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

[luckyeddie]

Cricketing snobbery one of the reasons cricket is still a minority sport.

Bite me

 

[Demolition Man]

Cricketing snobbery one of the reasons cricket is still a minority sport.

If warne was born in England he would not be playing cricket that is for sure, he is a bogan of the highest order.

 

[Shane Warne]

Poor stuff from Bell.

I don't think a 20-20 call up is in the offing.

 

[superkingdave]

someone needs to send a message to bell to hit out or get out, this isn''t a timeless test. Really dissapointed with England's play since lunch

 

[luckyeddie]

Yep, Bell's Gillespie-when-batting rate of scoring needs to become a Gillespie-when-bowling rate of scoring.

I'm not sure of the logic myself - I hardly think that he would throw out the sheet-anchor if Vaughan was desperate for quick runs at this stage.

 

[Shane Warne]

I think he's playing for himself, worried about his recent low scores costing him his place.

 

[chalky]

someone needs to send a message to bell to hit out or get out, this isn''t a timeless test. Really dissapointed with England's play since lunch

Looks even worse with KP, Freddie & butterfingers in the sheds

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Impressive couples of overs from Gillespie here. Just as I say that Strauss creams his slower ball to the boundary. Still, nothing seriously wrong with the bowling right now, got one to really move last over.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Bleh. No balls.

 

[Shane Warne]

Bleh. No balls.

Seems to have been one every other ball through out pretty much this whole series, especially this match.

 

[Slow Love™]

Shoulda had Bell there.

Still pretty happy to keep him in though.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Extremely tough missed chance there, but still a chance.

 

[Adamc]

Missed catch/stumping there, a bit tough but should've been taken. Wicketkeeping has been very poor on both sides this series.

 

[Demolition Man]

shizer, gilly missess a stumping, we are so gone. It is Englands match to lose, I would suggest they should get a move on.

 

[PY]

Think Bell has woken up finally.

 

[Shane Warne]

Shoulda had Bell there.

Still pretty happy to keep him in though.

Been a poor match for Gilly. Missed stumping, 2 drops and needed 3 lives to only score 30.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Interesting euphemism from Slats: "a watchful Ian Bell". I know he's probably under a bit of pressure for his spot from some quarters, but he's been downright selfish up to now.

Still, two streaky fours off Warne now, perhaps he's opening up a bit.....

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Missed catch/stumping there, a bit tough but should've been taken. Wicketkeeping has been very poor on both sides this series.

Gilchrist was superb in the first two tests in my opinion, especially in the second where he took some excellent catches and didn't give up a single bye. Just this test that's been down for him.

 

[Demolition Man]

Think Bell has woken up finally.

Nope

 

[PY]

Not sure why people are whinging so much though. We are going at 3.9 an over and now we have an extremely solid platform for Freddie and KP to not have to worry.