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Jesus, Trescothick just fished outside his off stump facing McGrath, luckily it went for four. Why the fornicate does he keep doing that? That is a major flaw in his game.

i know if he gets in he is a great player, but its getitng in thats the problem, seems thee is some interesting bounce already.

Bounce but no swing so far.

I can see Vaughan getting out with the hook/pull later! ;)

England need a big innings from Vaughan

Kevin wrote:England need a big innings from Vaughan

I'd settle for a streaky 50, the way he's been playing......

Good to see Gillespie still hasn't found his form. Keep it up, Jason.

yip anyone with that shit a haircut deserves to be thrashed.

they might even make him bowl underarm at this rate,

Looks like my prayers were answered.... Vaughan dropped and then bowled by a no ball in successive deliveries.

Well done Vaughan. He's ridden his luck a bit but fair play he needed runs and he's got a century. Lets hope he can go on and make it a big one.

We should get a decent score here as long as there's no collapse. But with Pietersen and Freddie to come you know there's plenty of runs left in this innings.

4 catches down this innings by aussies.

what was it about our fielding again bollox?

J wrote:4 catches down this innings by aussies.

what was it about our fielding again bollox?

:x I deny ever saying anything about your fielding :x

Excellent days play by your guys, you may just win the series yet, something I thought would never happen (not this series anyway, with McGrath and Warne still there)

This may be the Hatton - Tsyzu of cricket

im enjoying this

So am I

Still need 100 to avoid the follow on, and instead of 5 down, you may as well make that 6 as Clarke doesn't look like he's gonna bat.... at least not like he normally can.

Would you guys enforce the follow on if its available, or get back out and put the run chase beyond them?

I wouldn't fancy batting last on this pitch, not against Warne. Get back out there and pile on the runs, I say.

Of course, we have to bowl them out first. C'mon boys!

Don't follow on. It Give's the bowlers a rest also. Mainly becuase I don't trust the batting line up in chasing even a small total. A couple down early and crazy things start to happen. Shame they didn't get to 500, Aus would have been really chasing the game then. I wanna see 6'8 Tremlett in the nxt match in place of Hoggard. Hoggard struggles if it doesn't swing. With Tremlett playing the Aussie's will be playing every ball at their throat and getting bashed and bruised up. If Tremlett turns out good then England will have a fearsome attack. Opposition's would fear for their health.

Rain Rain Rain i hope it dosn't stop

I think its fair to say England would have won this game easily if it hadnt rained most of the day on saturday. I thought Vaughan was overcautious yesterday and the declaration came too late in the day. They could still get 10 wickets today but didnt really leave enough time to have a good go at them last night and get the 1 or 2 wickets required to make today easier. Fingers crossed!!

Mods - delete this thread at once. It has no place here :x

p.s. Australia is gonna lose the Ashes

Crisis time i think, Gillespie, Hayden, Martyn all have to go. I think it is time that Tait, Hussy,Symonds all get a go, The batting from Australia has been below par and there is to much arrogance in the team.

Gillespie should definitely go, I cant believe they have stuck with him for this series to be honest he was so out of form in the one dayers. I think he'll definitely be out after this test as Ponting has hardly given him the ball. From an England perspective I hope they stick with him! ;)

We could have done with at least 1 more wicket before lunch.... 121/2 is pretty touch and go.... the aussies only need 4.2 an over from here on to actually win it, although I can't see that. Still..... gonna need a massive afternoon session to turn the game back into our favour.

Is this aussie commenator taking the piss.

(Excitedly) And Ponting pulls, and pulls vigourosly, he's picked up a good length and yanked it out of there...'

Getting nervous now...... 269/7..... need three wickets

EddieShredder wrote:Getting nervous now...... 269/7..... need three wickets

Its crunch time now - Warne and Pointing in. They could make a stand, if one of these goes out soon I think its game set and match England.