: Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:26 pm  

The Nihilist wrote:

Is this pitch a matress like Cardiff, or are we going to see a result?

I suspect the weather may have more of a say, very heavy rain tipped overnight and tomorrow.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:03 pm  

302/4 Collingwood gone for 16.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:04 pm  

FFS England, don't hand the iniative back at the end of a good day. We should have been 350-2 or maybe 3. At this rate it will be 5 or 6.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:16 pm  

Giving the Aussies the initiative here big style, what a ridiculous shot from Collingwood especially - batted so sensibly on Sunday and then goes and does that a few days later, idiot.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:17 pm  

321/5

Prior gone

England lost all 5 wickets for 121.

[Matt_Horton]

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:33 pm  

It's all going a bit Pete Tong again.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:34 pm  

Fecking hell Freddie. Strauss is holding the fort, we need to tail to wag a bit and hopefully push towards 420+. If we lose another wicket tonight we could really struggle.

[Matt_Horton]

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:34 pm  

Shine a light.

Flintorf's gun (in a Tony Greig stylie lol)

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:59 pm  

364-6 at end of play with Strauss on 161.

Very good run rate but 2 or 3 wickets too many imo.

We need the tail to wag as it did in the first innings at Cardiff and it'd be great if Strauss could get to 200 for Strauss himself, his captaincy and the England squad.

All in all I think I'd say a drawn day. Hopefully we'll be able to take some wickets tomorrow now that we have the four seamers back in the team.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:22 pm  

There's a lot of rain forecast for London for the coming days.