*Official* First Test at the Gabba

[LongHopCassidy]

Broad is clearly on here with the intention of bouncing Ponting out. It's not going to go well.

He may as well bend over and grab his ankles in advance. Silly boy.

 

[chalky]

just my opinion here.. i think Doctrove is the second worst umpire i have seen.. off course the first one being Ashoka De Silva.

Daryl Harper says hi

 

[Prince EWS]

Ricky Ponting if he gets start like this which he usually gets.. as he won't be batting when his team is down 2 or 3 for 0..

There'd be massive amounts of pressure on Ponting in this innings even if he was coming at 450/1 with Watto out retired cbf. Context, man.

 

[AaronK]

Should've been banished after Ovalgate but was spared by politics

Reap what you sow etc

I don't know about Doctrove.. but Ashoka should be Banished as i have never seen a single match where he hasn't make any mistake...

 

[King Pietersen]

Tiffin also says hi.

 

[TumTum]

Who's your tip for man of the series by the way? Inzy?

 

[chalky]

Anyone remember Javed Akthar completely ruined the 98 Saffie series

Also did us in the 99 World Cup against India

 

[GIMH]

Anderson looks a lot better since coming back on. Am I imagining it or did he change ends?

 

[91Jmay]

Anderson looks a lot better since coming back on. Am I imagining it or did he change ends?

Yeah he did change ends.

 

[Burgey]

Anderson looks a lot better since coming back on. Am I imagining it or did he change ends?

He did.

 

[four_or_six]

Anderson looks a lot better since coming back on. Am I imagining it or did he change ends?

Yeah he did, after Broad finished his first spell.

 

[Furball]

Anderson looks a lot better since coming back on. Am I imagining it or did he change ends?

He did change ends.

 

[AaronK]

There'd be massive amounts of pressure on Ponting in this innings even if he was coming at 450/1 with Watto out retired cbf. Context, man.

well he would have been out anyways if there was any presure on him.. or I should say any presure of some sort that Inzi has played most of his career under..

 

[chalky]

Wasting a lot of deliveries against Katich need to be a bit fuller.

 

[Speersy]

Oh man I feel Ponting is going to fail here...

There's just no way, impossible.
Watch and enjoy, elegance at its best.

 

[Prince EWS]

well he would have been out anyways if there was any presure on him.. or I should say any presure of some sort that Inzi has played most of his career under..

Ahhh.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Ponting ducks the first one.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Ricky Ponting first innings of the Ashes

2009 - 150
2006/7 - 196
2005 - 9
2002/3 - 123
2001 - 11
1998 - 21

Average = 85

Not bad. But a bit of Marcus North there. Out cheaply or a ton.

 

[Jacknife]

That's the ball to bowl to Ponting, he gets a bit lucky there.

 

[Furball]

well he would have been out anyways if there was any presure on him.. or I should say any presure of some sort that Inzi has played most of his career under..

Yeah, because as captain of a declining Australia who lost the Ashes last time out, Ponting's under no pressure whatsoever.