[Cricket] Fourth Ashes Test - England v Australia - Trent Bridge

[Titanic]

England 253-3 (58.5 overs)

 

[Titanic]

England 261-3, leading by 201 with 7 wickets in hand.

Yes, ENGLAND ARE LEADING BY 200+ WITH 7 WICKETS IN HAND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 4th TEST...
AGAINST AUSTRALIA, AND LEADING THE SERIES 2-1... QUITE REMARKABLE

 

[Triggaaar]

For those watching, can I just remind you, that it's still day 1.

 

[Titanic]

Joe Root smashes Lyon for SIX over midwicket... goes to 120* so he has now scored DOUBLE the Australian total, on his own

 

[Titanic]

Unlucky Jonny Bairstow... out for 74, from 105 balls, 12 fours. Rogers only just hung on to that against his stomach.

England 269-4

A nightwatchman... really?

 

[Titanic]

Close of play, Day 1

England 274-4 (65 overs), leading by 214 runs, with 6 wickets in hand.

Joe Root 124* (158 balls, 19 fours, 1 six), Mark Wood 2* (10 balls - done his job, played out Starc's last over)

What a day of Test Match cricket - one to remember, forever

 

[Guinness Boy]

Lovely day's play that.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Yeah, I've seen worse.

 

[jakarta]

Looking forward to that Gobby Aussie Twunt Jarrod Kimber giving his view about today this evening on Cricinfo.

P*ss off back to your Convict Colony.....

 

[Eeyore]

Adam Lyth takes up football management, but can't shake off the involuntary ticks left over from his international Cricket career...

 

[ferring seagull]

Lovely day's play that.

Yeah but can anyone imagine that NOWHERE (Sky, BT or the Beeb) was there any TV coverage !

 

[OzMike]

Talk about bad fans, by 9.15 pm myself and two other England supporters left at the pub.
All the Aussie supporters had slunk off moaning.
Even when we play the crap, I still stay as long as possible, they don't get that here.

 

[OzMike]

Looks like I'll be sleeping all day tomorrow!
Cricket goes on till 1am here, then Albion kick off at 2.45 am.

 

[simmo]

Blowers really is hopeless... Ooh it's bowled him... no it's LBW... not it's not given

I heard that yesterday, driving home. Utterly useless....he's bowled him.....no it's LBW.....big appeal though....it actually wasn't a good one (According to Glenn McGrath) there was an inside edge, too high and missing leg.

We seem to have gone a long way from.....bowled him.

He also called (Alistair) Cook, (Michael) Clarke as well earlier on in the day.

 

[nwgull]

Talk about bad fans, by 9.15 pm myself and two other England supporters left at the pub.
All the Aussie supporters had slunk off moaning.
Even when we play the crap, I still stay as long as possible, they don't get that here.

We saw that in Melbourne in 2010. Following the first day, which England dominated, they were playing in front of 80 000 empty seats and a couple of thousand pissed up England fans.

 

[pasty]

So how do people think Englands plans today will pan out? Personally would like to see them bat as long as possible, getting to a lead of maybe 450-500 then declare and go for an innings win. Not sure that will happen, but I hope so.

 

[BensGrandad]

So how do people think Englands plans today will pan out? Personally would like to see them bat as long as possible, getting to a lead of maybe 450-500 then declare and go for an innings win. Not sure that will happen, but I hope so.

That would be good if we could bat most of the day then declare with an hour to have a go at taking a wicket or two.

 

[nicko31]

Talk about bad fans, by 9.15 pm myself and two other England supporters left at the pub.
All the Aussie supporters had slunk off moaning.
Even when we play the crap, I still stay as long as possible, they don't get that here.

Couldn't help but notice the empty seats in the Ozzie section at Trent Bridge yesterday at the end.

They hate losing its in their DNA, but I'm they will be back. Some parts of the Oz press are seeing the funny side though..

http://media.smh.com.au/video-sport...dia-piles-on-aussies-ashes-agony-6748447.html

 

[Guinness Boy]

So how do people think Englands plans today will pan out? Personally would like to see them bat as long as possible, getting to a lead of maybe 450-500 then declare and go for an innings win. Not sure that will happen, but I hope so.

I'd like to see that too. There are four days left with a good forecast and it won't be as easy to get them out second time around. Putting up an absolutely MASSIVE lead and giving ourselves three days to shoot them down not only seems the best way of winning the game from here but would also psychologically destroy the Aussies for The Oval as well as getting the paying customers some cricket to watch.

 

[Beach Hut]

Bat out the 1st innings and really punish these convicts for such a pathetic display