[Cricket] Second Ashes Test - England vs Australia - Lords

[Titanic]

Alastair Cook 50* (142 balls, 6 fours)

England 150-4 (48 overs), just 217 to go...

 

[The Wizard]

Keep battling, if we could stop the Aussies winning this it would surely be a big mental blow, with the time remaining it's difficult to see but possible, they still need to take 16 wickets.

 

[Titanic]

Another milestone reached

England 167-4, just 199 more to go...

 

[Titanic]

Oh no... Stokes drags one on from Marsh... 87 (128 balls, 13 fours, 1 six)

A great innings... but terribly disappointing it is over after such a great session and 145 run partnership with Cpt Cook.

175-5

 

[Titanic]

OUCH! Alastair Cook takes a nasty rap on the point of the elbow, leaving a short one from Johnson. Physio on

 

[Titanic]

The brave Captain Cook soldiers on... leading from the front

 

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day 3

A great session for England 28 overs, 96 runs, 1 wicket.

England 181-5 (57 overs)

Cook 56* (167 balls, 6 fours) Buttler 5* (6 balls, 1 four)

Just 186 runs to go.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Good stuff from England. Cap'n Cook needs to carry his bat by the looks of things.

 

[pasty]

Not a bad session. Such a shame Stokes wicket took a bit of gloss off it. Always feel sorry for a batsmen dragging on like that.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Sam Mendes sounds remarkably like Paul Barber!

 

[nwgull]

Not bad for England so far. Cook needs to get a big hundred with one of the lower order getting a 50 to avoid the follow on though - it could/should be a nail biting 2 sessions.

I backed the draw at 4.5 first thing this morning; seemed like generous enough odds at the time.

 

[Titanic]

Woah, we're halfway there... England 185-5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk?t=93

 

[Titanic]

Buttler gone... caught low down by Nevill... 186-6

being reviewed but the Aussies are confident

 

[Titanic]

CHEATS... it was GRASSED

Booooooo!



186-5

 

[nwgull]

Warne was saying a minute or 2 ago that he couldn't see the Aussies enforcing the follow on with 8 sessions still remaining. Would still be a nice milestone though.

 

[Titanic]

Warne was saying a minute or 2 ago that he couldn't see the Aussies enforcing the follow on with 8 sessions still remaining. Would still be a nice milestone though.

They aren't going to have the opportunity to do that anyway... same old shite from Warne.

 

[Titanic]

Steve Smith DROPS Alastair Cook on 63, pulled a short one from Johnson and it's dropped at a fairly close backward square leg.

That is a HUGE MOMENT in this innings for England.

 

[Titanic]

England 201-5 (63.2 overs, RR3.16)

Cook 67* Buttler 13*

just 166 runs to go...

 

[Titanic]

Buttler WALKS!

Just a feather of an edge to Lyon's first ball of the new spell, hardly shows on hotspot... walked before the finger could go up.

210-6

 

[KZNSeagull]

Time for Moeen to dig in with the Cap'n.