The Ashes: 1st Test, Trent Bridge - Final Day & Post Match Discussions

England:
Alastair Cook*, Joe Root, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonny Bairstow,
Matt Prior†, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James Anderson

Australia:
Shane Watson, Chris Rogers, Ed Cowan, Michael Clarke*, Steve Smith, Phil Hughes,
Brad Haddin†, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Ashton Agar

20 fresh pages to discuss the outcome of the 1st Test.

got nothing to say- but now its on my post list..


OH I do now  !!! Anderson has starcy..

Now I believe

That was a good ball to remove a dangerous batsman.

Starc gone !

Jimmy rampant  

Starc goes. No ton for him, trebs.

Come on Jimmy! Wrap it up!

Probably 80-20 Aussie now.

there is no point warching the ashes series this summer. aussies simply have zero chance of beating the mighty england team.

Anderson strikes again! His 3rd wicket of the innings.

Starc edges to slip for just 1 run and Aus are 211-8.

The fat lady has finished her vocal exercises and is making her way to the stage.

On an unrelated note, why has everyone suddenly turned into trebell clones?

aussieboyz wrote:there is no point warching the ashes series this summer. aussies simply have zero chance of beating the mighty england team.

5-0 Aussie looks more likely with Godgar smashing it around out there.

If you took his contribution out of this game it might have been different but you found him from somewhere.

see what i mean? all over before lunch

For a moment I thought we were 9 down... getting ahead of myself!

the aussies batters should hang their heads in shame. cowan is the crappiest test opener i have ever seen.

Looks like England will have this wrapped up well before lunch. Short day for the spectators but I'm sure the England contingent won't mind.

Still, we can't get complacent. Expect Australia to come back fighting in the 2nd Test. They're not nearly as poor as many people were predicting and will give England a run for their money.

So we won't lose by 100 runs. Phew!

Linebreaker wrote:For a moment I thought we were 9 down... getting ahead of myself!

exactly. Still in control.

cowan, starc should be out for the 2nd test. bring in khawaja and bird

aussieboyz wrote:the aussies batters should hang their heads in shame. cowan is the crappiest test opener i have ever seen.

 Worst ever. He has to be dropped. Offers next to nothing to the side. Khawaja deserves another chance, imo.

aussieboyz wrote:see what i mean? all over before lunch

Godgar comes back out at at 11 to do it all again. That was just a free preview.

He may not be needed with siddle smashing England out of the park here.

Oh broad FFs.. Piece of crap letting them off and making the win easy every time.

stick with it aussies- This isnt over..

England are so rubbish at the death(batting and bolwing)

aussieboyz wrote:the aussies batters should hang their heads in shame. cowan is the crappiest test opener i have ever seen.

Cowan's been playing No.3

That said, he does look to be the weak link in an otherwise decent (on paper) batting lineup. Smith has got talent and is a great future prospect, but you need the likes of Watson, Clarke, Hughes etc. to step up and make some big scores.

Starc , to my mind , is more of a hitter with a good eye than a batsman. Could have been dangerous ( bit like the other left arm Mitchell) but not surprised to see him out quickly.
With Siddle in we are back to proper batting - he has worked hard on his, and Haddin is well in now.
Still work to do , and the tricky bit comes when Jimmy has to rest. Game is not over yet. England need to keep pressing...

trebellbobaggins wrote:Oh broad FFs.. Piece of crap letting them off and making the win easy every time.

 we call it bad karma mate.

Linebreaker wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:Oh broad FFs.. Piece of crap letting them off and making the win easy every time.

 we call it bad karma mate.

Clark must have loads of the bad stuff then after refusing to walk too.

trebellbobaggins wrote:

aussieboyz wrote:see what i mean? all over before lunch

Godgar comes back out at at 11 to do it all again.  That was just a free preview.

He may not be needed with siddle smashing England out of the park here.

Either that, or the ghost of Don Bradman will come out at 12 to smash the winning runs...  

big revs this morning for swann!!

cowan is such a rubbish batsman. bring in khawaja or maddison. they can not do worse than this useless journeyman. he is worse than marcus north

just bring back punter

alfie wrote:Starc , to my mind , is more of a hitter with a good eye than a batsman. Could have been dangerous ( bit like the other left arm Mitchell) but not surprised to see him out quickly.
With Siddle in we are back to proper batting - he has worked hard on his, and Haddin is well in now.  
Still work to do , and the tricky bit comes when Jimmy has to rest.  Game is not over yet. England need to keep pressing...

I'm sure Swann and Finn will deputise quite capably.

trebellbobaggins wrote:

Linebreaker wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:Oh broad FFs.. Piece of crap letting them off and making the win easy every time.

 we call it bad karma mate.

Clark must have loads of the bad stuff then after refusing to walk too.

But he pleads guilty (in Adelaide) and said he thought it "hit his pad" yesterday. At least he has the guts to say something.

Broad, on the other hand, is simply a bad sportsman and a cheat. It runs in the family you know.

Cook drops the ashes.

Broady is just so competitive. Reminds me of a typical aussie if truth be told .. Problem is aussies are getting to soft these days..

why are you guys still watching this? this is all over. england have already won this test. forget about watching this.

Oh my! Siddle dropped by Cook...SO close to wicket no.9 there!  

Now Cookie, he's a true sportsman and a top bloke, trebs,

And a crap decision maker when it comes to the toss and reading conditions.

trebellbobaggins wrote:And a crap decision maker when it comes to the toss and reading conditions.

 You're too harsh. He's miles better than our blokes!

At least he knows how to review properly

Exactly CJ.

Great bowl swanny.

but 4 to the Oz.

Now down to just 80.

Massive advantage to Aussie now.  They have it.

Oh dear...did Cook just drop the Ashes ?

Poor Jimmy...bowling beautifully. But he will have to stop eventually...

Swann looking dangerous.

That's why you keep bowling Jimmy Anderson

the ashes is not worth watching anymore for me. england are too good for australia. unless we have bradman, warney and mcgrath in the team, i dont see how aussies can beat england

well it happend!!

It certainly was coming!

Cook with an amazing catch.

Much better.

Final cook listens to me.

And now we are down to the usual 160 making Aussie final partnership.

Superb catch from Cook. Sidds departs.

Cook makes up for it !!!

What a catch     

Surely not long now...