1st Test: England v Australia at Nottingham Jul 10-14, 2013

[Ahmad94]

Game strongly in England's favor with the track getting harder and harder to bat on.

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And another falls, Smith out. This is a game and a half.

 

[shravi]

Amazing! Within two balls the complexion of the match has completely changed. Test cricket!

 

[used2bcool]

Phil Hughes is so much fun to watch against spinners.

 

[SiriusBlack]

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[Ahmad94]

Another one, Another one, Another one, Another one.

This is so much like watching Pakistani's bat.

 

[swacker]

Agar - to do it twice would be absurd

 

[Kaos110]

what a match

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i am really excited how agar will perform this time

 

[Umair7]

Clarke,Smith & Hughes all gone so can Agar do it again

 

[Umair7]

137 more needed with 4 wickets in hand.We can still win this if we use our heads

 

[vorgaphe]

137 more needed with 4 wickets in hand.We can still win this if we use our heads

I'd suggest your bats, but whatever goes

 

[Cricketman]

Going to be very difficult. For the first time ever I am rooting for Australia in an Ashes series. Fingers firmly crossed for a miracle...

 

[barmyarmy]

Well Umair's relentless and slightly deluded optimism continues unabated.
Hard to score runs on this pitch. Yes Agar is there but he's a 19 year old who's played only 10 first class games as a bowler not Don Bradman (although their averages are very similar).

A really great match to watch but I'm very confident we're not going to see anything as close as Edgbaston 2005 here.

 

[RoboRocks]

A really great match to watch but I'm very confident we're not going to see anything as close as Edgbaston 2005 here.

Stepping in dangerous territory there Colin!

You'd expect England to win but the pitch is still very slow and hard to take wickets on. If Australia can bat for a long period and be willing to graft to make runs, then they still have a chance.

 

[barmyarmy]

They don't have the batters. Haddin will play a silly shot and whilst Agar may stick around I can't see Aus getting within 50.

 

[aussie1st]

Teams can now always expect a collapse in that middle order. All that after the openers got us to a good start. Clarke isn't dispelling the myth that he isn't as good at 4. Cowan is done and dusted.