The Ashes, Second Test Lord's

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Harris and Khwaja in.
Aus's bowling depth is so good that they can drop who was rated to be their top fast bowler without blinking an eyelid.

Sounded like bat to me... Evidently not.

dyrewolfe wrote:Lets hope Jimmy and Stuart can do some damage early on. A wicket or two before lunch would be a huge boost for England.

If we can nab Watson and Rogers before lunch, I reckon we'll have them out by the end of the day. But if we let them settle, we could be in for a long day. This is the crucial part of the day now.

Unless Australia are bowled out for 12

haha, azzy, not quite the same, you can take that money home. but i know what you mean

Top first over from Jimmy.

361 is a good enough score IMO

Jimmy with a superb opening over!

Anderson on the money straight away. A maiden over and nearly has Watson caught.

Must've been just a gnat's whisker in it.

JamesLincs wrote:haha, azzy, not quite the same, you can take that money home. but i know what you mean

You lose so much exchanging it back, you may as well spend it on fags and make a tidy profit from selling them on

Man this weather.  I'm off to get roof bars fitted so I can buy a kayak later, keep renting them.

I fear i'll be struggling to find space on the water.  Going to have to take a radio to keep in touch with this tomorrow and sunday.

Cornwall in this weather.. Gods own country.

Enjoy Trebbs!! sounds aweome

Azzy Mahmood wrote:

JamesLincs wrote:haha, azzy, not quite the same, you can take that money home. but i know what you mean

You lose so much exchanging it back, you may as well spend it on fags and make a tidy profit from selling them on

 Well if its euros or US dollars  i just keep em. I will allways use em again soon.

mystiroakey wrote:Enjoy Trebbs!! sounds aweome

 Cheers Roakey!

Darn - great pressure first 5 overs - then a cracking 4 off broad

trebellbobaggins wrote:Man this weather.  I'm off to get roof bars fitted so I can buy a kayak later, keep renting them.

I fear i'll be struggling to find space on the water.  Going to have to take a radio to keep in touch with this tomorrow and sunday.

Cornwall in this weather.. Gods own country.

Sounds nice...always been a canoe man myself (though you have to make sure you can Eskimo roll if you need to).

Usually takes a while for Broad to come into the game tbh.

Come on Bresnan!

Show them what you're made of!!!!!

and Bresnan appears and already the slowest bowler on display.
he is less in bolwing skills than watson.

Time for Trundling Tim to show his wares

dyrewolfe wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:Man this weather.  I'm off to get roof bars fitted so I can buy a kayak later, keep renting them.

I fear i'll be struggling to find space on the water.  Going to have to take a radio to keep in touch with this tomorrow and sunday.

Cornwall in this weather.. Gods own country.

Sounds nice...always been a canoe man myself (though you have to make sure you can Eskimo roll if you need to).

 Yeah i'm not pro enough,  Jst a little paddler me.  Love it though.

Is it time to trot out the Anderson v Steyn bickering or does he need a couple of wickets first?

aussie openers off to a flyer again.

they are showing some real flair in the early going in this series so far.

Wickets first, Galted, those are the rules.

cheers kingraf, will get some skewed stats ready in the meanwhile

Aus will get 500 in the first inning......Broad and Bresnan bowl like they have done so far.

2 men attcak for Eng

No problem Galted, alternatively, if Anderson gets NO wickets, Gerry and I will be ready to start the riot

Bresnan you legend!

YES BRESNAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a waste of a review by Australia 

I had a feeling about Watson.  It's very different to englands early innings, maybe a bit like Cook though.  Gets off to a fluent start but then is vulnerable.

 some good bowling.

watsed review...looks like the top order in Aus feel it's their right to review regrdless of the level of doubt

Yes unusual review.  That was very very clear.

Watson is very much the Mark Ramprakash of Australian cricket. Massive talent, superb technique, not able to hold it together mentally. What a shame for the Aussies

Bresnan doing something Finn can't do, looking threatening!

It really was a poor review from Australia. Watson missing a straight ball while playing across, and to add to Australia's sense of loss, he wasted a review as well.

Dreadful review from Watson

He was a plumb as you can get but still wastes a review.

It's like his ego is to big for the team

Have aus not learnt there DRS issues from last game!!

To all the Bresnan detractors:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Massive wicket just before lunch from super Tim, to get out one of Australia's premier batsman. What a waste of a review as well. England on top!

KP_fan wrote:Aus will get 500 in the first inning......Broad and Bresnan bowl like they have done so far.

2 men attcak for Eng

   

Classic as ever.

Trundler Timmy traps T***to

Duty281 wrote:To all the Bresnan detractors:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Massive wicket just before lunch from super Tim, to get out one of Australia's premier batsman. What a waste of a review as well. England on top!

KP_fan wrote:Aus will get 500 in the first inning......Broad and Bresnan bowl like they have done so far.

2 men attcak for Eng

   

Classic as ever.

Unless I'm mistaken Finn was on a hat trick in the last test...

So Bresnan loving can be put in hold for the time being

Duty, let's not laugh at KP until Australia are all out for 200, yeah? We don't want him laughing at us for laughing at him

England's morning now though - terrible start but Broad and Swann got them up to an OK-ish score, then the Aussies got through the expected tough first few overs and then suddenly gift us a wicket immediately before lunch.

Pop another one out soon after the restart and we will be starting to get some control of the game. Big turn around after the first hour yesterday...

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Watson is very much the Mark Ramprakash of Australian cricket. Massive talent, superb technique, not able to hold it together mentally. What a shame for the Aussies

Bresnan doing something Finn can't do, looking threatening!

and keeping his line together.

Finn just needs to get it together, he's good enough.

Comparing the average 10th wicket partnership, vs the average 1st woukd
make for embarassing reading!

TimTim just has too much trundle for the Aussies to handle.

Typical! I go away for half an hour and we get a wicket!

Nice one Bressers. One major threat removed...quite a few more to go.

Lets not buy Trundle Tim a medal yet. Shane Watson's strength is his weakness, he can be incredible leg-side, playing Round the ball, but the law of averages dictates he will miss it sooner or later, and his average suggests its usually thd former

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Watson is very much the Mark Ramprakash of Australian cricket. Massive talent, superb technique, not able to hold it together mentally. What a shame for the Aussies

Bresnan doing something Finn can't do, looking threatening!

Lets not forget Watson is actually an all-rounder in disguise, just playing at being an opener.

I don't recall if Ramps did any bowling, but if he did he probably wasn't as good as Watto.

In any case, a vital breakthrough. Could have done with one more before lunch but its a start.

mystiroakey wrote:Have aus not learnt there DRS issues from last game!!

Since when has an Aussie learnt anything?  

you do wonder how Watson thought it was worth reviewing that: he's nowhere near it, so can't think he's hit it. He's hit in front of middle-and-off, so surely didn't think he got outside the line, and the ball's crashing into leg stump. I always think a batsman should know what he's reviewing rather than reviewing in hope, particularly if he's one of the first to fall (tactical reviews lower down are more understandable).

turned it into a decent morning for England in the end, inspired move by Cook to get Bresnan into the attack.

Having said that the ball's done very little since the first 4 or 5 overs, the pitch looks good for batting, so England will have to bowl very well and work very hard this afternoon you feel.

dyrewolfe wrote:Lets not forget Watson is actually an all-rounder in disguise, just playing at being an opener.

I don't recall if Ramps did any bowling, but if he did he probably wasn't as good as Watto.

I was talking about batting only, but the temperament comparison is there. Watson is more than capable of putting big scores on the board, he just never seems to get them. He'll look back on his Test career and wonder how he didn't score 25 hundreds.

2 left-handers for Swann to target!

This is the first time I've properly watched Khawaja bat, will be keen to see how he holds up.