2nd ASHES TEST: England v Australia at Lords, July 16-20, 2009

[TheParraboy]

haurie gets cooky from his first ball after lunch, i almost fell off my chair

bitter sweet there for you locky

 

[lockyno1]

Haurie the destroyer! Cooky fell to his wizardry!

 

[aussies1st]

Seems to look alright to the lefties.
Siddle leaking runs though.

 

[TheParraboy]

haurie on fire, strauss out

 

[aussies1st]

A bit tougher for him now with 2 righties.

 

[lockyno1]

This is what we missed in the 1st innings!

 

[eddiesmith]

Ponting really does hate Siddle :lol:

 

[Captain BF]

I thought the catch was a a catch by Hauritz.

Johnson is bowling the worst i have seen anyone bowl in a test. No control, pace or confidence. He doesn't know where they are going.

 

[Captain BF]

I think Haddin may need a back stop. When was the last innings that he went Bye free?

 

[Ensane]

yeah hadds is always good for few extra sundries. Manou with the gloves and hadds with the bat would be ideal

 

[Kiki]

god this is painful to watch. ughhhh

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

If this weather sticks around and Andrew Strauss wants to bat for 1-2 sessions tomorrow this will be another draw. Would help if the Aussies learnt to bat at some point too, that 1st Innings was embarrassing!

 

[lockyno1]

Hope it rains, would be justice as rain saved their arse in the first test

 

[aussies1st]

We should be able to save it if we bat sensibly so not likely. All I can say is the weather better not change again and leave us with overcast conditions.

 

[Twizzle]

just getting interesting

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms should bat another 70-80 minutes if they can, then declare before lunch on 4th day

5 and a bit sessions to get around 600 would be what I would do If I was captain which I am not but I would do that If I could

 

[Big_Bad_Shark_Fan]

If England declare overnight, barring weather, the draw is out of the question. If Australia bat for the 2 days they will be well past the 500 mark. Its very easy to accumulate quick runs here with this outfield. If its sunny we are a small chance, if its overcast its game over.

If england bat the first session and get 600+, Australia should defensively try and draw the game. People can go on about you have to be positive, ... thats garbage, look what happened in India last year, 2nd test, just to name one example. Then compare that to say England in the 1st test, or the 1st test of England/Safrica last year when South africa stonewalled for 2 and a half days to get the draw.

 

[eddiesmith]

You would expect a better performance from the batsmen in the 2nd innings, I did notice in the 1st innings that Siddle scored more runs than all the NSW born players combined

 

[simmo1]

With the weather the way it is, England should declare overnight if they are serious about trying to win.

 

[Angry_eel]

Man this test is gone. The way Australia batted in the first innings anyway.