1st 3 Ashes Test - Gabba

[Jimmy]

I will just remind everyone that Australia won the 1st match last Ashes series also, dont get to ahead of yourselves, its only the 1st day of the series, plenty more cricket to come.

Flintoff to take 3 wickets in his 1st over today.

all you poms can get stuffed

[am Bays]

Good point to an extent Sam but a big difference between day 1 Gabba 2006 and day 1 Lords 2005, Day 1 at Lords was even, 17 wickets fell in the day and it was an even contest throughout the test we won due to a major English collapse in the 2nd innings at teh hands of McGrath and Warne.

Whilst we won at Lords there were some holes exposed in the Australian teams underbelly: reckless batting, complaincency Gillespie was struggling and Lee was trying to bounce blokes out that England went on to exploit......

In fact the loss by England made our team more complacent witness ponting sending England in on a belter at Edgebaston....

This time we have smashed you, the Australian team has shown its resolve as demonstrated by Pontings emotions when he made 100 and Hussey when he scored 50....The Australian team is VERY foccussed on winning this series and without S Jones and Hoggard not being able to swing it here like in did in 2005 your lot are going to find it very hard to get 20 Australian wickets each test....

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

I will just remind everyone that Australia won the 1st match last Ashes series also, dont get to ahead of yourselves, its only the 1st day of the series, plenty more cricket to come.

Flintoff to take 3 wickets in his 1st over today.

all you poms can get stuffed

Ok but we will take our urn with us.

[Max]

Yes - you will - but only becuase the Ashes live at Lords. Australia, however, will be recognised as the 'holders' of the urn.

You Poms really are something else...[/quote]

[RustyCage]

Stephanie Brantz - what the hell is she doing there? Contributes absolutely nothing to the coverage. Only there to please the femmos who complain about no female commentators.

Only good thing about her being there was the Barmy Armys "Channel 10" chant when she was in the middle of them. C9 soon cut away from her!!!

[Dissident]

From the online ball-by-ball commentary :

Thanks Martin, and thanks Will. Hello everyone and welcome wherever you are - there's probably a fair few of you hiding in that drinks cart. Shaped like a big drinks bottle (see what they did there) that cart is huuuge. I wonder if it's got anything in it other than drinks, perhaps a radar for Harmison... certainly wouldn't go amiss. Poor lamb. Right, let's see if England can grab a wicket in the rest of the morning session, or if Australia will just continue in scorching vein. It's Andrew Flintoff anyway...

Radar, hehe.

[Jimmy]

diss...the ball by ball coverage is great, some crackers from this lot

who is stephanie brantz? pic?

[Jimmy]

Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR Last 10 ovs Mat Runs Ave
RT Ponting (rhb) 168 268 20 0 62.68 striker 21 (35b) 106 8960 59.33
MJ Clarke (rhb) 0 2 0 0 0.00 non-striker 0 (2b) 23 1123 36.22

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
MJ Hoggard (rfm) 22.3 2 81 0 3.60 (1nb, 0w) 3.3-0-11-0 59 222 30.12
A Flintoff (rf) 19.0 2 57 3 3.00 (3nb, 0w) 3-0-9-1 63 189 31.13

Last bat MEK Hussey b Flintoff 86 (187b 7x4 0x6) SR: 45.98
Fow: 407/4 (108.4 ov); Partnership: 209 runs, 61.2 overs, RR: 3.40 (Ponting 114, Hussey 86)

[Jimmy]

that partnership is a record for the 4th wicket at the gabba

unlucky not to get his ton hussey...

[blink]

England's bowlers just aren't doing enough, Freddie is a brilliant cricketer (one of the best I have seen) but he can't do it all on his own.

Surely Monty will get a run in the Adelaide tests. It is plain to see that restricting the scoring hasn't worked, so it is time to be more attacking and aggressive.

[Dissident]

diss...the ball by ball coverage is great, some crackers from this lot

who is stephanie brantz? pic?

http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=stephanie+brantz&btnG=Search+Images

[Jimmy]

diss...the ball by ball coverage is great, some crackers from this lot

who is stephanie brantz? pic?

http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=stephanie+brantz&btnG=Search+Images

cheers mate

what has she been on/in???

why is she doing cricket commentary?

why is she wearing that many clothes?

[Booney]

diss...the ball by ball coverage is great, some crackers from this lot

who is stephanie brantz? pic?

http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=stephanie+brantz&btnG=Search+Images

cheers mate

what has she been on/in??? Was on SBs as a World Sport 7pm presenter.

why is she doing cricket commentary?Because she looks better than Richie,Tubby and Heals.

why is she wearing that many clothes?Because you and me have no say in it,no say in it at all.

[Jimmy]

diss...the ball by ball coverage is great, some crackers from this lot

who is stephanie brantz? pic?

http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=stephanie+brantz&btnG=Search+Images

cheers mate

what has she been on/in??? Was on SBs as a World Sport 7pm presenter.

why is she doing cricket commentary?Because she looks better than Richie,Tubby and Heals.

why is she wearing that many clothes?Because you and me have no say in it,no say in it at all.

and that is a shame

[Adelaide Hawk]

stephanie brantz?

I knew she'd be crap the moment I heard Tony Greig describe her as "fantastic".

[JK]

Punter out for 196 ... Such an underachiever

[mighty_tiger_79]

what an outstaninding innings by PUNTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FANBLOODYTASTIC

[JK]

The Poms have definitely got Gilly worked out ...

[mighty_tiger_79]

they arent the only ones!!!!!!!!!

you should hear Bill Lawry going on about him saying if he was a no 3 he would have the same or better average!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimmy]

well done punter, ******* champ...

lets get 550+ and have a crack at em tonight, 3 down...SWEEEET