It's going to be very difficult now, we really needed a big opening partnership. This partnership now has gotta be big, with at least one hundred from one of these two. The money's gotta be on the Aussies.
Yeah mate its Aus v Eng , it happens sometimes while typing. btw updates coming up today and Aussies will be happy to know that Shane Warne is introduced into the attack
No not typing! Just me trying to catch up with to many threads at once and getting confused! I probably posted a reply for your thread in some other thread!
After the wicket of A.Strauss, both Cook and Vaughan were concentrating hard at each and every delivery perhaps planning not to lose further wickets in the day which might ease a bit of pressure off them on the final day. Vaughan was batting nicely and was looking more confident than the 1st innings but a lapse in concentration after the drinks break cost Vaughan his wicket. Vaughan came down the wicket to a flighted delivery from Warne but he only managed to york himself and see his stumps disturbed giving Warne his 1st wicket in this innings.
Vaughan's wicket
Vaughan departs
Ian Bell takes guard
I.Bell,who was on a pair in this innings,was very defensive after he came out to bat before tea but from the other end A.Cook was scoring some runs and kept the scoreboard ticking. He was very watchful in this innings and allowed the ball to come on to the bat, playing as late as possible. Cook smashed Lee for two boundaries off an over after which Lee gave a long hard stare to Cook. Those couple of boundaries of Lee's over took Cook to his fourth half century in test matches and his first in this Ashes series.
A.Cook with a positive approach
Half century for A.Cook
Just before the tea break, M.Clarke bowled a beauty which bounced more than expected and appeared that A.Cook nicked a catch to A.Gilchrist but umpire Billy Bowden was not interested at that one. Aussies were not happy at Billy's decision and later the snickometer confirmed the nick and now thats the 2nd time in the match Billy gave a wrong decision.
Cook survives on 53 : Animated Snickometer
At the tea break, England have scored 88 runs for the loss of 2 wickets which includes opener A.Strauss and skipper M.Vaughan. A.Cook is batting nicely on 55 and I.Bell who has faced just 26 balls has scored 8 runs
1 wrong decision for both sides. But I think the Hayden one was a lot more costly! England in a good position. If these two can stay at the crease until the end of the day's play then England have a good chance of saving the match...
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warne's bunny i predict.
