*****Official Ashes thread*****

[Setroc]

Today has still been more interesting than yesterday's play

 

[Cosimo]

Today has still been more interesting than yesterday's play

It is if you just like watching water and getting wet.

 

[Yas786]

Looks like today is a washout, raining pretty hard at my office so imagine its raining hard down at the Oval.

Pffft english summer, gotta love it

 

[Yas786]

Ground staff have said it will need 2 hours to get the pitch playable once it stops raining and there's no sign of a let up. Looks like today is over . tomorrow could still be interesting.

70% chance of more rain tomorrow so yeh will be interesting to see the ground soaked in rain and no play happening

 

[Cosimo]

Looks like today is a washout, raining pretty hard at my office so imagine its raining hard down at the Oval.

Pffft english summer, gotta love it

It chucking it done heavily again in our end of town and having seen the rainfall radar we can kiss today goodbye.

 

[mmj_uk]

Play abandoned.

 

[Yas786]

Play abandoned.

Is that official??

 

[LOAM]

Yes

 

[mmj_uk]

Yeah it was:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23823495

BBC article from 6mins after I posted, I didn't catch your post as I was watching footy.

 

[Yas786]

Yeah it was:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23823495

BBC article from 6mins after I posted, I didn't catch your post as I was watching footy.

LOL no worries, i would have checked myself if i wasnt watching footy either

Oh well shame we lost a day of cricket as it would have been interesting to see if England continued to bore the Aussies to death with their uber slow batting

 

[LOAM]

If you watched the commentary today, every man without exception made it quite clear that the pitch was the reason it was such a slow day, even Pietersen couldn't get anything from it.

 

[Rich_L]

I'm not really fussed about the slow batting - one thing that has dogged the Aussies over the last 3 series is their inability to take all of our wickets even when in very promising positions and this just exemplifies that - I'll take a bit of boring over previous England sides which would collapse all the way down to 11 at times

 

[Cosimo]

Follow-on has been avoided, 294-5.

 

[Pighardia]

Ian Bell is safe as houses

(had him as top runscorer)

 

[Cosimo]

Ian Bell is safe as houses

Bell out for 45. 299-6

 

[Yas786]

Finally some play today, not that we will get a result other than a measly draw

Bell out, 299-5.

 

[Cosimo]

Bell out, 299-5.

Six wickets down. You must be watching a different match.

 

[Pighardia]

Unless England declare now and Watson makes 200 in the next hour I'll be ok

 

[Participant]

Sorry but why would England declare? Seen some comments on BBC but I'm not following why Agnew et al think they should declare .

 

[Pighardia]

Sorry but why would England declare? Seen some comments on BBC but I'm not following why Agnew et al think they should declare .

Obviously they shouldn't declare in terms of winning the game.

Would be nice if they did though, if only for the fans who have paid to watch this non-event(apparently it was sold out before Christmas). Have Australia bash it about for an hour and then see if they could bowl England out again