2nd Test: England v Australia at Lord's

[karnog]

Personally thought Strauss should've got man of the match but congrats England and Flintoff. Fantastic.

 

[Hooper]

Ah well, as evo said, 5 Tests. I won't be upset unless we are losing after 5.

 

[Howsie]

Post-match interview:

Aggers: So how come you only had 2 five-fors before now Freddie?
Fred: Well I'm not very good Aggers.

Very nice

 

[barmyarmy]

Ah well, as evo said, 5 Tests. I won't be upset until we are losing after 5.

Fixed.

Found this on the BBC live score page. Gas?

From Matt, TMS inbox: "Fred: I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you."

 

[Mercules]

2 pleasing aspects for me:

Prior thoroughly outkept Haddin.

We made 700-odd runs at over 4 an over, despite KP not really contributing.


I don't think Australia will play this badly again though so we still need to up our game.

 

[evertonfan]

No that was me Colin.

 

[Magz]

Brilliant stuff, this is shaping up to be one of the best series ina long time.

 

[OffCutters]

Well done to England and Freddie Flintoff, deserved the win. But credit to the Australian side, fought hard.

 

[Sureshot]

In, about 4 years, funnily enough

 

[Yogy]

Great Win For England...:banana2

 

[Biggy]

Can we have our 3 wickets back now..

 

[evertonfan]

Unlucky biggy, be gracious or jog on.

 

[barmyarmy]

Unlucky biggy, be gracious or jog on.

You're using that phrase so much I've now got a mental picture of all the forum members running round in circles and pausing to post their thoughts every lap.

 

[treva]

What a spell of bowling by Flintoff! Could prove to be the biggest spell of the series, and most likely his career. Shame we won't have him bowling like that for much longer in Test matches.

Australia put up an excellent fight yesterday, Clarke in particular was awesome. A few close/dodgy decisions but it all comes down to the first innings if you ask me. Anderson was excellent and Australia were poor on a good wicket.

Another great game, even if it wasn't as close as the 1st Test.

 

[mattfb]

Boy that shits me. You could tell we went into today knowing we could win - there was mistake 1 and the only mistake we needed.

Fair play England, well bowled this morning.

Feelin Blue? added 1 Minutes and 38 Seconds later...

If we win this, does it make Johnson undroppable for the third Test?

He will probably won't be dropped because he proved how handy his lower order runs are.