Third Investec Ashes Test, England v Australia, Old Trafford 1-5 Aug 2013

[Bold Seagull]

Could be a great toss to lose. I've fancied England to put the pressure on bowling first all series.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Could be a great toss to lose. I've fancied England to put the pressure on bowling first all series.

Australia 384/1 at stumps then!

 

[Bold Seagull]

Australia 384/1 at stumps then!

384 all out at stumps would be an incredible performance, let along for 1!

 

[Brightonia]

Cheers for that

Pleasure!

 

[Brightonia]

None taken. Feel free to ignore any threads, marked with a little red cricket ball, in future.

Well someone was going to say it, might as well have been me!

 

[Hillian1]

For those of us with only this thread, who won the toss?

 

[Titanic]

For those of us with only this thread, who won the toss?

Clarke.

 

[Bold Seagull]

For those of us with only this thread, who won the toss?

Australia batting, Watson 5, Rogers 6, 11-0.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Australia untroubled. 39-0. Pitch looks a bit gentle.

 

[brightonmark1234]

looking so easy for the Australia at moment

 

[Badger]

I'm hoping Australia are doing their usual thing of looking like a professional cricket team at the start and then turning completely VILLAGE in an instance.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Being 2-0 down and having to win Australia really had to bat after winning that toss. I can see this being a high scoring draw; if it IS a draw England retain the Ashes, and given their inherently cautious nature I can see they might be thinking "Draw and achieve first objective", rather than "Win and we're 3/5ths of the way towards a whitewash".

 

[Titanic]

Chris Rogers 52* (49 balls)

70-0 (15.5 overs)

A very positive start from Australia.

 

[Simster]

Chris Rogers 52 (49 balls)

70-0 (15.5 overs)

A very positive start from Australia.

They could easily be at around 110 by lunch. Fast scoring in anybody's book.

 

[Pavilionaire]

We need a wicket and we need it NOW!

 

[Simster]

We need a wicket and we need it NOW!

Good work.

 

[Titanic]

We need a wicket and we need it NOW!

Watson edges Bresnan to Cook at slip.

76-1

 

[Bold Seagull]

Pitch looks gentle, but we also look a bit rigid in our bowling plans. It's all very well identifying a batsman's weakness, but you have to adapt quickly, get back to a line and length rather than specific plans being executed for each batsman.

Currently Aussies have the perfect partnership going with Rogers aggression leaving Watson to relax and be patient without the pressure of feeling like he needs to score. Great start by....

Hold on Watson gone!!!!!

I take it all back!!!!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Thanks Shane

 

[Pavilionaire]

Good work.

Elementary, oh dear Watson!