Story Ashes 06/07

[crowsboy]

AUSTRALIA ABOUT TO START RUN CHASE - 70 RUNS BEHIND​

Shaun Tait has taken his first international 5 wicket haul, helping Australia restrict England to 482, 70 runs in front of Australia. Kevin Pietersen was the best of the batsmen with 161, finally being bowled by his good mate Shane Warne​

STUMPS DAY 3
Australia 412
England 482
England lead by 70 runs

BATTING

Trescothick C Gilchrist B Tait 21
Strauss C Warne B Tait 157
Bell B Tait 58
Collingwood C Ponting B Lee 3
Pietersen B Warne 161
Flintoff LBW McGrath 2
Jones C Langer B Tait 40
Hoggard C and B McGrath 7
Mahmood B Watson 6
Harmison C Hayden B Tait 6
Panesar NOT OUT 5

Extras 8

BOWLING

Lee 32-112-1
McGrath 32-102-2
Tait 31-88-5
Warne 31-81-1
Watson 24-101-1​

 

[Left_Hander]

Australia would like to knock off the deficit with no more then losing one wicket.

 

[crowsboy]

does anyone care if i stop the After Stumps show becuase i thinks its a bit boring

 

[surendar]

does anyone care if i stop the After Stumps show becuase i thinks its a bit boring

:what

its interesting mate especially to see England fighting equally with Aussies that did not happen in real life! Its one of the neatly presented stories here also!

Good to see Tait getting his first 5wkt hold! Excellent stuff by Pieterson :hpraise

 

[crowsboy]

I meant its boring for me to do

 

[crowsboy]

AFTER STUMPS WRAP UP SHOW WITH MARK TAYLOR AND IAN CHAPPEL​

Mark Taylor​

Ian Chappel​

Mark Taylor: Hello and welcome to "After Stumps" I'm Mark Taylor and alongside me is Ian Chappel. How do you think today went?

Ian Chappel: Well it was another great day for England, with Pietersen and Strauss steering England to 482, 70 runs ahead of Australia. And we also saw one of the best young talents in Australia, Shaun Tait take his first 5 wicket haul in Test Cricket. I think you will be seeing a few of them over the years

Mark Taylor: So who do you think will win the game?

Ian Chappel: Well the game is evenly balanced at the moment but if England can get some early wickets, I'd be putting my money on England to win

Mark Taylor: Well were now joined by John Buchanun, coach of Australia. Now John how do you think you boys are going at the moment

John Buchanun: Well its been a dissaponting couple of days for us. The first day was brilliant, making 412, maybe could've made a bit more but we will settle for that, but yesterday and today have been pretty dissaponting. We should have restricted England to less than 400 but some of our bowlers weren't a there best today, with the exception of Shaun Tait.

Mark Taylor: Shaun was brilliant wasn't he?

John Buchanun: Yes he is a fiery young bowler and when he is at his best, he is deadly, as you saw today. He has been performing really well in the domestic competion this year so he has really earn't his spot in the Test squad and if he continues this form he'll get picked for the upcoming VB series

Ian Chappel: Now Stuart Clark's been dropped. what was the reason behind that

John Buchanun: Well unfortunatly for Stuart his figures haven't been as good as we want so we gave him an opertunity to go back to State level and work on his bowling to maybe earn his spot back. But it will be harder now that Shaun's taken 5 wickets

Mark Taylor: Thanks for that John. We now move on to Duncan Fletcher, coach of England. Now Duncan well done today. Your boys are performing brilliantly.

Duncan Fletcher: Yes I was really impressed with them, especialy Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Strauss. Their knocks were brilliant.

Ian Chappel: Now Andrew Flintoff hasn't been batting that good this summer. Do you think that the captincy is to much of a burden for him?

Duncan Fletcher: Not at all. Andrew has our full support. He might be going through a bit of a form drop but I'm confident he'll turn that around soon and start performing like the Freddie we all know

Ian Chappel: Well thanks for that Duncan. Thats all for us today and we'll see you next time on "After Stumps"

 

[surendar]

Nice presentation with after stumps show mate Aussies can still bounce back to win this one!

 

[crowsboy]

just wait till the next update in about 4 miniutes

 

[crowsboy]

AUSTRALIA TOP ORDER FAILS TO PROVIDE RUNS​

Australia have suffered a top order collapse to be 3/67 at Lunch on Day 4. The England bowlers bowled brilliantly to snare the wickets of Hayden, Langer and Ponting. It is now up to Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke to reserect the Australian innings​

Steve Harmison celebrates the wicket of Hayden​

LUNCH DAY 4
Australia 412 and 3/67
England 482
England lead by 3 runs

BATTING

Hayden B Harmison 9
Langer C Jones B Panesar 2
Ponting C Flintoff B Hoggard 32
Hussey NOT OUT 14
Clarke NOT OUT 8
Watson
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Tait
McGrath

Extras 2

BOWLING

Harmison 8-19-1
Hoggard 8-16-1
Panesar 7-17-1
Mahmood 7-15-0​

 

[surendar]

just wait till the next update in about 4 miniutes

waiting is worth now But still Mr.Cricket can change the match now!

 

[crowsboy]

AUSSIES STRUGGLE TO TEA​

The England bowlers have got on top of the Australian batting order, to leave Australia at 5/147 at Tea, 83 runs ahead of England. Mathew Hoggard and Steve Harmison both snared a wicket during that session. The 2 batsmen at the crease are Hussey (55*) and Gilchrist (27*)​

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Shane Watson departs for only 7​

TEA DAY 5
Australia 412 and 5/147
England 482
Australia lead by 83 runs

BATTING

Hayden B Harmison 9
Langer C Jones B Panesar 2
Ponting C Flintoff B Hoggard 32
Hussey NOT OUT 55
Clarke LBW Hoggard 22
Watson C Jones B Harmison 7
Gilchrist NOT OUT 27
Warne
Lee
Tait
McGrath

Extras 3

BOWLING

Harmison 14-40-2
Hoggard 14-32-2
Panesar 13-31-1
Mahmood 13-28-0
Flintoff 6-16-0​

 

[surendar]

I predicted right Mr.Cricket fighting stilll... He is key wicket for England now... If they get rid of him soon, Engalnd wud be in drivers seat!

 

[Lancs1234]

well bowled, you need to carry this on to make them pay....

 

[crowsboy]

I'm Aussies

 

[Lancs1234]

not so well batted, you need to score alot of runs to stop them making you pay, lol!