Australia
They were obviously done in by the devilish nature of this pitch. A team of Australia’s greatest re-animated corpse cricketers couldn’t have survived on this pitch. Or they would have made 450 in a canter.
England
I said if they bowl well this could be a good score. They bowled well, it now looks like a damn good score. Probably would have preferred not to have the mini-collapse at the end though.
Can Australia still win/retain the Ashes
Yes, but they wont. If they bowl England out for under 200, which looks possible, they will have to chase a total of under 400. But the pitch might actually contribute wickets by then, so they’re knackered I reckon.
Play of the day
Am I wrong, or did Asad Rauf go off for a piss at one stage?
Testicular moment of the day
Before yesterday try finding a Stuart Broad fan who wasn’t a 14 year old girl with a thing for baby faced blondes. Now you can find them everywhere. Most English papers forgot to mention Freddie Flintoff, that is how good Broad was.
For his entire career up until now he has been like Bambi, today he was much more like Roger Rabbit.
Working class moment
Peter Siddle was the highest scoring non-opening batsman Australia had. He was also their best bowler by a distance in the first innings and then opened the bowling in the second innings. All three innings were played today. Worked to the bone by his cruel employers.
Question of day three
Can Australia bowl England out and make a game out of it, or should they bow down at the feet of Stuart Broad?
