Sunday, December 26, 2010

A Horror start!

Only 5 times in the past did Australia get bowled out for less than 100 against England,when they batted in the First Innings of a Test match.
Not surprisingly,Australia lost on 4 occasions and the only time they won was in 1882(Which began the fight for Ashes!)
And today,the Aussies have got bundled out for 98.Never did they got out for such a low score in the First Innings of a match against England in Australia.
Innings by innings list
Australia 98 42.5 2.28 98 1 -
v England Melbourne 26 Dec 2010 investigate this query
Australia 92 65.2x5 1.68 92 1 lost
v England The Oval 11 Aug 1890 investigate this query
Australia 80 90.3x4 1.32 80 1 lost
v England The Oval 13 Aug 1888 investigate this query
Australia 74 46.0 1.60 74 1 lost
v England Birmingham 27 May 1909 investigate this query
Australia 63 80.0x4 1.18 63 1 won
v England The Oval 28 Aug 1882 investigate this query
Australia 53 22.3x5 2.81 53 1 lost
v England Lord's 22 Jun 1896

When I woke up today morning to find the Aussies reeling at 58-4,I thought it was a familiar story;as they were in a similar state in the previous match too(36-4) and managed to score a decent 268.Still,I thought England had the edge,as I believed England had a better Batting line-up,but Mitch's magic meant that they fared even more worse and lost the match.
So,I preferred to keep quiet till England starts batting.An hour later,when I found Australia's score to be 92-9,I thought it's all over;there's no way England can perform worse than this.They might take a lead by the end of this day.
The Poms must bat relatively careful to avoid another 'Perth-like' collapse.The match has a chance to end within 3 days and it's not a tough thing to guess who will be the winner.(I don't think even Rain can play spoilsport here.)
P.S:The England fast bowlers(Anderson,Tremlett) have been so good so far that their Spinner Graeme Swann hasn't got many chances to prove himself.Swann has bowled just one over today.:D

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