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

[shaka]

Lee proving first innings was not helpful for him.

 

[superkingdave]

Brett Lee!!!

Beat him for pace, huge movement, what a ball. THAT is why he is in the team.

didn't look like any movement at all from where i was sitting

 

[Shane Warne]

Vaughan gone. Yorked. Fannies. We're gonna lose this.

No you're not.

Even if you mess it up, you basically only need one fifty partnership and a few others in double figures.

 

[social]

Where are Vic Othodox and Mister Wright when you really need them?

Straight + fast + no 4 balls = test quality in anyone's language.

 

[PY]

Nor me, just the slant of the initial delivery.

 

[Monty]

umm warney thats a pretty big ask

 

[AndrewM]

similar dismissal to lords, needs to sort that out

Exactly the same dismissal! If a batsman has problems with his defence, a la Vaughan currently, then surely his confidence must be at extremely low levels.

 

[Arrow]

Vaughan clean bowled 3 times out of 4 so far this series. Hes got issues.

 

[cric_manic]

haha Vaughan,

 

[PY]

That's class from Warney, what were they singing?

 

[shaka]

Vaughan does have an issue with the bowled form of dismissal.

 

[AndrewM]

I must say - this is thrilling cricket to watch!

Especially with Warne and Lee bowling in tandem.. and Hoggard continuing to frustrate Warne.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Sheesh the ball almost went under Vaughan's bat.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Massive pressure on Bell. We really need the little fella to stand up here.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

didn't look like any movement at all from where i was sitting

Eh? That was the most movement I've ever seen Lee get with a wicket taker in a test match. Incredible ball.

 

[AndrewM]

Vaughan does have an issue with the bowled form of dismissal.

I think he has problem with the ball pitching just on or outside off-stump, he seems to lack confidence to push foward or stay back.

You can beat the Aussies will continue this plan throughout the test series.

 

[Craig]

it is exactly that which annoys me about this place...somebody scoring a matching winning hundred is dissed because they got dropped once...somebody 5 years ago struggled to take any wickets in a series and they are dismissed as a poor bowler..a ball that spins 3 feet and bowls out on of the leading openers in the world is merely an average ball..jeez, even when hayden scores 380, people have a go.

People seem to judge todays cricket by comparing it to highly edited highlight film of tests from years ago. Not all cricket is played at a high level ball after ball, you watch highlights and you watch the good bits generally. Players have always got out to bad shots, its not a new phenomenon...ocassionally we see truely great pieces of cricket..why cant people just enjoy them, instead of ripping them to shreds.

Some people completely miss the point about this game

What I call the 'dammed if you do and dammed if you don't' syndrome. I mean Chris Martin has a great time v South Africa last year and they get dismissed as out of form (which they weren't given the result of their series v West Indies).

(Although he didn't say it then) Some people like TEC can never be satisfied.

 

[aussie]

Geeeeez this test series is just fantastic, you get up half hour late and i've missed that much . COME ON AUSTRALIA.........

 

[Scaly piscine]

Vaughan clean bowled 3 times out of 4 so far this series. Hes got issues.

Other dismissal wasn't too clever either.

 

[AndrewM]

Eh? That was the most movement I've ever seen Lee get with a wicket taker in a test match. Incredible ball.

It did Vaughan for length and line. Movement not the most prodigious, if a touch of in-ward movement.

Still a cracker to a new batsman.