5th Test: England vs Australia at the Brit Oval

[iridescentt]

Yet another lame HP joke. Shut up.

EDIT: The bowler gets 2 warnings in which he wont have any consequences. But he he gets a 3rd warning, he can't bowl again during that innings.

 

[barmyarmy]

My mate keeps texting me and saying this game's in the bag. I don't know how people can be so calm and positive in these circumstances!

We said it wasn't going to be straight forward but Aus aren't good enough to chase this total on this pitch.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Ponting moaning to the umpire again and succeeds in getting Broad warned. He was fielding the ball the first time and wasn't on the pitch the second time.

Didn't you see the 2nd replay? He walked right across the middle of the pitch after he fielded the ball.

 

[Themer]

Apparently Swann just bowled a 94 mph delivery then. I think it may have been wrong

 

[Gilly Fan]

How many warnings does a bowler get again?

They get 2 warnings and then if they do it a 3rd time they are taken out of the attack and can't bowl for the rest of the innings.

 

[aussie1st]

Yea English got nothing to worry about these two won't make 100s.

 

[Biggy]

Yea English got nothing to worry about these two won't make 100s.

Give you Countrymen a chance, or back them at least..

 

[King Pietersen]

This is excellent from Broad. Most consistent a Test as I've ever seen him have. Hopefully he'll learn from this game and keep pitching it up. Get the feeling that Onions would have run riot on here though, getting the odd one to keep low, bowling stump to stump at decent pace getting abit of movement. Harmison, Anderson and Flintoff have been woeful in this game.

 

[aussie1st]

Give you Countrymen a chance, or back them at least..

Everytime I lift my hopes a wicket falls so I ain't doing that again!

 

[Howsie]

Yea English got nothing to worry about these two won't make 100s.

My gut feeling says otherwise

Michael Hussey to finally do something this tour, 100 NO by the end of the day?

I've got a feeling either him or Ponting will rack up a big score here.

 

[aussie1st]

Solid 50 by Hussey but hes done this for 28 innings so won't be surprised if he gets out soon.

 

[Themer]

What I'd give for a wicket now, am starting to get slightly nervous now.

 

[King Pietersen]

Getting nervous? They still need 333 to win, going to need Ponting or Hussey to get a double, and then one of Clarke, North or Haddin to make a big hundred as well. The chances of them making 546 on this track are incredibly slim. No-ones ever chased a score this big in the thousands of Tests played since the 1800's, so to chase it on this pitch is all but impossible. That said, we're going to need more than Broad and Swann to step up.

 

[evertonfan]

I was slightly nervous before we bowled the first ball, i'm a full-on stomach churning mess now. I still reckon we'll throw this one away.

 

[barmyarmy]

I was slightly nervous before we bowled the first ball, i'm a full-on stomach churning mess now. I still reckon we'll throw this one away.

You were wrong at Lords and you're wrong now. Just listen to Dan and me on this one...