England v Australia - first ODI of a rather odd 5 match series - Lords

[Titanic]

Australia won the toss and inserted.

England 25-0 (8 overs)

Cook 7* Bell 13*

England 1 Alastair Cook, 2 Ian Bell, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Ravi Bopara, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Craig Kieswetter, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Steve Finn

Australia 1 Shane Watson, 2 David Warner, 3 George Bailey, 4 Michael Clarke, 5 David Hussey, 6 Steven Smith, 7 Matthew Wade, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Clint McKay, 10 Pat Cummins, 11 Xavier Doherty

 

[pasty]

Would much rather have not had this series, and had a decent 5 match test series against SA this summer.

 

[Titanic]

Would much rather have not had this series, and had a decent 5 match test series against SA this summer.

Indeed.

 

[Titanic]

Bell and Cook plodding along... 52-0 (13 overs)

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Bell and Cook plodding along... 52-0 (13 overs)

Now 62/0 off 14. Good over.

 

[Badger]

It's not like we're playing Australia at all next year...




...oh no wait, we've got TWO Ashes series

 

[Titanic]

Bell gone... 35 year old Brett Lee traps him in front.

74-1 (17 overs)

 

[Titanic]

Trott 16 and Bopara 10 limping along... 113-2 (27 overs)

This is very dull cricket. Why not play a two innings T20??

 

[Taybha]

Mmmmmmkay looks a bit tasty 121-3 Betty Boopara gone for a tedious 15 off 20 something

 

[Basil Fawlty]

This is a huge Series for us, to go into the Ashes next Summer with huge Momentum. I'm sick to death of hearing the Aussie press etc saying, this current crop is much better now then it was when we beat them 3-1.

 

[Gazwag]

This is a huge Series for us, to go into the Ashes next Summer with huge Momentum. I'm sick to death of hearing the Aussie press etc saying, this current crop is much better now then it was when we beat them 3-1.

Hardly momentum if its a year away, both teams could have totally different set of players by then

 

[Titanic]

This is a huge Series for us, to go into the Ashes next Summer with huge Momentum. I'm sick to death of hearing the Aussie press etc saying, this current crop is much better now then it was when we beat them 3-1.

Do you work for the ECB?

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Do you work for the ECB?

No I don't, just I hate the Aussies with a passion.

 

[Titanic]

Trott 33* from 53 balls.

146-3 (34 overs)

 

[Titanic]

43 of the last 6... just picking up a little... 189-3 (40 overs)

It's still not exactly riveting viewing though

 

[Titanic]

Trott gone... 54 from 70 balls.

189-4 (40.1 overs)

 

[Titanic]

Five overs to go... 218-4

 

[Taybha]

i tried to explain to my lady friend why the score seems so low seeing as sussex only took 20 overs to score 209 the other day , needless to say i gave up .

 

[chucky1973]

whats a par score at Lords these days, this feels low to me.

 

[Titanic]

I don't get it... finally Morgan and Bedwetter wake up and start SMASHING it around...

257-4 after 48.