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

[FaaipDeOiad]

Lunch. 5/70 in the session.

 

[Craig]

Need a good score by Flintoff today.

 

[Swervy]

I'm referring to when Giles changes his line to well outside leg, not his usual line of on leg-stump, just in case anyone is unsure. That line well outside leg is negative, you're basically not going to bowl anyone out (barring an inability to pad the ball away). You're relying on dumbness/impatience from the batsman.

yes you are when an finger spinner is bowling..but when Warne is bowling, padding up isnt so straight forward..even if he bowls a wide outside leg line, more often than not he is attempting to hit the wickets

 

[Burpey]

Hopefully the aussies can wrap it up quickly after the luncheon

 

[Craig]

Lunch. 5/70 in the session.

70 runs - five wickets, some great bowling, poor batting, unlucky dismissals, lucky not to get out, some entertaining hitting - we have had it all.

And now I will call stumps for me for the night unfortunatly.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Not true against a leggie turning it a mile. Those are so not easy to play or even to just kick away because you have no idea how much it's actually going to turn.

It doesn't matter how much it turns, all you have to do is cover the stumps.

This injury might actually make Flintoff bat better and properly, which will be good while Geraint is still there.

 

[superkingdave]

just put a fiver on England to score less than 180 at 5/6, hopefully thats a fiver down the drain

 

[BoyBrumby]

just put a fiver on England to score less than 180 at 5/6, hopefully thats a fiver down the drain

Tragically that sounds a sound investment.

 

[Burpey]

I was supposed to do homework tonight so that I could go out tomorrow ... needless to say i have done.

Entertaining session leaving the match up for grabs

 

[Scaly piscine]

yes you are when an finger spinner is bowling..but when Warne is bowling, padding up isnt so straight forward..even if he bowls a wide outside leg line, more often than not he is attempting to hit the wickets

Giles will turn it plenty enough to hit the stumps as well, because it's coming from footmarks, even he can turn it quite a distance. The extra foot of turn Warne gets doesn't make it any less of a negative tactic because both will hit the stumps on occasion turning it from the footmarks and both will be utterly nullified if the batsman pad it away.

 

[Shane Warne]

Graham Thorpe looks like a stumpy dwarf.

Shortest...Arms...Ever!

 

[Burpey]

Graham Thorpe looks like a stumpy dwarf.

Shortest...Arms...Ever!

Rightio

 

[luckyeddie]

Not necessarily.

They just showed something to suggest it wasn't conclusive from our angles, none of which are the same view Koertzen had.

Get out of town.

He missed the ball by about six inches. You really haven't got a leg to stand on - just stop making yourself look an even bigger fool (if that's at all possible).

He was out though - the umpire said so, and that's good enough for me. Unlike you, I accept the good and the bad decisions equally because I am a mature adult.

 

[Top_Cat]

Giles will turn it plenty enough to hit the stumps as well, because it's coming from footmarks, even he can turn it quite a distance. The extra foot of turn Warne gets doesn't make it any less of a negative tactic because both will hit the stumps on occasion turning it from the footmarks and both will be utterly nullified if the batsman pad it away.

All too easy from the couch, ain't it?

 

[Shane Warne]

Get out of town.

He missed the ball by about six inches. You really haven't got a leg to stand on - just stop making yourself look an even bigger fool (if that's at all possible).

Just going by what they said on TV.

 

[Burpey]

Get out of town.

He missed the ball by about six inches. You really haven't got a leg to stand on - just stop making yourself look an even bigger fool (if that's at all possible).

* grunts in agreement *

 

[Pedro Delgado]

This injury might actually make Flintoff bat better and properly, which will be good while Geraint is still there.

But will probably leave us our best bowler short. Looking gloomy now for England.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Well played Aus though, gotta say chapeau to 'em this morning, poor stuff from the umpires.

Hope Jones has still got that bottle top in his underpants that's all I can say.

 

[Slow Love™]

Good luck with the race tomorrow, Craig.

It's funny to think that, given how things went this morning, England are still in the box seat to win this match. They are, though. It won't take too many more for things to be extremely tough for Australia.

But after being outplayed the first two days, I'm just pleased we're still in this.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

He was out though - the umpire said so, and that's good enough for me. Unlike you, I accept the good and the bad decisions equally because I am a mature adult.

Quite right.

 

[Burpey]

I didn't give Aus a hope before the start of play but now they have a chance to chase a reachable total if they bowl well enough after lunch. Bit of uneven bounce and rough coming into play now though