England vs Australia | 2nd Ashes Test | Lord's | 19/7/13 | Day 2

[Ims1]

Easy catch dropped. khwaja lives .

 

[Beast]

Khawaja dropped.

 

[Gunther]

England have missed a slipper for spinners ever since Colly was gon

 

[Robert]

Watson throws a review away; Rogers doesn't bother to use the one that would have reprived him.

The Aussies do not know what is going on with this system!

 

[bill_123]

looks like swann is gonna run thru dis aus line up

 

[style_guru]

Khawaja has looked poor against spin till now. I am not sure in an ideal world he would've been selected even for Pakistan, forget Australia.

 

[Aman]

Hughes?... sounded like a nick

 

[Ims1]

outtttttttttttttttttttttttttt . 53 for 3 .

 

[Aman]

Good decision, dumb review.

 

[MarkCooper]

Blimey! its all kicking off at Lords!

 

[MarkCooper]

Both reviews WASTED!

 

[style_guru]

Bye bye Australia. Time to go watch some wrist slitting in the Pak vs WI match thread

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Awaits more moaning about DRS by the Aussies.

 

[MarkCooper]

Never judge a pitch until both sides bat.

 

[Aman]

What a knob Hughes is
Confirmed by snicko...

 

[MarkCooper]

Snicko confirms the edge.

 

[Gunther]

Australia cannot play Bresnan to save their lives . Lol even the Don would have struggled against Bressilad from Yorkshire.

 

[Convict]

So how was that out?

 

[Robert]

[Richie Benaud]Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.....[/Richie Benaud]

Both reviews thrown away.

They have no clue.

 

[Aman]

So how was that out?

Snicko confirmed it...

 

[Random Aussie]

So how was that out?

Umpre gave it out, therefore it is out.

Ah 3/54, this seems familiar

 

[MarkCooper]

So how was that out?

Because he hit the ball with the bat and it was caught by the fielder thus he was out.

 

[Robert]

The skipper should steady the listing ship.

 

[Aman]

That's close..

 

[Random Aussie]

Who is the blonde woman out there fielding for England? One of their women cricketers filling in?

 

[Random Aussie]

That's close..

Lol, very close

 

[Aman]

Umpre gave it out, therefore it is out.

Ah 3/54, this seems familiar

Live it looked pretty close

 

[Ims1]

Both reviews gone . This seems to be some kind of joke . Clarke out before score reaches 100 & it is game over . 59 for 3 .

 

[MarkCooper]

Australia must get a lead in their first innings as they are batting last.

 

[Ims1]

Will Barbie take a wicket ? his 1st spell was just 3 overs . 5th ball of the over went past 85 mph .

 

[Convict]

This is only he second time that both openers have been lbw for both teams in the first innings of a Test. The only other case was South Africa v England at Johannesburg in 1931.

 

[Captain Podmore]

Making this Obese Trundler Bresilad look like Holding here.. Utter rubbish from our top order blame that Muppet Watson. Where's Mr Expensive Finn when you need him.

 

[Aman]

Khawaja throws it away

 

[Captain Podmore]

Anyway as long as Pup is here 500 should be on the cards.

 

[CalculatedRisk]

AUS being thrashed here

 

[asifp]

austrlaia ared dumb wtih their reviews

 

[MarkCooper]

Khawaja plays the worst shot of the Test match.

 

[Gunther]

England should get a follow on worthy lead here.

 

[Robert]

Bye bye Khawaja.

Come on England, get the skipper out and their batting doesn't start until #8.....

 

[Captain Podmore]

Usman Khawaja saw a Willy Root.... hence the dismissal. Cant blame the poor lad.

 

[Ims1]

Khwaja does not look test material . 69 for 4 .

 

[Captain Podmore]

Our real batting lineup starts somewhere around here anyway the proper batsmen are still to come. Come on Pup,stage set for a big hundred here.

 

[Convict]

Usman Khawaja saw a Willy Root.... hence the dismissal. Cant blame the poor lad.

Yep

 

[Captain Podmore]

Ashton Sobers and James 'Haydos' Pattinson must be licking their lips to have a go on this belter of a pitch. After Pup's Double/possibly triple of course.

 

[IndianWillow]

Big defeat looming. If Clarke goes this is going to get nasty.

 

[Ims1]

49 overs still to be bowled today . closing score should be around 230-240 . 3 more wickets would make it 230 for 7 & still Englands game .

 

[Ims1]

Clarke is batting fluently now .

 

[Robert]

Clarke is batting fluently now .

Very good footwork against Swannage.

 

[leatherface58]

Khawaja is a poor man's Talunted Rohit/ Superman Umar.

 

[Convict]

Very good footwork against Swannage.

Clarke always bats best when he gets a few overs from spin at the start to get his feet working.

 

[MarkCooper]

Out

 

[Convict]

Please enforce follow on Cook

 

[MarkCooper]

If Australia lose this match it will be their worst losing streak in their last 26 years of Tests.

 

[Ims1]

86 for 5 & last pair on crease . Swann has taken 3 & will be the major difference as i predicted in my opening post

 

[Aman]

Clarke is Australia's only hope.

 

[Convict]

86 for 5 & last pair on crease . Swann has taken 3 & will be the major difference as i predicted in my opening post

Last pair?

All our best batsmen are to come.

 

[MarkCooper]

hahahahahahahaha

 

[Aman]

Watson must be happy that a review wouldn't have saved Clarke

 

[Aman]

Pathetic this from Australia

 

[Mamoon]

Follow on alert

Aussie cheerleaders getting owned

 

[Robert]

Please enforce follow on Cook

He's too conservative for that. If we had McWarne maybe! - AndSwann is not quite in that league.

Anyway, you'll pass 161 no probs.

 

[MarkCooper]

Can Agar get the first 100 of the series for the Aussies?

 

[leatherface58]

Wow Pathetic from Aussies. Is that our guys playing out there?

 

[Robert]

Three from Swannage already.

Tear 'em up England.

 

[Ims1]

Clarke out & game over .

 

[MarkCooper]

Clarke's average in tests this year drops to 34.

 

[Aman]

Australia really need to find a decent spinner fast

 

[Aman]

Clarke's average in tests this year drops to 34.

What about Cook?

 

[MarkCooper]

Cook is averaging 40.

 

[Convict]

Going to go out and hit a thousand balls a day in the nets.

I think I can make the Australian team.

 

[Robert]

Captaincy: Cook <<< Clarke

Use of DRS: England >>> Australia

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Massive tuk tuking from Aussies. Very unlike them.

 

[Aman]

Going to go out and hit a thousand balls a day in the nets.

I think I can make the Australian team.

GL you can't do worse than this lot... They should be ashamed of there performances, they've let their country and the players that wore the baggy green before them down

 

[MarkCooper]

Wonder boy is run out.

 

[MarkCooper]

They won't enforce the follow-on. Get the Aussies back in the field for 100 overs!

 

[Vitaly]

Its just about one of the laws of the game.... every collapse requires a comedy runout

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Unbelievable tuk from aussies.

 

[Aman]

This is unfair... England have 3 saffas, Australia should be be allowed to tag in at least two saffas ... will be enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-RSj4RXy2Y

 

[saj786]

i really do believe pakistan r better than australia, they proved it by beating england last year 3-0

 

[Anfield]

Conditions and Pitch looked good for batting. No sure what's the reason for abysmal batting.