Gonna be a long 2 months for the poms.

I'm also correct, and you know it!

you have to be impressively myopic to conclude that from watching the play so far.

Perhaps you've just seem the scorecard.

ITT whinging poms

ah the whinging has started. Always funny to hear the ozzies whinging without a hint of self-awareness.

redic how we didnt take a wicket in the first hour. not sure much more we could have done.

swanny is getting dominated right now. not good.

edit: LOL botham "well played.... brad haddin" in the sombrest tone ever

haddin looked like he practically toed that one for six. absurd.

Haddin goes to hundred with a 6

Botham: "Did you enjot that Warney?"

Jimmy Anderson, you f***ing spanner

jfc jimmy

Have to feel a bit for Jimmy, could so easily have been man of the match.

Hi guys. Thought I'd let you know Im poasting from the Gabba. Will upload dodgy iPhone pics of Siddle hattrick and Hussy ton later on. Didn't expect Haddin to bring up 100 with a six so I missed that :/

Atmosphere for hattrick was full of noise and win. Crowd got to celebrate again when refferal was rejected. Today I can smell the despair among the English suporters/body language of players. They have fielded terribly today.

Jimmy A bowled a terriffic first spell. Deserved 2 wickets at least. Problem for Eng is only 3 quicks, and 2 aren't troubling the batsmen. At least we (Aus) have Watson to share the burden - Colly and Swann try but with no all rounder the workload on the 3 quicks will be immense.

Must be great to be there. A bit unfair on the other seamers but it is looking bad now .

Commentators are starting to talk about Cardiff so its getting desperate.

ok im really bored and depressed. thanks mike ******* hussey.

so thought i would post some chat itt with my cricket buddy. edited out names etc. and more personal chat obv

hopefully it gives a few people a smile


watching this is like watching me bat in the gold league
[You]
12:28am
lol. you were patting it back
they cant even hit it
please cant hussey just ****ing nick off
(no offence meant in the patting it back comment)
they cant even hit it
[Rich Wilson]
12:29am
hahaha
no offence taken
its reminisent of me vs (some club we play against) when hamsa (riazuddin) was bowling
[You]
12:36am
now its gonna stop booming and theyll get 400+
im such an optimist
[Rich Wilson]
12:37am
ha, i think thats just being realistic mate
[You]
1:12am
**** off hussey
just **** off
[Rich Wilson]
1:12am
i know
SO annoying
[You]
3:00am
so
where is the rain
that is a shot and a half
[Rich Wilson]
3:02am
how many chances have dropped just short
we are suffering here
johnson will come in and boom it now too
[You]
3:09am
first hour we were all over it. how has it come to this.
swann still bowling pretty turd imo.
[You]
3:37am
come tomoro. cue epic captains innings to save the game (thinking atherton 185* vs SA)
scrape a draw. id take that
pitch is still pretty damn flat
[Rich Wilson]
3:38am
anything would be epic compared to his 1st innings effort
the pitch it real flat
bit of uneven bounce here and there
but maybe 1 ball in 10 overs
[You]
3:40am
yeah, the first ten overs
with new ball. so important on this pitch it seems
we will have to bat 5 sessions
tbh vs their attack i think we can still do that
[Rich Wilson]
3:42am
definitely
especially if trott gets his head down
or collingwood
you see that (some guy we know) has been picked for WA u19s?
[You]
3:43am
really?
jeez.
pretty awesome
[Rich Wilson]
3:43am
to be fair
when i saw him bowl last season
he was seriously good
[You]
3:44am
^^^^ yeah this. i saw him and he was v good last year
but its still a shock. gotta love our boys killing it worldwide
we are taking over the australian game
[Rich Wilson]
3:45am
haha yeah
i hope we get to see (some other guy we know) pop on
cos they've been 12th/13th manning a couple of the them
might get his chance
[You]
3:46am
yep. go danno
[Rich Wilson]
3:49am
my brother has the ecb iphone app
and there is a new video everyday on it
[You]
3:49am
swannys diary.
[Rich Wilson]
3:49am
apparently there was a video of dan bowling at loughborough a few weeks back
[You]
3:49am
genius
[Rich Wilson]
3:49am
with a short interview
[You]
3:49am
o man id love to see that
do i just go on the webiste or do you have to have the app

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[Rich Wilson]
3:50am
thats shocking...
[You]
3:50am
o no.........
[You]
3:51am
thats it now. heads have dropped
yeah brilliant
(edited) owning souls and breaking faces
[Rich Wilson]
3:51am
i look like such a ****
haha i know
amazing
[You]
3:52am
um what. explain
[Rich Wilson]
3:53am
explain what?
[You]
3:53am
the **** comment? what do you mean
you have a lovely face
[Rich Wilson]
3:53am
haa
the shot i played to get out
[You]
3:54am
o i dont remember
[Rich Wilson]
3:54am
tried stepping across to off and flicking it to fine leg
and got bowled
and its on the video
[You]
3:54am
oh yeah i recall
didnt you have loads by then though
[Rich Wilson]
3:55am
12
[You]
3:55am
o. never mind! its all tv time
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[You]
3:56am
for **** sake this is getting embarrassing

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[Rich Wilson]
3:57am
ahh ok
how was the dinner mate?
i was so gutted about that
so typical
[You]
4:01am
yeah was pretty sweet. so wasted. ended up in oceania about 10 of us
we all went back super early, because
wait for it
(remove name) had a hair cut appointment
[Rich Wilson]
4:01am
hahahahahaha
amazing
brilliant
[You]
4:01am
)early in the morning i mean. like 8am boat)
[Rich Wilson]
4:02am
was that straight from being out?
or did you go to (daves)?
[You]
4:02am
ok sent the email lmk when you recieve
[Rich Wilson]
4:02am
will do
[You]
4:02am
yeah stayed at daves.
lloyd woke us up at 7.15
like 2 hours sleep
i didnt have a clue what was gping on
dont think any of us did
[Rich Wilson]
4:03am
thats genius
[You]
4:03am
herded into taxi
[Rich Wilson]
4:04am
ha. i only properly started playing tennis again at the beggining of last week
[You]
4:05am
yeah what happened to you any way mate?
you alright?
[Rich Wilson]
4:05am
yeaah, fine
sprained my ankle
4:05amRich is offline.
[You]
4:05am
sigh (send as a message)
Your chat message wasn't sent because Rich is offline.
4:05amRich is online.
[Rich Wilson]
4:05am
pretty heavily
[You]
4:05am
sigh
[Rich Wilson]
4:06am
playing tennis, court was a bit greasy, tried to hit a big inside out forehand, landed and just went over on it
[You]
4:06am
woody did that. on the dancefloor about a month ago
athlete
think he was trying the worm though rather than a big forehand
[Rich Wilson]
4:06am
haha, thats gotta be a better story than mine
(some club)?
[You]
4:07am
bang on
my mum took him to hospital
[Rich Wilson]
4:07am
hahaha
[You]
4:07am
they gave him crutches and we were back in the club by 2am
he couldnt even stand
[Rich Wilson]
4:08am
great commitment
[You]
4:08am
lmao, yeah
[Rich Wilson]
4:08am
played much poker?
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4:10am
i might hit the sack mate, this cricket is depressing me
perfect then
[You]
4:10am
yeah i kinda trying to avoid by typing
[Rich Wilson]
4:10am
haha
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finally a wicket

and TMS for LW listeners was away for the shipping forecast lol

Bad luck Haddin. Lead up to 190 and Johnson at the crease. Hopefully we can bump that up to 275 by stumps. Looking forward to some big shots by Mitch

good old Swann geeing up the crowd

only 221 runs after we got Hussey out, so that mistake by Aleem Dar didn't cost us much!

Wheels coming off

And finally, Hussey goes!

Now to run through their tail, which is actually pretty ordinary at batting. Keeps the lead down to about 200. Not great, but better than it looked twenty minutes ago

And 481 all out, Finny mops up the tail taking 6-125 as the last five wickets fall for 31.

England get about an hour to survive tonight, should be interesting

Fail

wow first ball..

review first ball on Strauss for lbw, looks way too high though......