussies will be plenty peeved for letting the English tail wag...

Happy about McGrath's 5 fer...Not happy that he got Tresco...REALLY not happy about Pietersen's 50...

hope they get a lead of at least 200...anyhow, with Gilly one never knows...he may explode at turn a 200 lead into 300...

[Usman]

Clarke is killing Ashley G here, Petersion has dropped three and I can remember a joke on this occasion:

Q: Why don't English players get pre tour injections?

A: Because they never catch anything!

Aussies will dominate yet another ashes series!!!

[whyhkk]

Who did Pieterson drop and when

[zaf1986]

Who did Pieterson drop and when
Clarke on 21

He is now on 89* and on the verge of a hundred at Lords :)

[zaf1986]

Clarke on 21

He is now on 89* and on the verge of a hundred at Lords :)
Spoke too soon, tad unlucky to drag on Hoggard on 91

[Schiller]

and there goes martyn

[zaf1986]

England have dragged themselves back in the game, but they are still going to lose.

[Schiller]

279/7

good comeback by england

[Gasherbrum]

what's with the bold lettering? pretty soon you'll be introducing the colour red into your posts ...

[Schiller]

was too lazy to unbold it

[Fessal]

damn we have lost a few too many wickets today..never mind we are still going to annihliate the poms. ;-)

[Geordie Ahmed]

damn we have lost a few too many wickets today..never mind we are still going to annihliate the poms. ;-)

:O:O

[hasanahmad]

aussies will win this test match. 300 is too much for england

[Saj]

Aussies have dominated the morning session and are over 400 ahead. I think only the weather can save England now.

Katich reminds me of Asim Kamal. No fuss, no real big shots, just plays each ball on merit.

[z10]

england need 420 to win

an unlikely event

[Amir]

Aussies have dominated the morning session and are over 400 ahead. I think only the weather can save England now.

Katich reminds me of Asim Kamal. No fuss, no real big shots, just plays each ball on merit.

Except Katich can hit a one hundred! :P

Well 1-0 to Australia, no way with Englands batting they are going to chase 400 or survive 2 and half days. Aussies got plenty of time and England has a very inexpierenced camp. Maybe if the lead was 350, then England stood a chance, but the minimal of ones. Even then, when chasing a target over 300, they would struggle with such inexpierence and would need Butch and Thorpe.

England need to pick the team on the present. This is what they are building upto and what they been waiting for. Despite, Thorpe picking and choosing what tours to go on, you want to win this series and he should have been selected.

[KaSaNoVa_G]

england are of to a good start... 39/0
they have got pass both opening bowlers...

[mumtaz]

Strauss gone

caught and bowled by Lee

England 80/1.

[z10]

england 100/2

[Hash]

Australia tightening the screw! England are getting squeezed.......slowly but surely the blood is starting to seep out, soon it will be the guts, then it will be the lungs, kidney, liver etc and finally it will be the heart. English cricket will be dead forever!

[z10]

bell gone aswell

it seems englands gamble on an inexperienced batting line up is not paying off

how much teh english would have given to see thorpe or butcher striding out right now....

[mumtaz]

I suspect the inexperienced batting lineup is going to cost them in Pakistan as well. Maybe Butcher would be back by then.

[Big Mac]

Given the way they're playing Warne I think Kaneria will have a good series against them, especially when you consider the fact that he has the googly that Warne doesn't use and Thorpe's absence has denied them a top class leftie in the middle order

[mumtaz]

I never understood why Vaughan was picked in the Test squad for the Super Series. He had one good Ashes and nothing ever since against any other team. He is England's very own Ganguly.

[ImranR]

Flintoff Gone caught by gilly off warne's bowling

[mumtaz]

England falling like nine pins here. Flintoff goes too.

England 119/5.

[Fessal]

Come on Aussies hammer the poms....WE can do it.;-) Good old Warna bowling good as is pidgeon and Lee. England had a good start but the aussies are just too good. We need Peiterson out early and then the game is ours. :27:

Aleem Dar is a good umpire but he gave 2 not outs which were out but one of them was really difficult to tell. Overall he has had a good game and mistakes happen. Rudi also didnt give one out which I thought was plum.

[Hash]

Rudi's decision was shocking. Lucky it wont cost US that much because...

a)Pieterson's 'Sehwag luck' will soon run out
b) He will probably be out within the first few overs tomorrow
c) Even if he isn't out the only thing that can save the English is rain.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!!

On another note, it is quite fun supporting the Aussies. When Vaughan got bowled today I actually jumped out of my seat, danced around and screamed like I do every time Pakistan get a wicket. Speaking of Vaughan, he has really led from the front in this test match! Two superb innings! Keep it up Vaughanie!

[Fessal]

Hey Hash bhai..it's fun allright. I have been doing since I first watched the Aussies play v England in 1989 and have been having fun, laughing and jumping out of my seat each Ashes series ever since. We have that in common.

I just can't stand the Poms winning as the are the worst losers and worst winners, bad media, moaners and bad sport people in quite a few sports. If people think the Aussies are arrogant they havent seen nothing as the Aussies only play tough and hard on the field. Off the field they are kewl.

[Fessal]

I am still not comfortable until we have the south african peiterson out, and we need jones too....as for giles, s jones, and hoggard....hmmm well everyone's grannies would qeue up to bowl to them...there would be riots and all hell breaking lose as everyone would want to jump the qeue ;-)

[Hash]

I am still not comfortable until we have the south african peiterson out, and we need jones too....as for giles, s jones, and hoggard....hmmm well everyone's grannies would qeue up to bowl to them...there would be riots and all hell breaking lose as everyone would want to jump the qeue ;-)

:))) :))) :)))

[the Pindi eXPRESS]

Poor old RH.....no sign of him on this page

[zushy_786]

Poor old RH.....no sign of him on this page

:))):)))Poor RH.....

[zaf1986]

Rain saves the poms.

[Hashim]

Yeah the ain has wasted most of todays play, saving the english for a while, but there is a hint of hope. There shouod be play at 3 cuz the rain has cleared.

[Amir]

Rain could not save them for too long, once the match resumed. McGrath made quick work of the tail enders and a comprehensive win for the Aussies. In my opinion, Gillespie should be dropped and Kasprowicz should play in the next test. Kaspo was out of form in the Natwest Series, but did not do that bad, as Gillespie did.

England have alot of questions to answer, and one of them is figuring how to play Warne. Also, I think Pieterson should be brought at 4, Flintoff 5 and bell at 6.

[Hash]

i think RH is crouched in a corner somewhere crying

[Amir]

ALl the corners are taken :P

[Hash]

lol

so I guess has no choice but to stand in the middle of the room while balling his eyes out

[ZM]

RH has gone on holiday so wont b seeing him post this week