Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:22 am  

That's all folks.

Aussies need 415 to make us bat again. Hint of ball movement in the last couple of wickets.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:24 am  

England 513 all out. Trott left high and dry on 168. That'll be an early lunch with under ten minutes to go. TMS's post-Frindall Safa reckons it's the second biggest first innings lead we've had in Ashes history. Nice!

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:38 am  

This

could be

a very late night.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:46 am  

Cronus wrote:

This

could be

a very late night.

It's my call to go off to bed. I cannot understand why he's not just hammering them. It seems a very cautious approach so far.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:51 am  

What an absolute fool Mr Watson is. That could well be curtains for Hughes' international career, particularly if the Aussies look for wholesale changes in light of an embarassing Ashes series. Not good.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:25 am  

Great stuff from Swann and, in particular, Bresnan after tea. Halfway there now.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:53 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Presumably he means that if their bowlers can skittle ours easily there must be enough in the pitch for the likes of Anderson, Tremlett and Swann to have a go at.

Correct.

Swann did a great job, just kept it really tight at one end and allowed Strauss to rotate the seamers. Really pleased to see Bresnan bowling so well! Saker seems to have got the tactics on this wicket spot on!

Credit to Flower too, the plans have worked to their batsmen and he has assembled a great backroom team. Ashes almost retained but would still like to win the series, Swann could be the go to man in Sydney,

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:57 am  

Asim wrote:

Great stuff from Swann and, in particular, Bresnan after tea. Halfway there now.

More than halfway when you consider Harris has a stress fracture and will take no part.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:40 am  

Well done Brezza! Cas are proud of you

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:38 pm  

MrPhilb wrote:

We'll score 500 on this pitch easily, Trott will be impossible to remove on this surface.