Thread: The Ashes Tour

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England captain Andrew Strauss says it is "naive at best and dangerous at worst" to start thinking about a first series win in Australia in 24 years.
The 33-year-old's attention is only on the first day of the first Test at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on Thursday.
"I'm not looking at that finishing post at the moment. I'm looking at tomorrow, and starting the series well," he said.
The last England skipper to win at the ground was Mike Gatting, whose 1986 win contributed to a 2-1 series success.
That seven-wicket victory has been followed by five successive Australian wins in Ashes series down under.But Strauss does not want his team to get distracted by the possibility of breaking the trend. "Past history suggests not many people do that, so it's a great challenge for me and for the team," he said.

drove past the gabba this morning on the way to work people everywhere it's a sold out venue looks good for a top series.Go the Aussies !!!

Originally Posted by bobo746

Doug Bollinger dumped

Australia (likely): Ricky Ponting (captain), Shane Watson, Simon Katich, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Marcus North, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus.

Bollinger is not one of Ricky's mates.

hope we bowl the wicket is pretty green apparently.

GO U AUSSIE'S

England 0/1 (1.1 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Day 1 - Session 1

AJ Strauss c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 0 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

England 8/1 (2.5 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Day 1 - Session 1

Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 10 ovs Mat Runs HS Ave
*Jonathan Trott (rhb) 8 8 2 0 100.00 8 (8b) 8 (8b) 14 1163 226 55.38

Alastair Cook (lhb) 0 6 0 0 0.00 0 (0b) 0 (6b) 61 4364 173 42.78


Bowlers O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s This spell Mat Wkts BBI Ave


*Ben Hilfenhaus (rfm) 1.5 1 8 1 4.36 9 2 0 1.5-1-8-1

14 49 4/57 30.59


Peter Siddle (rfm) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 1-1-0-0

18 60 5/21 31.53

great start for the aussies.

Hmmm... Radio 5 seems to be working.

England 50/2 (15.6 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Day 1 - Session 1

Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 10 ovs

Mat Runs HS Ave


*Kevin Pietersen (rhb) 4 4 0 0 100.00 1 (2b) 4 (4b)

67 5310 226 47.83


Alastair Cook (lhb) 14 37 1 0 37.83 0 (4b) 11 (24b)

61 4378 173 42.92





Bowlers O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s This spell

Mat Wkts BBI Ave


*Shane Watson (rfm) 2.0 0 6 1 3.00 10 1 0 2-0-6-1

23 41 6/33 27.65


Mitchell Johnson (lf) 3.0 0 11 0 3.66 12 1 0 3-0-11-0

39 166 8/61 29.12

IJL Trott b Watson 29 (53b 5x4 0x6) SR: 54.71

cometh the hour, cometh the man

Watson to Cook, no run, 134.8 kph, dropped! And it's the debutant! Similar to the Strauss dismissal, short and Cook cracked it straight to Doherty at point, who jumped to take it above his head, had a couple of grabs at it but it ends on the turf. Big moment that, how will he respond

England 79/2 (25.0 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Day 1 - Session 1



Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 10 ovs

Mat Runs HS Ave


*Kevin Pietersen (rhb) 18 33 2 0 54.54 3 (2b) 15 (30b)

67 5324 226 47.96


Alastair Cook (lhb) 28 63 1 0 44.44 7 (12b) 14 (30b)

61 4392 173 43.05





Bowlers O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s This spell

Mat Wkts BBI Ave


*Mitchell Johnson (lf) 3.1 0 12 0 3.78 12 1 0 0.1-0-1-0

39 166 8/61 29.13


Xavier Doherty (sla) 3.0 0 11 0 3.66 13 1 0 3-0-11-0

1 0 - -

Recent overs . . 2 . . 1 | . 1 . . 1 . | . . . 4 . . | 1
Current partnership 39 runs, 11.1 overs, RR: 3.49 (Pietersen 18, Cook 19)

England 102/2 (29.4 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Day 1 - Session 2



pietersen - 28
cook - 39

hehehehe...Richie Benaud as done by Billy Birmingham.....

Hundred and twoooo for twoooo

still piss myself when i hear that.

Could have done with Pieterson and Cook going on past tea, would have been a great start.

Never mind, Collywobble has punched Siddle away for 4 to get off the mark.......need a century stand here.

England 125/4 (39.5 ov)
Australia
England won the toss and elected to bat
Drinks - Day 1

FUCK!!!....Collingwood was out next ball......

Ian Bell....Come On Down!!

^^^ not going to happen now.

cook has to put his head down now

Bowling O M R W Econ
BW Hilfenhaus 12 3 38 1 3.16 (1nb)
0.3 to Strauss, 134.8 kph, gone! Hilfenhaus strikes in the first over! Strauss cuts hard and tries to force it through gully, but he's hit it straight to Michael Hussey, who takes it in front of his eyes! 0/1

PM Siddle 8 2 16 2 2.00 (1nb)
37.3 to Pietersen, 136.4 kph, got him! Siddle does the job! And boy did Australia need that! He's pitched it up and it may have seamed away just the tiniest bit, Pietersen drives hard looking for a boundary, and it's snaffled by Ponting at second slip 117/3

39.5 to Collingwood, 134.8 kph, Siddle strikes again! This time it's North who snaps up the catch at third slip, pretty low to the ground as well, so it's a good sharp take. Collingwood came forward and pushed outside off, the thick edge was enough to do him in 125/4


MG Johnson 9 1 39 0 4.33

SR Watson 6 1 15 1 2.50 (2w)
13.6 to Trott, 131.6 kph, gone! Watson strikes! Who would've thought it!? Not me. Watson goes fuller, finds some movement off the wicket into Trott who drove loosely and it went through the gate and clattered into middle 41/2


XJ Doherty 6 2 15 0 2.50