Eng v Aus: 423 runs to win in 17 ovrs + final day [14/8/05]

[Billy]

Amazing stuff by Punter today, he's stood firm as his team have crumbled around him.

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

anyone watching ...how is the light.....any chance of umpires offering light to the batsmen

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

48 balls to go.....who wrote the script for this match....

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by USMANHAILSAFRIDI anyone watching ...how is the light.....any chance of umpires offering light to the batsmen

nope, goodish light

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

100.3 Flintoff to Ponting, no run, full and down the leg side, Ponting
flicks down to fine-leg but turns down the chance of a single and
is sheltering Lee


ponting.....u go bro...lets get it done n shut up the critics

[Monsee]

Aussies are going down...I predict

[kasoo10]

At what speed Flintoff is bowling?

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Originally Posted by Monsee Aussies are going down...I predict

the only thing i see going down rit now is girly jones...once again.....well to me thats a sign of aussie domination from here on

[Monsee]

Originally Posted by USMANHAILSAFRIDI the only thing i see going down rit now is girly jones...once again.....well to me thats a sign of aussie domination from here on

Same girly guy has about 8 wickets in the game

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

diff btw a quality spinner and GILES....haha

5th day pitch...n 2 wickets remaining...and he hasn't touched the ball in the past 15 overs......

[Rob H]

Big Daddy says it'll all happen in the last 2 overs.

[Rob H]

Ricky Out

[Billy]

Come on Freddie!

[Big Daddy]

i called it , i called it

[Rob H]

COME ON ENGLAND
Get Pigeon or Binga

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy i called it , i called it

you damn well did call it.

[Gasherbrum]

HUGE wicket

[Somali Pirate]

ponting out!

[Somali Pirate]

C'mon England

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

oooo man i have goosebumps....wats going on.....come on lee n glenn...do it ...do it now

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

wats wrong with aus...they cant lose again after getting so close...argh

[Gasherbrum]

one skipper sets the match up with a big ton, the other tries to save it with a big ton as well. great game so far!

[Rob H]

Mcgrath digs out the yorker

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

oooo crap glenn no strike 18 balls......no no no...wats gonna happen...pressure pressure

[Rob H]

4 to glenn

[Gasherbrum]

what's the field like? 20 slips and 35 gullies, with a few dozen at short leg?

[mumtaz]

12 balls to go

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

9 balls to go

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

omg wats the update
is he out????

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

no no....8 balls to go

[Monsee]

Come on Mcgrate...get out already

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

bucknor lives....i mean if he had given that out....aussies would have attacked him

[Rob H]

It's going to be a draw

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

last ball is gonna be a short ball from flintoff...i think

[mumtaz]

harmison to bowl the last over.

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

its magrath...the horseman...the red ball....and 6 deliveries
wats gonna happen

[mumtaz]

can mcgrath save a test match with his batting??

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

4 balls to go now...omg

[mumtaz]

lee on strike now, 3 balls to go

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

1 ball left now....come on guys....kick england behind out of old traford

[mumtaz]

harmison bowling a bad last over, 2 balls wasted down the leg side, 2 balls to go

[Rob H]

DRAW. Great game of cricket. Well played Australia

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

hahahahahaaahahahahahhaha...i love cricket

[mumtaz]

match drawn!!!!!

[Billy]

How amazing was that?

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

now flintoff can do as many flips as he wants...haha....see didn't his mommy tell him not to over react before actually having the prize...but then he is british...haahahhahaaha

[whyhkk]

one of the best matches ever
this series is just so good

[Monsee]

England have no one but themselves to blame...they wasted too much time before declaring

[Gasherbrum]

they can blame ricky ponting ...

[whyhkk]

they took the new ball too early

[Rob H]

I blame the rain

[hasanahmad]

Originally Posted by hasanahmad i hope and pray Inshallah this match will be a draw or an australian win. They must win!

[Amjid Javed]

yesssssssssssssssssssss

draw

woohooooooooooooooooooooooooo

go aussiessssssssssssssssss

[Amjid Javed]

who was man of the match??

[mumtaz]

Ricky Ponting MOM

[ImranR]

Why no presentation when England dont win

[Billy]

Er, Channel 4 never usually show the presentation do they?

[Rob H]

They didn't have a presentation on C4 so i don't know. Who did get it though? I hope it was Ponting. He deserved it after that amazing captains innings. He took the game away from England.

[Billy]

Ricky Ponting

[Amjid Javed]

he did deserve it... he lead from front as skipper... sumat i didnt blv he cud do

well done ricky!

[Saj]

A superb advert for the game of cricket - what a match, ebbed and flowed with England dominating for long periods only to be denied by the stubborn Aussie skipper.

I felt on day 5 Englands lack of an attacking spinner went against them.

[Somali Pirate]

really disappointing.england should have won

[Shoaib A]

what did I say....still very tight match....still england deserved to win...but u can't just look down to a wonderfull batting saving test by aussies...they are the masters..simple as that

[Noddy]

excellent game of cricket, however, the biggest blunder for me that STOPPED ENG from winning the game, was Vaughan taking the new ball

The old ball was reversing so well when Jones had it, Ponting and Warner were struggling against it. They must have laughed when they took the new ball.....

Big blunder for me.......if I was skipper, another 2/5overs of that ball and game over.

[Billy]

Vaughan said he was pretty much forced into it when the seam went and the ball started to split.

[MIG]

That was what was helping them reverse it !

[Noddy]

It wasnt split that much

[MIG]

teams spend hours trying to get the ball into that condition so that they can reverse it ....

[Noddy]

exactly, and it was on a plate for them...conditions, ground conditions,bowler with perfect action for reverse.....batters struggling against the OLD ball.....

Shame, but I think Vaughan missed a trick for just 2/3 overs.....
Hoggard and Harmison arent the bowlers to have on and he had to go from broke with Flintoff and Harmison...

[hasanahmad]

plus the worst final over in test history

[arsal_pakfan]

Originally Posted by arsal_pakfan Aussies r not gonna loose this test for sure!...it will be either a draw or a record breaking win! can't wait for tomorrow's play!

thats what i predicted last night! ...i knew it English bowlers can't take all ten Aussie wickets in 1 day!...

i still stand by the predictions i made in the second Test that 'Aussies r not gonna loose any more Test in this series and they will also win the series '

englishmen r in for their beating of their life in the next two Test!

[ZM]

ok this is my final prediction, no more predictions as most have been rong
but i feel it will b 3-1 to aus cuz they takin a lot of confidence into next test