[Cricket] First Ashes Test - England v Australia - Cardiff

[Titanic]

Tea - Day 4

Australia 162-7, trailing by 249 runs, with 36 overs remaining in the day.

What a great session for England... 27.3 overs 65 runs 5 wickets

 

[Pavilionaire]

Amazing stat re Watson - dismissed 35 times vs England, but never by being bowled.

That must be because his pads are always in the way - lbw 14 times.

 

[BensGrandad]

Think we can safetly say the fat lady is getting ready to sing

 

[The Wizard]

Shane Watson's bat:

 

[pasty]

Come on lets finish this off quickly. Massive psychological advantage if we can win the first test by 200 odd runs in four days

 

[Ernest]

Shame if you bought a ticket for tomorrow

 

[Titanic]

Could we just get on with this and skittle these last three please?

Mitchell Johnson 69* (78 balls, 9 fours, 2 sixes) is getting a bit silly... perhaps he will play as a batsman at Lord's?

 

[Horsham Gull]

start the car...

 

[Titanic]

Could we just get on with this and skittle these last three please?

Mitchell Johnson 69* (78 balls, 9 fours, 2 sixes) is getting a bit silly... perhaps he will play as a batsman at Lord's?

Thank you

Starc gone for 17.. ROOT strikes with a parried slip catch... Cook to Lyth

223-8

 

[Postman Pat]

Gotta love a rebound catch.

 

[pasty]

About time

 

[Pavilionaire]

Root whipped that one through, got a bit of extra bounce that made the difference.

 

[Titanic]

NINE down

Yorkshire combo does for Johnson... caught Lyth bowled Root 77

Here we go!!!

 

[BrianWade4]

Out

 

[Beach Hut]

Bye bye Johnson

 

[pasty]

Wayhay, Mitch

 

[larus]

Joe Root cleaning up the tail

 

[Pavilionaire]

"Stand up if you're 1-0 up!" "Sit down if you're 1-0 down!"

Quality from the Barmy Army.

 

[Eric Potts]

Out-batted , out-balled , out-fielded , out-captained , out -thought.

 

[Titanic]

England have WON the First Test match by 169 runs

England 430 (Root 134, Ali 77, Ballance 61) and 289 (Bell 60, Root 60, Buttler 42)
Australia 308 (Anderson 3-43, Broad 2-60, Wood 2-66, Ali 2-71) and 242 (Broad 3-39, Ali 3-59, Root 2-28, Wood 2-53)

1-0 in the series of five... looking forward to Lord's already!!