Ashes first Test summary
I guess I don't really need to say much. The above pic pretty much summarizes what has transpired in the first Ashes test. The English batting has been woeful and it has only been Pietersen who has batted with any degree of confidence in either innings. But, I wouldn't pass Pietersen as a Test player just as yet because he came in to bat in either innings with England's innings in doldrums and the Aussies beginning to take things easy. In fact, Pietersen might have been the cause for this English defeat having dropped 3 catches. If Clarke had been dismissed for 21 in the second innings, who knows what the future had in store ... Anyway, irrespective of the dropped catches, everyone in the English top order clearly needs to pull up their socks. England cannot expect to win matches if Vaughan, Bell and Flintoff don't even make it into double digits!
For now, all that England can hope for is that Pietersen manages to strike a few blows tomorrow morning and garner a few psychological points before the next Test. Only Mother Nature can save them from a certain defeat now!
--Harsha (The occasion certainly does not call for 'Cheers' :( )
posted by Harsha V. Madhyastha @ 3:28 PM
2 Comments:
Looks like Mother Nature had better things to do....
And what was KP trying to do giving all the tailenders the strike and resting at the non-striker's end??
He is certainly not proving much beyond his hitting ability....
In the end aussies won with just 2.5 bowlers in the team.....and the english supposedly had a great bowling attack ( they had 5 didnt they...including that apology of a bowler, giles )
And english cricket slept happily ever after....
Yawn!
Yeah, I thought it was stupid of KP to happily take singles and hand over the strike to Hoggard and Harmison. With so much rain around (the forecast for the next day predicted more rain), who knows what would have happened had KP shielded the tail from the Aussie attack.
Anyway, there are calls going around to replace Giles with Collingwood for the next Test. Let us see what the English selectors do ...
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