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Day five: Is this a great series or what?

Submitted by rickeyre on August 16, 2005 - 5:58pm

Incredible to think Australia saved the Third Test. Great stuff. It's remarkable enough to score 371 runs in the fourth innings of a Test - even if the target is 423. Poor Harmison made a mess of the last over. One of Ponting's finest innings. Not much support from the specialist batsmen however, though the draw looked hopeful while ever Michael Clarke was out there. It should have been England's Test once Ponting was gone. Full credit to Warne, Lee and McGrath. Enjoy the rest of the tour, Diz.

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Day two: Giles spins ball shock

Submitted by rickeyre on August 15, 2005 - 9:27am

If Shane Warne is the Don Juan of world cricket, is Ashley Giles the Juan Carlos?

While the morning belonged to the Sheikh of Tweak, the Sultan of Spin, the afternoon belonged to the King of Spain, Prince Wheelie bin Giles. (Dammit, I should be writing for WWE.) The hyper-testosteroned English media are calling His Ashliness' dismissal of Damien Martyn "the ball of the century". In Ashley Giles' case, it probably will be his best ball of the century (and of the last one).

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Day one: It was Trescothick it was 2

Submitted by rickeyre on August 14, 2005 - 5:48pm

Poor old Marcus likes being on the receiving end of a milestone, doesn't he? First he was Glenn McGrath's 500th Test wicket, now he is Shane Warne's 600th - and with the very same dismissal, Adam Gilchrist's 300th as wicketkeeper.

Aye, six hundred - when I were a lad you only needed 300 wickets for a world record. I can recall vivdly, back in February 1976, Ian Redpath getting out to Lance Gibbs at the MCG and then walking up the pitch to shake the Guyanese offie's hand for being his 308th Test victim, taking him one clear of Frederick Seward Trueman.

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The Old Grey Trafford Test

Submitted by rickeyre on August 12, 2005 - 10:09am

They don't make cricket balls like they used to. Only seven days after Glenn McGrath trod on one in pre-match training at Edgbaston, he is back in action for Australia in the Third Test at Old Trafford. Brett Lee has also had a miracle cure, so there's no room for (a) Mike Kasprowicz (b) Shaun Tait (c) Stuart Clark (d) Stuart MacGill (e) all of the above.

Michael Vaughan won the toss and elected to bat. Half an hour into the first session, England are 19 without loss. The burning question of the day is: who will be Warnie's Number 600?

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Day four: I do not believe this

Submitted by rickeyre on August 8, 2005 - 11:38am

I firmly believe that there is nothing more exhilirating in sport than a good game of Test cricket. This game at Edgbaston was one of the best. England by two runs.

I put this alongside the two Tests I consider the two best that I have seen in the past: the 1977 Centenary Test at the MCG, and the 1993 Test at the Adelaide Oval when the West Indies beat Australia by one run.

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Day three: We hope you will enjoy the show

Submitted by rickeyre on August 8, 2005 - 11:22am

Saturday at the Edgbaston Test. Everyone dresses up in their best gear. There's those blokes dressed up as bright purple whoopie cushions. The Aussie fans wearing their authentic replica 1980-81 ODI gear - you know, the gorgeous canary yellow body-hugging kit with the tasteful lime green panels under the armpits. And it was good to see the Beatles re-forming to see if they could still fit into their Sgt Peppers uniforms. (No, don't ask me how John and George got tickets to the game.)

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