If we get as lucky as Hussey mate we can bat through easily!

big if that Mark, that LBW was a shocker...and he stuck another 100+ on after that, had he gone, the whole dynamic would have been different, impossible to say what would have happened, but nobody else down the order contributed (other than Haddin obv) but he would in all reality have run out of partners.

ifs, buts, maybes

I've got to have some straws to clutch at mate


Very poor call from the Umpire in such a huge series which imo should of been called out straight away but i suspect he'd felt like he'd lost face when his initial "out" call earlier had been over-ruled.

Lasted til 4am. Was cream crackered and bored. Missed all the action.

saying nothing, don't want to jinx it

I'll do the honours then flip, what an awesome start! Lets see strauss get the century!!

At the risk of being a Jonah...... Come on England

Great start ,now we need the openers to go onto make big tons and we are back in it.

I don`t think I will last much longer, because I will be on the NFL shift from 5.30p.m tonight til 5.30 a.m Tuesday morning but C`mon lads

Outstanding effort.

great work - proper taken the wind out of their sails..

Sometimes having straws to clutch at works mate!


You could see the confidence drain from Ponting as Cook and Strauss made their centuries very enjoyable.

Quote ="rhinoms"Sometimes having straws to clutch at works mate! You could see the confidence drain from Ponting as Cook and Strauss made their centuries very enjoyable.'" obviously - anyone got any idea when England last batted all day for the loss of 1 wicket? oh and img.skysports.com/10/11/800x600/ ... 535162.jpg

Quote ="rhinoms"Sometimes having straws to clutch at works mate! You could see the confidence drain from Ponting as Cook and Strauss made their centuries very enjoyable.'" obviously - anyone got any idea when England last batted all day for the loss of 1 wicket? oh and img.skysports.com/10/11/800x600/ ... 535162.jpg

Quote ="flipper"obviously - anyone got any idea when England last batted all day for the loss of 1 wicket? oh and img.skysports.com/10/11/800x600/ ... 535162.jpg'" Great pic! I must admit if they had Mcgrath and Warne in their line up mate i think everyone would be getting ready for the 2nd test but i think the way Hussey and Haddin batted actually gave our lads confidence to match it. I can't remember if at all we batted all day for the loss of 1 wicket it was an outstanding effort.

Quote ="flipper"obviously - anyone got any idea when England last batted all day for the loss of 1 wicket? oh and img.skysports.com/10/11/800x600/ ... 535162.jpg'" Great pic! I must admit if they had Mcgrath and Warne in their line up mate i think everyone would be getting ready for the 2nd test but i think the way Hussey and Haddin batted actually gave our lads confidence to match it. I can't remember if at all we batted all day for the loss of 1 wicket it was an outstanding effort.

Only managed a pathetic 3am. Just got up and wow go on lads. Outstanding effort from Strauss to get his 19th test century after his nightmare first innings. I just hope Cook and Trott are focused going into day 4. Last thing we need is to give them some early wickets to get their tails up.

& if we had Flintoff, Simon Jones in ours maybe we would too.
Still its not all over yet, any of 3 results still possible, but odds must now be on a draw.

at the Aussies on sky news that said 'That was a boring day, England didn't do anything'....

whiney

Well in Cooky

Great comeback at Fortress Gabba and although we got a draw that's really turned the heat up on Ponting and co.

Anyone think we can smash them in the 2nd test? Imo you just don't know whats gonna happen in any ashes test but I wouldn't be suprised if we take them to the cleaners. I've got a lot of confidence that we will retain the Ashes!

Wow, stunning effort from cook, Strauss , trott.


Moral victory and puts down a marker.

Great effort on Sunday & Monday. I was expecting a seconds innings of something like 180 all out, so to save the game, and apply a bit of pressure on the aussies was good.

Draw stops us all getting over-hyped, or over depressed too

Now do you believe me?

I seem to remember a certain Mr Hetherington coining the phrase "believe...." maybe we should???

It would have put down more of a marker if we'd just kept batting for the rest of the afternoon until Ponting waved the white flag and agreed a draw.

All that was achieved by the declaration was giving Punter time on a flat pitch to rediscover some form.

Important for England now to win the toss in Adelaide and bat first, two days in the field then a short turnaround will have taken something out of their quick bowlers.