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The Ashes - Final Test - Day Two









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Grendel

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Regarding todays play, I don't think we're in that bad a position. Australia's first innings scores this series have been 190, 308, 302 & 218 on reasonable to good batting tracks. Assuming we bowl as we have been throughout the series, I can't see any reason why they're going to do any better this match.
 












Pavilionaire

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Jul 7, 2003
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Grendel said:
Regarding todays play, I don't think we're in that bad a position. Australia's first innings scores this series have been 190, 308, 302 & 218 on reasonable to good batting tracks. Assuming we bowl as we have been throughout the series, I can't see any reason why they're going to do any better this match.
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Chances are that with only 3 frontline bowlers plus Giles the Aussies will rack up a bigger score.

Also, they're more familiar with our bowlers and may have worked out how to play them, in the same way our batsment have adapted to McGrath.

Normally you'd look for 320+ in 1st Inns but add 50 now because of the bowler situation.
 








Meade's Ball

Meade's Ball

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Jul 7, 2003
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It's not difficult to work out McGrath. He's perfect line and length when fit. He's not about deception. Still, there's nothing you can do about it. He makes you play again and again and again until you make a mistake.
 




Simster

Simster

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Jul 7, 2003
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Meade's_Ball said:
It's not difficult to work out McGrath. He's perfect line and length when fit. He's not about deception. Still, there's nothing you can do about it. He makes you play again and again and again until you make a mistake.
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Quite. Luckily enough, he hasn't been fit (and still isn't) since the second test - and Australia can't replace him.
 


Gazwag

Gazwag

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Mar 4, 2004
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Grendel said:
Regarding todays play, I don't think we're in that bad a position. Australia's first innings scores this series have been 190, 308, 302 & 218 on reasonable to good batting tracks. Assuming we bowl as we have been throughout the series, I can't see any reason why they're going to do any better this match.
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The fact that we have lost Jones could be a problem, he always seemed to come on and get a couple of wickets when needed. I'm just worried that Hayden or Gilcrest will get a big score, and they score so quickly as well
 








Trigger

Trigger

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Jul 4, 2003
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Whatever happens in this final test the ageing Aussie OAP squad will not be the best team in the world for much longer... We will soon be number 1!

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London Calling

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Jul 10, 2003
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At the start of Thursday and until our first wicket fell, I was reckoning on 450 - 500 to win the match and batting until Friday tea, 400 for a draw and batting to Friday lunch, with 350 or lower putting us possibly in a losing position.

I still hold by these figures. We have in nearly all of the aussies innings wiped out their higher order, Wayne must be close to having the best average in this series for the aussies.

It will be a tense day tommorow, and isn't there some fact that in a crucial last test of a series, Ponting sides never deliver, whilst Vaughan has a great track record.


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London Calling

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Wicket looks fast shine already gone after 13 overs,

umpire says no to a clear catch, Mcgrath fuming
 
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