The Ashes 2009

[Diamond]

 

[TrippyLondoner]

cunts

 

[Nemo]

And Johnson pulls a wicket out of thin air. 196-1. Cook goes for 95.

 

[Biddlybee]

Noooooooooooooo

 

[Dirty Martini]

Bugger

 

[holteman]

cook gone 95 lbw from nowhere

 

[tangerinedream]

The weather looks a bit iffy over the weekend.

When do the boys switch to a more aggressive mentality - 250?

Don't need to. Just keep playing on... In fact, there is a wicket, and what a fucking suprise, Cook doesn't get a hundred and gets out lbw... AGAIN!!!

 

[Idaho]

Cook gone lbw.

 

[agricola]

In fairness to Cook, he cannot have been expecting Johnson to bowl a decent ball.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The weather looks a bit iffy over the weekend.

When do the boys switch to a more aggressive mentality - 250?

Eh?

First day of a test match you play every ball on its merits. They can start throwing the bat when they reach 500. Remember how New Zealand got off to two cracking starts a few years back – Richardson scored a load – and lost both matches.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Cook robbed of his ton, really unlucky there.

I suppose he'd got so used to knocking terrible deliveries into next week that it was only gonna take a half decent ball to beat him

 

[Idaho]

Still a good knock. Just need Bopara to settle in.

 

[SpookyFrank]

In fairness to Cook, he cannot have been expecting Johnson to bowl a decent ball.

In yet more fairness, 95 runs and a place in England's best ever Lord's opening stand isn't half bad.

 

[Idaho]

Do you think Strauss is trying to teach Bopara something? Shying at big shots then pointedly not slogging them?

 

[tangerinedream]

In yet more fairness, 95 runs and a place in England's best ever Lord's opening stand isn't half bad.

Yeah, not bad. Still... meh. It would have been great to see him really go on and make a truly great score, as opposed to a decent one.

 

[Santino]

Good call keeping North on. Bopara wouldn't have wanted to face him first up.

 

[Nemo]

Bopara clips one for four now. 200 up.

 

[tangerinedream]

Good call keeping North on. Bopara wouldn't have wanted to face him first up.

No, terrifying bowler...

 

[Badgers]

(((Cook)))

 

[SpookyFrank]

Just hope Bopara doesn't get too carried away too soon. Any batsman sat in that pavillion watching this match would have be dying to get out there and start knocking it about...

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Just hope Bopara doesn't get too carried away too soon. Any batsman sat in that pavillion watching this match would have be dying to get out there and start knocking it about...

Seems like quite a calm atmosphere out there today though, i think he'll be relaxed.

 

[mattie]

10pm?

Bah. Last train 9:30. Sods.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Seems like quite a calm atmosphere out there today though, i think he'll be relaxed.

He's got something to prove after the first test as well...

 

[liquidlunch]

looks like a good pitch,cant wait till we have a go at it

 

[SpookyFrank]

Bopara gets out of jail free and with four runs for his trouble

 

[Nemo]

looks like a good pitch,cant wait till we have a go at it

Don't expect England's attack to be as obliging as the Aussies have been.

 

[jonnyd1978]

Started swinging. Could get interesting now.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Don't expect England's attack to be as obliging as the Aussies have been.

A good pitch for Freddie to do some damage on I reckon.

 

[Nemo]

A good pitch for Freddie to do some damage on I reckon.

Broad could do okay as well provided he can keep it straight.

 

[Nemo]

Double Nelson. *Lifts feet.*