Were you there mate?

I have done the MCG and SCG this time. Still here for the T20 and 1st ODI.

Must have been absolutely electric.

The Aussies were shocked.................i'll get my coat.

Aussies off to a decent start in the T20

Aus 157-4 (20)

Swanny went for 26 in one of his overs - ouch.

At the hands of Watson, his next 3 overs went for 14. Shazhad and Yardy were the pick of the bowlers.

At 130-5 England were cruising, 141-8 now - 17 off 15 balls req.

Aus 157-4
Eng 158-9

That was close! Woakes did well.

Cracking match to watch. Woakes showed a real cool head.

Did he not go for 28 runs off his first two overs

Englands women made it a double win over the Aussies by winning their T20 earlier in the day,after watching the highlights and seeing quite a few good looking women in the England squad I might take more interest in their games from now on

Well if he did he only went for six off the last two, as his figures were 4-0-34-1.

Female cricketers do tend to be quite fit for some reason. I reckon they should be forced to wear similar outfits to the beach volleyballers.

there would definitely be some bouncers flying around !

2nd 20/20

Aus 69-2 (icon_cool.gif

The winning run is about to come to an end unless we can get 35 off 16 which seems very unlikely.

Not done. Lost by 4 runs, but by all accounts the Aussies were good today

Got bogged down in the middle overs leaving Bresnan and Woakes way too much to do at the end.

Morgan took 21 deliveries to make 14, which is criminal in T20.

Most of morgan's innings start fairly slowly. Usually he then goes up through the gears and ends up with a healthy strike rate. Today he holed out in the deep. Bound to happen sometimes.

Shame Woakes couldnt get back for two on the penultimate ball. Would have liked to see him try to win the match on the last ball.

Collingwood did well again.

I don't like Luke Wright in the side, would much rather have Bopara, he's a better batsmen and can bowl, we don't even bowl Wright anyway!

just had some pics sent back from my mates who are still out there lots more here www.pitchero.com/clubs/headingle ... ub/photos/

just had some pics sent back from my mates who are still out there lots more here www.pitchero.com/clubs/headingle ... ub/photos/

For me, Wright is the classic bits and pieces one day player who isn't quite good enough at anything. We seem to be trying too hard to avoid picking specialists in the T20 games. All the bowlers picked bat at least as high as 8 for their counties. Why didn't Tremlett play? He's just as effective a bowler in T20 as in Tests. Yardy is picked as a specialist bowler and would have come in no higher than 9 yesterday, yet he bats at 5 for Sussex and has fifteen First Class hundreds with a top score of 250+. We're wasting him, and his strike rate in T20s is reasonable. We don't need Collingwood AND Wright, especially as both are out of form at present.

I also can't understand the obsession with opening the batting with a wicketkeeper. Prior and Kieswetter were both given that role then dropped. Davies is a talented batsman with a wide range of shots who always scores quickly in the four day games, but he's not a power-hitter capable of pushing the tempo towards ten an over at the beginning of a T20 innings like Watson has been doing for the Aussies. I'd rather see Pietersen or Lumb opening with Bell, and Davies coming in at 6.