Ashes 2013/2014 Thread

Aussies win the toss at the Gabba and elect to bat.

Who's up all night for this then ?  

I might watch the first hour.

1st over maiden from Anderson

Chemical Ali wrote:

I might watch the first hour.

Yeah, I'm gonna give it a go, Bumble thinks the wicket may break up a bit by day four and Broady is getting the bird.

I can feel the heat from here, lucky barstewards.  

Broad gets Rodgers out in 3rd over 12-1.

the longer I stay awake, the better my internet is getting!

Are there any other cricket fans on here?

Good start from England, although a shame they couldn't finish the job from 150/6. England still need a big first innings total to become favourites for this test IMHO.

Edit> Sorry didn't see the thread in the Blocks 17&18 Section, please merge MODS>

I fell asleep watching it, Australia seemed to be batting well (60/1) when I was last conscious. I see the Aussies finished on 273/8 which seems a good effort from England as it looked a good batting pitch.

The Aussies aren't bitter  

Stuart Fraud LiNk

Hopefully it'll carry on and lead to more 5 wicket hauls for Broad!

27 year old medium paced bowler interview

Chemical Ali wrote:

I fell asleep watching it, Australia seemed to be batting well (60/1) when I was last conscious. I see the Aussies finished on 273/8 which seems a good effort from England as it looked a good batting pitch.

Me too, lasted a couple hours until about 2 or 2.15, next i'm waking up on the sofa at 5.15 with the obligatory stiff neck (no that's not a euphemism!!) and crawling into bed. England did OK though, i'll try again tonight.      

And well done Broad for sticking it up the convicts.  

Stuart Broad takes no shit from convicts

1st wicket of 2nd day gone - Broad for his 6th, 282/9 (Harris)

Could England finally win at the Gabba :O i hope so that would piss the aussies off a treat lol

Aussies all out Run out- aussies went for an optimistic second run and Carberry fielded well. 295, Hadden on 94. Broad booed off the field

Oh no.  

Convicts lead by 224 after 2nd day............1-0 down methinks, where's the rain !!

Unless England can get the top order out quickly tomorrow/tonight then i agree its 1-0 to the convicts.

Usual terrible start by England with the bat in any first test in overseas climes.Don't know what it is but maybe the relatively short timescale between arrival and first test is something to do with it.Until a few years ago,any England touring team would play at least four proper first class matches against competitive opposition before the real thing to ensure that batsman were truly in tune with the conditions but players don't seem to want to be on tour for that period of time now,even though the off field circumstances are so much better than the days of yore.Certainly a recurring pattern with England and they have a very tough job ahead to save this one,to say the least.

Pathetic overall performance, seriously losing faith in Trott.

Fook me,that was a hammering and no excuses.Some very worrying issues to chew over,Trott was all over the place and Prior is but a shadow of the excellent forcing bat of not so long ago.My guess is that faith will be shown in the vast majority of the team but time is fast running out for some and results are now urgently needed.England can't possibly play as badly again as they did in Brisbane but certainly need to show a more positive and confident approach if they are to get back in the series.

Very  

The England team need a hairdryer treatment the style Sir Alex Ferguson was famous for as England in this test match were disgustingly poor.
Much needs to be done in training over the next 10 days to ensure the 2nd test isnt going to be handed to Australia again.