Ashes 2010/11

[Rip Van We Go Again]

268 all out

Disappointing after being 69-5.

[willywombat]

The Aussies either take wickets in the first session tomorrow or it's game over

[VillaZogmariner]

I know it's selfish of me, but I don't actually want England to win at Perth. I'd rather win the Ashes at the MCG!

[Villan For Life]

Wonderful day for England.

If you win the toss on the first day of a test match and ask your opponents to bat and they end up being all out before the close then you'd settle for that. Another big day tomorrow, if we bat as well as we have been so far on this tour then tomorrow could be the day that decides the Ashes.

[OzVilla]

I know it's selfish of me, but I don't actually want England to win at Perth. I'd rather win the Ashes at the MCG!

Never fear, whatever happens here only a win at the MCG will see England win the series outright.  A win at the WACA would only mean we'll have retained the Ashes by not losing the series.

How about we go 3-0 up at the MCG instead.  How much fun would that be (and we always do well in Sydney).

[The Man With A Stick]

I know it's selfish of me, but I don't actually want England to win at Perth. I'd rather win the Ashes at the MCG!

Yeah, we'll only retain them in Perth though and not win the series outright.  I want 4-0, just to rub their faces in it big style.

edit: which is exactly what OzVilla said, sorry mate!

[cheltenhamlion]

A fine day for England again. The Aussie tail wagged but 268 on that deck is well below par. Stick another 500 on the board and it's goodnight for them.

[PaulWinch again]

Good performance, now another 600 plus innings for England will do nicely.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I think we'll score something similar to them.

[Chris Smith]

Another day that we've domianted. We are stopping their top order from finding any sort of form and they can't make much of an impression on ours.

England are stronger individually and collectively.

 

[peter w]

Need to get a lead of around 150-200. They will be ubder immense pressure then. I expect johnson to do well in this innings so it will be a lot harder than gabba and Adelaide.

[taylorsworkrate]

Very good day again. 

Don't think we bowled as well as we could but i'd have bitten multiple hands of if offered 268 all out at the start of play.

Great job by Strauss and Cook in the last hour aswell. 

If we can see of the next 10 - 15 overs then the ball will go soft and batting will be relatively simple. (As Australia's lower order proved).

[Warren Aspinall]

England are not revealing their side until the toss, i've got a feeling Bresnan will get the nod as Shahzad is a bit raw & Tremlett seems to have a touch of the Harmisons about him. Hope i'm wrong though as Tremlett (on fire & form) is perfect for this wicket.

It's possible to be both wrong & right in the same sentence

I wasn't a Tremlett fan, but today he proved me wrong, special kudos for Anderson though, he's worked out how to bowl on wickets that don't necessarily suit him, I loved the way he rubbed Johnsons nose in it after bowling Harris. England to post 400-450 & win by 7 wickets.

[KevinGage]

Shame the tail wagged. 180 all out looked a pretty conservative bet at 60 odd for 5 and under 200 was still on when Haddin departed at 189.

Giving Johnson any kind of confidence isn't ideal but he looked in such a state at the Gabba it's hard to believe that a bit of work in the nets is all he needs to bowl effectively.

They gambled with that pace attack and it looked like if he was going down Ponting wanted to go down swinging too. Fair play, but lets go for the throat.

Should still be a bit of life in that pitch tomorrow so could be difficult first up. Ride out the first session with one, possibly two down and it should get a lot easier. All the pressure will be back on the Aussies and -as we've seen- this current crop don't seem to be able to handle it all that well.

[The Left Side]

Just watched the highlights and that was a great catch from Collingwood to dismiss Ponting.