The Ashes 2010/11

[embree]

that's odd, Twatto wasn't due to be out for another five or six runs there

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

yes!!!

 

[shagnasty]

Two down, Khawaja's mum is really suffering she is really nervous poor sole

 

[TrippyLondoner]

missed the wicket

 

[TrippyLondoner]

just glad we got it though tbf

 

[embree]

It's incredibly dark out there, it's even obvious from the telly

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

night all

 

[embree]

20% chance of rain for the rest of the day apparently. Think that's bed for me

 

[JimW]

Shouldn't have gone to bed - back on long enough to get Clarke

 

[shagnasty]

Embree's probablly under the duvet listening on the radio

 

[JimW]

I can't talk - it's on at an eminently reasonable time for me but I missed the morning session on what sounds like a good old-fashioned opening day's cricket.

 

[JimW]

And now Swann's worked his magic on the handy-looking Khawaja. Looking like an excellent first day's work now

 

[shagnasty]

England have slight edge on the first day i think this test has draw written all through it .but lets hope not

 

[embree]

Good proper Test cricket, patience from both sides, England slightly on top

First time in four Tests that Australia haven't been bowled out on the first day

 

[embree]

Interesting to see Clarke getting booed, apparently by Australian supporters, and Ponting hanging around the dressing room in the same way Vaughan got criticised for in 2006/7

 

[DaRealSpoon]

Bit annoying how the media are creaming themselves over Khawaja.. He scored 37 off 95 balls ffs!!! Hardly the stuff of legend, so he played a couple of shots early on.. So what?

Really doesn't warrant any kind of coverage for me.

 

[Santino]

He's a promising young talent who didn't cock everything up in a pressure situation. Potentially a good find for Australia, but not the Second Coming.

Also, excellent PR material as a Pakistani-Australian player. They'll be pinning hopes on him to help extend the popularity of the game to 'new markets' as they say in cricket these days.

 

[embree]

Nah, he was a damn sight better than Hughes, Ponting, Clarke, North or Smith have been this series so worthy of some attention. He played a few shots early, looked calm, reigned himself in and played sensible for the conditions and got an OK score for a first go. He's a good 'un

 

[baldrick]

that's odd, Twatto wasn't due to be out for another five or six runs there

he seems incapable of going beyond the 50's in this series doesn't he? shame.

 

[embree]

it's remarkable isn't it? Overall he's on about 15 Test half centuries and only 2 centuries, which is a dreadful conversion rate

 

[TrippyLondoner]

HA HA Haddin!!!!!!!!!

 

[butchersapron]

Hanging their bats out there again...

 

[Santino]

Here comes no.7 Steve Smith. He can't bowl and he bats after the keeper. Must be some kind of specialist fielder.

 

[paulhackett]

Here comes no.7 Steve Smith. He can't bowl and he bats after the keeper. Must be some kind of specialist fielder.

He's a Collingwood lite

 

[Santino]

I will ignore that slur to the Greatest Living Englishman.

 

[pennimania]

Here comes no.7 Steve Smith. He can't bowl and he bats after the keeper. Must be some kind of specialist fielder.

 

[yardbird]

The English fielding !!

 

[embree]

He's a Collingwood lite

not followed cricket long then?

 

[Santino]

18 runs off the last 10 overs.

 

[embree]

The pitch still looks proper peculiar