England vs Australia | 3rd Ashes Test | Old Trafford | 01/8/13 | Day 1

[Ims1]

Reports say KP is fit & Aus will have 3 changes : Warner , Starc & Lyon might replace Hughes,Pattinson & Agar .

 

[Ims1]

Read on tms , till now 28 Ashes tests at this venue . Eng & Aus have both won 7 each & 14 were drawn .

 

[Ims1]

Weather update : cloudy but dry .

 

[malakian]

It's muggy, Win toss & bowl first. Watch the Australians brick their pants at the sight of a swinging ball.

 

[Shayan]

Match commences in half an hour. England are expected to name an unchanged side, while Warner and Lyon are likely to be back for Australia.

 

[Ims1]

It's muggy, Win toss & bowl first. Watch the Australians brick their pants at the sight of a swinging ball.

Mala , does look like who ever wins the toss will bowl .
cricinfo says : The suggestion is that England will be unchanged. We'll know for certain in 20 minutes. The experts at the ground say there should be some pace in the pitch.

 

[Ims1]

Australia have won the toss and will bat. Michael Clarke confirms the return of Warner, Lyon and Starc.

 

[Shayan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Australia win the toss and bat in the 3rd <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Ashes&src=hash">#Ashes</a> Test. Warner, Starc and Lyon come in for Hughes, Pattinson and Agar. England unchanged.</p>— PakPassion.net (@PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPassion/statuses/362868312306233344">August 1, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Ims1]

England captain Alastair Cook: "We'd have had a bat as well. It's muggy so hopefully the ball will swing this morning and put some pressure on the top order. [On the squad] We had all the bases covered. It's a long series, it's important we set the tone in this first hour and hopefully Jimmy and Broady can do that for us."

 

[Random Aussie]

Cool we are batting, I like it when I get to see both teams bat in a day.

 

[Aman]

Cool we are batting, I like it when I get to see both teams bat in a day.

) I've got one better

"Dropping Hughes is a huge mistake, he should be opening with Rogers. Watson should have been dropped"

 

[Ims1]

Cool we are batting, I like it when I get to see both teams bat in a day.

hahaha. 350 might be a good score here .

 

[Random Aussie]

hahaha. 350 might be a good score here .

I will do the Running Man in my lounge room if we make 350.

 

[Justcrazy]

Big toss to win here. Lyon would relish bowling last here

 

[Justcrazy]

Single ....... Australia off

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Rogers first boundary in test match , in his 4th test.

 

[SL_Fan]

Hopefully these 2 can put up a solid platform. Want to see a good game like the first one. Rogers due some luck nothing much has gone right for the poor fella thus far and hopefully no more leg before watsons.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

flashy but still gets four .

 

[Random Aussie]

Rogers showing ability to play the swinging ball this is novel for an Aussie batter

 

[SL_Fan]

Starc again? Not sure about that. Bird should have got this game surely. Also Agar has looked far more solid with the bat than Khawaja. Looks very solid against spin especially. Would have played Warner at 3 and Agar as a middle order bat.

 

[Justcrazy]

For Poms here , early strike by Anderson would be very important.

 

[Convict]

) I've got one better

That's true though.
Watto is a cancer.

 

[Ims1]

Result or a draw ?

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies need to be patient here

 

[Justcrazy]

3 more runs . 19 / 0

 

[Random Aussie]

Broad bowling with some pace today.

Our bowlers will like this pitch.

 

[Justcrazy]

Rogers should not throw it away here.

 

[Ims1]

good start . 24 without loss .

 

[WebGuru]

Rogers playing with a SR of 100

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

Matty Lyons: "I predict Watson and Rogers will bat all day, just like Marsh/Taylor at Nottingham in the 1989 Ashes Series. End of Day 1: Australia 0/356"

cricinfo

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

29 / 0

 

[KPfan]

Anderson ever so smiling despite being hit for four. Unlike Steyn.

 

[WebGuru]

That awkward moment when Rogers is playing with a Strike Rate of 100 in a Test match while his overall SR is 41

 

[Convict]

Suprised Watto didn't review that

 

[bin_pendi_ka_lota]

Looks like Aussies are here with some intent

 

[Justcrazy]

33 / 0

So far good start by Aussies, need to carry on here.

 

[Justcrazy]

If Anderson fails to deliver , Aussies should get a fighting total here, something that would Test Poms on last Day here.

 

[Robert]

Should have picked Tremlett.

 

[SL_Fan]

Dammit watson

 

[Gunther]

Get Swann on

 

[Gunther]

Brezza strikes.

 

[Robert]

Rogers is going to get a ton here.

Counties showing Aussies how to beat us again.....

 

[Gunther]

Rogers is going to get a ton here.

Counties showing Aussies how to beat us again.....

Swann is hungry and he wants to lunch on some lefties today

 

[WebGuru]

* Chris Rogers now got 20,000 First Class runs.

 

[Convict]

Good Perth boy is our Chris Rogers

 

[Justcrazy]

81 / 1

 

[Justcrazy]

Rogers looking good

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies need to play swan carefully here.

 

[malakian]

I've been saying for a while that Rogers is the best batsman in Australia. He looked nervous in the first two games, obviously came out this morning and thought 'sod it'.

 

[Sandeep]

Idiotic decision!!!! What the hell! Khawaja clearly not out

 

[Convict]

Feel sorry for Khawaja

Not sure why that was out

 

[CalculatedRisk]

THIS IS PURE CHEATING. I can't believe this umpiring.

 

[MarkCooper]

who was the third umpire?

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[Sandeep]

Why didn't they use SNICKO earlier before the decision was made?

 

[Watsupdoc]

Rubbish decision. I don't know from which angle that looked out...

 

[kamran_uk]

What was that ridiculous datz insane

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[SL_Fan]

WTH happenned there?

 

[Sherlock]

Shocker, absolute shocker.

 

[Justcrazy]

Khwaja unlucky

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Dharmasena needs to be fired.

 

[Random Aussie]

How all you DRS fanboys going? Great system eh? Reduces howlers eh?

Just makes more errors. That is an utter joke. Not that Usman was going to make a triple hundred but fair go...

 

[Nuekboi]

Terrible decision. Whats the point of using technology if the people using it are idiots

 

[Saeed]

Clear cheating.

 

[lilFlip]

Umpire is blind

 

[malakian]

Usman didn't hit that. Silly umpiring.

 

[kamran_uk]

O god datz a real shocker and poor usmans career is on line disgraceful pathetic

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[Sandeep]

Shane Warne's anger can be clearly understood. This decision is very very bad! Feel sorry for Khawaja

 

[Nuekboi]

How all you DRS fanboys going? Great system eh? Reduces howlers eh?

Just makes more errors. That is an utter joke. Not that Usman was going to make a triple hundred but fair go...

Hotspot had nothing and there was daylight between bat and ball.

Idiot umpire, nothing wrong with DRS

 

[Gunther]

Not enough evidence to overturn the decision

 

[mosh101]

What a rediculous decision from the third umpire !

 

[bin_pendi_ka_lota]

I hope Clarke does justice to his ability here....

 

[mosh101]

Cant wait for the warner tweet regarding this lol

 

[Wristy_Shuffler]

How all you DRS fanboys going? Great system eh? Reduces howlers eh?

Just makes more errors. That is an utter joke. Not that Usman was going to make a triple hundred but fair go...

Without DRS he would have been out wrongly anyway. This is a terrible decision. The DRS gives too much weight to the on-field decision. Daft umpiring.

 

[cricketindiafan]

DRS continues to shoot itself

How can any one be out after those replays?

 

[kamran_uk]

How all you DRS fanboys going? Great system eh? Reduces howlers eh?

Just makes more errors. That is an utter joke. Not that Usman was going to make a triple hundred but fair go...

Mate dere was nothing wrong wid da system system clearly showed dat was notout human error dat was absolute disgraceful

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[Sherlock]

How all you DRS fanboys going? Great system eh? Reduces howlers eh?

Just makes more errors. That is an utter joke. Not that Usman was going to make a triple hundred but fair go...

It wasn't DRS, it was the third umpire once again not having a clue.

The technology showed no edge. don't know how you can blame DRS here.

 

[Saeed]

How all you DRS fanboys going? Great system eh? Reduces howlers eh?

Just makes more errors. That is an utter joke. Not that Usman was going to make a triple hundred but fair go...

Well if DRS wasn't there he would have been out anyway.

 

[Watsupdoc]

How all you DRS fanboys going? Great system eh? Reduces howlers eh?

Just makes more errors. That is an utter joke. Not that Usman was going to make a triple hundred but fair go...

Don't blame the technology - blame the umpire who obviously saw something that we didn't see.