The Ashes: 1st Test, Trent Bridge - Final Day & Post Match Discussions

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England:
Alastair Cook*, Joe Root, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonny Bairstow,
Matt Prior†, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James Anderson

Australia:
Shane Watson, Chris Rogers, Ed Cowan, Michael Clarke*, Steve Smith, Phil Hughes,
Brad Haddin†, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Ashton Agar

You can't beat a test match Mysti.

What a start to the series this one has been, no matter what the outcome

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t20 is the slapper who you've been seeing behind your wifes back, odi is a domestic bust up with the wife and the test match is banging your wife after she's ironed your clothes cooked your food and put the children to bed while you've been watching the tele.

Just to get this out of the way before the result: Finn has had a shocker . But that was a tough catch...if he loses his place it will be down to a judgement on his bowling , not a penalty for losing the Test match. Perhaps we could rein back on the vitriol ?

I will be gutted if England lose this , but I have to admit this has been a cracker of a Test match , so congrats to all those who have made it so  

Now to get the revolver loaded just in case...

Without doubt this has been one of the best Test matches I've ever watched.

Its just so galling that England have put themselves in positions to win this match fairly comfortably on 2 or 3 occasions...only to mess up and now find themselves on the verge of losing.

Match of the year already! Not sure Ashes 2013 can top this. What a battle for world #3.

This is cricket, Ive been in both situations, the Englands and Oz's, I think the break sucks for Oz, but it certainly isnt manna from heaven for England.

They were building serious presure before the break, If I was a Captain Cook, I would have preferred to stay on... All that pressure is out.

If a player is off the field how long does he need to be back on before he can bowl?

As long as he was off for... So if he was off for 8 overs, he can only bowl after eight.

kingraf wrote:They were building  serious presure before the break, If I was a Captain Cook, I would have preferred to stay on... All that pressure is out.  

Yes and no...In truth there have been plenty of "nearly out" moments in this stand.

The rest , particularly for Anderson , probably trumps any break in pressure ...some of which was probably due to the coming break in any case...

God - Pattinson so nearly done there!

swan has revs again.. he will do it this over

I hope to God this doesnt come down to a bad decision...

Just 16 to win. Momentum is with Australia. Nothing England can do about it now.

Australia will go 1-0 up in the series. It. Is. Inevitable...

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Singles too easy that over...Australia favourites here . But one ball can do it  

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Jimmy  Jimmy  Jimmy

legend.

review

deffo noise.

hotspot shows a mark

that is out

OUT SHOULD BE OUT

What is happening?

YEAH...

Well done England.

I am in town. What is up?

trebellbobaggins wrote:What is happening?

 WE WON TREBBS WE WON- That is what happened..

hahah

trebellbobaggins wrote:I kind of.wanted them to win.

To force changes in england and to.shut botham up.

They are a vastly better side than eng and he needs to learn respect.

*strips*

Take me

Linebreaker wrote:Well done England.

 Thanks

I think you Aussies deserve a well done as well..

50/50 game.  And an amazing one at that

HADDIN EDGES BEHIND...UMPIRE GIVES NOT OUT...ENGLAND REVIEW!

HADDIN IS OUT - CAUGHT BEHIND!!!

AUSTRALIA FALL JUST 14 RUNS SHORT OF THEIR TARGET!

JIMMY ANDERSON GETS HIS 10WM!

HOW CLOSE WAS THAT?!?!?!?!

More a lucky win for England, rather than a convincing one.

Congratulations to the English and Clubman Anderson. Its going to be a long series!

Review ...mark and sound ...must be out ?

Appropriate finish  

Phew!

That was a bit tense

Appaling decision not a chance you can give that out when there is no way of being a 100% sure. As I said 99% of the big decisions went England's way

The Facts wrote:Appaling decision not a chance you can give that out when there is no way of being a 100% sure. As I said 99% of the big decisions went England's way

#HEADSGONE

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You have to feel for the Aussies. They fought back from seemingly hopeless positions and came within a whisker of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

Think England can count themselves lucky. Played some brilliant cricket, both batting and bowling, but always contrived to mess up when victory seemed certain.

well audio , snicko and hotspot confirms the edge. so yep 100% correct decison. but again a shocker from the umpire..

Why didn't Haddin walk...

dyrewolfe wrote:You have to feel for the Aussies. They fought back from seemingly hopeless positions and came within a whisker of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

Think England can count themselves lucky. Played some brilliant cricket, both batting and bowling, but always contrived to mess up when victory seemed certain.

 I think they should be very proud of what they acheived. It will be gutting- but they will take massive positives IMO.

JIMMY!!!!

The Facts wrote:Appaling decision not a chance you can give that out when there is no way of being a 100% sure. As I said 99% of the big decisions went England's way

I suggest you go away and look up how DRS works. There was both a hotspot (albeit a tiny one) AND sound. It was more certain than Clarke's 2nd innings dismissal.

Kinggraf- Thoughts on JIMMY ???

Club bolwer still?

Engerland 1-0 up in the battle for #3...

just out of curiosity, can England get to #1 with a 5-0 win? Coz that would suck!

The Facts wrote:Appaling decision not a chance you can give that out when there is no way of being a 100% sure. As I said 99% of the big decisions went England's way

Have to agree. Some hallucination of a hot spot, a clicking sound that could've been anything and somehow a game changing decision is "confirmed".

No i doubt it Graf..

you are to far ahead and we are at home playing against a lower ranked team.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Bloody hell.  They don't deserve it really.

Then again anderson does.

Actually aussie don't either, take out the agar fluke and they were crap.

 

You're class, trebs. That's a rotten thing to say!

tbh, losing by anything over 100 runs would have been harder to take. Our team played much better than expected, England probably below their best.

GloriousEmpire wrote:

The Facts wrote:Appaling decision not a chance you can give that out when there is no way of being a 100% sure. As I said 99% of the big decisions went England's way

Have to agree. Some hallucination of a hot spot, a clicking sound that could've been anything and somehow a game changing decision is "confirmed".  

Explain what the clicking sound could have been at that point, as the ball passed the bat, where the spot on the hotspot was...

GloriousEmpire wrote:

The Facts wrote:Appaling decision not a chance you can give that out when there is no way of being a 100% sure. As I said 99% of the big decisions went England's way

Have to agree. Some hallucination of a hot spot, a clicking sound that could've been anything and somehow a game changing decision is "confirmed".  

 strange- deffo hotspot- deffo sound, deffo snicko , deffo edge, deffo out ..But ok belieev what you want i suppose:erm: 

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