[butters]

Point well made there Dave - the Windies collapse was made worse by the internal infighting that had been largely suppressed during their golden era and by other sports taking over the mantle of top sport for the up and coming generation. The rise of basketball and the money that could be made compared to cricket at that time hit the Windies very hard IIRC.

No sign of the declaration yet - surprising given the forecast for tomorrow.

[andy_e]

kp out, but he's played a blinder! 227!

[butters]

Declaration is made on 620\5 - the Aussies need 375 just to make England bat again.

[RAK Punter]

Declaration is made on 620\5 - the Aussies need 375 just to make England bat again.

But the English weather has come to rescue the Aussies 

[Grubes]

I watched till England declared laast night Bell was batting really well when we declared and a good review by prior. I think The review was just for the sake of it as well.

Pietersen taking a wicket is brilliant. Great performance with bat and ball
Lets hope the weather holds out and we can get the cons out early doors tonight.

[GraemeA]

I watched till England declared laast night Bell was batting really well when we declared and a good review by prior. I think The review was just for the sake of it as well.

Pietersen taking a wicket is brilliant. Great performance with bat and ball
Lets hope the weather holds out and we can get the cons out early doors tonight.

Just watched the highlights - can't believe we needed a review for Clarke, he was halfway back to the dressing room. Massive inside edge

[DaveC]

To his credit, Clarke apologised for hesitating before he walked. Nice ploy from Strauss to throw on a part-timer at the end of the day. Only the weather - or a Hussey-led miracle - can save us now I'm afraid.

[GraemeA]

Sorry you misunderstood. I wasn't blaming Clark, he walked straight away but the umpire didn't raise the finger so Clark turned round and waited for the review

[tomtom]

Perfect last night  - watched until declared.. then got up and saw the last 4 overs 

[Bobling]

Beeb news just had a shot of a journo in a bright and non-raining Adelaide    though that could mean my series prediction goes off the rails at the first possible opportunity...

[tomtom]

Yup - local forecasts show clear - but with showers emerging in the afternoon. Another early start too according to the BBC... 1/2 hour to go! 

[tomtom]

Sounds like Broad may miss the rest of the series (Twitter and press rumours) he's certainly out of the rest of this match. Who instead? Two spinners?? With wickets like these...

[Grubes]

Sky sports just confirmed about broad out for the series.

Monty?

[butters]

Broad must be gutted - by all accounts he has been bowling really well with not much reward.

As to his replacement - from the BBC website:

"After this match England play Victoria in a three-day game in Melbourne, which Michael Vaughan predicts will be a three-way shoot-out between Tim Bresnan, Ajmal Shahzad and Chris Tremlett for Broad's place at Perth."

Aussies are 6 down now following a gem of a ball from Anderson - into the tail now so hopefully we can wrap this up quickly now.

Make that seven - Anderson on a hat trick.

[rich d]

Make that 286 for 8, should be wrapped up well before lunch - class!

[butters]

I did think about editing the edited post... 

[butters]

And it's all over - England 1-0 up in the series with Swann taking a five-fer in the second innings.

Ian Chappell made an interesting point on TMS - Australia are going to miss Katich a lot more than England are going to miss Broad. Also made a few comments about the Aussie bowling attack not really looking like they have got it in them to win two tests.

[GraemeA]

The fat lass is out on the pitch and giving it her all. Get in.

[Bungle.]

 




Graeme you should have come out to watch .......


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Although ill be back in the UK in a week for christmas ......good to see the weather is looking good !

[Adam Lincoln]

 

[john horscroft]

  with Adam, but that's no where near triumphalist enough...

 

[GraemeA]

Graeme you should have come out to watch .......


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Although ill be back in the UK in a week for christmas ......good to see the weather is looking good !

Yeah I should have come out but with Sam being in the States and percy on paternity someone has to count the cash.

Make sure you have enough time for a beer when you are across. Maybe you will miss the shite weather this time round

[Grubes]

 
Think this is truely a YYFY moment






 

[Jaspersharpe]

Amazing. A proper  in their own back yard. 

[tomtom]

with Adam, but that's no where near triumphalist enough...

 

They've got to win two now...... 

What was great about it was that we out Australianed the Australians.