And 6/326 at stumps. Â Revival lead by Smith -103 no - and the ever reliable (ATM) Haddin. Â Good to see Johnson amongst the runs again - bodes well for him bowling well again.Yep. Â I don't quite know I dare say this yet, but the Ashes look like they are coming back here where they belong!
And now, Watson - bog standard dismissal . . . front foot plonked down the pitch, and a hard-handed push at the ball - caught at second slip. He should do the Australian team a favour and injure himself again. For reasons known only to Inverarity and Co, Watson is drop-proof. To think that the number three spot has been the preserve of Bradman, Hassett, Harvey, Chappell, Boon, Ponting et al, and now Watson's there. The mind boggles.
Or maybe concentrate on batting practice. His only concern coming back from injury was that he'd be ok to bowl. Why does a number 3 think they need to bowl, isn't that what 8-11 are for?The short answer is that Watson should not be batting at No 3. He's just not good enough. Figures of 89 innings, 3 centuries, 21 fifties and an average of 35.56 is not test no 3 standard in anyone's language.
Poms all out for 251. Â Warner gets a hundred, Rogers a 50 and the Aussies 3/235 and 370 or so in front. Â Bat until lunch tomorrow, 450 in front, and roll them by lunch on Monday?Yep. Â Boring as smeg. Â It's such a shame because the two sides are - IMHO - pretty evenly matched. Â But in these two Ashes series we're likely to have both decided by game 3
. Â And the games have all been pretty one sided for the most part .
I think this is the best ashes win I've seen in my lifetime, after losing 3 ashes series in a row plus the 2005 ashes, this victory seems that much more sweeter!Yeah, but you're only 11 years old. Â You never saw 1989. Â I remember leaping out of my arm chair at the Gatting ball in 1993. Â Or the Aussie comeback in 1997, with Mark Taylor scoring a 2nd innings hundred to save the game, the ashes and his career. Â Steve Waugh getting a century in each innings on a greentop at Leeds IIRC. Â That series was in the balance till game 5 IIRC, with game 6 a dead rubber.
Yeah, but you're only 11 years old. Â You never saw 1989. Â I remember leaping out of my arm chair at the Gatting ball in 1993. Â Or the Aussie comeback in 1997, with Mark Taylor scoring a 2nd innings hundred to save the game, the ashes and his career. Â Steve Waugh getting a century in each innings on a greentop at Leeds IIRC. Â That series was in the balance till game 5 IIRC, with game 6 a dead rubber.Correction: 21 years old
I only started taking an interest from about 1999 onwards, so the 98/99, 2001, 02/03 and 06/07 series didn't as much to me as the team won so often!
As a matter of academic interest, Australia has not yet won the Ashes. Let's wait; it's not over until until the fat lady sings. Imagine if England batsmen strike some form and Johnson or Harris get injured and can't bowl.One chicken, two chickens, three chickens, ....
The short answer is that Watson should not be batting at No 3. He's just not good enough. Figures of 89 innings, 3 centuries, 21 fifties and an average of 35.56 is not test no 3 standard in anyone's language.Yeah????? Now what do you have to say?
Yeah????? Now what do you have to say?Exactly what I said before. One flash in the pan doesn't make a blind bit of difference.
And Captain Cook out for a Golden Duck, Hah!And in his hundredth Test, too. He's the first to get a Golden in his 100th test, and it was his first golden duck of his Test career.