offical thread 1st test - eng v Aus @ lords [20/8/05]

[Amjid Javed]

head to head record @ lords (overall)

played 32 - england wins 5 Australia wins 13 drawn 14

In Test matches @ lords (since 1900)

played 25 - england wins 1 Australia wins 11 drawn 13

england have won just 1 test @ lords v Australia in last 109 years and that was in 1934 Since then, in 17 matches, Australia have won eight and drawn nine.

odds very much stacked against england for 1st test @ lords.

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England: 1 Marcus Trescothick, 2 Andrew Strauss, 3 Michael Vaughan (capt), 4 Ian Bell, 5 Kevin Pietersen, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Geraint Jones (wk), 8 Ashley Giles, 9 Matthew Hoggard, 10 Simon Jones, 11 Stephen Harmison.

Australia: 1 Justin Langer, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Simon Katich, 6 Michael Clarke, 7 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 8 Shane Warne, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Jason Gillespie / micheal kaspowicz, 11 Glenn McGrath.

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[Rob H]

bit early AJ

 

[Amjid Javed]

bit early AJ

never to early

 

[Lightning]

What time this thing starts in the U.S?

 

[Rob H]

i am sooooooooo pumped up for this. I cant wait

 

[tahaqureshi]

it starts at 09:30 GMT

and right now its 07:35 GMT

so im guessing in another 2 hours

 

[MIG]

And a Warm Welcome to Taha...back from the wilderness ( still in Pak on holidays ? )

 

[Big Mac]

Mon The Belly

 

[JhonnyBravo]

teams are announced no surprises

Australia team: JL Langer, ML Hayden, *RT Ponting, DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, SM Katich, +AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath.England team: ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss, *MP Vaughan, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, A Flintoff, +GO Jones, AF Giles, MJ Hoggard, SJ Harmison, SP Jones.

 

[Amjid Javed]

latest - Aus 25/0

hoggard and harmison been given the new ball. harmison bowling with good pace and bounce. however, hoggards not got his radar right yet!

 

[Big Mac]

Hoggard bowls Hayden \o/\o/\o/\o/

 

[Billy]

Hoggy Hoggy Hoggy!

 

[Amjid Javed]

timber....!

hoggard knocks over hayden clean bowled

Aus 35/1

lovely shape on that ball!

 

[Amjid Javed]

peiterson drops pointing! a dolly!

could be crucial!

39/1 latest....

 

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 43/1 after 10 overs...

 

[roo-boy]

Langer punishing any rubbish, healthy run rate above 4.00 .

 

[Big Mac]

Harmison hits Punter with a bouncer and the Aussie captain's face is cut open

 

[Amjid Javed]

Harmison hits Punter with a bouncer and the Aussie captain's face is cut open

seems harmison is in injury mode today!

 

[Billy]

Harmy gets his man.

 

[Amjid Javed]

pointing gone caught 3rd slip

55/2

harmison strikes!

 

[Amjid Javed]

langer 40 off 40 balls

Aus 66/2

flintoff onto bowl!

 

[Billy]

Langer out!

B Fred C GBH

 

[Amjid Javed]

langer gone! caught hooking!

harmison pouches it!

flintoff strikes

66/3

 

[Billy]

Maybe off a missed no ball?

You lot can't complain though, what with it being Dar n'all

 

[Amjid Javed]

martyn gone!

simon jones strikes 1st ball

aus 66/4

 

[Billy]

Jonah gets Martyn!

 

[Amjid Javed]

england on fire here!

 

[Amjid Javed]

latest --> Aus 71/4

 

[Billy]

Still Gilchrist to come though..

What odds on an 80 ball hundred to bail the top order out?

 

[Rob H]

) And you thought the aussies would batter us

 

[Amjid Javed]

latest 78/4

katich and clarke have to play inns of there lives here!

 

[ZM]

rob dont get too cocky here
we were in same position at WACA but gilly bailed aussies out
main man is gilchrist

 

[Rob H]

We are on a role. It'll be 300-4 at the end of play

 

[Amjid Javed]

latest -- aus 83/4 from 21 overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

clarke goes to jones lbw

Aus 87/5

 

[Amjid Javed]

Gilchrist in now...!

 

[the Great Khan]

lol..aussies gonna get smashed up here..no one left except gilly...but could it happen?/ engalnd the best in the world??..arrrgghh..the thought pains me..lol

 

[Amjid Javed]

gilly off the mark with 4

 

[Amjid Javed]

gilly smashes another 4

 

[Amjid Javed]

lunch --> Aus 97/5

englands session!

 

[Fessal]

damn..thats not a good start for the aussies but well played england.

 

[Raz]

97-5. Great start by England. Good to see

 

[Amjid Javed]

england have been agressive, persistant and bowled and fielded with quality.

they fully deserve there sucsess!

 

[Raz]

Amjid i reckon they can still improve. Hoggard bowled quite a few loose balls in his spell although the Hayden wicket was a beauty. Id say Flintoff was most consistent out of the 4 bowlers in terms of line and length.

 

[Amjid Javed]

gilchrist playing as he always does... smashes two 4s..

1 streaky, one simply sublime...

 

[Amjid Javed]

gilchrist gone caught behind of flintoff

Aus 126/6

 

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 146/6 -- katich 16* warne 14*

 

[Amjid Javed]

shane warne throwing the bat 4 more

150/6

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 more for warne off a hook shot...!

match looks similar to 1st test in 1997!

link - http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997/AUS_IN_ENG/SCORECARDS/AUS_ENG_T1_05-08JUN1997.html

 

[alghazzali]

too early to say that.

 

[Amjid Javed]

i just meant from pattern of aus 1st inns... they collapsed like cards and then warne cam out all guns blazing!

 

[Amjid Javed]

wow what a thumping cover drive for 4 by katich!

 

[alghazzali]

All bowlers have been aggressive. Expensive but wickets have come,and I think all teams can learn from this. It's the only way to beat the Ozzies

 

[Amjid Javed]

All bowlers have been aggressive. Expensive but wickets have come,and I think all teams can learn from this. It's the only way to beat the Ozzies

you have to have an all round good bowling attack. bringing muhammed khalil, abdul razzaq on 1st change in pakistans case wasnt gona give aussies sleepless nites...!

thats diff!

 

[Amjid Javed]

harmison bowls warne for 28

aus 175/7 now....

 

[alghazzali]

I'm not talking about Pakistans games against Australia, just in general u need to be aggressive against Australia

 

[alghazzali]

Warne Gone!

b harmison 28

 

[alghazzali]

leg stump flies out of the ground

 

[Amjid Javed]

I'm not talking about Pakistans games against Australia, just in general u need to be aggressive against Australia

yeah i agree 100% u have to be agressive but you have to have the bowlers/batsmen to back it up in the team ...!

 

[Amjid Javed]

katich gone hooking for 27

Aus 178/8 now.....

 

[alghazzali]

me thinks Australias tail is dangerous aswell, all hard hitting

 

[alghazzali]

Goooooooo England!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

australias tail needs 2 wag here some how....

 

[alghazzali]

yeah i agree 100% u have to be agressive but you have to have the bowlers/batsmen to back it up in the team ...!

We do have the bowlers in Pakistan, just the selectors are a bit blind.

 

[zaf1986]

200 would be a good total now.

 

[Schiller]

well well well

 

[alghazzali]

If England were told they'd bowl Australia out for 200, they'd be over the moon, but I think they should have had them for 180 all out. Now the score will most likely reach 200.

 

[the Great Khan]

i think we may be seeing the end of austrailian dominance...if england beat em here then we may see a levelling of the playing field as i think engalnd arent ready for dominance just yet but in a years time they may have acheived that..lets see..this series has a long long way to go yet!

 

[Amjid Javed]

peiterson drops brett lee...

his 2nd drop catch!

 

[Amjid Javed]

brett lee goes to harmison

Aus 178/9

 

[mumtaz]

Australia 178/9

Harmison 4-39

 

[Schiller]

pakistan is going to be metaphorically speaking,....

 

[zaf1986]

mcgrath's gonna get a 50

 

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 190 all out

harmison 5 wkts in inns

 

[Big Mac]

Australia 1st innings                                           R   B   4  6
JL Langer             c Harmison         b Flintoff            40  44   5  0
ML Hayden                                b Hoggard             12  25   2  0
*RT Ponting           c Strauss          b Harmison             9  18   1  0
DR Martyn             c GO Jones         b SP Jones             2   4   0  0
MJ Clarke             lbw                b SP Jones            11  22   2  0
SM Katich             c GO Jones         b Harmison            27  68   5  0
+AC Gilchrist         c GO Jones         b Flintoff            26  18   6  0
SK Warne                                 b Harmison            28  29   5  0
B Lee                 c GO Jones         b Harmison             3   8   0  0
JN Gillespie          lbw                b Harmison             1  10   0  0
GD McGrath            not out                                  10   7   2  0
Extras                (b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 11)                  21
Total                 (all out, 40.2 overs)                   190

FoW: 1-35 (Hayden, 7.6 ov), 2-55 (Ponting, 12.5 ov),
     3-66 (Langer, 14.4 ov), 4-66 (Martyn, 15.1 ov),
     5-87 (Clarke, 21.5 ov), 6-126 (Gilchrist, 28.3 ov),
     7-175 (Warne, 36.1 ov), 8-178 (Katich, 36.3 ov),
     9-178 (Lee, 38.4 ov), 10-190 (Gillespie, 40.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Harmison                    11.2    0     43      5
Hoggard                      8      0     40      1 (2nb)
Flintoff                    11      2     50      2 (9nb)
SP Jones                    10      0     48      2 (1w)

 

[alghazzali]

Brilliant stuff from England

 

[Schiller]

mar gayay!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

mar gayay!!

) )

 

[Schiller]

mat pooch yar
i can see the future rt now
man its going to be bad i fear

 

[alghazzali]

Pakistan might aswell give up now, hope our security fails, cos theres no way we are going to cope with this attack.