First Ashes Test, Cardiff, day three:
England v Australia
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By Ben Dirs
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“England have played two spinners on a pitch that has offered some turn, and then complain about the lack of swing If swing and spin were plans A and B, are we onto plan C now And if so, what is it!”
Andrew in the TMS inbox “Reckon Straussy could do worse than toss the ball to KP at some stage - you never know, Punter could be his bunny
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**Alex in the TMS inbox****1042:**Ben (see below), nah, I don’t think so, your son’s probably rubbish anyway and embarrassed to have you there. By the way, I’ve just stuck in the live video scorecard at the top of the page, but you’ll have to manually refresh if you want to see it.“Taken the afternoon off to go and watch the cricket in the pub with a mate. It means I’m missing my son’s ballet recital though. Worst Dad ever”
Ben, Durham, in the TMS inbox
1035: The sun is out in Cardiff, although there is plenty of cloud cover. The weather folk reckon we’ll get a full day’s play in, although they expect it to turn into the shape of a pear at the weekend. The cricketing gods have their b*****ng iron in the fire, and it’s twisted to spell out the word ‘DRAW’… “Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves, why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change Come on England!”
Paul, France, in the TMS inbox ****1030:Where has all the reverse swing goneGraeme Swann said the lack of swing on day two had left England “in a bit of a quandary”: gun barrel straight all day, nobody seems to have a ruddy clue why. On a side note, and whether those stories in the paper are true or not, anyone got any clue why anyone would want to bug Lenny Henry To find out if he still does Delbert Wilkins in the bath"Great stuff from Ponting and Katich, we have a superb platform now. One of them has to go big - like 200+ - and we must look for about 550-600, and hope that Johnson, Siddle and Hilfy are all ‘on’ when England bat again." James on 606
Join the debate on 6061018: Hello everyone. It was a case of meet the new Aussies, same as the old Aussies yesterday for England, with Ponting and Katich grinding the England attack into the ground. The England seamers say they are mystified about the lack of swing, and if they have the same problem today, there could be a couple pulling up lame..This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.