Second one-day international, Lord’s:
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By Ben Dirs
AUSTRALIA INNINGS
“What a joke. Once again the England ‘management’ have managed to baffle everyone with the selection of the team this morning. Adil Rashid must be wondering what on earth he has to do to get into this side on a regular basis after being our best player the other day. Which other country would leave out a player who has just performed so well and whose confidence must be at an all-time high, it’s ridiculous. It wouldn’t be so bad if there was an exceptional player taking his place!”
Steve Wright in the TMS inbox****4th over - 12-0 Another leg before shout from Sidebottom, who’s got it going on at the moment. Big nick on that though, from Watson again. Watson mis-times a cover-drive, and that’s well-fielded by Anderson in the covers, diving to his left. Paine nicks a risky single, before Watson shoulders arms to another tempter outside off. 3rd over - 9-0 Paine with a single to square-leg, as a man in a fluorescent tank-top pops his head round the corner and assures me it’s a fire drill, which is a relief. Big lbw shout from Anderson against Watson, but I think he got a bit of bat on that, before Watson persuades Anderson to the extra-cover boundary. 2nd over - 4-0 Sidebottom of Nottinghamshire to bowl first from the Pavilion End. Michael Lynagh up in said pavilion, the former Wallaby fly-half, that boy knew how to skewer the English. Sidebottom with a bit of movement coming back in to Paine, and the young wicket-keeper is scythed in two. Interesting… more swing back in to Paine, and using the slope, and the ball skims the top of of middle stump. Paine picks up a single with a twirl round the corner, but that was a testy over from Sidebottom. 1st over - 3-0 It’s Jimmy Anderson to bowl first for England, Shane Watson on strike… and Anderson’s already complaining about the ball! Come on Jimmy, have a day off… straight one to kick off, and Watson chops into the off-side for no run. Thick outside edge for Watson and that’s a single. FIRE ALARM IN WHITE CITY! Don’t worry, I’m a ruddy hero, I’m staying at my desk, I’m throwing myself on the barbeque for your sake… one more run for a no-ball before Paine gets off the mark with a glide to third-man. 1013: Here come the umpires, we’ll have some play in a couple of minutes… and here come England. A smattering in at Lord’s, which is one of the down-sides of starting at 1015. Oh well, they know best… “Can’t believe they’re dropping Rashid! He was our best player in the last match!”
Aneesh In a Bar in Brussels in the TMS inbox****1010: No Voges for Australia, Hopes keeps his place. Green wicket at Lord’s, England will be expecting it to nibble around a bit, especially at this un-Godly hour in the morning. England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior (wkt), Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson Australia: Shane Watson, Tim Paine (wkt), Cameron White, Michael Clarke (capt), Callum Ferguson, Michael Hussey, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Nathan Bracken
1002: England skipper Andrew Strauss has won the toss and his boys will field first. Strauss is some tosser - that’s four out of five in the Ashes, and two in a row in the ODI series. Adam Voges, we think, is in for James Hopes for Australia. 0959: Hello! Stuart Broad has been ruled out of the second one-dayer against Australia because of a neck strain. Yorkshire’s Tim Bresnan comes in, while Eoin Morgan, whose last game for England was the defeat to Holland in the World Twenty20, takes Adil Rashid’s spot. Shame for Rashid, he bowled well at The Oval, but presumably it’s not a spinners’ paradise at Lord’s..This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.