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

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Dire.....pointless cook , bell just shyte , lythe looks like a 5'10" , skinny ,toddler.....not impressed at all , the sarcastic text messages have already started........ffs....

Faint hope might be they are yet to bat, so faint hope we may actually get some wickets, as I say though,,,,

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

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Yes in the other Ashes general thread - shame its not to be repetaed

 

[Titanic]

Lunch on Day 1

England 88-3 (23 overs)

Root 33* Ballance 28*

 

[vegster]

Ditto. If we bat first I can see us being 78-4 at lunch, I know its against normal conventions but if we bowl first we might just take the sting out of their batting and restrict them to 250 ish..

I was close....if only we had bowled and had the Aussies 3 down for that score ? I know which dressing room will be the happier after this morning.

 

[crodonilson]

Breathless morning at the SWALEC, going with form. Depressing thing is this looks a lifeless surface, you just know when Australia get in they'll make 500+.

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

Dire.....pointless cook , bell just shyte , lythe looks like a 5'10" , skinny ,toddler.....not impressed at all , the sarcastic text messages have already started........ffs....

My phone now flooded with gloating mates. ... [emoji35]

 

[LamieRobertson]

Well the plan to stop Johnson has worked...pity about the other bowlers

 

[Pantani]

If we lose this test, on this pudding of a pitch, we might as well not bother. There will not be another wicket that nullifies their bowlers to such an extent in the series.

 

[Titanic]

50 partnership for Root and Ballance

51 runs, 9.5 overs, RR: 5.18 (Ballance 14, Root 36)

England 94-3

 

[Mackenzie]

My phone now flooded with gloating mates. ... [emoji35]

The flow starting to slow a little yet?

 

[Titanic]

England 103-3 (26.3 overs)

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

[quote name="Ex-Staffs Gull" post=6987427]My phone now flooded with gloating mates. ... [emoji35][/QUOTE]The flow starting to slow a little yet?

These are Aussies, it is either a flood or a complete drought. Reckon 1 wicket and the flood gates open again..

 

[Papa Lazarou]

These are Aussies, it is either a flood or a complete drought. Reckon 1 wicket and the flood gates open again..

Poor losers, even worse winners.

 

[Titanic]

Root DROPPED by Haddin.. 2nd ball on 0

OMG

Joe Root 50* (56 balls, 6 fours)

 

[Titanic]

LBW review... given not out... Lyon to Root... looked very close to me...

 

[Titanic]

phew it's pitched just outside leg... otherwise looked iffy... hitting middle!

 

[OzMike]

I've got 2 brothers that live in Perth,they reckon the place is flooded with Brits,where are they all?

I live in the hills, they are most likely in town.
Copped some s**t for the first three wickets, but the fight back has started now.
Just got home and getting a live stream sorted out, so late night here.

 

[Titanic]

Drinks - England 139-3 (37 overs)

Root 68* Ballance 41*

Hope it doesn't have the same result as this morning when Cook was out straight after the break!

 

[OzMike]

Got a good stream now.

 

[Titanic]

100 partnership for Root and Ballance

100 runs, 23.5 overs, RR: 4.19 (Ballance 25, Root 72)

England 143-3