Looking for a white-wash, aren’t we?
England: 36-2
At Launch: England 79/2
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b Bichel 19 62 40 2 0
MP Vaughan c Gilchrist b Lee 0 14 7 0 0
MA Butcher not out 42 90 5 0
*N Hussain not out 14 36 1 0
**Extras (lb 1, nb 3) 4
Total (2 wickets, 28.2 overs) 79**
To Bat: RWT Key, JP Crawley, +AJ Stewart, RKJ Dawson, AR Caddick,
MJ Hoggard, SJ Harmison.
FoW: 1-4 (Vaughan, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (Trescothick, 13.5 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 6 1 14 0
Lee 8 3 17 1 (1nb)
Bichel 6 2 21 1 (2nb)
MacGill 8.2 1 26 0
England 127/2
A good partnership of 101 runs b/w
Hussain 42
Butcher 60
I guess Auss missing McGrath badly.
They said from before the Ashes, that the only test which England will have ANY chance of winning, (hence drawing) will have to be the Sydney Test.
So is Steve Waugh retiring or not?
**England: 233/4
Wow, I never expected England to play like that.**
*Cool. I must say England have shown some progress. *
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b Bichel 19 62 40 2 0
MP Vaughan c Gilchrist b Lee 0 14 7 0 0
**MA Butcher b Lee 124 337 276 19 0
*N Hussain c Gilchrist b Gillespie 75 219 149 8 0**
RWT Key lbw b Waugh 3 29 27 0 0
JP Crawley not out 6 36 0 0
+AJ Stewart not out 20 13 4 0
**Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 8) 17
Total (5 wickets, 90 overs) 264**
To Bat: RKJ Dawson, AR Caddick, MJ Hoggard, SJ Harmison.
FoW: 1-4 (Vaughan, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (Trescothick, 13.5 ov),
3-198 (Hussain, 67.5 ov), 4-210 (Key, 75.6 ov),
5-240 (Butcher, 85.6 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 21 7 48 1 (1nb)
Lee 20 5 66 2 (1nb)
Bichel 14 3 58 1 (2nb)
MacGill 31 5 81 0 (4nb)
Waugh 4 3 2 1
England - 362 all-out after 127 overs. Run rate : 2.85
Australia - 113/3 after 25 overs. Run rate : 4.52
189/5
WAUGH 81 not out.
Playing a match saving ining.Finally EnG shoidng some spine.
Yeah true....lets hope England can repeat their good batting in their second innings to make the match out of reach of the aussies.
Wonderful performance by England
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b Bichel 19 62 40 2 0
MP Vaughan c Gilchrist b Lee 0 14 7 0 0
MA Butcher b Lee 124 337 276 19 0
*N Hussain c Gilchrist b Gillespie 75 219 149 8 0
RWT Key lbw b Waugh 3 29 27 0 0
JP Crawley not out 35 217 142 3 0
+AJ Stewart b Bichel 71 117 86 15 0
RKJ Dawson c Gilchrist b Bichel 2 9 9 0 0
AR Caddick b MacGill 7 29 29 0 0
MJ Hoggard st Gilchrist b MacGill 0 7 5 0 0
SJ Harmison run out (Langer/MacGill) 4 11 4 1 0
**Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 13) 22
Total (all out, 127 overs, 530 mins) 362**
FoW: 1-4 (Vaughan, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (Trescothick, 13.5 ov),
3-198 (Hussain, 67.5 ov), 4-210 (Key, 75.6 ov),
5-240 (Butcher, 85.6 ov), 6-332 (Stewart, 113.1 ov),
7-337 (Dawson, 115.3 ov), 8-348 (Caddick, 122.4 ov),
9-350 (Hoggard, 124.3 ov), 10-362 (Harmison, 126.6 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 27 10 62 1 (1nb)
Lee 31 9 97 2 (2nb)
Bichel 21 5 86 3 (4nb)
MacGill 44 8 106 2 (5nb)
Waugh 4 3 2 1
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Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
JL Langer c Hoggard b Caddick 25 55 44 3 0
ML Hayden lbw b Caddick 15 27 11 2 0
RT Ponting c Stewart b Caddick 7 8 6 1 0
DR Martyn c Caddick b Harmison 26 116 71 4 0
***SR Waugh not out 102 176 130 18 0**
ML Love c Trescothick b Harmison 0 7 6 0 0
+AC Gilchrist not out 45 70 46 7 0
**Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 8) 17
Total (5 wickets, 51 overs, 232 mins) 237**
To Bat: B Lee, AJ Bichel, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill.
FoW: 1-36 (Hayden, 5.6 ov), 2-45 (Ponting, 7.2 ov),
3-56 (Langer, 11.3 ov), 4-146 (Martyn, 34.2 ov),
5-150 (Love, 36.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Hoggard 13 2 65 0 (5nb)
Caddick 16 3 88 3 (2nb)
Harmison 13 4 44 2 (1nb, 2w)
Dawson 9 0 33 0
Great Inning by Waugh and not slow either 18 fours so he didnt cornered himself. He really is a great fighter :k:
Steve Waugh gone. He made 102 runs.
Australia: 245/6
Great recovery by Australia.All out 363.Lead of one run.Well played Gilchrist and Waugh.
So finally this match boils down to 2nd Ining.may be we have exciting match on card.
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
JL Langer c Hoggard b Caddick 25 55 44 3 0
ML Hayden lbw b Caddick 15 27 11 2 0
RT Ponting c Stewart b Caddick 7 8 6 1 0
DR Martyn c Caddick b Harmison 26 116 71 4 0
*SR Waugh c Butcher b Hoggard 102 182 135 18 0
ML Love c Trescothick b Harmison 0 7 6 0 0
+AC Gilchrist c Stewart b Harmison 133 194 121 18 0
AJ Bichel c Crawley b Hoggard 4 24 9 0 0
B Lee c Stewart b Hoggard 0 1 1 0 0
JN Gillespie not out 31 83 2 1
SCG MacGill c Hussain b Harmison 1 5 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 2, nb 9) 19
Total (all out, 80.3 overs) 363
FoW: 1-36 (Hayden, 5.6 ov), 2-45 (Ponting, 7.2 ov),
3-56 (Langer, 11.3 ov), 4-146 (Martyn, 34.2 ov),
5-150 (Love, 36.2 ov), 6-241 (Waugh, 52.5 ov),
7-267 (Bichel, 58.2 ov), 8-267 (Lee, 58.3 ov),
9-349 (Gilchrist, 78.3 ov), 10-363 (MacGill, 80.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Hoggard 21 4 89 3 (5nb)
Caddick 23 3 121 3 (2nb)
Harmison 20.3 4 73 4 (2nb, 2w)
Dawson 16 0 72 0
Australia requires 363 runs on the last day with 7 wickets and 90 overs remaining.
**England 2nd innings R M B 4 6**
ME Trescothick b Lee 22 30 21 4 0
**MP Vaughan lbw b Bichel 183 399 278 27 1**
MA Butcher c Hayden b MacGill 34 91 66 4 0
**N Hussain c Gilchrist b Lee 72 236 181 9 0**
RWT Key c Hayden b Lee 14 36 26 1 0
JP Crawley lbw b Gillespie 8 25 15 1 0
+AJ Stewart not out 38 130 82 3 0
RKJ Dawson c & b Bichel 12 39 35 1 0
AR Caddick c Langer b MacGill 8 32 26 1 0
MJ Hoggard b MacGill 0 9 10 0 0
SJ Harmison not out 20 26 23 4 0
**Extras (b 9, lb 20, w 2, nb 10) 41
Total (9 wickets dec, 125.3 overs, 530 mins) 452**
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Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 18.3 4 70 1
Lee 31.3 5 132 3 (5nb, 1w)
MacGill 41 8 120 3
Bichel 25.3 3 82 2 (5nb, 1w)
Martyn 3 1 14 0
Waugh 6 2 5 0
**Australia 2nd innings (target: 452 runs from 110 overs) R M B 4 6**
JL Langer lbw b Caddick 3 9 8 0 0
ML Hayden lbw b Hoggard 2 13 6 0 0
**AJ Bichel not out 49 85 54 8 0**
RT Ponting lbw b Caddick 11 17 16 2 0
DR Martyn not out 19 63 37 2 0
**Extras (lb 4, w 1) 5
Total (3 wickets, 20 overs, 95 mins) 89**
To Bat: *SR Waugh, ML Love, +AC Gilchrist, B Lee, JN Gillespie,
SCG MacGill.
5Abi, 
Man, you always come up with something hilarious. 
PT yaar you are quite welcome 
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The pleasure is all mine – 005Abi 
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Australia: 98/4
**Australia: 99/5
This is getting worst for Aussies.**