Winter ashes...

[Dujon]

A late start due to rain.

Another Broad slash.

Another wicket.

[Dujon]

It looks like Prior is going down with all guns blazing.

[Dujon]

He did. Well done Matty.

Will Monty and Jimmy manage to get through to lunch? I very much doubt it.

2-0 is looking inevitable.

[Dujon]

Ah well. There are three to come. England needs only two wins to retain the Ashes.

Edit:

I was just pondering on the size of the defeats in the first two tests. It's a staggering aggregate of 599 runs.

Surely a few batsmen and bowlers (and fieldsmen) will stand up and be counted in Perth? I truly hope so.

[ChrisC]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Goodnight from the UK

[Bijou Bob]

What were the odds on a 5-0 whitewash before the Ashes started? Any idea? Its looking like a decent bet at the moment.

[thebish]

2am start, then... anyone staying up?? back to dreading the radio alarm coming on and that first sports bulletin... cripes!!!

[Bruce Rioja]

2am start, then... anyone staying up?? back to dreading the radio alarm coming on and that first sports bulletin... cripes!!!

Fancy it but I've got a meeting with the bank at 9:30. Hmmmmmmm

[William the White]

2am start, then... anyone staying up?? back to dreading the radio alarm coming on and that first sports bulletin... cripes!!!

Fancy it but I've got a meeting with the bank at 9:30. Hmmmmmmm

Sew your pockets up and sign nothing!

[Dujon]

Is that 2AM right, the bish?

Play starts at 1030 WA time. I'm 3 hours ahead of Perth which means 1330 for me. GMT/UTC is 11 hours behind my local time. If my calculations are correct than that's 0230 in your neck of the woods. To double check and make it more simple: WA is 8 hours ahead of GMT. 1030 less 8 hours gives 0230.

That extra half of snooze time is worth having.

[Prufrock]

I can tell you without the complicated time workings that if it kicks off at half past something there, it won't be 2am here!

[Montreal Wanderer]

Aussies keep winning the toss, but Jimmy ran Rogers out early on. Broad clobbered in his first over and Jimmy gets the run put in his second over.

[thebish]

at 140-odd for 5 - a glimmer of hope... but Haddin strikes again!!

[jaffka]

Haddin just gone for 55

[thebish]

oooh goodie! I looked away for a moment! (well - walked away from t'radio!)

I'm claiming the cred for jinxing him!

[thebish]

now.... a snorter to break Johnson's thumb???

[thebish]

(looks like that haddin delivery from stokes was borderline no-ball!)

[Worthy4England]

Grrrrr - day off and switched on cricket at 00:00 hours. Saw last test highlights then assumed I'd get the fecking day wrong...

[mrkint]

[Worthy4England]

Oi, no sniggering at the back of the class.