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Morning Richie, morning everyone!
Ricky Ponting has won the toss and will bat.
C'mon Jimmy, 3 by lunchtime!!
Well that was a decent start!
😯
in bed listening to tms,wow what a start
gahhh!
My gidy aunt!
I wish I could see punters face
TJ - I thought you were on nights?
It's been awfully quiet in here...
Clarke out.
2-3!!
Awesome stuff. What a start!
Double and triple 😯 !
They really should've dropped Clarke for this Test...
I AM NOT GOING TO BED
Earlier in the week stoner. don't want to work too much
Been trying to avoid stupid arguments if not totally successfully
Get Hussey and I'll be dancing naked in my garden
Been trying to avoid stupid arguments if not totally successfully
what on earth will you do with the rest of your free time? 😯
anyway, back to the aussie-eviscerating...
Oh what fun. should I wake Mrs TJ? - she is a big cricket fan
if she's missing a few balls, will she mind?
Breaking out the mince pies - going to be a long night! 😀
Evening/morning.... Well what a start 😀
Be nice for Hussey to edge another one to the slips......
Oh Jimmy!
Knock over Hussey and Watson before lunch and I'll be a happy chappy 🙂
Amazing start from England, but a good partnership from Hussey and Watson steadys the ship... first session goes to the Poms though, definitely... if Anderson had held that tough catch we'd have been in serious trouble!
Hussey and Haddin happily batting away now, let's hope it doesn't take as long as it did to get one of them out as the last test. 😕
202/5
Flat pitch with nothing happening for swanny.
Big total on the cards for the Aussies
really Yossarian? I was thinking Hussey was in too, but swannys just pulled out a beaut! all out for 250..
Hussey out!! Ripper from Swann catching the edge to Collingwood at slip.
'Cmon England!! (and Wales)
BOOM, swannys on a hattrick
What do I know?
Clumsy runout
The Aussies are making a pig's ear of this aren't they?
245ao! excellent. Trotts superb run out and that first over really set the tone.. Need to survive a couple of overs now.
What was ponting's beef at the end?
Get in there, they don't like it up 'em.
🙂 And an over survived to end, how many overs old is the ball now? Hopefully should be losing its potency and if the pitch flattens a little tomorrow we should be looking to put them to the sword.
C'mon england, southafrica and wales!
And an over survived to end, how many overs old is the ball now?
Erm, one? Is this a trick question?
Do they start with a frsh ball for each innings ? 😳 I presumed they carried on with the same one which I think Anderson had when they were for 7..
I wish I could see punters face
Being one of the lucky 38,000 at the Adelaide Oval, I can say it wasn't a happy face when he came out after that stupid run out, but it reached new heights of grumpiness a ball later 😆
What an excellent day in the sun! Same again tomorrow please (just with a few less wickets and a lot more runs 🙂 )
Being one of the lucky 38,000 at the Adelaide Oval....
Hate is such a powerful emotion, and a hard one to call upon, but I hate you! 😉
Nice to see Punter getting grumpy at the end as well! Here's hoping tonight is as good!
Any idea what Punter was bitching about at the end ?
Any idea what Punter was bitching about at the end ?
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Well yes, there was that. But he obviously had a bee in his bonnet about something else.
I have read that he thought there was time for 2 overs but Strauss wasted time to make sure there was only one. Not teh sort of thng and Aussie would do.
Times like this I wish I'd kept my Sky Sports subscription, not that I could possibly stay awake, even for matches like this.
I think it was probably about being in charge of a slighty crap team, at home, in front of everyone.....
TJ - yes, I heard Strauss called for the roller after the Aussie innings had finished, this must take some time and perhaps was a strategic time-wasting move ?
So he wanted the crease rolling before the innings started?
What an odd request 😉