Australia vs England: 1st Ashes Test in Brisbane Nov 25-29

[eagles4eva]

If Johnson was ever going to stand up it's today

 

[eagles4eva]

101 over’s scheduled for the day

 

[eagles4eva]

Siddle to bowl the first over, here's for some early wickets

 

[Meth]

Btw, with the Ashes back and providing enthralling cricket - can anyone please explain to me how that sh*te known as T20 could ever be considered more popular than Test cricket.

Honestly, this IS cricket at its best. Sport at its best. And yet it seems as though T20 will eventually take over as the most popular form of the game even though it is, by and large, putrid sh*te.

Kids these days!

Agree 100%

 

[Meth]

Healy getting stuck in

 

[eagles4eva]

Hilfy first over, got to make them play....

 

[ANTiLAG]

Btw, with the Ashes back and providing enthralling cricket - can anyone please explain to me how that sh*te known as T20 could ever be considered more popular than Test cricket.

For men with wives and girlfriends who will only let them watch a game which does not take all day and a victor is guaranteed. Have you ever tried to explain to a gf/wife that after the first day, that noone has won yet, and sometimes that after three days you cannot tell who is winning.

Most females treat test cricket the way men trusted old smart single women in the 1600's - with more than with a little distrust and totally hostile to something so wicked. No surprises it was women who created the ashes - probably int he vein hope if they burnt the bails the men could not play test cricket anymore!

With T20 most girls still aren't toally into it. But they are willing to negotiate a little.

 

[TheParraboy]

gee Siddle unlucky with Cooky, one through vacant 3rd-4th slip region which Cooky had no idea and a french cut going over the stumps

 

[TheParraboy]

I guess when u watch the bowling yesterday it really makes you miss someone like Glenn McGrath... not nessescarily for the wickets but at least he could bowl a top consistant line. They bowled on leg all day which pissed me off because IMO Cook is strongest off his pads.

Time to go Johnson and Hilfy also looks like he's carrying a niggle of some sort. Bollinger and Harris for mine.

Hopefully someone like Hazelwood can get fit and be groomed. McGrath type bowler if there ever was one. Also Okeefe is gonna be something special IMO with bat and ball. They just need an opportunity sometime down the track. We could roar back to the top, but I reckon it will be post Ponting era

 

[yappy]

much better length here from Siddle.

Pitch up and lo and behold he starts finding the edge.

 

[Meth]

''Consecutive boundaries...a bit of win, I think, for Siddle''- Michael Slater

...

 

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

why is Johnson giving Punter advice?

 

[TheParraboy]

Johnson giving advice to both hilfy and siddle before each over , LMFAO

 

[JJ]

Another conference now, between Siddle, Ponting and Johnson. Perhaps Johnson is trying to learn something, I can't imagine what he'd be contributing given his lack of impact in this match.

on Cricinfo :lol:

 

[yappy]

Hopefully someone like Hazelwood can get fit and be groomed. McGrath type bowler if there ever was one. Also Okeefe is gonna be something special IMO with bat and ball. They just need an opportunity sometime down the track. We could roar back to the top, but I reckon it will be post Ponting era

Copeland does that McGrath job of probing around off stump and keeping it tight. Same height, similar build and pace. Same hunger for wickets.

 

[yappy]

Johnson giving advice to both hilfy and siddle before each over , LMFAO

He just says what he'd do and if they're smart they do the opposite.

 

[yappy]

Pressure's off.

Good move taking off Siddle as he starts to get his length right and trouble the bat.

 

[TheParraboy]

Notch on, couple wickets here and his place is secure for the remainder of the ashes

 

[eagles4eva]

Johnson into the attack....

 

[El Diablo]

Attack?