Ashes 2010/11

[Shrek]

Well the first hour is done and it looks like it's not gonna be our session, but there is a long way to go yet.

I'm off to bed can't stay awake. Night all

[PaulWinch again]

Hussey should be out.

[Villan For Life]

WE're bowlng well and with a little luck the Crims would be 7 down now

Got to be positive

[mr-villa]

Australia 380 all out, lead of 120 on 1st innings.  England to struggle to 300 in second innings leaving Australia to make 181 where they will creep over the line for the loss of 8 wickets.

[The Man With A Stick]

No luck at all so far tonight, I'm sticking with it though.

[Dave Cooper please]

Okay, so now we need rain!

[OzVilla]

One thing that won't save us is rain, we're gonna have to do it tough here.

Unbelievably frustrating first session there, Hussey should have gone, Anderson has bowled superbly with no luck.  Still punishing us when we drop short, sometimes there's no justice in sport.

We're gonna need to bat out of our skins in the 2nd dig to stand a chance.

[beness]

481- all out. Lead of 221. If hussey had gone earlier.... GRR

[N'Rexy]

What a long day. Please no wickets before close.

[OzVilla]

That was a tough, tough day but i'm pleased we stuck at it when it would have been very easy for the heads to drop like sides in the past.

One thing I noticed was someone pulled off a great stop at mid-wicket (Collingwood I think) middle of the evening session and 2 or 3 England boys ran in to give him a pat - atleast the body language was good when we've endured a partnership of nearly 300 that's no mean feat.

If 'ifs and ands' and all that.  We were so unlucky not to get Hussey well before he got his ton.  Haddin looked in trouble early doors - Anderson bowled superbly.  But you sensed we needed that breakthrough in the first hour as when the shine went off the ball, the pitch looked very flat and and they rarely looked troubled (something for our boys to remember tomorrow).

Prior - you may not be in his league as a batsman but please take note of Haddins knock - backed up his partner (first 25 runs off 104 balls) before pushing on himself (second 25 off 34 balls) when they'd got ahead and cut loose from there.  A really excellent team innings.

We'll probably lose this game but remember their record since their last defeat at the Gabba is PLD 20 W 16 D 4 L 0.

For me, it's important that we put up a fight 2nd innings and not go down by an innings and something.  That way we can take alot from the game (undone by a once in a lifetime hatrick and a once in a lifetime partnership) - obviously a draw from here on would now be as good as a win.

[PaulWinch again]

We need big performances from our big players now and a couple of big centuries.

[TopDeck113]

I think we might save an innings defeat, but I can't see us batting the necessary four to five sessions to avoid losing.

[PaulWinch again]

We need players to show the grit that Hussey showed, he rode his luck but he made a big score.

[john e]

thats it for me, not staying up late tonight,
 i'l wait untill the second test to start getting excited again

if we are still batting in the morning, we will have done very well, but i doubt it

[Andy Poole]

Well, last night, i stayed up to watch!...started at 11.30pm and i lasted until 5am....all i saw was two Crims hitting us all over the park. Went to bed at 5 and slept until 9.30, got up to find we finally bowled them out and had a few overs ourselves!

FML.   

Tonight i've set my alarm for 2.45...a few hours sleep and then i'll watch from after lunch.....if you do the opposite, you'll see loads of action!