England vs Australia | 1st Ashes Test | Nottingham | 11/7/13 | Day 2

[SL_Fan]

Last over before lunch it looks like

 

[Gone]

Well aussies were always known such fighting spirit.

They lost it off late, hopefully they get it back now!!! Need some good teams in cricket...

#ReturnTheAshes

 

[Reverselap]

Question is, Agar was always an okay batsman, so why was he at number 11 in the first place?

 

[nish_mate]

If it was Pakistan bowling, everyone would be shouting match fixed


Point to moot....

 

[saiyan0312]

Our cunning plan is to protect our new gun batsman with a bunch of hacks coming in first

not a bad plan... ends up trolling the opposition 9/10 times ...

 

[CalculatedRisk]

shaded of Sydney test!

 

[SL_Fan]

I thought ken was injured why wasn't he called on to bowl earlier. Weird stuff.

 

[SL_Fan]

That's lunch what a Test it has been thus far. Brilliant!

 

[nish_mate]

I thought ken was injured why wasn't he called on to bowl earlier. Weird stuff.

Too hot to bowl maybe???

 

[bigdaddymiandad]

what an amazing test match Aussies fighting back. Siddle and Anderson magic yesterday now this. Never rated Hughes but this really is a very gutsy knock under pressure came to the crease with wickets tumbling and kept calm and played with composure and Agar!!!! what a knock playing like Gilchrist.. australia's secret weapon has been unleashed

 

[saiyan0312]

lunch.... Aussies will have an awsome lunch now and england will be feeling down. what a fight back.

 

[style_guru]

I thought ken was injured why wasn't he called on to bowl earlier. Weird stuff.

Plastic can only endure a certain temperature you see

 

[Gone]

I feel proud for some reason seeing this guy played...

 

[Random Aussie]

Question is, Agar was always an okay batsman, so why was he at number 11 in the first place?

All the other bowlers have made Test runs lately. If we picked the batting order on form Clarke would be the only batter in the top 5.

 

[saiyan0312]

i think highest partnership for the tenth wicket in tests is 151.

 

[SL_Fan]

Plastic can only endure a certain temperature you see

What's even more weird is that ken was fielding all this time with an apparent sore shoulder. Whadda?

 

[style_guru]

Agarbatti is my new hero

 

[Executioner]

I love low scoring encounters in Tests. Those who are destroying cricket are the ground staffs themselves.

No-one wants to see 1000 runs per innings. everyone wants a result and a close encounter. Flat tracks dont ensure that

 

[leatherface58]

Athers and Lord Gower are stepford-smiling

 

[nish_mate]

Has ball "maintenance" gone out of fashion with the Poms or they missing Boparas dry hands?

 

[Moh@n]

Looks like Cook has completely lost it. Asks Barbie to bowl the last over before lunch. )

So this pair has batted like 21 overs! England take the extra half hour but still can't get a wicket. This Ashes is going to be much closer than what everyone here predicted.

Wonder what Beefy and Vaughan are saying in the Sky studio now.

 

[Robert]

All the other bowlers have made Test runs lately.

Yes, but Lehmann has sneaked in The New Sobers in at #11 !

 

[nish_mate]

Looks like Cook has completely lost it. Asks Barbie to bowl the last over before lunch. )

So this pair has batted like 21 overs! England take the extra half hour but still can't get a wicket. This Ashes is going to be much closer than what everyone here predicted.

Wonder what Beefy and Vaughan are saying in the Sky studio now.

Vaughn trolls for Beebs

 

[Random Aussie]

Yes, but Lehmann has sneaked in The New Sobers in at #11 !

Heh, your boys helped out nicely by bowling short...

Games all even now, lets see what the rest of today brings

 

[KIC]

Great fight back but Australia still with a lot of work to do. England will bat again in very favorable conditions.

 

[SL_Fan]

Has ball "maintenance" gone out of fashion with the Poms or they missing Boparas dry hands?

Anderson got it to reverse earlier in the day not sure what happened. The pitch was expected to flatten out today though.

 

[Convict]

Knew Agar would give us something with the bat.

WA gave him good practice winning games from similar positions.

Did it against Lehmann at teh Gabba

 

[ritzy_123]

Agarbatti is my new hero

lol

 

[Convict]

If Australia are nine out at tea time does tea get pushed back half an hour?

 

[Indiafan]

Agar main kahoon iss baar tum Ashes nahi jitoge toh Poms kya kahenge?

Issi baat ko agar tum, ghuma phira ke kahte, to accha hota :Robert

 

[Mobashir]

Australia will make around 300 with hundreds by the youngsters, Smith and Hughes.

Clearly I meant Agar and Hughes!

 

[SL_Fan]

Great fight back but Australia still with a lot of work to do. England will bat again in very favorable conditions.

Yeah Eng is sure to pile on the runs this time around. Then Aus will be really up against it already plenty of cracks on the wicket. Aus screwed up today. Looked in control at one stage when Smith and Hughes were batting but then fell away. Eng still very much on top I would say.

 

[Convict]

"You've conned us you Australians haven't you?! You've said 'we're going to pretend this is a left-arm spinner who bats number 11' when in fact he's the next Gary Sobers and he's going to bat at number three for the rest of his career."

Yep

 

[Madplayer]

Question is, Agar was always an okay batsman, so why was he at number 11 in the first place?

michael holding thinks the reason is that he is just 19 years of age, Else he is nothing like a number 11.

 

[Convict]

michael holding thinks the reason is that he is just 19 years of age, Else he is nothing like a number 11.

Batted at number 5 for Australia in underage cricket.

 

[Reverselap]

michael holding thinks the reason is that he is just 19 years of age, Else he is nothing like a number 11.

Surely that's not good enough. He's got a good FC record. Now, let's assume Hughes had got out, and he'd been playing with the tail.

 

[Convict]

Surely that's not good enough. He's got a good FC record. Now, let's assume Hughes had got out, and he'd been playing with the tail.

Yep. Should have batted at 8.

FC batting average over 40.

 

[asifp]

well he averages 33.6 in FC cricket which means he is no mug with the bat!

 

[Convict]

well he averages 33.6 in FC cricket which means he is no mug with the bat!

Over 40 now and more important has won WA several games with the bat and ball after WA continually collapsed to about 7/100

 

[James]

What a great match! Gutted that I've watched absolutely none of it. Snowed under with work.

Am pleased the Aussies came back, going to be a one innings shootout to the wire.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hope both these batsman make tons.

Always rated Hughes highly.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I like this kid...

Let's see what becomes of him..

 

[Kianig89]

Agar SR 100+ have australia pulled out an same story brought in as spinners turned into a hitter although Agar's played very neat so far

 

[James]

This is a good old-fashioned English Test match, the kind you used to see in the 90s quite a lot.

Hopefully we can set 250 in the final innings. The Swann factor will be crucial.

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Good to see Australian fight back. I gave a 2-1 series win for Aussies as a prediction based more on hope than realty, so let's see if Aussies make my prediction real.

Go Aussie Go ... Give a thrashing to the Poms.

 

[Kianig89]

Session 2 under way

 

[Kianig89]

Lead 22

 

[Madplayer]

And people say test matches are boring.

 

[Zahid87]

Agar looks like he can play.

Watching on phone at work...so please enlighten me as to how much they debated that stumping decision. I can imagine Botham getting annoyed.

To be honest though, can only see these guys getting a 50 run lead. England will still score heavy in their second innings. Australia will in all probablility lose.

 

[Kianig89]

:4 he smokin it

 

[Kianig89]

19 yr old debutant outscoring everyone..its a funny game 80*

 

[SL_Fan]

Record partnership leads by 32

 

[saiyan0312]

the kids at 80 from 78

 

[Kianig89]

Russell Arnold from Trinidad tweets :Tino Best is nervous about hi record of 95 as no. 11

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Exactly what I love about test matches! The match keeps swinging one way or another until a winner is decided!

 

[saiyan0312]

you know it would be real funny if he helps aussie cross 300.

 

[SL_Fan]

Whadda shott :4

 

[Kianig89]

Real torchour this.Eng are a methodological side they bowl by videos and analysis and got caught napping by a debutant....

 

[saiyan0312]

Tests are truly awesome. agar at 86

 

[Kianig89]

Looks a good batsman Agar some proper shots....

 

[saiyan0312]

batrbie going at 7.33 after 3 overs.

 

[Kianig89]

Lead 38

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hope Agar gets a 100 here as he fully deserves it!

 

[HamzaSaeen]

England really don't think out of the box, they just seem to follow the textbook all the time, the reason why they aren't that good to watch.

 

[Kianig89]

Agar :bradman on strike

 

[saiyan0312]

hughes giving agar strike to help him reach hundred. )

 

[Bullet Drive]

Terrific from AUS.

Come on AGAR!

 

[saiyan0312]

smart work by agar.. rather then trying to hit an impossible six he goes for rotation.

 

[SL_Fan]

Shott Hughesy :4

 

[saiyan0312]

Terrific from AUS.

We need england to win the test to take a foot hold on the ahses. number 4

 

[saiyan0312]

broad is not good. leaking too much runs.

 

[HamzaSaeen]

England got 5 wickets in no time, can't get the last one

 

[saiyan0312]

142 partnership.... they must be making some all time record.

 

[Gunther]

England really don't think out of the box, they just seem to follow the textbook all the time, the reason why they aren't that good to watch.

I do not think England are doing that, i.e sticking to plan. They need to bowl six out of six deliveries on good length in the corridor of uncertainity. They are all over the place. Bresnan or Onions would have wrapped this up much sooner.

 

[saiyan0312]

England got 5 wickets in no time, can't get the last one

Reminds of that broad partnership.

 

[Bullet Drive]

262-9

 

[Amjid Javed]

68/0 in last 10 overs )

 

[Kianig89]

Lead 45 who have thought this

 

[Bullet Drive]

England need to bowl outside offstump!

 

[SL_Fan]

Wicket has completely flattened out under the sun it seems. Only if Aus had a few wickets left in the bank could have really pushed Eng here.