^I know right. Going to be a draw for sure now. Nothing either team can really do.

 

well mitchell johnson could learn how to bowl for starters!!!

A century, a double century and another century. All from the first 3 English batsmen.

 

One word - STUNNING!

one of the most embarassing bowling performances i have ever seen from an australian team. johnson did about 5 "harmisons"

 

lets hope the english bowlers dont do too much damage today.

How are we doing?

That game could of been so much more. A draw to start the Ashes, wonderful.

1 down, 4 more draws to go ;)

Those Aussies missed their chance!:rolleyes:

at least they can't blame the weather this time ;)

 

Cricket, the only game which can last 5 days and still end in a draw :P

at least they can't blame the weather this time ;)

 

Cricket, the only game which can last 5 days and still end in a draw :P

 

And quite appropriate that someone called "Cook" should achieve the highest-ever score on that ground!:P

yeah test cricket can be frustrating and some what boring when one team is just pushing for a draw. but when the game hangs in the balance theres nothing more exciting. beats this bullshit T20 crap that everyones fallen in love with.

 

bring on thursday and adelaide!

well here's something to take our minds off losing the world cup hosting rights. 5 days of glorious test match cricket :D

well here's something to take our minds off losing the world cup hosting rights. 5 days of glorious test match cricket :D

 

England got 3 wickets already!!

just when this day couldnt get any worse.......3 down for 2 :(

more wickets than FIFA votes! :)

more wickets than FIFA votes! :)

 

hahaha!

more wickets than FIFA votes! :)

 

I saw Michael Vaughan tweet that!

 

But Australia look to have steadied themselves. Boo! Actually who am I kidding. I don't want you Aussies to suffer anymore today. Australia were fucking robbed of the 2022 World Cup. A country who had worked tirelessly to improve their football over the last 10 years as well as making star turns at the last two world cups, along with a superb culture and beautiful stadia, gets shafted by the corrupt bastards in favour of the dirty oil money and soulless, grey, dull lifeless bid of Qatar. Who said football was about the passion? Not FIFA. Not FUCKING FIFA. The slimy, bent bastards. I hope the Robert Mugabe of football Sepp Blatter and his twisted bitter henchman like Warner and co ROT IN HELL. I'D PAY AN ADMISSION FEE TO SATAN JUST TO SEE IT HAPPEN TO THE C U N T S!

 

RANT OVER!

it has been a terrible year in australian sport. everything that couldve gone wrong has gone wrong this year. i guess we're used to doing well in everything so we're pretty sore losers when it doesnt go our way.

it has been a terrible year in australian sport. everything that couldve gone wrong has gone wrong this year. i guess we're used to doing well in everything so we're pretty sore losers when it doesnt go our way.

 

Now you know what it's like to be Scottish.

 

Well good luck for the Rugby World Cup next year. I don't think I'd find anything more hilarious than seeing the Wallabies win the World Cup on New Zealand soil! Give those ******s in black a lesson or two. I'd love to bring out the classic 'What do you call 15 men watching the World Cup Final? Answer - New Zealand rugby team' joke...again!

 

But the Ashes are all to play for!

 

edit: I'm Scottish but I'm supporting the England cricket team. Though I'm slightly worried that a Scot has to be making up the absence of English cricket fans on Coldplaying though

i guess cricket isnt exactly the "hippest" sport out there lol. you have to be brought up to love the sport and that isnt happening as much these days. it's a tough sport to get into later in life.

 

watson gone now and england back in control.

A truly satisfying day for England. Now what do Australia have to respond I wonder?

back page of the sydney papers today

This Is How It Feels To Be English : We're whingeing about the weather, the World Cup and an under-performing cricket team.

Are Cook and Trott indestructible??!

Cook's knock was his 15th century for England

 

Ashes: Cook puts England in charge against Australia

 

Alastair Cook hit an unbeaten 136 as England built a 72-run lead on day two of the second Test against Australia.

 

After his 235 not out in the first Test, Cook took his series aggregate to 438 with a chanceless knock as England reached 317-2 at the close.

 

The tourists made a bad start to the day when Andrew Strauss was bowled by Doug Bollinger playing no stroke.

 

But Jonathan Trott (78) and Kevin Pietersen (85 not out) helped Cook put them in a commanding position.

 

Once again, Australia's bowling attack was found wanting, with the seamers struggling to maintain a disciplined line and length and spinner Xavier Doherty unable to justify the faith shown in him by the selectors.

 

England will hope to bat long into day three at the Adelaide Oval to build a commanding lead but will be mindful that the match is following a similar course to the opening Test in which Australia held a 221-run advantage on first innings but were unable to force a victory.

 

With the new ball only three overs old, the home side need early wickets on the third morning. On the evidence of the series so far, however, it will need something special to dislodge Cook, who has batted for over 1,000 minutes since his last dismissal.

 

What marked out the 25-year-old's innings as something truly special was the way he avoided giving the bowlers even a glimmer of hope.

 

After Strauss went for one off the third ball of the morning, Trott should have been out before reaching double figures and Pietersen - perhaps forgivably after sitting padded up for a combined total of almost 10 hours in the two matches - took time to settle.

 

But Cook played to his strengths, flicking confidently through mid-wicket when the ball was on the stumps, despatching anything short and wide past point and anything overpitched through the covers, while remaining watchful at all times in defence.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9256870.stm

i cant watch this anymore :(

Alistair Cook is doing to the Aussies what Michael Vaughan did to them 8 years ago. Only on that occasion Michael Vaughan was the only batsman who turned up for England in that series. In fact at this rate Cook will comfortably surpass Vaughan's achievements back then.