The Ashes

[Graham C]

Not yet it's not, they may do ok. I'm going to be positive for as long as possible.

[Colchester Kev]

A good enough day for England .... 266-3

steady morning session tomorrow, then throw the bat at it in the afternoon and then the hard work will start, trying to bowl the convicts out twice on a good wicket

[Rooky9]

Ffs what the hell is going how on earth can we not play Monty. This is a joke.

Simply the fact he cant bat and we already have 3 in there who can't either - oh and the fielding!

[Acidmouse]

266 Runs in a day, jeez how boring must that have been before Peterson starting batting.

[Graham C]

It's a good start though, I think the key thing is that we are still batting!

[TightEnd]

266 Runs in a day, jeez how boring must that have been before Peterson starting batting.

its a slow wicket with long straight boundaries.

its a slow outfield.

Aussies bowled very well to a plan. Warne was turning it square on the first morning

I find the Panesar decision baffling, unless of course the pitch gets variable bounce and Anderson swings it. Lets settle for baffling then

We need 450+ and then to bowl our socks off.

[Decider]

Sigh just about sums it up


Interestingly it is the coldest november in Adelaide for yonks, top 24c..this could favour our seamers if its cloudy, as long as they land it on the pitch of course

Clutching at straws?

England are going down mate, payback time for last years fluke!

Fluke is a bit strong.

With 11 fit players England's test side cant beat anyone.

Agreed

I don't remember it being an excellent performance, more that Australia were off form. One Ashes win in 20 odd years and the Pommes were going berzerk. All it did was awake the Aussies. 5-0 this time round, unless England can muster up a draw.

[Woodsey]

266 Runs in a day, jeez how boring must that have been before Peterson starting batting.

So many of the shots that would make it to the boundary on any other ground pulled up short, this is a really slow outfield.

As someone who once watched Engalnd score 161/1 on the first day of a Durban test in 44 degree heat, I'm delighted with how we did today.

The Ashes have finally started!

[Graham C]

Nonsense, England played very well in the last Ashes series.   By a similar argument, Australia only won the last test because England were so awful.

[Woodsey]

Sigh just about sums it up


Interestingly it is the coldest november in Adelaide for yonks, top 24c..this could favour our seamers if its cloudy, as long as they land it on the pitch of course

Clutching at straws?

England are going down mate, payback time for last years fluke!

Fluke is a bit strong.

With 11 fit players England's test side cant beat anyone.

Agreed

I don't remember it being an excellent performance, more that Australia were off form. One Ashes win in 20 odd years and the Pommes were going berzerk. All it did was awake the Aussies. 5-0 this time round, unless England can muster up a draw.

Total rubbish.....

You were lucky to only lose 2-1 and were outplayed on most days of the series. Fair enough you guys have been the better team over many years, but give credit where credit is due or you'll be put down as another aussie who is a bad loser.

[Longy]

Ffs what the hell is going how on earth can we not play Monty. This is a joke.

Simply the fact he cant bat and we already have 3 in there who can't either - oh and the fielding!

The fact that Monty is a worse batsman than Hoggy, Anderson and Harmison is a complete fallacy, i will bet money with anyone that his test avg will be better than any of these players at the end of their careers. It is a known fact that people who coached Monty as a kid felt he had talent as a batsman, he isn't as good as Giles with the bat  i accept that. His fielding is poor but not picking someone cos they are a poor fielder is a joke.

We are 1-0 down in this series, we are not going to win test by having someone who score an extra 10 runs down the order. We are going to win tests by having someone who takes wicket and allow us to bowl the aussies out twice.

I know sport is a matter of opinions but i just think not picking Monty is pig headed selection policy which is plain wrong.

End of rant.

[Colchester Kev]

I listened to the coverage on 5 live extra last night and heard Boycott and another talking about the Monty/Giles thing,  it was suggested that during practice bowling, monty was bowling flat and too fast for any spin to take effect, you have to remember that these wickets are totally different from english wickets and Giles was and is bowling better than monty in the nets, that coupled with his better batting skills was given as the reason for the selection.

[Rod Paradise]

Total rubbish.....

You were lucky to only lose 2-1 and were outplayed on most days of the series. Fair enough you guys have been the better team over many years, but give credit where credit is due or you'll be put down as another aussie who is a bad loser.

he's no Aussie......

[Woodsey]

Total rubbish.....

You were lucky to only lose 2-1 and were outplayed on most days of the series. Fair enough you guys have been the better team over many years, but give credit where credit is due or you'll be put down as another aussie who is a bad loser.

he's no Aussie......

Could have fooled me...

[Rod Paradise]

C'mon Crickets a great sport for the Scots... we don't play it, we just get to laugh when England lose, but we don't care when they win