Ashes

England 106-2, nice reply with a benign ball. Aussies can't make it do anything. But some chump in the crowd just went to catch it and dropped his beer all over it! Equals dripping wet ball. Wonder if it'll swing now?

 

should get a result out of this now... not good weather tomorrow but sunday and monday we should get enough play

 

Well done alistair cook again oh and ravi bopara :dismay: ravi certainly cant handle a playing against a strong team. Bring in Owais Shah!! Make a bold decision like the aussies did when they decided to leave out hughes.

I hope that ian bell goes on to make a big score and well done andrew strauss again, leading by example :sign15:

 

I can see this series not ending well for the aussies, now that you have the lead. English bad weather will definatley work for the home team

 

Surely the Aussies must be most pleased with the test being more or less rained out - a draw is the only result now. After the 2nd day they were truly in the shyte so to get away with a draw must be good in their minds.

England need to bat aggressively today.

 

It'll be a draw.

 

Could be interesting, early wickets please. And maybe we could snatch a win. But to be honest a draw is inevitable.

 

Everytime we get a boundary, the picture of Pontings face makes it even better.

 

Hussey gone just as he was getting dangerous. 161/4 now and suddenly things get exciting - it'll be a draw nevertheless.

 

By all accounts, he is going to be rested for this game and Harmison brought in, well according to the commentators anyway, the problem is, Harmison has got blisters apparently and might struggle as well.

Test match cricket can be very boring on days like this, can see why the shorter versin is more popular nowadays with the general public.

 

I think the booing situation isn't very acceptable but the rest is fine IMO and the aussie players and fans enjoy the banter as well. I prefer and i bet a lot of others seeing and hearing an atmosphere at headingly or edgebaston and not the boring and irrating silence of lords. The atmosphere and the barmy army have affected the teams performance in a positive way and intorduced other cricket fans.

People are paying a minimum of £75 and they are not aloud to make some noise and have fun!?

Well he doesnt care so what the problem bar the booing

 

2 early wickets down for England

 

Ouch... What's the weather forecast?

 

Good for the next 5 days :forehead:

 

So it'll be 1-1 before the final test - couldn't be more exciting...

 

with Flintoff out injured along with KP, will be tight going into the last test

 

Maybe Flintoff can mend with the added rest now. That would mean a lot.

 

3rd wicket down, Bell gone, 39-3

 

4 down, Collingwood gone out for a duck, 42-4 :rant::rant::forehead:

 

This is pure rapeage.

 

Oh dear..

 

Cook gone. 63-5.

 

This is more like it. England have lost all their confidence and will do well to reach 200!

 

Lucky to reach 200 at this rate, 72-6 at lunch

 

A 100 seems unlikely as thing are. Holy carp thatøs a poor innings.

 

It's a horrorfest of an innings.

 

Oh FUCQUE more like it.

 

Oz 14-1, Harmison.