England vs Australia | 2nd Ashes Test | Lord's | 18/7/13 | Day 1

[MarkCooper]

I just saw the stat that Australia have only lost twice at Lords in 85 years.

Wow!

 

[SL_Fan]

Nearly ....

 

[Executioner]

Suffering from Insomnia? Watch England bat

 

[nish_mate]

Has the chef lost his mojo

Looks to be a bit undercooked here

 

[SL_Fan]

Suffering from Insomnia? Watch England bat

Compton not playing thankfully

 

[Convict]

I just saw the stat that Australia have only lost twice at Lords in 85 years.

Wow!

Only lost twice in the last century I think.

 

[SL_Fan]

Has the chef lost his mojo

Looks to be a bit undercooked here

Yeah cookie munsta seems to be out of sorts. Struggled in CT as well. That has really brought Aus back into the contest.

 

[Executioner]

Compton not playing thankfully

dont worry, as long as there is broad, there is no issue

 

[SL_Fan]

Only lost twice in the last century I think.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...eam=2;template=results;type=team;view=results

14W 14D 6L

Not too shabby that

 

[style_guru]

Batsmen playing with some ease now. Need to get them out

 

[Justcrazy]

The pitch has eased out now

 

[Justcrazy]

AS I said earlier trot is the key

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 28 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

One more wicket Aussies need this session

 

[Justcrazy]

58 / 3

 

[style_guru]

An intriguing first hour followed by a dull second hour so far.

 

[Gunther]

Grind them out you Brummie Bears!

 

[Bowled 'im]

Australia can't let this partnership settle.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms playing out for lunch here

 

[Justcrazy]

Australia can't let this partnership settle.

welcome to the forum , rare to see some one from Japan here ......... i guess you not japanese

 

[malakian]

Busy morning at work, just checked the score.

Harris really is a gun isn't he? Could do with him slipping over or something.

 

[SL_Fan]

Trott and Bell getting things back on track. Aus bowlers keeping things tight. Great battle out in the middle.

 

[malakian]

Suffering from Insomnia? Watch England bat

Feeling suicidal? Watch Bangladesh bat.

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies need one more here to dominate the session

 

[Gunther]

Trott needs to be careful here. He has tended to throw away quite a lot of starts in the recent times. He has been playing too many shots for my liking and sometimes this affects his shot selection

 

[Bowled 'im]

welcome to the forum , rare to see some one from Japan here ......... i guess you not japanese

Domo Arigato, Justcrazy!

There are a few of us cricket nuts here in Nippon - not too many - and all expats of course.

I'm Australian, and go to great lengths to watch games here. Cheers.

 

[style_guru]

 

[Justcrazy]

pretty dull now

 

[SL_Fan]

Wth is wrong with that fella?

 

[Justcrazy]

Domo Arigato, Justcrazy!

There are a few of us cricket nuts here in Nippon - not too many - and all expats of course.

I'm Australian, and go to great lengths to watch games here. Cheers.

Expected that ...... not many Japanese like cricket

Anyways welcome

 

[SL_Fan]

Apart from the first few overs in the 1st Test Siddle has been bowling like a bwoss.

 

[style_guru]

Wth is wrong with that fella?

He has been watching Bell and Trott bat for some time

 

[lestaboy]

7 min to go

 

[lestaboy]

6 min to go

 

[lestaboy]

5 min to go

 

[lestaboy]

4 min to go

 

[Justcrazy]

75 / 3

 

[lestaboy]

3 min to go

 

[lestaboy]

Lunch now

 

[lestaboy]

80/3

 

[Justcrazy]

Lunch

80 / 3

 

[James]

Good partnership but still a long way away from a competitive total.

I generally look upon bowling last as an advantage though, so we'll always be in the game.

 

[Ims1]

will 320 be a good total on this surface ?

 

[Gunther]

will 320 be a good total on this surface ?

320 is always a good score as that would mean Australia would have score 450+ to completely put England out of the game. Do you see Aus scoring those many runs ?

 

[James]

280 would be good. We can bowl the Aussies out for that.

 

[Ims1]

How many of you think it will be a draw from here ?

 

[Robert]

I'm optimistic that England can still get 400. One of these two will have to get a daddy hundred, though.

 

[test_fan]

This pitch is a highway.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pretty balanced 1st session, wicket looks a good one for batting and the new ball spells for both teams will be crucial. England should still be looking to get 250-300 here.

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Players coming out.

 

[Gunther]

Damn it! Trott is scoring too many boundaries. Dig'in Trottski

 

[HamzaSaeen]

another :4
pitch looks splendid for batting

 

[mr.crickett]

yeah, its a good batting pitch and will be good for spinner later on day 3 or 4

 

[HamzaSaeen]

game will be a draw methinks.
specially seeing the pitch

 

[mr.crickett]

Falling asleep listening to Atherton and watching Trott

 

[mr.crickett]

Trick for Trott: Keep short mid wicket in with legside field and try to bowl on his pads with tricky slower deliveries!!!!!

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Classy from Trott for
love to see this guy batting

 

[mr.crickett]

Wonder what the bowling plan is for Trott...

 

[mr.crickett]

come on aussies.

 

[mr.crickett]

England 96/3 (28.2 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Day 1 - Session 2

 

[Ims1]

Looking like a real flat surface now . 98 for 3 & 350 on .

 

[mr.crickett]

To be fair, 27C in England feels like 36C in Australia. I don't know why, but it does.

 

[mr.crickett]

Word to Australian bosses everywhere: your sports fan employees will be useless tomorrow. Treat them leniently.

 

[mr.crickett]

Legends Reunion at Lords !
All the Aussie Legends are in the house.
Gilly, Punter, McGrath, Warne, S Waugh

 

[mr.crickett]

The Queen stayed in longer than the first three batsmen

 

[mr.crickett]

we badly need a :wicket here

 

[mr.crickett]

England 99/3 (28.6 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Day 1 - Session 2

 

[mr.crickett]

c'mon patto what r u doing..

 

[Random Aussie]

I love Patto but he has bowled garbage every spell so far. Man up son

 

[mr.crickett]

3 early wickets, I told you that bloody visit from the queen would screw up preparation and concentration.

 

[mr.crickett]

Time to raid the England dressing room for the metho spray to help get the ball reversing. It'll be in Swanny's kit lads...

 

[mr.crickett]

Ambitious appeal, high, possibly hitting outside line - almost just celebrating a good ball!

 

[Ims1]

50 for Trott . well played.

 

[Random Aussie]

Time to raid the England dressing room for the metho spray to help get the ball reversing. It'll be in Swanny's kit lads...

Sssh the ball is reversing. Please don't tell the English commentators they will talk about it till stumps.

 

[Gilly]

To be fair, 27C in England feels like 36C in Australia. I don't know why, but it does.

I've spent a few summers in England and didnt find 27 to be like 36 in Australia, played in Devon 2 years ago and found 27 to be a pleasant day.

 

[Mamoon]

"boring" England picking up a boundary every over

 

[Kianig89]

Last 10 over RR 5.2

 

[Random Aussie]

To be fair, 27C in England feels like 36C in Australia. I don't know why, but it does.

England feels like a cold damp boring version of hell to me

 

[Random Aussie]

The problem with Patto today seems to be he has no product in his hair

 

[test_fan]

What was Swann trying to do here and why was he hiding it? Looks a bit suspect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq8b_Agk0mE