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The Ashes

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    Covered EndCovered End
    edited July 2013
    Cook c Haddin b Pattinson 13

    27-1 wicket out of nowhere for me. Apparently 89mph, the quickest ball of the morning.
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    Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    swinging with a spade in his hand. cook out. pattinson bowled.
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    Friend Or DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    carly burn said:

    AFKABartram said:

    Suspect its just me, but a home Ashes series just doesn't have the same buzz as an away one.

    Na. More of a buzz when the ozzies had a decent lineup!
    No way! Far better when they're a poor team who we beat! They're fans are the world's sorest loosers!
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    AFKABartramAFKABartram
    Covered End said:

    Cook c Haddin b Pattinson 13

    Correct me if i'm wrong, but I don't think Cook ever plays well at Trent Bridge



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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    AFKABartram said:

    Correct me if i'm wrong, but I don't think Cook ever plays well at Trent Bridge



    It's a swinging/seaming sort of track and Cook being a left hander is susceptible to chasing the ball a bit. The Aussies also have a few left handers in their team.
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    JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    Jeez, Strauss has got the most boring commentary voice ever!
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    Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Has Warner been sent home?

    Thought his ban meant he was free to play in the tests?
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    JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Has Warner been sent home?

    Thought his ban meant he was free to play in the tests?

    Clarke said they'd decided not to go with him as he was out of match practice.

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    Covered EndCovered End
    54-1 off 15 overs.

    Trott 23no off 20. Going like a steam train. Queue Trott getting out.

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    Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    JohnBoyUK said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Has Warner been sent home?

    Thought his ban meant he was free to play in the tests?

    Clarke said they'd decided not to go with him as he was out of match practice.


    Ha ha that worked well then. Ban him so he's free for the tests, then don't play him because he hasn't played!
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    Covered EndCovered End
    edited July 2013
    Root b Siddle 30

    78-2.

    They've only bowled a few decent balls all morning & got 2 wickets :-(
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    JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    Cracking yorker from Siddle. Late swing too.
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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    98/2 at lunch.
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    McBobbinMcBobbin
    warner has been sent to play with Australia A against Zimbabwe.
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    Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    98-2 at lunch.

    An ok start by us, not good but not terrible either. Trott looks like he could bat all week.
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    McBobbinMcBobbin
    Cook should have done better, but Root out fair and square. From what I've heard we will need to a decent first innings total because the pitch is pretty flat
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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    The pitch looks dry in a couple of days it'll start to crack up - Australia will have to bat last on it and against Swann.
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    McBobbinMcBobbin
    BlackForestReds said:

    The pitch looks dry in a couple of days it'll start to crack up - Australia will have to bat last on it and against Swann.

    True, but I wouldn't want a big first innings deficit. Smith can tweak a bit, and Agar is an unknown quality... maybe they are trying to out-fox KP again by bringing in a left arm spinner? It worked so well last time with "X-Doh"

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    guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    KP out. 102-3
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    Weegie AddickWeegie Addick
    Not looking so clever now....
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    McBobbinMcBobbin
    124/4 Trott out. Oh shit.
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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    128/4

    Trott b Siddle 48.

    A shame he was looking good - a bit of a self-induced wicket, playing at a wide ball and inside-edging into the stumps.
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    ISawLeaburnScoreISawLeaburnScore
    Big big trouble. With Cook, Pietersen and Trott out for less than 80 between them the batting line up looks a little bit brittle. We need the lower middle order and tail to fire now - bet they are wishing they picked Bresnan now!
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    McBobbinMcBobbin
    I seem to remember England doing this in New Zealand. Now is not the time. Maybe we went in half-baked and underprepared again? We do that a lot in test series. Still not time to start panicking. sod it. PAAANNIIIIICCCCCCCCCC
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    Covered EndCovered End
    169-4

    Bell 20 Bairstow 27
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    JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    The frustrating thing is, 3 of the 4 wickets are down to poor shot selection.
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    Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Nice 50 partnership has got us out of trouble
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    Covered EndCovered End
    178-5

    Bell c Watson b Siddle 25
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    Weegie AddickWeegie Addick
    Who said the Aussies were rubbish?!

    I'm switching over to the Tour de France...
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    McBobbinMcBobbin
    big innings needed from Prior.
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