The Ashes 2009

[Sherwick]

Bring back GoJo!

[Marmora Man]

I would expect England to enforce the follow on today. Conditions should continue to assist the bowlers so they will hope to again bowl out Australia and win the match. IF they do win the match expect an unchanged side at the next match.

[Brendan]

bignumber5 Wrote:

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> a new experience for me - not listening to tms,

> checked the scorecard on the bbc site then, on a

> seemingly pointless whim of timewasting, hit

> refresh... is jimmy anderson taking these wickets

> with precision bowling, or am I with my magic

> refresh button...?

Well we can?t take the chance so best you install yourself behind your computer for the duration of the series.

[Brendan]

Last night I also thought they would enforce the follow on but now the Met office says that today?s going to be relatively dry with some sunshine with the clouds returning tomorrow. So maybe they?ll want to come out today, get some runs on the board and then hope that conditions tomorrow and Monday allow them to skittle the Aussies again. Although enforcing the follow on will probably be the best option.

Oh I don?t know. I?m going to wait and see what they do and how it turns out, then come back, edit my post accordingly and say, ?I told you so? again.

[????]

...and how many wickets did Harmison take?

[Brendan]

1 for 45

and

6 for 20

I have no idea what you're getting at.

[Reg Smeeton]

Strauss's fielding tactics this morning a complete mystery: Broad bowling short tosh and getting tonked, with no third man and a mid off. Inept. And no Flintoff.

However, given a lead of just 210, Strauss was absolutely right to enforce the follow-on. In these batsman friendly conditions, Australia could easily have been 60 for no wicket at lunch, and suddenly England would have begun to feel nervous. On top of that, with Broad looking extremely ordinary today, he needs time to regroup.

[red devil]

Is your glass half empty today Reg?..

[Brendan]

I suspect he?s playing the weather as well as giving the bowlers a rest, Freddy and Anderson are apparently running on codeine and cortisone.

[????]

he's gone

[Sherwick]

KP out :( lead almost 400 now though, so safe.

[Brendan]

If you?re following this on TMS on your computer do yourself a favour and open up the media player in 2 separate windows and make sure they are both playing at the same time.

[Sherwick]

why?

[Brendan]

Coz it makes em sound like boxing anouncers.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Don't question Brendan, just do it.

Far out man!

[Brendan]

Good innit?

[Keef]

So, 521 ahead, do they carry on and increase the lead tomorrow, or just get at them? It is not an impossible task for Australia with 2 days to do it, with some patient batting. Hopefully we can just batter them again!

[Brendan]

Come in tomorrow, throw the bat at everything for about 2 hours and then stick them in, keeping in mind that there may be rain about.

Bowl them all out by the end of the day. Job done and serve the MCC right for selling pre booked tickets for the 5th day.

[Sherwick]

Bat for another 12 to 14 overs (about 1 hour), score another 79 runs to take lead to 600. Stick them in. BTW, thought Prior's innings today was great - his 50 off 37 balls must be one of the fastest Ashes 50s ever, surely?

[Marmora Man]

I'm with Sherwick - bat for an hour just to give Australia some more psychological stick and check bowling conditions. There's a good bundle of grey clouds over N. London at present - maybe we can get some swing and, even better, reverse swing after lunch.

[Reg Smeeton]

The forecast is that we could lose as little as one hour or as much as five hours of today to rain. That makes Strauss' decision incredibly tough. My inclination would be to go in for 20 minutes, about five overs, and thrash, in the hope of putting on a quick 40 runs. If Philip Hughes has a bit of luck, Australia could easily be at 250 by close of play, but England have to take a small risk to have a decent chance of victory. Tomorrow's forecast is fine all day.

[Keef]

Declared straight away, bit surprising. Hopefully they'll act like brash australians and chase the target, in which care we should bowl them out.

[Keef]

Go Freddy go! Bet your knee isn't hurting right now. Sure it will be tonight, but who cares.

[Sherwick]

Aussies complaining about the two decisions!

::plays world's smallest violin::

>:D<

[Keef]

God, we need a bloody wicket and quickly! I know it seems silly to worry, but these 2 are putting on a hell of a batting show!