Australian Great Escape.

[lampard10]

All out 477. Warnie ripped through our 8,9 & 10 as if they were tailenders

[JimmyGreaves]

Great News Aussies 21 for 2. Ponting Out. Follow on me hopes!

BTW weather is up and down, but forecast is good for the weekend. Let's hope the forcasters have got it right as it would be nice to see the aussies follow on for the first time in I think 18 years. I'll be at Trent Bridge Sunday.

WOW Great excitement 22-3. Looks like my ticket for Sunday at Trent Bridge may not be fully used

Edited August 26, 2005 by jflundy

[lampard10]

England 418 -6. Flintof & Jones put on 177 in two hours, against Australia's bent prong attack. We're taking them to pieces lads. Again.

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Yer posts are becoming pretty pathetic Lamppost, since when does a run rate of 4.5 on a wicket described by the English Press as a flat featherbed become so remarkable.

If your blokes have a first innings lead after the Aussies bat then you can blow your bugle a bit, or maybe you will be to busy wiping egg off your moosh.

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See what you mean Ozzie mate. Australia 223 already.................Oh sh1t. Sorry mate missed a dash. 22-3

[Thomas_Merton]

Still an hour left.

Australia 31-3 v England 477

England have claimed two big wickets to put Australia in trouble as they reply to the home side's first-innings total of 477 in the fourth Test.

Matthew Hoggard struck first when he had Matthew Hayden lbw for seven.

Simon Jones then removed Ricky Ponting as umpire Steve Bucknor decided the Australia captain had been trapped in front of his stumps.

Andrew Flintoff was England's batting hero, hitting 102 in a 177-run stand with Geraint Jones (85).

[Clip_My_Wings]

hoggard the swing king is at it again ....

langer out caught a silly mid on by Bell ...

58 -4

Still an hour left.

Australia 31-3 v England 477

England have claimed two big wickets to put Australia in trouble as they reply to the home side's first-innings total of 477 in the fourth Test.

Matthew Hoggard struck first when he had Matthew Hayden lbw for seven.

Simon Jones then removed Ricky Ponting as umpire Steve Bucknor decided the Australia captain had been trapped in front of his stumps.

Andrew Flintoff was England's batting hero, hitting 102 in a 177-run stand with Geraint Jones (85).

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[Thomas_Merton]

FOURTH TEST - MATCH SUMMARY (Trent Bridge, Day 2):

Australia 99-5 v England 477

An Andrew Flintoff century and three wickets from Matthew Hoggard put England in control of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at Trent Bridge.

Flintoff (102) and Geraint Jones (85) staged a 177-run partnership to help England go from 241-5 to 477 all out.

Hoggard and Simon Jones then put in a stunning burst to have Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn lbw.

Hoggard dismissed Justin Langer and Michael Clarke was lbw off the last ball as Australia closed on 99-5.

[Pink Mist]

They're playing on in the rain. 187-3, but both Vaughn & Peterson dropped off easy chances.

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187 runs for 3 wickets unusual

[Tornado]

All out 477. Warnie ripped through our 8,9 & 10 as if they were tailenders

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[lampard10]

Jeez,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just looked out my window and there's about thirty Ozzies dressed up as Indians dancing around the square. They keep looking up to the sky and shaking sticks. Any ideas?

[Thomas_Merton]

Jeez,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just looked out my window and there's about thirty Ozzies dressed up as Indians dancing around the square. They keep looking up to the sky and shaking sticks. Any ideas?

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It is rather a mystery, isn't it?

Although I do have it on good authority that it is some form of sophisticated Pavlovian reaction, triggered by reading headlines such as the following in the Sidney Morning Herald:

Australia's top order flops again

As the world watches, a champion side sinks deeper into the mire

Curious culture isn't it?

I hear their soccer team's good.

Edited August 27, 2005 by Thomas_Merton

[soi lurker]

A fine display of batting from England....... and a fine start with the ball too.........

Cmon Aussie......lets get back into this!........

[daleyboy]

COME ON ENGLAND Aussies 163 for 7

[daleyboy]

OH YES aussies 163 for 8 now

What a beautiful catch for Strauss at slip Gilchrist bowled by Freddie again

Edited August 27, 2005 by daleyboy

[daleyboy]

HEHE 175 for 9. Looks like they will all be out before lunch today. Bit of grub then make them bat again all over by the end of the day no need for a England second innings

[JimmyGreaves]

Australia 218 All Out. England should enforce follow-on. It's a bit grey overhead at the moment let's hope the rain ain't gonna save Australia.

I reckon that we are watching the best cricket team in the world at the moment England. Looks like Australia have had their day, long day it was.

1208: Vaughan chooses to enforce the follow-on, the first time Australia have had to do so since 1988

Edited August 27, 2005 by jflundy

[chonabot]

Australia 218 All Out. England should enforce follow-on. It's a bit grey overhead at the moment let's hope the rain ain't gonna save Australia.

I reckon that we are watching the best cricket team in the world at the moment England. Looks like Australia have had their day, long day it was.

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Yes they are playing some good stuff , but some way to go yet.

[Thomas_Merton]

Rampant England enforce follow-on

FOURTH TEST - MATCH SUMMARY (Trent Bridge, Day 3):

Australia 218 v England 477

Pace bowler Simon Jones took 5-44 as England dismissed Australia for 218 on the third morning of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.

It left the tourists 259 runs in arrears and England skipper Michael Vaughan enforced the follow-on.

Jones had Simon Katich (45) and Shane Warne caught off successive deliveries and finished things when Brett Lee was caught at deep third man for 47.

Andrew Flintoff took the other wicket to fall as Adam Gilchrist went for 27.

[soi lurker]

No doubt about it, England has had a fine spell with the ball. If they continue to show this kind of form they may well win the series. It is good to watch such a fine calibre of cricket from them, on the other hand extreemly dissapointing to see a fine cricket team crumble......

Edited August 27, 2005 by soi lurker

[lampard10]

Hey Ozzydom; wanna buy some Ostrich eggs?

[soi lurker]

Now if Australia were playing to standard, we would have a very very special match indeed....... as it is its good cricket anayways......

[Thomas_Merton]

A good omen for England to take into the final session, their female counterparts have won the women's Ashes, beating Australia by six wickets to win the two-match series 1-0.

[Thomas_Merton]

FOURTH TEST - MATCH SUMMARY (Trent Bridge, Day 3, close):

Australia 218 & 222-4 v England 477

Australia were trying desperately to get back into the fourth Ashes Test on day three at Trent Bridge after being made to follow on by a rampant England.

The visitors closed on 222-4 in their second innings, with Justin Langer making a gritty 61 and Andrew Flintoff (2-33) leading the home attack.

Australia's deficit stood at 37 runs, having been made to follow on for the first time in 191 Tests and since 1988.

Simon Jones earlier took 5-44 as the Aussies were dismissed for 218.

[lampard10]

Now if Australia were playing to standard, we would have a very very special match indeed....... as it is its good cricket anayways......

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You poor old thing.............................The only Aussie with enough balls to stay with us. Still in the unlikely event of an Aussie victory, you can be sure they'll be flooding back. Strange though, havn't heard from Supermouth for a day or two. Maybe he's jumped off Sydney Harbour Bridge. Mind you, if you do lose the Ashes, the blame lies firmly in the great tipsters hands. If you win, or hold the Ashes, then I for one will have a lot of respect back for the Australian team. Good on you muckers; great series up to now.

[Old Croc]

Australians around the globe are praying for rain at Trent Bridge in an effort to save the Vincibles from the inevitable.

[soi lurker]

Australians around the globe are praying for rain at Trent Bridge in an effort to save the Vincibles from the inevitable.

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That aint a raindance OC, thats the shot when Captain Cook came ashore with Rifles drawn..... Your right, at this rate all we can do is pray for some intervention......

Edited August 28, 2005 by soi lurker

[lampard10]

Australians around the globe are praying for rain at Trent Bridge in an effort to save the Vincibles from the inevitable.

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Isn't that Ozzydom, third from the left?

[sas_cars]

Now if Australia were playing to standard, we would have a very very special match indeed....... as it is its good cricket anayways......

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You poor old thing.............................The only Aussie with enough balls to stay with us. Still in the unlikely event of an Aussie victory, you can be sure they'll be flooding back. Strange though, havn't heard from Supermouth for a day or two. Maybe he's jumped off Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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[Thomas_Merton]

What I don't understand - I know getting run out is a bitch - is why Ricky P. threw such a wobbley after his dismissal?

It was excessive, even given the heat of the moment.

He's apologised and of course this is accepted, but there must be some reason why a Captain behaves in such a manner, over and above the emotional.

[Old Croc]

What I don't understand - I know getting run out is a bitch - is why Ricky P. threw such a wobbley after his dismissal?

It was excessive, even given the heat of the moment.

He's apologised and of course this is accepted, but there must be some reason why a Captain behaves in such a manner, over and above the emotional.

He believed the poms were cheating, or at least stretching the rules, by resting (rotating) the fast bowlers in the pavilion while using a specialist, fast substitute fielder who ran him out. Of course he should have complained to the umpires before, not after, the event because he now just looks like a pratt.

I think it was a buildup of frustration because the umpires haven't helped Australia in its losing struggle. Two of the first innings lbws (including Ponting) were actually inside edges, and Flintoff was out plumb lbw for 8 and not given. He made a hundred. Things like this (inc. the runout) can change a close game to a rout. And if you combine it with the fact that he can't win a toss and bat first on the dead pitches it would piss anyone off.

[lampard10]

What I don't understand - I know getting run out is a bitch - is why Ricky P. threw such a wobbley after his dismissal?

It was excessive, even given the heat of the moment.

He's apologised and of course this is accepted, but there must be some reason why a Captain behaves in such a manner, over and above the emotional.

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He believed the poms were cheating, or at least stretching the rules, by resting (rotating) the fast bowlers in the pavilion while using a specialist, fast substitute fielder who ran him out. Of course he should have complained to the umpires before, not after, the event because he now just looks like a pratt.

I think it was a buildup of frustration because the umpires haven't helped Australia in its losing struggle. Two of the first innings lbws (including Ponting) were actually inside edges, and Flintoff was out plumb lbw for 8 and not given. He made a hundred. Things like this (inc. the runout) can change a close game to a rout. And if you combine it with the fact that he can't win a toss and bat first on the dead pitches it would piss anyone off.

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While I agree with you in principal, I think that the bad umpireing decisions have been pretty even throughout. Pontings LBW, was never an inside edge, though Martin was twice had by that trick. What I did not understand as well, was the calling of the third umpire in a catch scenario. That just doesn't happen. Not unless the rules have changed. Saying that, I do believe that all dismissals should be thouroughly veriacated before a batsman is given out, or not out , in disputed circumstances.