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2nd npower test Lords 16th-21st july
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Does the slope really make Mitchell Johnson bowl so short and wide??
Lunch: England 126-0 (29 overs)
Andrew Strauss 47* Alistair Cook 67*
Andrew Strauss 47* Alistair Cook 67*
mcshane in the 79th
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Agreed - Both need to get tons to restore some confidence
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Excellent start but we need these to be converted to 100s as stated above.
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I've been out this morning, caught the last few overs on TMS, and very pleased to hear the score so far. This afternoon I have free to watch it on Sky- what are the odds I've missed the best of it and we'll be 180/5 by lunch...
pasty
A different kind of pasty
What depresses me most about playing the Aussies, is the overwhelming feeling that if we can score 126/0 in a session, you just know that they will probably be able to post something like 250/0
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Bit like the last Test isn't it: we look back on the England first innings and think 426 or whatever it was is a decent score.
And then Australia go out to bat
The Tassie Seagull
Dave Clarkson's Left Sock
Looking forward to giving it to the kids at school tomorrow, but does look a bit of a batsmans paradise. If this is what we can do what score will the Aussies build up?
Andrew Strauss 50* 
England 139-0
England 139-0
England 151-0 (38 overs) 
Strauss 52* Cook 85*
Strauss 52* Cook 85*
and Hauritz drops a return catch from Strauss and has damaged his spinning hand 
looks like a dislocation or possibly break to his middle finger
looks like a dislocation or possibly break to his middle finger
Gazwag
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He's in serious trouble here. So are Australia. That could easily rule Hauritz out from bowling any more in this match. North is going to finish the over. "He'll never be able to give his captain the finger with the same feeling again," chirps Miller
38.3
Hauritz to Strauss, 3 runs, and he's dropped him and Hauritz is in real trouble here. Cook went down the pitch and smacked it straight back to Hauritz whose middle finger of his spinning finger has been bent backwards, the wrong way. Ouch. Serious pain. He's off the field here
:yahoo:
Like they cared when they were trying to break Swann's wrist last test
38.3
Hauritz to Strauss, 3 runs, and he's dropped him and Hauritz is in real trouble here. Cook went down the pitch and smacked it straight back to Hauritz whose middle finger of his spinning finger has been bent backwards, the wrong way. Ouch. Serious pain. He's off the field here
:yahoo:
Like they cared when they were trying to break Swann's wrist last test
Pavilionaire
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I hope they don't send for Stuart MacGill, he's twice the bowler this joker is.
One other point - Alistair Cook copped some flak in the last test but, once again, he's managed to get things right in this match and has dominated the proceeds so far. <Keeps fingers crossed, touches wood>
One other point - Alistair Cook copped some flak in the last test but, once again, he's managed to get things right in this match and has dominated the proceeds so far. <Keeps fingers crossed, touches wood>
Four more byes... this time off North 