*Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

[Ruckus]

arrg it's like there's 20 fieldsman

 

[Burgey]

England have started well this morning. Bowling tight lines and some good fielding making it hard to score runs. Will be interesting to see whether Haddin and Agar can withstand the pressure and keep blocking or instead decide to swing

Finn has to bowl sometime.

 

[ajdude]

arrg it's like there's 20 fieldsman

it's like ian botham's set the field

 

[uvelocity]

you dont see the late cut much anymore

 

[Spikey]

you dont see the late cut much anymore

it went when benchmark00 went

 

[ajdude]

you dont see the late cut much anymore

yeah. hey they showed highlights of ian bell's innings but i think they had technical difficulties, all i saw were a bunch of edges

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Great tense stuff this, brilliant test match.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

you dont see the late cut much anymore

Apart from Bell's knock. He played so well.

 

[wpdavid]

ashton's taken his bandaid off ftr

Apart from how well he batted first time around, another benefit of promoting Agar is he's batting at a stage of the innings when the situation is not as tense as it would be if Aus lose 9 wickets with the target in sight.

Barring a wicket very soon indeed, I think Cook will take the new ball. We're not looking like taking a wicket with the old pill. And once the 2nd new ball is a few overs old, Swann may get more from it as well.

 

[uvelocity]

it went when benchmark00 went

im getting hughes to him not being here now

 

[MrPrez]

Did cricinfo just say that he edged that for four, and that it was well controlled?

 

[GIMH]

Want a wicket in the next 20 runs or I'll start panicking

 

[ajdude]

get the feeling we'll see a hit wicket today

 

[wpdavid]

Want a wicket in the next 20 runs or I'll start panicking

Why the wait? I'm there now.

 

[Ruckus]

lol who appealed then. sounded like they got hit by a car

 

[ajdude]

ah gee this is scary

 

[Cricket Brain]

Here's the new ball, wonder if this will increase the scoring rate. I'm guessing it will, but with that comes a greater chance of wickets

 

[Burgey]

How many overs has Anderson bowled this spell?

 

[ajdude]

review it ****s

 

[dermo]

this new ball so crucial, if we score some runs quickly we could really cut into the target, or Anderson could get it swinging and the match could be done soon