Ashes: First Test

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It's weird...no thread on T1 yet
Ashton Agar will play is the breaking news.

[quote="subhranshu.kumar.5"
Aussies bowlers faced one of the best batting lineup and wrapped them up to a low total.[/quote]

like hell they did.

they're a poor and struggling line-up. talk them up so you can bash them down, it's far too easy to see that game.

Concerned about Broad ; what is wrong with him ? Don't want to be a bowler down from the start !

Pretty rough start from Finn but that is what you will get from him...can still be dangerous.

Watson will go after anything loose to get Australia motoring early in pursuit of this small England total. Need to get one of these early , or things will look grim by day end...and I will have to stop reading the posts on this board  

kingraf wrote:Pete Siddle will become a legend in the fall!

anotehr of Boof's gamble that worked.
it woulkd have been so easy on side games form to include Bird

There it is! Thick outside edge! Wicket for Finn.

Come on Enggggglaaaaaanddddd!

Watson gone as ordered  

Finn with edge , Root safe hands...one down , nine to go ...

Poor batting from Watson and one of the superb delivery from finn. Still England can stop Australia below 200.

Missed most of the first day's play, but come back it a good moment. Who was it that took out Shane Watson?

KP_fan wrote:

kingraf wrote:Pete Siddle will become a legend in the fall!

anotehr of Boof's gamble that worked.
it woulkd have been so easy on side games form to include Bird

No , it would have been daft . Siddle is the only experienced bowler in the squad , was always going to play.

Finn on a hat trick !

Finny, answer the no-hoper Giles!!.

2 in 2!!!!!!

Then I saw Steve Finn,
Now I'm a believer!
Not a trace, of doubt in my mind!

And take that as well!!!. Come on Finn!!!.

"You're not singing anymore" chorus the greatest fans in the world.

JDizzle wrote:Nasser is superb on the analysis.

Strauss is at the other end of the spectrum......horrible

NickisBHAFC wrote:Bresnan would of been my pick.

Still?

Control over wickets? How many here wouldn't have been not unhappy to see Bresnan over Finn here???????

finn you legend

Loose shot first ball from Cowan there ...the English errors have infected Aussie batsmen too  

Clarke in on a hat trick...and so nearly out ! Missed the edge by a whisker !

Sooooo close!

Finn has them on the ropes. 90 MPH plus.

Meanwhile Ricky Ponting reaches the milestone of 24,000 first class runs in his final first class match. For once, the stat says it all.

So 19/2...

What was that someone was saying about Bresnan ?  

YES FINN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which idiot said they would want Bresnan over Finn  

Crowd also have woken up!!!!

Hey, I said I thought he'd play at TB and defended his record there. Happy to be wrong

msp83 wrote:Finny, answer the no-hoper Giles!!.

Come on msp , please get over this ridiculous fixation you have with Giles and not picking Finn in the CT. It is over , it was an ODI event , and this is a Test Match.

Just not relevant...

England's poor effort with the bat didn't really surprise me. I have always been saying this, this lineup can have their more than fair share of shaky days. That is Australia's chance, and in that regard, they have a very handy bowling unit that can take advantage.
And am I surprised at what Steven Finn has done in that last over? Not at all, check the archives!!!. Reverse swing? Control?

I go for a walk come back to this? It's Clarke time! Double ton coming up.

subhranshu.kumar.5 wrote:What a beauty from starc. Again a cross batted shot and the struggle of Baristow came to and end. Well done Aussies.  

when a batsman plays around a starigh and full ball.......the ball appears more beautiful then it was......

anderson will not be happy if he draws a blank tonight!

msp83 wrote:England's poor effort with the bat didn't really surprise me. I have always been saying this, this lineup can have their more than fair share of shaky days. That is Australia's chance, and in that regard, they have a very handy bowling unit that can take advantage.

Aye it's a very brittle lineup

Too many starts, nobody converting. Some positives from that going forward

Duty281 wrote:That's why the selectors sometimes plump for Bresnan - Finn often has less control. Mind you, Finn is a far greater wicket-taking threat, and that's what England need now.

Finn's been on fire....with his 93mphg pace...but the " Bring back trundler Bresnan" Lobby will appear at one bad ining from Finn.

Australia calming down, you kinda feel that Clarke is the key. First session tomorrow determinees the victor.

The dasher , Watson has gone ...these two are undoubtedly the steadiest batsmen left,
Get one of these quickly and the middle order will really be exposed...anything could happen.

Important half hour coming up...keeping me up at the cost of sleep  

subhranshu.kumar.5 wrote:Poor batting from Watson and one of the superb delivery from finn. Still England can stop Australia below 200.

he has bneen assigned a role....to take the bowing apart and go for it from one end while Rogers holds up the other.
This is how he will play and the day it comes off...will set up a winning psoiton for Australia

I don't think anyone was saying Bresnan is better than Finn, merely that some thought Bresnan would play at TB.

I also think Bresnan gets more flak than he deserves on occasion

What a ball from James Anderson!!! Oh my days.

Clarke gone. Massive, massive, massive.

Oh that is orgasmic!

NAustralia do have the bowling, but their batting troubles continue. Now Anderson into the part. Australia 22-3.

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Re: Ashes: First Test
 by mystiroakey Today at 5:17 pm
anderson will not be happy if he draws a blank tonight!"


And he doesnt.

3 down- Come on lets get to my figure of 5

A peach from Jimmy  

Too good for Clarke ...

What a day of cricket this has been...fans getting their money's worth  

What a ball Jimmy!!!!

someone on bbc cricket said they trusted Clarke to inject some class into the day..

misplaced trust then.

That is the best delivery i have ever seen.

trebbel where you gone fella??

More wickets than the late, great Fred Trueman now I believe.

Top achievement.  

trebellbobaggins wrote:they are going to get this score in record time if Watson was able to keep going.
 
Watson bashing everything and giving away his wicket though.  

 hehe- changed it 23 minutes later!

silly Trebbel

mystiroakey wrote:trebbel where you gone fella??

hiding in the closet. it's boiling in here.

mystiroakey wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:they are going to get this score in record time if Watson was able to keep going.
 
Watson bashing everything and giving away his wicket though.  

 hehe- changed it 23 minutes later!

silly Trebbel

I did. I just get so fed up never seeing good stuff. I feel like the worlds biggest Jonah cause they love to wind me up  

Tough for cricket fisticuffs. Bowling pitches probably get better TV ratings, thus revenue, but batting pitches get better gate receipts due to the games lasting longer... Tough

Et tu, Clarkus?

The Indian posters on here all seem a little obsessed by Finn versus Bresnan...
But in fact it is a false issue. In my opinion , Bresnan is mainly in the squad as cover for Broad (and he may well be needed !)

If England don't want Finn at any time it will be because Tremlett is back in town. But I expect Finn to be a fixture , at least in Test Matches now.