It's started... and we haven't lost a wicket yet.... come on boys

Yeah, so far so good.

Pietersen out, damn.

Boycott and Blowers should commentate all night :cheer:

:shocked: Pieterson's out

Lets hope we can keep it up until lunch. We need to stay in as long as possible.

I'm thinking we wont make it past 400 to avoid the follow on.

It only takes a couple of hundreds from a couple of players and we should make it. Here is hoping they can do it.

Flintoff's gone

Flintoff out for a duck, we are well and truly stuffed.

Not even past the 100 mark and already 5 wicket's gone.

Oh Hell... I knew I shouldn't have turned the radio on!

It's worth listening only for the legend that is Blowers.

We are in serious trouble though :cloud:.May aswell write this test off now.

Oh god... sorry but Reds making me listen to it now :bawling:

It's good for you.

Hmmm.... thats debatable..... I'm waiting to go to bed!

Okay we will take the Cricket with us.

Send for the England A-Team..... they can't do any worse.

In fact if the Austrians carry on and get about 260 runs in their second innings, that will give them a lead of 700 runs just before lunch. Then they can put England into bat and it will all be over by the end of the day.

Then the real headache will start for England. How to pick themselves up in time for the second test.

[i]BTW - it was the largest margin in test history when the follow-on was not applied.[i]

Scorecard Day 3

First Test, Brisbane

Australia first innings 602-9 declared

England first innings (overnight 53-3)

A Strauss c Hussey b McGrath 12
A Cook c Warne b McGrath 11
I Bell c Ponting b Clark 50
P Collingwood c Gilchrist b Clark 5
K Pietersen lbw b McGrath 16
A Flintoff c Gilchrist b Lee 0
G Jones lbw b McGrath 19
A Giles c Hayden b McGrath 24
M Hoggard c Gilchrist b Clark 0 S
Harmison c Gilchrist b McGrath 0
J Anderson not out 2

Extras (b-2 lb-8 w-2 nb-6) 18

Total (all out, 61.1 overs) 157

Bowling: Lee 15-3-51-1 (nb-5 w-2), McGrath 23.1-8-50-6 (nb-1), Clark 14-5-21-3, Warne 9-0-25-0

Australia second innings

J Langer not out 88
M Hayden run out 25
R T Ponting not out 51

Extras (lnb-4lb) 5

Total (for one wickets, 40overs) 181

Bowling: Hoggard 8-1-31-0, Anderson 9-1-54-0, Flintoff 5-2-11-0, Harmison 10-1-45-0, Giles 5-0-22-0, Pietersen 3-0-14-0

We are being well and truly thrashed.Vaughan, Trescothick and Simon Jones are big misses.

Hoggard and Flintoff seem like the only bowlers who are really going to test the Aussie's attack.I would give Monty a go next text, he cannot do much worse.If Harmison and Anderson continue to underperform we may aswell replace them, what's the use in having out of form players?

Day 3 Scorcard - Revised
 

England first innings (overnight 53-3)

<table style="text-align: left; width: 519px; height: 316px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">A Strauss
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Hussey</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b McGrath</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">12</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">A Cook</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Warne</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b McGrath</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">11</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">I Bell</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Ponting</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b Clark</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">50</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">P Collingwood</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Gilchrist</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b Clark</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">5
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">K Pietersen</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">lbw</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b McGrath</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">0
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">A Flintoff</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Gilchrist</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b Lee</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">0
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">G Jones</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">lbw</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b McGrath</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">19</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">A Giles</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Hayden</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b McGrath</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">24
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">M Hoggard</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Gilchrist</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b Clark</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">0
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">S Harmison</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Gilchrist</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">b McGrath</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">0
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">J Anderson</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">c Gilchrist</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">not out</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">2</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">Extras (b-2 lb-8 w-2 nb-6)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">18</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">Total (all out, 61.1 overs)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">157</td></tr></tbody></table>
Bowling: Lee 15-3-51-1 (nb-5 w-2), McGrath 23.1-8-50-6 (nb-1), Clark 14-5-21-3, Warne 9-0-25-0

Australia second innings

<table style="text-align: left; width: 521px; height: 130px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">J Langer</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">not out</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">88
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">M Hayden</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">run out</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">25</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">R T Ponting</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">not out</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">51</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">Extras (lnb-4lb)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">5
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 135px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;">
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 200px;">Total (for 1 wickets, 40overs)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50px;">181</td></tr></tbody></table>
Bowling: Hoggard 8-1-31-0, Anderson 9-1-54-0, Flintoff 5-2-11-0, Harmison 10-1-45-0, Giles 5-0-22-0, Pietersen 3-0-14-0

Here we go again.... Day 4

Let me know what scorecard you like and I will post daily updates, the first one or the second one in the table?

Australia Declare

England need 648 runs to win the game, or to bat for 2 Days to save the game.

Current score England 3-0

looks like I was wrong I expected them to declare when they had a lead of about 700

England 24-0 and possible thunder storms tomorrow.

Silly batting mistake by Strauss.... hooked a ball and was caught.

England 29-1

Here we go again... I hope not

There goes Bell lbw.

England 36-2

Onward they go... at least there are 4 more test matches