The Ashes 2013.

[Cripps_orig]

Eng 50-2 (Cook 21*, Pietersen 21*)
This passage of play is another example of why Test cricket is so fascinating. Today we've seen an Aussie collapse, the heroics of Ashton Agar and then the drama of two England wickets in two balls. Now, both sides have recognised the importance of this little session. Australia bowling tight, looking to frustrate England. The home side digging in, trying to be patient, knowing that batting will get easier as the bowlers tire. Cook takes his first run after 27 consecutive dot balls.

He must have a different meaning to fascinating to the rest of us.

Cook :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England lead by 2. :bow:

[cricketsi]

This match hangs in the balance. Wish I could ditch work tomorrow!

[Syn]

This match hangs in the balance. Wish I could ditch work tomorrow!

It's not in the balance. England are firm favourites to win this and there were even at 11-2. Australia are garbage atm. Have been for a good year or so.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Last over of the day coming up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Impressive beer snake. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

A shame we didn't get a chance to see the world famous night watchman

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England close on 80-2. Lead of 15.

[Cripps_orig]

Agar man of the day :bow:

[Syn]

England's morning. Australia's afternoon. England's evening. England's day.

[cricketsi]

It's not in the balance. England are firm favourites to win this and there were even at 11-2. Australia are garbage atm. Have been for a good year or so.

Maybe, except I thought we were looking at a 90 run lead for England after the first innings and the match being over by tomorrow afternoon. England haven't been batting well either.

[GP]

Cricketsi :bow:

Miles better than VDGreg

[cricketsi]

:tiphat: What did I do?

[Cripps_orig]

Apparently some controversy with Trotts wicket.

Hotspot wasn't working

Technology :lol:

[GP]

It's not what you did, it's what you didn't not do.

[cricketsi]

Apparently some controversy with Trotts wicket.

Hotspot wasn't working

Technology :lol:

And they made the wrong decision when Agar should have been out for 6!

[Cripps_orig]

And they made the wrong decision when Agar should have been out for 6!

Haven't seen either.

Too early on in Agars innings and I turned off when England started their innings.

[cricketsi]

Haven't seen either.

Too early on in Agars innings and I turned off when England started their innings.

Agar should probably have been given out stumped, but they went to third umpire, not as a referral just a referee aid, and he gave it not out. Third umpire's probably just thinking of the fans who have tickets for Saturday!

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen the Agar incident.

Looked tight.

Could go either way and if there's any doubt, he stays in

[Rors]

Agar Isn't 'Orrible :bow:

[GP]

Agar Isn't 'Orrible :bow:

Been waiting for that all day :tiphat:

[Cripps_orig]

Just realised that the 2 highest scores by a number 11 batsmen have both been against England and both in the last year or so.

Worst English bowling attack of all time?

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No.

Anyway, 86-2 currently. KP fluked a four off a full toss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

KP on to 52! :bow:

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Beefy: Not really a breakfast person.

Shredded Wheat. :haha:

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102 partnership for Cook and KP.

[Cripps_orig]

45 minutes for Cook to score a run this morning :haha:

Even Boycott is criticising him

[McNamara That Ghost...]

121-3, KP inside edge dragged on! Pattinson with the wicket.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bell has to do something good today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cook moves on to fifty. :bow:

Off 164 balls. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

131-4, Agar gets Cook for his first test wicket! Brilliant catch by Clarke.

Snail-like innings hasn't helped this time.

[Cripps_orig]

Predictable morning.

Said last night this would happen.

Bell and this Bairstow need to score runs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Agar. :bow:

Going to take something special to deny him MotM tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four overs off Watson, not a single run scored against him. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Make that 5

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finally runs against him. All two of them.

Good shot by Bell, on to 17.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pattinson being angry man again.

Ball just isn't carrying to slips.

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Huge reverse swing there. :blink:

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Weird review from the Aussies.

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Starc. :haha:

Amazing wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bell fortunate that didn't carry.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

157-4 at lunch. England leading by 92.

[cricketsi]

Still delicately poised, looking likely to need another bowling masterclass from Jimmy Anderson to win this one for England.

[Syn]

England will pass 350 comfortably IMO. Prior will get runs in this innings.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bell goes to review but I think this will stay with the on field call.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England will pass 350 comfortably IMO. Prior will get runs in this innings.

:lol:

Nah.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's missing! Bell stays in. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

174-5, Agar gets Bairstow! Massive turn there.

Bairstow never really looked assured out there. 15 off 60 odd balls.

[Syn]

Say what you want about Steve Smith. And we have. That guy is a phenomenal fielder.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aussies trying to chance a wicket.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Awlsome shot from Bell.

[Cripps_orig]

Any one of our pub team tailenders have a chance of doing an Agar?

Where's Alex Tudor when we need him?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad is the best chance but he has a lame shoulder so that's not going to happen this time. Anderson no chance sadly.

Swann is a slogger and could get to 60 odd but that's his limit.

Finn. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Prior tempting fate.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

218-6, Prior goes. Siddle with the wicket. Opposite angle from what he did in the first innings.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bell gets fifty. Has become a real struggle for him with everyone falling by the wayside.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

230-6 at tea. Lead of 165.

[Syn]

266-6 and not in any bother. Looking easy for 350+.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Ashton Giles over the wicket into the rough

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That would've been an amazing catch from Cowan. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hughes. :haha:

I wouldn't bother mate.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aleem Jar. :lol:

Might be a bit of a calamity here.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ah no problem. Commentators. :lol:

Broad might have been in trouble if the throw had gone to the wicket it had intended to go to.

[Dennis Bendtner]

How is that not out?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How has Aleem Dar missed that? I had the wicket score all ready to be posted too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad is such a twat.

[Dennis Bendtner]

But why didn't the umpires consult or anything? :shrug:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now Bell nearly edged one. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

But why didn't the umpires consult or anything? :shrug:

Can only assume based on Broad's reaction. It can't be that they doubted it themselves.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky cut away before Lehmann gets the chance to swear in slo-mo. :lol:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Basic umpiring out of the window there. Both of them not suspecting anything or at least consulting for an umpire review? That's awful. I think the TV umpire bottled the Agar stumping too. Goodbye to all concerned. :wave:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Holding will bring up Ramdin's Champions Trophy reprimand I would imagine (on a separate note)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Courageous says Nasser.

He's so brave!

[Dennis Bendtner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcFSR8C0rQ

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

326-6 at the close of play.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I guess that makes up for yesterday, somewhat.

And I'm sure that will be the last we hear of it....

I'm never playing poker with Broad though. No when he's wearing a helmet anyway.

[Syn]

Broad is such a twat.

I haven't seen it but I'm looking for a youtube clip of it but no luck.

Did he just not walk - or did he try to gesture to the umpire as if he was not out?

If it's just the former then fair enough to him.

[GP]

Yeah I don't get it. I'd wait for the umpire's decision every time. Play to the whistle.

[Syn]

It might not make sense, as such, but the temptation for papers to use the headline 'Broad Walk Umpire' must be strong

Twitter :bow:

[Rors]

Walk.

[Syn]

Walk.

I'm 50/50.

I don't agree with those who say "well the bowlers appeal for not out decisions all the time" because when you're bowling/fielding even for less likely shouts, you simply don't know. You might not think it's out, but after all the umpire is supposed to have a better view and he can judge. Sri Lankans piss everyone off because their 'unlikely' appeals are much louder than everyone else's.

In terms of batting, when it's a heavy nick, you do know you've got bat on it. For thin edges, it's hard to say unless you're playing with that much noise around. You certainly won't feel it - you can only hear it. And sometimes that noise is bat-pad or something else. So you don't always walk.

Only if you're 100% sure you've touched it - and I haven't seen it but I assume this was clear cut if it went to first slip - then you probably should go. But, fuck it, I don't think I would. #yolo

[Rors]

I'm 50/50.

I don't agree with those who say "well the bowlers appeal for not out decisions all the time" because when you're bowling/fielding even for less likely shouts, you simply don't know. You might not think it's out, but after all the umpire is supposed to have a better view and he can judge. Sri Lankans piss everyone off because their 'unlikely' appeals are much louder than everyone else's.

In terms of batting, when it's a heavy nick, you do know you've got bat on it. For thin edges, it's hard to say unless you're playing with that much noise around. You certainly won't feel it - you can only hear it. And sometimes that noise is bat-pad or something else. So you don't always walk.

Only if you're 100% sure you've touched it - and I haven't seen it but I assume this was clear cut if it went to first slip - then you probably should go. But, fuck it, I don't think I would. #yolo

In this situation Broad clearly hit it. It wasn't a swish where he might have hit his pad with the bat and wasn't sure himself what he'd done. So it's a definite walk here for me at least.

Of course, we shouldn't be having this discussion as he should have been given out without a moment's hesitation. DRS has clearly had a negative effect on umpire's concentration.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

DRS has clearly had a negative effect on umpire's concentration.

It's crap in F1 as well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I haven't seen it but I'm looking for a youtube clip of it but no luck.

Did he just not walk - or did he try to gesture to the umpire as if he was not out?

If it's just the former then fair enough to him.

He stood there and looked really sheepish in doing so. Like you say later though, this isn't a feather to the keeper, this is a big edge going off to slip. :lol:

I just don't like it, whoever doesn't walk, in those kind of situations. It's not in the rules that you have to walk but I would have thought something about it was in the 'Spirit of the game'.

[Rors]

He stood there and looked really sheepish in doing so. Like you say later though, this isn't a feather to the keeper, this is a big edge going off to slip. :lol:

I just don't like it, whoever doesn't walk, in those kind of situations. It's not in the rules that you have to walk but I would have thought something about it was in the 'Spirit of the game'.

Said Spirit is "twaddle" according to Boycs on TMS just now. Sounds about right.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01cnth3

Well that's what you'd expect from Boycs. :whistle:

[Dennis Bendtner]

The spirit of the game being arbitrary and useless is what Holding has been saying too, but now highlighted even more by the ICC taking action on claiming grassed catches and so on. That's the only argument I fully agree with. They're comfortable in determining doubt in one scenario but not another.

[GP]

No such thing as the 'spirit of the rules'

[Rors]

What DID Dar think it hit?!!

[Rors]

RE.
SPECT.
WALK.

:tiphat:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

One step from lashing out at you.

[Rors]

No way punk.

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen the Broad incident.

Awful umpiring decision. Aleem Dar is terrible. Surely some sort of match fixing going on there.

As for Broad, don't really blame him for not walking. In the cricketing world, he's known as Yuvrajs bitch so he needed to do something to get that off his back and now he has.

[cricketsi]

Great innings by Bell today when England looked in real danger. Shane Warne :pal:

[Cripps_orig]

Watched the highlights. Best bit of Tests they are btw. Cut out all the boring crap it does. Bell looked good. Always rated him

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23279781

As I can't post in the cricket thread for some reason

Essex :haha:

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Starc. :haha:

What a delivery.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad moves on to 51. Watson and Clarke didn't bother to put their arms out to catch it. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bell gets his century! :bow:

Well done to him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Starc's first ball today:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BPC9HD2CAAI7jPw.png:large

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

356-7, Broad walks! :lol:

Pattinson with the wicket.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

371-8, Bell goes for 109! :bow:

Starc with the wicket.

[Cripps_orig]

Swann, Finn and Anderson just need to smack it around now.

No point sticking around. Rain is forecasted later.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maybe if all of Starc's lbw shouts ween't going down leg side he'd might actually have a chance of getting a wicket.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Maybe if all of Starc's lbw shouts ween't going down leg side he'd might actually have a chance of getting a wicket.

He must be put off by them actually bouncing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

375-9, true bowler's stroke by Swan there. Well taken by Clarke.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He must be put off by them actually bouncing.

:lol:

If only the wickets were 10 feet tall and 10 feet away from where they are.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Can Anderson and Finn emulate Agar and Hughes? :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No is the answer.

Anderson goes for a duck. England all out for 375. Aussies need 311.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McGrath starts a lot of sentences with "Yeah no". :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderson's delivery was a little bit more accurate than Starc's first.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Yeah no, Anderson's first ball was slightly better than Starc's.

[Cripps_orig]

More than enough time for either team to win it :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rogers edges it, doesn't carry to slips.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Australia negotiate past the 300 mark in chasing. :popcorn:

[Rors]

Getting a bit hairy this.... I still think it would require at least one session of Australia "just kicking 'em away" for them to win it, and I don't think they have the players to do it. He says.

The Opener giving it some beans right now too...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Australia 28-0 at lunch. Brisk scoring for 20 minutes tbf.

[Rors]

I miss Channel Nine World Of Sport and their 'Win A Year's Supply Of KFC' competitions....

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Nine :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I miss Channel Nine World Of Sport and their 'Win A Year's Supply Of KFC' competitions....

I'd imagine they will can that competition since it's obvious Tubs gets to the winnings before anyone else.

[Rors]

I'd imagine they will can that competition since it's obvious Tubs gets to the winnings before anyone else.

Taylor :bow: Enigmatically nicknamed....

[Syn]

Get Agar out and it's pretty much game over.



Im here all week.

[Syn]

Glenn McGrath:"I always walked............bit hard to stand there with all 3 stumps lying on the floor" :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That bounce. :lol:

Chance for an Nasser lbw here (off the toe).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rogers you lucky git.

[Syn]

Rogers' stance makes him look like he's shitting himself. Probably is.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rogers flukes it for four.

51-0 now. At that pace they'd come close to winning today. :blink:

[Syn]

England are bowling too straight. They should make them fish for it. Watson in particular will take the bait.

[Syn]

When's the batting powerplay?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lehmann listening to the commentary. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Watson goes to review.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

84-1, Watson goes on 46. :haha:

How many times is he going to do that.

Broad with the wicket.

[Syn]

Aleem Dar loves fucking over the Aussies :bow:

[Rors]

Here we go :popcorn:

The Opener's conversion rate :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cowan avoids the King Pair. :bow:

[Rors]

Cowan :lol:

[Rors]

That wicket shows the problem with use of DRS. Watson called for it out of pure hope, not because he thought the decision needed reviewing. Even Muzzah would have baulked at that one...for a second or two.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another rancid decision. Remains 85-1.

[Rors]

And there's another incorrect (sort of) umpiring decision.We all make 'em, of course, but DRS has given them the chance to take their eye off the ball

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Time for HawkEye on the bats.

[Rors]

Time for HawkEye on the bats.

"Mr Rogers is challenging the call, off-stump sideline, ball was called out". Yep, that works.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn is on. :o

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn serves up a buffet to Barry Cowan.

[Rors]

Pie time :bow: :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad misfield, Cowan gets another four

100-1 now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Root is on to bowl. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1600 revs from Root. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rogers gets his fifty!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Root gets Cowan, 111-2!

Nelson. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And that's tea.

[Rors]

Cowan :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He isn't very good.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

124-3, Anderson gets Rogers! :bow:

[Rors]

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Much better from Finn and it wasn't pitched short. :o

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn goes off the field, Broad gives Smith a rancid wide delivery.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What's Aleem Dar on? :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

161-4, Clarke goes for 23.

:dance:

[Rors]

Now that was a biggie...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

161-5, off goes Smith! :haha:

No reviews, again. :haha:

[Rors]

:haha:

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

164-6, Hughes out for a duck on review!

Umpires. :lol:

Swann. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Agar is on his way out! :popcorn:

[Rors]

Here comes The Great One.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bradman's Great Grandson. :bow:

[Rors]

Calling it now. Agar guides Australia to a one-wicket victory, then immediately flies across the water to replace Kane at MITB..

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Agar the Aussie. :bow:

To join Zeb Colter and Antonio Cesaro. :popcorn:

Agar already contributed more than Hughes did in this innings.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Agar. :lol:

Well they aren't going to win by blocking I suppose.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RIP Beer Snake. :rose:

[Syn]

Day 5 tomorrow is sold out.

[Rors]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXYXM6d4Mg

[Syn]

G'day.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Australia close on 174-6, needing 137 to win.

:popcorn:

Not sure how this match managed to get to day five. :lol:

[Syn]

As long as agar as there, the Aussies have hope.

But realistically, no. England to win by 80 runs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If Agar got them over the line, he should retire. No point dragging out a career that will never get better than that.

[Rors]

Agar should try to unseat Kevin Rudd. He'd be able to and all...

[Rors]

Clarke - "The (DRS) system's in place, we're using it". He forgot the "badly" there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

It's not a race to 0 Pup.

[Syn]

It's annoying that Michael Clarke seems very likeable. #gaycomment

[Cripps_orig]

Aussies :doh:

Agar plays the innings of his life first innings at number 11 so what do they do? Move him.

He now has 1 from 20 odd balls.

[Rors]

Here goes then..........

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Haddin giving slips hope but goes for four.

[Rors]

The Omnipotent One is having problems here.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hit a four straight after that wild miss. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England have taken the new ball. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Haddin. :haha:

Just take the single Old Man.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aussies up to 202-6, 109 more needed.

[Cripps_orig]

All Australia.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Agarstralia tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Er that kept a bit low. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

207-7, Anderson gets Agar!

[Cripps_orig]

Listening to radio.

Wish I knew what the fielding positions were.

Wicket!!!!!

[Rors]

Phew.

[Rors]

Fork for Agar.

[Cripps_orig]

Agar :bow:

Last we'll see of him this Test.

Single handedly entertained us

[Rors]

Promoting him was a good choice wasn't it :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Anderson with another wicket.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

211-8, Starc edges to slip.

Anderson with another wicket. :bow:

[Rors]

Starc that is, not Agar (who of course got out Just Because He Can)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Time for Haddin to go mental, a draw isn't possible so time to press B.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath, BBC Test Match Special

"There are still three wickets in the shed but England have moved into a strong position. It's not over yet though."

Pigeon desperately clinging on to 0-5.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

99 needed for Australia now.

:popcorn:

[Rors]

B :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Cook drops the Ashes

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cook just dropped The Ashes.

[Rors]

Cook drops the 1999 World Cup. (Am I doing this right?)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four byes. It's Edgbaston all over again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Geoffrey 'Uri Geller' Boycott: I saw that coming actually.

:rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

231-9, Cook takes the catch this time. Off goes Siddle.

Anderson. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

It's nearly over

[Rors]

Geoffrey 'Uri Geller' Boycott: I saw that coming actually.

:rolleyes:

Boycs :lol: ("You've got to catch your catches to win")

[Cripps_orig]

Bit of a damp squib this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Boycs :lol: ("You've got to catch your catches to win")

Go out there, score some runs, take some wickets.

[Rors]

Go out there, score some runs, take some wickets.

'Flintapp' :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn. :haha:

Use your eyes you muppet!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Googlyeyes Finn on to bowl now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Strauss' voice takes a while to catch up with the words in his brain.

B. Haddin indeed. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aussies need 55 to win.

Finn getting pummeled again.

Haddin on to 51.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Er take Finn out of the attack Cook.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

15 from the over. :doh:

49 needed.

[Cripps_orig]

15 off Finns over

He's a bit shit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BBC News bar is saying England have won the first test. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn still on to win it for England. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Doubt Finn will play at Lords.

Who's likely to come in?

Onions?

[Rors]

This is pathetic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four byes. :rose:

Good delivery though but it all amounts to having a mare.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Doubt Finn will play at Lords.

Who's likely to come in?

Onions?

Big Tim Bresnan. :bow:

[Rors]

"Jones! Bowden! Kasprowicz the man to go".....

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B!! :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pattinson whacks it for six. What a shot.

31 needed to win. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn taken off unsurprisingly.

[Rors]

Finn taken off unsurprisingly.

Still at the ground though isn't he? Nnngh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yup, still fielding. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderson down on the ground.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderson leaves the field, no chance of him bowling before lunch.

Finn to step up. :bow:

Bresnan the sub fielder for Anderson.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

OMG. :haha:

Could have been a run out, missed throw from Bairsy, they get a run anyway!

[Syn]

Strauss has absolutely the wrong voice for commentary. Garbage human being.

[Rors]

This is a joke.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spin bowling from Broad. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Over 200 added from both Australia's tenth wicket partnerships. :lol:

:(

[Rors]

I knew I shouldn't have read about the 1989 Ashes Series last night.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn dropped it! NOOOO.

[Cripps_orig]

Finn drops one

[Rors]

And there goes Finn again.....

[Syn]

Strauss is the Gary Neville of cricket commentary. Shut the fuck up dickhead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Almost bowled! :haha:

22 needed.

[Syn]

Usually you can sledge the no.11 out. But given the Aussie propensity to start a fight, I don't think anyone from England would fancy taking him on. He looks like a nutcase.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

At least Finn stopped that going for four.

[Rors]

At least Finn stopped that going for four.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad. :lol:

Timewasting.