High Drama at Trent Bridge
Picking up from where my last post left off, here's how it happened:
Gilchrist went to a magnificent flying catch from Strauss,
Shane Warne was caught out for 0 and the final 3 wickets came quickly, leaving Australia all out for 218. England then decided to enforce the follow-on, so Australia had to bat again. This innings did not go quite as well, with wickets being few and far between, one notable one was Australia's captain Ponting being run out by the substitute fielder, Gary Pratt, Ponting was not pleased. England finally bowled Australia out for 387, leaving England chasing 129 to win.
This should have been easy, but with careless shots from a few England batsmen (naming no names), and some clever fielding form the Aussies, England lost wickets quickly. Flintoff, after making 26 was unfortunately bowled.
Hoggard and Giles came to the crease with England at 116 for 7. THey both played a sensible innings to take England to 2 to win. Ashley Giles, facing a ball from Warne, swept down the leg side and ran the final two, causing a small riot on the balcony where the rest of the England team were standing. We now go to the Oval needing only a draw to win the Ashes.
It's Lions 2, Convicts 1.
Gilchrist went to a magnificent flying catch from Strauss,
Shane Warne was caught out for 0 and the final 3 wickets came quickly, leaving Australia all out for 218. England then decided to enforce the follow-on, so Australia had to bat again. This innings did not go quite as well, with wickets being few and far between, one notable one was Australia's captain Ponting being run out by the substitute fielder, Gary Pratt, Ponting was not pleased. England finally bowled Australia out for 387, leaving England chasing 129 to win.
This should have been easy, but with careless shots from a few England batsmen (naming no names), and some clever fielding form the Aussies, England lost wickets quickly. Flintoff, after making 26 was unfortunately bowled.
Hoggard and Giles came to the crease with England at 116 for 7. THey both played a sensible innings to take England to 2 to win. Ashley Giles, facing a ball from Warne, swept down the leg side and ran the final two, causing a small riot on the balcony where the rest of the England team were standing. We now go to the Oval needing only a draw to win the Ashes.
It's Lions 2, Convicts 1.
posted by CJM | 5:39 PM
3 Comments:
Damnit, cjm, can you shut up about cricket and politics for just one post? Can't you be like a normal adolescent?
Why don't you write about your friends, or your family, or your school, or your home, or music or films or TV shows?
No. Instead you talk about the grown men who earn a living hitting a ball with a stick or politicians?
Hey, this is my blog, and I'll write what I bloody well like, damn you. Nobody is forcing you to read this, so why do you? Go, now.
I would, but i odn't know how to put them up, or where I'd find them.
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