Story England's Ashes Tour of Australia. (Eng v WA Day 2 WA still going strongly )

Who will have the Ashes at the end of the tour? (Rep points for correct guess)


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Western Australia get of to a shaky start

First to go is Langer when Hoggard nips one back and clean bowls him

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Martyn then escapes when he edges one past Shah at gully

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Blackwell then picks up a wicket when Hussey flicks the ball up to Cook at Silly Mid-on

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Only 18 overs of play happened in this session and yet England have picked of the wickets of both openers

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The best bowler for England has been Lewry who has been unlucky not to get a wicket


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Can the England bowlers savalge English pride?

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Western Australia finish the day strongly

1st over after tea and Goodwin is dismissed


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However the North - Martyn patnership steadies the ship with lots of boundaries especially from Martyn

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Martyn reaches his 50 in style

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The 50 partnership is then reached soon after that

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And the boundaries keep coming and coming
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Martyn escapes

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The 100 partnership then arrives!

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Martyn's aggressive innings pays off as he quickly reaches his 100 with many wonderful shots

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Finally England get the breakthrough when North is bowled by Lewry

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Western Ausralia make it till the end of the day without losing any more wickets

Western Australia are in a strong position now with the score at 198/4 with Martyn on 119 not out

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This just highlights how quick Martyn's innings has been with 21 4's and 3 6's

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Coming up our Post Day 1 analysis. Stay tuned
 
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This page is a dial up connection's nightmare! Good work though. What is the current score in the Ashes?
 

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