[Cricket] First Ashes Test Australia vs England Brisbane 23rd-27th November

[Titanic]

Malan all at sea to the short ball from Cummins.

 

[Titanic]

Slow scoring rate means at 163-3 with 20 overs to go under the lights, this can still go either way.

 

[Titanic]

First review log the day... LBW not given... but could be a goner...

 

[Titanic]

Cummins has Root LBW.

163-4

Australia right back in it.

 

[patchamalbion]

That could be a turning point..

 

[The Birdman]

Oh dear send for Stokes

 

[vegster]

Suddenly 300 looks a long way away.

 

[Titanic]

SMASH... Moeen Ali pounds Lyon over cow for six!

182-4 (74 overs)

8 overs remaining in the day

 

[Titanic]

Malan... Four through the covers, four through mid on off Cummins

190-4 (75 overs)

 

[Titanic]

New ball taken... two overs to go this evening... England 196-4 (80 overs)... Jimmy Anderson has his pads on.

 

[jakarta]

Morning everyone, 196-4 is not the worst first day score. Hope this pair put a few more on but there is still a fair bit of batting to come.

 

[Titanic]

LBW review... not given... and going down.

Phew.

 

[Titanic]

Close of play, Day One ( bad light stopped play)

England 196-4 (80.3 overs)

Malan 28* Ali 13*

A good day of Ashes cricket on a slow wicket. The hundred partnership between Vince 83 and Stoneman 53 was the main event.

 

[doogie004]

Off for bad light 196/4


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[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Not bad, just need to survive another hairy morning tomorrow against the new ball. Newbies have done well.

 

[Mackenzie]

Honours even I'd say.

A good nights cricket.

 

[OzMike]

If Malan and Ali can see us through to 250 plus it could be quite a decent score for the first innings.
It proves a point as well, losing two main run scorers cheaply, Cook and Root, but still putting in a decent innings.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Decent day. It reminds me of a golfer on the first day of a tournament going in at par because they didn't take risks. You can't win it on day one, but you can lose it.

It's not amazing, but something to build on.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Not getting carried away but England's day I thought. Just 4 wickets in a day is a tad below par but there and again so was the total. Batting first also confers a bit of an advantage. So especially given some of the horror scenarios anticipated in the build-up I think 92.7% of England supporters would settle for this as a first day performance. However, the horror scenarios might have just been deferred for a day or two...................

 

[CHAPPERS]

If not for a suicidal run out which I still can't understand that's a great days play. 3 down with a Vince century would have been dreamland.

Ali, Bairstow and Woakes is a great lower middle order if the top order can put on some runs.