Ashes 2nd Test

[Gandalf]

Was surprised England declared TBH, thought they might have batted an hour. Interestingly poised right now. If we can get Ponting this session and one more I think it's almost in the bag. Famous last words.

[skel1983]

Looks like its in the bag, got to take your hats off to the lads after the first test and the fact they didnt re call Harmison i thought it would be a difficult mate.

Auzzies currently 178-5 over 300 still to get hopefully we will wrap it up today.

[Gandalf]

England bottling it a little bit with this last stand getting strong. Should be an enthralling final day. England should have batted the first hour to put the game beyond the Aussies. There is still a bit of danger with them.

We need to break first thing on the last day or it could mean trouble.

[HattonTheHammer]

1-0 to the engerland


you cant f*ck an aussie without a freddie, flintoff is god!!


(as i write this the game is still alive with aus needing 130 more for victory and england needing 1 more decent freddie ball)

[Gandalf]

Get in there!

Quality result. We outplayed the Aussies over a fair chunk of that match. Great bounce back from a mediocre first test!

Flintoff and Strauss were the cornerstones for me.

[HattonTheHammer]

Get in there!

Quality result. We outplayed the Aussies over a fair chunk of that match. Great bounce back from a mediocre first test!

Flintoff and Strauss were the cornerstones for me.

To be fair the bowling yesterday afternoon and evening was nothing short of a calamity and but for freddie (again) we would of completely F`d this up.

Australia pretty much rely solely now on ponting and clarke over and over again and if you can get those guys out youve always gotta chance of victory. Clarkes innings yesterday was one of the finest peices of batting your likely to see and he almost did the unthinkable.

Without a fully fit brett lee and an on song mitchell johnson i just dont see where australia are gonna get 20 wickets from and as long as the likes of bopara, pietersen and cook can get their act together and of course we can keep freddie fit i see england taking the series 2-1 with the last test being a dead rubber

[Gandalf]

Yeah, I was a bit over enthusiastic. Looking back there were some really crappy patches. The collapse in the first innings and yesterday afternoon like you mentioned. All in all it puts us in with a fair chance now though. Should be interesting.