Nope all 6 wickets were caught out - not sure how many were good balls and how many were bad shots though - Clarke was the later
The Australian first innings may not last long enough to fill the one hour highlights programme tonight. Stuart Broad now has five wickets – Clarke has gone, playing a terrible shot to Cook at first slip. He made ten; the current top scorer is Extras with twelve. Australia 29 for 6. Of course, England are going to be batting today unless some miracle occurs, so let us not celebrate too early. New debate: who will be Australian captain at The Oval?
Clark has to go me thinks. Smith a shocking shot. Some great bowling though on a pitch with more green on it than my lawn.
Amazingly, Stuart Broad’s five wickets in nineteen balls only equals the record for the quickest five wicket haul. Somebody called Toshack did it for the Aussies against India in 1947. They have finally let Steve Finn have the ball and he has knocked over Peter Nevill for two. There was a huge gap between wickets there, has to be all of nine or ten minutes. Australia’s lowest Test score is 36 apparently. Can the tail put together a partnership to get there from 33 for 7?
I know that some of us are biased towards England on here, but this has not been a spell of outstanding bowling getting wickets. This has been rubbish batting by Australia other than the superb catch by Ben Stokes. This is quite typical of Stuart Broad: he bowled brilliantly at Edgbaston for little reward yet gets five wickets for ordinary bowling at Trent Bridge.
Starc c Root b Broad 1 Johnson c Root b Broad 13 Australia 47 for 9 Stuart Broad: 7 wickets for 11 runs from 42 balls.
Cheapest eight-wicket hauls in Test cricket: 8-7: G Lohmann, England v SA, 1896 8-11: J Briggs, England v SA, 1889 8-15: S Broad, England v Aus, 2015 8-24: G McGrath, Aus v Pak, 2004
The great Glenn Turner once said ' in your first 30 minutes at the crease play the ball as little as possible'. The Aussies could do well to take that advice Boycs has just put it into perspective ' the two best batsmen in England are putting this pitch into context'. No doubt the Sydney Times will be shouting 'raw prawn' about the pitch but quite honestly they are not up to it. Too much slogging in those beer matches I should think.
Most of them did take that advice – they did not play the ball and they were back in the pavilion in less than thirty minutes. Normal service appears to have been resumed in the England innings: Lyth did score more than any Aussie except Extras but Bayliss will need him to get “drop me” tattooed on his forehead; whilst the Bell renaissance appears to have only been on his home wicket, his twelfth “1” equalling the record for that score. Thank goodness for Root. We know there is still some mileage in this Test match as the Aussies will surely get a few more runs second time around; however, folks with tickets for Sunday have got to be wondering if they need to make other plans.
I do not know if there are any restrictions on where on the planet it is possible to listen to the BBC “In Short” iPlayer, but this link will give you the Australian first innings in two minutes c/o Test Match Special: All 10 Australian Wickets
It did not take very long for a couple of wags to post advertisements: FOR SALE: Australian Cricket Bats CONDITION: hardly used. Hopefully Captain Cautious will not allow the lower order to bat all day and then declare half an hour before the close to put the Aussie openers in for five overs with a five hundred deficit. If they can somehow conspire to get out with the lead 350, it would be more of a spectacle for the folks that have paid at the gate.
What a shocker. Only one team playing cricket at the moment, and it isn't Australia. England all over us. Well done England ....you bastards.
Well if they did how come they were nearly all caught?. Several got it wrong when the ball was outside the offstump. Several chased to drive early in their short stay. Several squared up rather than play side-on. Several forgot the top weapon of the top batsmen and that's the forward defensive shot. Root didn't. good isn't it
From watching the highlights package last night it did seem that the Aussies did get the ball in the right places from time to time, but alas for them one good ball out of 18 wasnt enough to build up any pressure... I heard that the Stokes catch was a real stunner at work and my o my it was when i saw it. Catches win matches as they say, well we certainly backed that saying up yesterday... Thoughts of a long day in the sun and chasing over 400 must be high on the agenda today...
Yesterday reminded me of playing cricket at school for the third eleven at age 13. The bowlers seemed to hold a distinct advantage with their 'pace' even at a fairly moderate grade already beginning to show and the 'batters' still low on technique. If you scored, say twenty and this included two boundaries (fours) you were congratulated by the 'teacher' and considered for a move up. I only reached the second eleven however my cricket highlight was playing for my 'house' where you were helped and 'pushed' by the individuals who went on to compete at 'former pupil' and (Scottish) county level. On a separate but connected matter I have some acquaintancies who work in and frequent an Australian bar in Munich (Domplatz). I suspect about 13.00 local time they bolted the doors of their basement boozer to ensure no wandering English visitor (cricket fan) to Munich might pop in to check the latest score of what could have been, and now will be, the deciding 'test' for the Ashes. As nearly twenty four hours have passed they may now 'surface' to ensure that the world did not end yesterday lunchtime. Their eyes will quickly become accustomed to the Bavarian sun, realise they were well and truly f....d yesterday and hobble around the streets for a few hours then return to their underground haunt for today's play. As a matter of interest (cyc111) how optimistic is your average Aussie cricket fan?
Kenny, we're fully aware of the depth of **** in which we've found ourselves. As fans, we are in a state of shock. We thought as the series was being played in England, it would be a hard fought battle, but one we thought we'd get away with. We were well ranked internationally and believed that we had serious batting depth, and a pace attack that would get the job done. That the batting went to pieces in such a fashion has stunned the country. Seriously, England have played us off the park and deserve the rewards coming their way, but they have not really had too much to beat. Personally, I blame myself for the disaster. Whenever I watch Australia batting, we lose a **** load of wickets. I am awaiting a knock on the front door from the Australian Cricket Board, telling me to **** off and leave the team alone.
As your typical Scottish 'ABE' I am finding it difficult to listen to the wireless or watch the TV as the cricket has virtually replaced the migrants at Calais as the 'lead' item on the news. Only the unfortunate passing of George Cole entices me to view the TV news. Loved him as Flash Harry in the St Trinian's movies. Talking about 'unfortunate' TV viewing in 1999 I left my local boozer with FC Bayern leading Manchester United 1 - 0 with virtually ninety minutes played. Ran up the stairs and put on my own TV then went to the kitchen for a Pepsi. On my return to the living room my eye caught what I 'thought' to show 2-1 to Manchester United; f..k. it was correct! Blamed myself for leaving the boozer; f.....n' karma!!! We are being informed of the headlines in Australia; much to the joy of 'our friends in the South'. The media here is already talking of a 'Golden Generation' a la Beckham, Scholes, Neville et al. Strange what winning a two team competition can do to a 'big' country generally starved of success. Don't be too downhearted; have a (few) beers!
Interesting day ahead now. Can the Aussies find a top notch session and keep the lead within reason? Then just how much fight will they show and can they make England bat again? They won't go without a fight so Warner might well come out swinging to try and just get them nearer contention.
