England v Australia | 4th Test | Headingley | 7-11 Aug 09

[OZGOD]

This is it. Do or die! I hope Flingtoff plays - I'd rather face his bowling that Harmlesson's. As for the OZ, I hope we play Clark for anyone.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

This is it. Do or die! I hope Flingtoff plays - I'd rather face his bowling that Harmlesson's. As for the OZ, I hope we play Clark for anyone.

You are really good at making names

 

[OZGOD]

Ur POMISTAN r going to get pwned

 

[OZGOD]

You are really good at making names

You should hear me doing commentary mate

 

[Afridi_Fan]

I hope Aussies win, I can't take this Flintoff The Legend, The Best Ever Crap by English media for the rest of my life.

 

[OZGOD]

I hope Aussies win, I can't take this Flintoff The Legend, The Best Ever Crap by English media for the rest of my life.

LOL it's SuperFred!

 

[Muhammad Saad]

^Stop copying Afridi's trade mark Mr Freddie (Well I dont mind if Eng clinch this series as Freddie is one of my favorite player)

 

[Random Aussie]

Now or never for our blokes.

 

[dblock]

Now or never for our blokes.

Especially because Oval is nailed for a draw..

Flintoff looks like he is out.

Sidebottom in as replacement? Trott for Broad?

 

[Amjid Javed]

I think Aussies need to drop Siddle and Hauritz and bring in Clark and Lee for this test.

 

[pakistani pride]

I hope Harmison comes in !

 

[pakistani pride]

Eng to bat first and harmison is BACKKKKKKKKKK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good to see stu Clark back, also haddin back also.

 

[asifp]

another disgusting umpiring decision

Aussie's have been really really unlucky with the umpiring

that was out first ball, what a start that would have been.

 

[asifp]

Ponting not backing Stuart Clard with the new ball.

Ponting has less kahunas than Malik

 

[Amjid Javed]

Strauss gone to Siddle.

11/1

 

[Amjid Javed]

16/2 now

Hilfy cleans up Bopara!

England in trouble!

 

[Raz]

Bopara out, Hilfenhaus get the wicket. England in trouble at 16-2

 

[Amjid Javed]

Englands batting line up is one batter short as well!

 

[Savak]

Broad has to step up big time in the abscence of Flintoff. Harmison too must rise to the occasion.

 

[Oxy]

DAmn - I cant find the remote so cant change the channel! Stuck on the SL/Pak game.

Well Ive said all along - even after 3 consecutive tons v WI, that Ravinder Bopara is NOT a test class No.3 (No.6 perhaps)

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

England in a bit of trouble at the moment

40/3

Cook 24*
Collingwood 0*

 

[Savak]

Playing Stuart Clarke was a master stroke. There wont be any easy runs for England from him for sure.

 

[shabbu1]

And another one bites the dust. Clarke gets Collingwood to edge to second slip.

42/4

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

All the bowlers with a wicket each

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Australia's Full Pace Battery destroys England batting.1 wicket a peice for 4 quicks

In the fourth Ashes Test Ricky Ponting selected 4 quicks in the playing eleven and ignore the lone spinner in the side Nathan Hauritz. Ponting took this decision bcz of last night rain at the venue. Well How well has the decision to play 4 quicks has paid off. Each 1 of them i.e. Siddle, Stuart Clark, Johnson and Hilfenhas has taken a wicket and England are tottering at 42/4

 

[Amjid Javed]

One more wicket and Aussies are into englands tail!

 

[adnanlotia]

they are in the TAIL now! COOK GONE

 

[Da Don 101]

Come on Austraila wohoo!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 69/5 and sinking like the titanic!

 

[Oxy]

Lunch - Day 1

Eng: 72-6

What a morning for Aus!

This game could be over in 2 days!

 

[NavSheikh786]

DAMM England are in Trouble here!

 

[NavSheikh786]

Just shows you that any team can strugle against the swinging ball!

 

[insaftak]

thank god my post was deleted

 

[Amjid Javed]

Siddles gets swann for a duck!

92/7

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

thank god my post was deleted

It can be brought back if you like

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Harmison in to bat - c'mon lad score a few runs

 

[insaftak]

It can be brought back if you like

no thanks

 

[pakistani pride]

Why did strauss bat first ?

 

[12thMan]

Harmison has 19 ducks for England. Only Atherton made more (20).

Siddle is still wearing the look of a man who has just had his wallet stolen. He looks absolutely furious

and Harmisson gets another duck

31.4 Siddle to Harmison, OUT, Harmison gets his 20th duck! He holds the same record as Mike Atherton, trying to work this to the leg side but getting a thin edge on it through to Haddin

SJ Harmison c †Haddin b Siddle 0 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Eng 98-8

 

[*sallu*]

What a joke!!!

 

[OZGOD]

What's happening to the Poms? Is it a minefield?

 

[insaftak]

What's happening to the Poms? Is it a minefield?

I think they are learning from pakistani batting

 

[12thMan]

you can listen to BBC radio commetnary at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8183291.stm
or from PP radio above which is 5 second behind. select test match special

 

[OZGOD]

When I got up to check the score I was like ***? Surely this is a minefield. And I'm not happy that Flingtoff is out, I would have rather him bowling than Harmlesson.

 

[12thMan]

Anderson 3 out ct behind off Siddle
Eng 108-9

 

[OZGOD]

9/102

 

[OZGOD]

I'm worried about what might happen when we go out to bat. I'm sure Twatson will lose his wicket quick, but Krapich, Dubya and Pup need to stick around.

 

[OZGOD]

All out 102

 

[Afridi_Fan]

102 all out.

Bravo Australia

 

[Amjid Javed]

Siddle 5-21

England on the back foot. Only cook and Prior peformed even slightly.

 

[DHONI183]

102 all out))!!!!

 

[12thMan]

Cook 30, Prior 37* Extras 17. rest all out in single figures, well getting to double figures for balls faced was good effort. No LBWs
Siddle takes 4 wickets in 14 balls to end with 5-21 in 9.5 overs

Watson starts with a four

 

[12thMan]

Katich 0 out ct backward short leg by Bopara off Harmisson
Aus 14-1 after 1.3 overs

some morons are booing Ponting as he walks out - bbc radio

 

[Oxy]

And Steve Harmison strikes in his 1st over!! He gets Katich at short leg!

Aus: 14-1

And and the boos around Headingley tell me Ponting is next in!!

Virtually the whole of Headingley is booing.

 

[Oxy]

Great ball 1st up to Ponting! A beauty

 

[OZGOD]

Krapich out already

 

[OZGOD]

And Steve Harmison strikes in his 1st over!! He gets Katich at short leg!

Aus: 14-1

And and the boos around Headingley tell me Ponting is next in!!

Virtually the whole of Headingley is booing.

LOL I love it.

 

[12thMan]

I would have played Flintoff if I could get few overs out of him even if he was on one leg. I would have played Sidebottom over Broad. Broad can bat a bit but you need wickets and you have to pitch it up at Headingley. Harmisson I am not too sure about could go either way - Boycott

 

[OZGOD]

I think the best thing for Twatson is just play his natural game (i.e. cowlash). He's going to get out anyway may as well make it worthwhile.

 

[OZGOD]

Twatson's decided to go out in a blaze of glory. 20 off 17 so far, we're a third of the way to the Pom total just about

 

[pakistani pride]

how is the weather for the coming days ?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 35/1 and of to a rapid start.

Watson in ODI/T20 Mode.

 

[12thMan]

Ponting with 2 fours and a six in last over. 17 runs off the over by him. Now on 32
Aus 57-1 after 7 overs - trail by 45 runs

 

[OZGOD]

I hope these fools don't throw their wickets away

End of over 7 (17 runs) Australia 57/1
RT Ponting 32* (20b 5x4 1x6) G Onions 1-0-17-0
SR Watson 20* (18b 4x4) SJ Harmison 3-1-16-1

"Broad is giving Onions advice," spots Miller. "He can't be telling him to pitch it up, surely.

6.6


Onions to Ponting, 1 run, better ball this time but Ponting still finds a way to score, working it between point and gully

6.5


Onions to Ponting, FOUR, crunch! That is an awesome pull! Too short, really poor bowling from Onions and Ponting slams that one forward of midwicket with immense power

6.4


Onions to Ponting, 2 runs, worked away off the pads for a couple just behind square leg, the fine leg fielder had only just moved finer

6.3


Onions to Ponting, no run, beats the bat this time, Onions gets the length a bit better

Australia have 50 already. My word. They're going at nearly eight an over!

6.2


Onions to Ponting, FOUR, and another boundary, that one clipped off the hips to fine leg

6.1


Onions to Ponting, SIX, what a welcome! That was short and not super quick, so Ponting had a lot of time to get back and pulled that deliberately high over midwicket, it lands in the crowd. Wonderful shot

An early change now and Graham Onions gets his first opportunity. Three slips in place.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Onions getting sliced and diced.

England bowling way to short here!

57/1 after just 7.4 overs.

 

[OZGOD]

15% of England's runs in one over

 

[OZGOD]

Someone at CricIndia just compared Twatson with David Boon )

Been a good effort from Twatson though. At 24 he's already passed his Test average

 

[giri26]

Its looking like a ODI or T20. England are showing how pathetic they are. Hopeless performance. Good comeback by the Aussies though.

 

[OZGOD]

Beaten the follow on

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Beaten the follow on

Congrats - was touch and go there for a moment

 

[the Great Khan]

ok seeing how rubbish the OZ are batting we should set some goals..say 200-1 at the close? will this mean more reruns of the 2005 series?

 

[Savak]

England are paying the price for being too overconfident. You cant afford to do that against the Aussies.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Scoring has been reigned in some what. Aussies will look to bat once in this test and bat big!

 

[McBoom]

LOL, Poms look useless without Kevinder and Fredalo.

 

[OZGOD]

Scoring has been reigned in some what. Aussies will look to bat once in this test and bat big!

This is good, they've knuckled down and are starting to settle. I was worried that the low target may have encouraged them to cowlash a bit too much.

 

[insaftak]

LOL, Poms look useless without Kevinder and Fredalo.

this might be stupid, but why people call england poms

 

[12thMan]

Tea time
Ponting 39(49) - Watson 24(37)
Aus 69-1 after 15 overs - trail by 33 runs
38 overs left in the day

 

[OZGOD]

this might be stupid, but why people call england poms

Prisoners Of Her Majesty

 

[OZGOD]

I should mention that it's good to see that the boffins in charge finally decided to play Clark. Who would have thought he would have taken 3 wickets and kept the run rate down eh.