England vs Australia | 1st Ashes Test | Nottingham | 14/7/13 | Day 5

[Ims1]

England 215 & 375
Australia 280 & 174/6 (71.0 ov)
Australia require another 137 runs with 4 wickets remaining .

Fraser on BBC tms feels England have the upper hand but Australia cannot be ruled out & Clarke as expected is making bullish noises . I think England will win this easily as it is very overcast at Trent Bridge right now & new ball is due after 9 overs.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

IMO Australia need a freakish innings similar to Agar's in 1st innings to give it a shot. No point blocking and playing the time. They are not going to chase this down the conventional way with only 4 wickets in hand.

 

[malakian]

Overcast & muggy this morning.

 

[HamzaSaeen]

England to win comfortably methinks unless there is one more Agar special coming

 

[Ims1]

IMO Australia need a freakish innings similar to Agar's in 1st innings to give it a shot. No point blocking and playing the time. They are not going to chase this down the conventional way with only 4 wickets in hand.

unlikely to happen in consecutive innings .

 

[Ims1]

from bbc ,Chief sports writer Tom Fordyce at Trent Bridge :
"Gone are the clear blue skies of the first four days here at Trent Bridge. In their place is a ceiling of grey cloud and haze. Don't panic, England supporters - there's no sign of imminent rain - but there should be a little more atmospheric help for England's swing bowlers as they look to rattle out these last four Aussie wickets.

 

[Justcrazy]

There we go ...........

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms need 4 wickets , Aussies 137 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

New ball due in 7 overs ........ Aussies need to attack here , with red cherry , cloudy sky , Jimmy would be lethal.

 

[mr.crickett]

There we go ...........

 

[Justcrazy]

Prior coming up to stumps.

 

[Bowled 'im]

C'mon Aussies!

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[mr.crickett]

ENG are fancy here.

 

[mr.crickett]

at this stage we need Hussy to finish it with class

 

[mr.crickett]

we need 100 run partnership for this wicket to pull it off

 

[mr.crickett]

 

[mr.crickett]

First runs on day 5. A four to B Haddin with a run to vacant 3rd man.
Let the runs flow
133 runs to go

 

[Justcrazy]

Maiden

 

[Aman]

Australia should win from here.

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Hey Anfield, Prior up to the stumps for Anderson

 

[mr.crickett]

England 215 & 375
Australia 280 & 180/6 (76.0 ov)
Australia require another 131 runs with 4 wickets remaining

 

[Justcrazy]

Australia require another 131 runs with 4 wickets remaining

 

[Justcrazy]

Everyone wants under dogs Aussies to win this one

 

[Justcrazy]

Still 131 runs to get , the key is new ball due in 3 overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

A quick 35 - 40 from someone would spice up the chase.

 

[mr.crickett]

looks like aussies will do tuk tuk to win the match, not a great idea

 

[Aman]

looks like aussies will do tuk tuk to win the match, not a great idea

Building pressure on themselves... you need to score runs to win games!

 

[Aman]

Somethings got to give... Boundary or wicket coming up

 

[mr.crickett]

Tentative opening!!! Ball not doing much and Australia offering nothing but forward defensive shots

 

[mr.crickett]

yes, tuk tuk will surely build pressure and will cost the match

 

[Aman]

Reverse swing might kill it for Australia...

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 23 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

Looks like a real close game .

 

[Justcrazy]

With New Ball Jimmy is lethal

 

[mr.crickett]

 

[mr.crickett]

C'mon Aussies! Dig deep!

 

[mr.crickett]

The new ball could be interesting...and crucial

 

[Justcrazy]

120 required now

 

[mr.crickett]

Ashton Agar has a test batting average of 103 and is therefore the best batsman of all time.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Autralia will get out under 15 overs

 

[OZGOD]

Haddin needs to show why he was picked ahead of Wade. Certainly not for his keeping, though both are shyte. He needs to stay there till the bitter end.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Come on 'Straya

 

[OZGOD]

Poms trying to thief Haddin out knowing OZ have no referrals left.

 

[Saj]

And how good is this kid Agar.

Ice cool, what a debut !

 

[Justcrazy]

Another 30 runs , Poms will be under pressure

 

[Gunther]

Kev more involved in discussing strategies under Cook than he was ever under Straussy

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Kev more involved in discussing strategies under Cook than he was ever in Straussy

Cook is a weaker personality and knows the ECB got rid of Straussy and Peter Moores as Kev didn't get along with them. Cook wouldn't want to go the same way so knows the necessity of pretending to listen to Kev.

 

[Justcrazy]

Can Agar do it again

 

[Ims1]

And how good is this kid Agar.

Ice cool, what a debut !

He is impressive for a 19 year old . 194 for 6 .

 

[OZGOD]

Cheater comes on to bowl

 

[mr.crickett]

Crucial time now, new ball

 

[OZGOD]

Let's see if Cheater can thief Agar out

 

[mr.crickett]

Is it just me or is Agar a bit too relaxed all (i.e. 100%) of the time?

 

[Justcrazy]

Broad with new ball

 

[Justcrazy]

If Poms lose this , Bresnan will be back

 

[mr.crickett]

You could hear a pin drop at Trent Bridge, agar boy

 

[mr.crickett]

England 215 & 375
Australia 280 & 194/6 (84.0 ov)
Australia require another 117 runs with 4 wickets remaining
Day 5 - Session 1

 

[OZGOD]

Cheater thought about appealing for a clear miss but thought better of it. 6/194

 

[mr.crickett]

Plz aussies make it win in 2-3 hrs so that i can enjoy Pak vs WI

 

[mr.crickett]

Broad needs two wickets to reach 200 in Tests. Only 14 players have achieved this for England in Test history previously

 

[OZGOD]

Haddin almost caught by Cheater but Cheater was 20 yards away

 

[mr.crickett]

Twenty years ago at this ground Brendan Julian & Steve Waugh put on an unbroken 87 run 7th wkt partnership to save the test.

But this time we love to win it.

 

[OZGOD]

Anderson rubbing the ball so furiously against his hip you would think he had lathered mints onto his trousers.

 

[mr.crickett]

Haddin almost caught by Cheater but Cheater was 20 yards away

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 32 runs now

 

[OZGOD]

Haddo needs to be the sheet anchor, to be there to the end.

 

[Aman]

Haddin playing a gem here

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[mr.crickett]

 

[OZGOD]

Haddo :4

 

[Aman]

Lol Broad who do you think you're going to intimidate with that look?

 

[mr.crickett]

England 215 & 375
Australia 280 & 202/6 (85.1 ov)
Australia require another 109 runs with 4 wickets remaining
Day 5 - Session 1

 

[OZGOD]

Cheater back with the ball

 

[OZGOD]

Cheater strikes a pose

 

[mr.crickett]

Sunday's aren't meant to be this stressful. C'mon boys, c'mon!

 

[OZGOD]

If we can whittle the lead down to 50 it will get interesting

 

[OZGOD]

:4 for Agar

 

[mr.crickett]

:4

 

[OZGOD]

Cheater spraying the ball around a bit