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308-9, one more to go.
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308 all out, well done England.

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I don't know why Strauss bothered taking his bat out with him, Warnie made him look a right wally.

Still all round, Englands day again.:D

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Was a bit of a peach, that ball.

124 for 1 though, effectively. Can't be bad.

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700 runs and 21 wickets in 2 days - Test cricket doesn't get much better than that :)
Let's hope we consolidate tomorrow and leave them 350+ on a dodgy pitch.

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If the pitch takes spin like it did last night they could end up chasing less than 200. That ball of Warne's was wicked.

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Trescothic gone with a lame shot, got nicked to the WK :(

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Vaughan goes too, what are England playing at? 29-3.
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Now 31-4 :(

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Night watchman gone, 31 for 4 :(

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Actually, Matthew Hoggie did his best, I'm not sure it was wise to put him in. Already with Vaughan down and Strauss as usual now out we have a bad start. I'm not saying anymore, just fingers crossed at the moment.

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75-6 - Victory to Australia!! honestly, just feckin' bat Warne out of contention jeez... it like we got two seperate teams at the moment!

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Why do NTL always fail to switch on Filmfour on racing/cricket days? :grr:

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i think vaughn should be sacked.

he bats at no3, the place reserved for the best, and he only ever gets 1 or two mostly.
He is costing us the match!
also, KP Petiersen and Ian Bell being given out unfairly (channel 4 showed snicko and it showed that the ball did not clip them)

Bad umpiring and vaughn have cost us the match!
The only ppl who were justified in going out were Strauss (great ball by warne) and peitersen and bell, even though they shouldn;t be out lol.

We need Thorpe!
Get lost vaughn! And also, we need a better Wike-batsmen than G Jones.
Sorry for the complaints but i had to get it out!

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A couple of the Australians were also given out unfairly so it tends to even things out. Watching on TV with the benefit of several different angles, snickometers and ultra slow motion cameras can show the umpire got decisions wrong but they only have one angle and no slow motion. Overall the umpires do a very good job and the only way to improve things would be to allow the third umpire to review all decisions using the available technology.

Vaughan hasn't done such a bad job for the country during his time in control IMHO.

England have a pretty fair lead which will mean Australia have to beat the all time highest 4th innings score for a win in test matches at Edgbaston if they are to go on and win.
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Never seen a field setting like the Australians have at the moment. Nine men all on the boundary.
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England 182 all out, a sterling performance from Flintoff. Australia need 282 to win, can they do it? It would mean the highest ever 4th innings score in a test match at Edgbaston.

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Whoa there, agreed decisions re: Pieterson & Bell in error, but and it is always a big but, the umpire can only make a judgement based on what he sees, we have TV replays etc in the case of lbw at least. Having done the umpiring job myself in school competitions,it's difficult sometimes.

Thorpe, the interview with Atherton interesting I suspect more to this deselecting business, but you are right I think Thorpe has the experience the team needs. Frankly, I'm sure he could have done a better job than Strauss.

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thorpe is not an opener, strauss is pretty solid most of the time, i think that thorpe could have replaced vaughn in captincy, or maybe replaced ian bell, but i do think ian bell is a good upcoming star and that bell needs experience, so he should not be dropped.

We really need to remove our hats to flintoff and s.jones, they did a magnificent job.