Ashes Live Thread

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Yes, it will contain spoilers - so look away now if you are waiting for the highlights programme.

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TMS ready to roll on the radio, SKY+ with loads of room on the terabyte box for the video. Wine in the fridge and nibbles in the larder ...

Let's rock :+)

[jno]

they've picked a teenage spinner nobody's ever heard of? Wow.

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... I seem to remember a certain Warne S. - no-one gave him a snowball's chance against the Mighty Gatt .... hmmm

[jno]

Warne wasn't making a debut - he'd already been causing havoc elsewhere but England hadn't been paying attention.

Still, if Agar matches Warne's debut (1 for 150), that won't be too bad.

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Where's the sun gone ... ? Clammy and overcast :+(

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Jerusalem ... and here we go ...

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Aussie bowlers barely hitting the cut strip - but swinging like a banana - could be nasty if they get one or two straighter.

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Loose shot - no need for it

[jno]

a ball that could have been ignored, gah

[jno]

hello, the Aussies have told David Warner to go away, he's been released from the squad and sent on a tour of Africa. Having a squad (apart from the medical ones) doesn't seem to mean much any more.

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Root yorked by Siddle - very good ball - 30

78-2

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Decent morning for England

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But poor start to afternoon - Pietersen chasing a wide one :+(

[jno]

and Trott out to another poor shot. 600/8 at stumps looking increasingly unlikely (though Australia 60/8 is still possible).

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Oh bum - Trott chases wide one & plays on to stumps - 48

124-4

280-8 at stumps ?

[jno]

dream on.... Bell could do it but so often doesn't.