England v Australia 4th Test Score thread [25/8/05]

[Rob H]

Starting in 30 mins. Sticky please MODS

[Mercenary]

done!

[KaSaNoVa_G]

mcgrath has been ruled out...

all down to england now...

[Mercenary]

we'll finally get to see Shaun Tait, if he's any good then this could be the beginning of the end for Gillespie and McGrath.

Whatever happened to Aaron Bird?

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by Mercenary done!

merci beaucoup or danke

[Asim2Good]

Big boost for Eng as Mcgrath missing another test
Big task on shoulder of Lee. Who is gonna open bowlin with him ?

Eng won the toss and electe to bat

[Rob H]

Lee and Tait opening the bowling will be hell

[Asim2Good]

Originally Posted by RH Lee and Tait opening the bowling will be hell

I think they gonna b open the bowling and casper as 1st change

[Rob H]

Everbody out now on the playing field.
Binger to open the bowling

[Rob H]

some swing for lee

[Rob H]

0-0 after the first over

[Rob H]

kasperwicz on the money straight away

[Rob H]

3 runs to strauss

[mulan]

Why isn't Tait opening the bowling then...

Reckon Ponting thinks his tummy is a little topsy-turvy rite now...

Anyone watching live? Did he get his baggy green?

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by mulan Anyone watching live? Did he get his baggy green?

yeah, slater gave him his baggy green

[mulan]

Originally Posted by RH yeah, slater gave him his baggy green

Why Slater and not Ponting? How fast is Lee bowling? What does the track look like...

Keep the score coming please

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by mulan Why Slater and not Ponting? How fast is Lee bowling? What does the track look like... Keep the score coming please

Lee is bowling at 93 MPH or 149 kph and the score is 12-0

[DM]

woooo, fast by Lee. Let's see what speed Tait has in him....

[Mercenary]

Tait so far

2nd delivery -- 92.4 MPH
3rd Delivery -- 93.5 MPH

[Mercenary]

Tait

4th - 89.6
5th - 91.3

1st and 6th speeds not shown

[hasanahmad]

looks like shoaib akhtar has some aussie competition

[DM]

Woohoooo, great pace in his first over by Tait, but this wicket is DEAD - Gilchrist's taking fiery Tait and Lee's deliveries around his knees. This looks like a very high scoring pitch.

[Mercenary]

to be bowling 93 mph in his first over is very impressive. lets see if he gets faster or slower as the match goes on.

[DM]

Tait bowled some inaccurate stuff except one swinging delivery which was brilliant - that's the danger of a man of such high pace

[hasanahmad]

anyone know the fastest debut over in cricket?

[hasanahmad]

Rodney Marsh said his bouncer is the deadliest he has seen since lillee

[Mercenary]

taits second over

1st -- missed
2nd -- 92.4 mph
3rd -- 87.4 mph
4th -- not shown
5th -- 90.4 mph
6th -- 91.4 mph (no ball)
6th -- 92.1 mph

he's early 90's but is also getting battered

[DM]

Tait got an absolute battering in county cricket for Durham last year, played just 2 matches - 6 overs 0 for 63, and 12 overs 0 for 113! Insane! But when he went back to Australia he produced the 2nd most successful season in Aussie cricket ever in terms of wicket taking - he took 65 wickets!

[Jedi Knight]

he reminds me of Devon Malcolm

pace and battering!!!

[mohammadusman]

what australia had done although he is not perfoming but experience could change situation.australia is in trouble

[Mercenary]

Tait just bowled at 93.6 mph

[arsal_pakfan]

whats the latest score??

[Nauman]

70/0 I think might be a bit higher then that, the pitch is so bad that I am loosing interest in the game as quickly as the interest was built up.

[Asim2Good]

Aus need a wicket here, both batsmen looks set now

need to take wickets after Speed show

[Nauman]

Originally Posted by Mercenary taits second over 1st -- missed 2nd -- 92.4 mph 3rd -- 87.4 mph 4th -- not shown 5th -- 90.4 mph 6th -- 91.4 mph (no ball) 6th -- 92.1 mph he's early 90's but is also getting battered

Dont blame the poor bowler here its all in the crappy pitch.

[Asim2Good]

Eng 96/0 latest at good run rate too

[Rob H]

Strauss out

[Nauman]

Four on the next ball.

[Rob H]

lee bowls trescothick on a no ball

[Billy]

The Strauss dismissal was a bit freakish.

Lee's no ball was clear though, a good 4 or 5 inches over.

[Kashif]

...and we thought our team had a no-ball problem.

[Rob H]

129-1 at Lunch

[alghazzali]

We have no balls?

[mulan]

Does anyone knows how many no-balls so far! Everybody always throws tantrums at Pakistan's bowlers bowling no-balls...This is disgusting by the Aussies...

They don't look like a tight unit anymore...frayed edges coming loose...

Good first session for the English. Aus will have to come back with a bang after lunch...

[Rob H]

18 no balls so far mulan

[Asim2Good]

18 no balls from Aussie b4 lunch
7 from Lee
7 from Kasper
4 from Tait

[Fessal]

The way the Aussies are playing the Ashes are going soon. England playing very nicley and deservedly on top.

[mulan]

I dunno...if the track is playing as flat as everyone's saying, then I predict another draw...unless there's a major batting collapse by either team...

[Hash]

track is definitely very flat. High scoring draw this game unless someone does something special.

[alghazzali]

The Aussies second attack is no better than the current Pakistan attack in my opinion.

[KB]

I have not seen any of the action. But even if it is a flat pitch, a scoring rate of 4.78 is quite high. And that's the problem for Australia without Mcgrath. They lack control.

[Kashif]

Originally Posted by Hash track is definitely very flat. High scoring draw this game unless someone does something special.

...yeah like reverse swinging the ball which has been unheard of

[Rob H]

play starting at 2:10

[Rob H]

and another no ball

[Rob H]

WHat a beauty from Tait to get Trescothick

[z10]

161/3

vuaghan and pietersen batting

[Jedi Knight]

180/3 and drinks break.

England need to get 450+ on this track.

[Somali Pirate]

One captain gets the other.onting ecstatic

[mumtaz]

england are making Ponting the new McGrath

RT Ponting (RM) 4.2 2 4 1 0.92

[Rob H]

Flintoff gets off the mark

[Rob H]

Why don't Flintoff and Pietersen get on one knee and slog sweep ponting? He's pitching it on the length to play the shot.

[Rob H]

Crunching 4 from Freddie

[iZeeshan]

Finally...I'd say a horrible performance from England. Without McGrath, England should at least be able to make 450. Well its not exactly horrible, but could have been better.

Plus, Ponting is not being taken advantage of. He should be slogged out of the park!

[Daoud]

I cant really blame England for not scoring more. The constant starting and stopping due to rain means that a batsman has to start all over again when they come back. Very damaging for rhythm

[Rob H]

first ball of the day went for 4

[Rob H]

Warne's appealing

[Rob H]

Pietersen out edging behind to the keeper

[Rob H]

Flintoff launches Warne for a 4

[Rob H]

303-5

[MIG]

Once England cross 450 - game over for Aussies....

[Asim2Good]

new ball quickly taken by Ponting

they need breakthrough here

[Rob H]

Flintoff playing some beautiful strokes

[Asim2Good]

boom boom shaka laka boom boom
Flintoff on attack

[iZeeshan]

Bucknor is the worst umpire on EARTH! That was a great delivery by Lee which was clearly edged but not given. I maybe mistaken but I am pretty sure it was edged.

[ZM]

jones was clearly out

[Amjid Javed]

flintoff on 99* and looks very nervous.... eng 405/5 latest

[Amjid Javed]

100 for flintoff...congrats top knock.

[MIG]

As I said before - Eng cross 450 and its game over for Aussies...

[alghazzali]

Nah, it will be a draw.

[alghazzali]

Flintoff Out, Good Delivery.