The Ashes 2009 thread

garrrr curse of Taylor strikes

Would love to see Stuart Clark having a bowl before stumps.

What's that, Mr Hilditch?

Oh, I see... maybe next time you'll pick an in-form bowler over one who's forgotten how to hit the pitch. But probably not.

don't be too hard on our Australian cricketers, it is winter

What do people think are the chances of getting some tickets for Monday?

Looks like rain monday,

Have we lost/won yet?

expecting a draw me thinks.. england will bat all day tomorrow weather permitting..

I know the English bat all day but what about the cricket?

100 ahead. can England take wickets with the new ball? 30 odd overs to play before close today.

draw.
unless we can knock them down quickly, but I think clark and ponting will hold out long enough, even if the others don't.

if we bowl well, it'll be a nasty session for aus to survive tonight, but we need to just bowl on target and not try too hard

england bowlers have not reached a sufficient strike rate.. maybe the next spell will be more exciting.. Aus 172-4 leading by 59 runs

Have we won yet?

still everything to play for - hard to say how it's going to go, draw possibly most likely, win if we can knock them over in the next session

barring something spectacularly bad from the Aussies it'll be a draw.. I think that'd be justice for our ridiculous get out of jail in the first test where we were absolutely dominated

1-0 is basically the same as 2-1

i suppose so..

Shakespearean commentary. Now there's a thought...
99.6
Broad to North, no run, hammered into the ground where Ian Bell doth lurk, and verily did he stop it with his handth

Commentators obvoiusly bored shitless

I've spent all day follwoing this for it only to be a very boring finish, I doubt we'll even see England bat now.

all that hype yesterday at edgbaston flogging tickets for £25.. i was so tempted..
oh well, at least it was a full house today.

australia batted very convincingly by all accounts. Clarke and North putting in a solid partnership, to secure a draw and keeping their captain's reputation intact..

Strauss now regretting that dropped catch after lunch..

headingley this friday?

HTFU Poms.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25889388-401,00.html

so....this is the one. whos it gunna be?

draw, rained off..

Oh FFS...rain might be good now

not at all. a cloudless sky will be good (it's on it's way)

just found a live feed. no work done today then!
http://www.realhq.net/

second link is working.

Good start. Hopefully Clarke can take some wickets. No spinning option.

Sounds like they're going to take a wicket with every ball at the minute. Headingley is typically a batters pitch and we have no batting line-up to speak of now. I can't honestly believe how Bopara is still in the side, he's failed in six previous innings, seven today and I'm going to write off his eighth already. Eternal optimist me.