Australia vs England | 1st Ashes Test | Brisbane | Day 3

[Anfield]

4 Bailey...

I don't care how bad he is.

First half century would be special.

Oh and the reason i like him is his fighting spirit when under pressure. Does not crumble. A real fighter!

Tests a different ball game altogether. Dhoni is a bottler in tests and we all know how good he is in limited overs cricket.

 

[Justcrazy]

299 / 5

Tea Time

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Tests a different ball game altogether. Dhoni is a bottler in tests and we all know how good he is in limited overs cricket.

I know.

Which is why I'm more excited for him to prove his doubters wrong.

Call me deluded or insane but that's my gut feeling

 

[Aman]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I know this sounds ridiculous, but we could still win this. Flat pitch, 2+ days left. Just need to get them out and go after Johnson. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Ashes&src=hash">#Ashes</a></p>— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/statuses/404110555243229185">November 23, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Anythings possible with Cook and KP.

 

[Amjid Javed]

If i was clake id send out haddin and bailey with a licence to go out and play there shots for 16-18 overs and get lead well over 500 and then get england back in tonight, this wicket is at its best now for batting so knocking over england again may be tough so need to allow as much time as possible.

 

[Aman]

10 overs 100 runs.

Time to tee off

 

[Justcrazy]

Root is been over bowled here , he has made no impact so far.

 

[Justcrazy]

swan finally strikes

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Aww Man GONE....

dAMN..

 

[linus]

OUT !!!
Bailey Bold by Swann.

Played down the wrong line....

 

[Justcrazy]

Can Poms keep the lead down the 500 mark?

 

[Justcrazy]

Australia lead by 475 runs with 4 wickets remaining

 

[linus]

New ball taken , But Haddin is throwing his bat at everything...

13 runs off James Anderson in first over...

 

[Ims1]

Should declare with an hour remaining today .Eng are not chasing 500 in any case .

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

4 runs to Haddin.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

The lead is 490 now

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

Takes a single off the last over to keep strike.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

I'd love to see Mitchel Johnson score a quickfire 50 here.

 

[Robert]

Anythings possible with Cook and KP.

No chance. Silly comment by Piers Morgan. England need a day of rain and then to bat brilliantly to salvage a draw from this and I don't think they will in their current batting form.

 

[Aman]

No chance. Silly comment by Piers Morgan. England need a day of rain and then to bat brilliantly to salvage a draw from this and I don't think they will in their current batting form.

England will probably bat for the draw but the wicket seems easy to bat on once you're in, all you need to do is bat time.

 

[Convict]

Ryan Harris wasn't there when England pulled off the 500.

And Johnson is in good form. Lyon is superior to Doherty.

meanwhile England's batsmen are in poor form. They'd need great luck with the rain.

 

[OZGOD]

It's doable - SA batted for 2 days to salvage a draw last summer. But blocking for 180 overs is tough. Most times people just look at flat wicket and say "x number of overs left, if we can score at y run rate and only lose 1 wicket a session we can win". It's mathematically possible but improbable.

Still, they did score 500+ for the loss of 1 wicket here last Ashes series so it's doable.

 

[battler]

haddin and johnson really need to throw the kitchen sink at everything here,extract how many ever runs they can in the next 15-20 overs.

 

[Bilal7]

England have to do this. Can't let the Aussies win any over here. Centuries by Trott, Bell and Prior should be enough.

The commentary is dead right now. Everyone's shocked.

 

[Convict]

England have to do this. Can't let the Aussies win any over here. Centuries by Trott, Bell and Prior should be enough.

The commentary is dead right now. Everyone's shocked.

You can't let us win any at a ground where we haven't lost in 25 tests?

 

[Ims1]

500 up with 27 over left . bat for next 10 get 40 or 50 & then fire at Eng for next 15 overs should be the modus-op .

 

[OZGOD]

England will probably bat for the draw but the wicket seems easy to bat on once you're in, all you need to do is bat time.

We always say that though. The wicket is easy to bat on until you get bowled. Otherwise everyone would score a ton. Even the probabilities start to work against you when you have to bat that long.

That said it's certainly possible. If MJ starts to spray it around again and Lyon is as ineffectual as Swann has been.

 

[Convict]

The main thing about 550 is the pressure.

Lose three wickets for 150 (a decent start) and you still need 400 runs.

 

[Aman]

England need to put the score out of the heads and just bat... bat... bat... and bat..

 

[leatherface58]

Channel 9 trolling Tremlett's 123 km/hr pie. "Is that an intentional slower ball? I don't think so." )

 

[Kianig89]

Horrible performance by England

 

[Savak]

Tremlets selection has been a debacle

 

[Aman]

England playing a bowler short

 

[Kianig89]

this is the team which English commies in 2011 said will go on to dominate for a long time ) since blanked 3-0 in UAE 0-2 @ home vs SA and now 1-0 here is on

 

[soso_killer]

Game Over

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 69 runs

 

[soso_killer]

this is the team which English commies in 2011 said will go on to dominate for a long time ) since blanked 3-0 in UAE 0-2 @ home vs SA and now 1-0 here is on

just shows that a year or two is a very long time in sport in general

 

[Cricfan4eva]

Johnson is just rubbing it in now )

 

[Justcrazy]

If Poms can score 550 in last innings , then They really deserve to win .

 

[soso_killer]

"Beat me away and i'll beat you at home". Thats cricket today.
England should have lost to NZ away too.

 

[Justcrazy]

To be honest this is beyond Poms now.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

this is the team which English commies in 2011 said will go on to dominate for a long time ) since blanked 3-0 in UAE 0-2 @ home vs SA and now 1-0 here is on

Fletcher went a step ahead and said India would dominate for 5-10 years

The problem is India/England took their top spot for granted and became complacent. South Africa however seem the real deal.

 

[Justcrazy]

Johnson & Haddin again doing well.

 

[Justcrazy]

Fletcher went a step ahead and said India would dominate for 5-10 years
.

May be in shorter format , Not in test.

 

[Justcrazy]

21 overs left , I think they will bowl at least 10 overs at Poms.

 

[soso_killer]

Man of the match: Johnson?

 

[Justcrazy]

There is no doubt Tremlett will be left out and Finn will be in for second Test.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

May be in shorter format , Not in test.

He was talking about our test team which was at no.1 and after that went onto lose 0-8 away.

 

[Justcrazy]

If Harris can last all 5 Test , Australia will have edge.

 

[Justcrazy]

He was talking about our test team which was at no.1 and after that went onto lose 0-8 away.

He was a fool to say that then. May be trying to impress his employers !!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Haddin gets another 50

 

[Convict]

There is no doubt Tremlett will be left out and Finn will be in for second Test.

Finn's going to hate Adelaide

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 87 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

Finn's going to hate Adelaide

why ??

 

[Convict]

why ??

It's lifeless. No bounce, no turn, no movement.

 

[soso_killer]

Cant wait to see Harris bowl

 

[Bilal7]

Just declare by the end of the next over. They'll need all the time they can get to bowl out the English, especially with the threat of rain looming.

 

[Justcrazy]

395 / 7

 

[Bilal7]

It's lifeless. No bounce, no turn, no movement.

So another Gabba? Or worse?

 

[soso_killer]

And a wicket for Trundlet

 

[Convict]

Just declare by the end of the next over. They'll need all the time they can get to bowl out the English, especially with the threat of rain looming.

If we can't bowl them out in 6 and a bit sessions we can't bowl them out at all.

 

[Justcrazy]

It's lifeless. No bounce, no turn, no movement.

Interesting.

A draw likely?

 

[Convict]

So another Gabba? Or worse?

This has being allright for the bowlers.

Adelaide is much worse. Especially with the new drop in.

 

[leatherface58]

Adelaide is a road. Cue Pup getting his second treble

 

[Convict]

Interesting.

A draw likely?

draw quite possible. Would be the Australian aim to win in Brisbane and Perth and draw in Adelaide.

Then just have to draw or win one of Melbourne and Sydney

 

[soso_killer]

There is absolutely no need to declare here whatsoever

 

[Bilal7]

This has being allright for the bowlers.

Adelaide is much worse. Especially with the new drop in.

So if they win this one and draw the next, Australia will be on course to win the Ashes. Not good news for Pakistan fans.

 

[Justcrazy]

No sign of declaration , maybe Aussies will like to get all out here.

 

[Bilal7]

There is absolutely no need to declare here whatsoever

If the English bowlers can take out the tail quickly, it'll lift the whole team up. Confidence plays a major factor in performances.

 

[Justcrazy]

draw quite possible. Would be the Australian aim to win in Brisbane and Perth and draw in Adelaide.

Then just have to draw or win one of Melbourne and Sydney

Aussies sure of winning in Perth ?

 

[jattafridi]

Target 561

 

[Justcrazy]

400 up

 

[Convict]

Aussies sure of winning in Perth ?

We're not certain of it but it was always going to be our best chance.

 

[OZGOD]

Declaration has come, 7/401. 561 to win. On a flat wicket it should be no problem

 

[Justcrazy]

Huge target ......... best Poms can hope is draw.

Still will take a miracle here.

 

[Bilal7]

Good on Clarke for taking my advice. The English camp is down and defeated, should be easy pickings for Johnson and co.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms need to take it step by step , should not loose wickets today.

 

[Bilal7]

Declaration has come, 7/401. 561 to win. On a flat wicket it should be no problem

You do realize that there have only been 8 instances of a successful chase of 500+? And I'm talking about all forms of cricket; international, domestic, IPL.

Australia have this game in the bag, if they bowl horribly, England might draw this.

 

[Buffet]

That said it's certainly possible. If MJ starts to spray it around again and Lyon is as ineffectual as Swann has been.

Even then 560 is plenty of runs. No matter how the wicket is or one bowler may bowl badly, it's still a tall order for a team to last for 2 days. I know it was done last time but Eng has not been batting that well in recent times.

 

[soso_killer]

Go for 600. Even if they are 200/2 they still need 400. And they are unlikely to bat at anywhere near 3 to the over as well.
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