***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

[King_Ponting]

Yep and with the ABC no commercials

 

[Majin]

Nice cover drive from Clarke there.

 

[aussie]

now Harmison using the slope, superb ball to end the over, has i type Pup plays a nice confidence boosting cover drive.....

 

[Majin]

Definitely need to do something to stem the flow of runs, they're coming too easily.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Some fattening buffet bowling from Hoggard today.

 

[Travis_Teh]

Definitely need to do something to stem the flow of runs, they're coming too easily.

Overall at 3.6 an over, not fast enough for us aussies

 

[aussie]

Clarke beggining to look good here , he has over taken Martyn

 

[King_Ponting]

Some fattening buffet bowling from Hoggard today.

Cept he got the danger man ponting out

 

[Majin]

Ian Bell looks like a monster

Edit: I think that was more Ponting than Hoggard, though

 

[Scaly piscine]

Cept he got the danger man ponting out

He didn't deservingly get him out, Ponting played the wrong shot to a 4 ball.

 

[aussie]

the way Martyn & Pup are leaving the ball is making me uncomfortable, it amazes me everytime i see a lord's test how the ball behaves when bowling at the pavillion end.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Giles on. Interesting to see how they play him.

 

[King_Ponting]

Oh ok, well i didnt actually see it cause of the bloody cycling!

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

He didn't deservingly get him out, Ponting played the wrong shot to a 4 ball.

How is a rising length ball in the corridor a "4 ball"? It's a wonder Mcgrath doesn't go at 24 an over, eh?

 

[Travis_Teh]

hopefully giles gets punished out of the attack, har har.

 

[Travis_Teh]

How is a rising length ball in the corridor a "4 ball"? It's a wonder Mcgrath doesn't go at 24 an over, eh?

Haha, Pieterson tried but only managed 14 earlier

 

[Scaly piscine]

How is a rising length ball in the corridor a "4 ball"? It's a wonder Mcgrath doesn't go at 24 an over, eh?

It was shortish and wide, Ponting could have cut those balls all day for 4 and never got out once.

 

[Majin]

How is a rising length ball in the corridor a "4 ball"? It's a wonder Mcgrath doesn't go at 24 an over, eh?

I wouldn't have called it a 4 ball, but he did look as if he went to cut it but then changed his mind halfway through and ended up playing a bad shot.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I wouldn't have called it a 4 ball, but he did look as if he went to cut it but then changed his mind halfway through and ended up playing a bad shot.

Certainly not denying it was a poor shot, but there was nothing wrong with the ball at all. Ponting just shouldn't played it.

 

[Majin]

another dropped catch from Pieterson, he might regret that one.