Live video scorecard - England v Australia
Third Ashes Test, Edgbaston, day two:
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By Tom Fordyce
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606: DEBATE
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1143: Aus 163-4
It doesn't get much bigger than that for Onions and England - a splendid trap laid and bated, and Ponting is snagged - three full ones, followed by a fast lifter that caught him by surprise, pulling late and thinning an edge through to Prior. 3-13 from Onions so far this morning, and the balance of power in this match has swung...
It doesn't get much bigger than that for Onions and England - a splendid trap laid and bated, and Ponting is snagged - three full ones, followed by a fast lifter that caught him by surprise, pulling late and thinning an edge through to Prior. 3-13 from Onions so far this morning, and the balance of power in this match has swung...
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Onions - Ponting - OUT!
From Andy Rawle, TMS inbox: "Re: 1122 From Paul in Lancs - apparently the average person can live for to six weeks without food. Leave the dinner until Fred and KP are falling off the open top bus and into No. 10 Downing Street some time in late August."
1140: Aus 163-3
Nope - Fred will have another one here, and that's a touch loose, straying onto Punter's pads and being clipped away with wristy relish for four. Clarke then calls his skipper through for a rapid single - Bell picks up at cover, flings at the non-striker's... and misses. Let's have a look to see where Ponting was there - ai-yai-yai, at least a foot short of his crease. If that had hit, he was a goner...
Nope - Fred will have another one here, and that's a touch loose, straying onto Punter's pads and being clipped away with wristy relish for four. Clarke then calls his skipper through for a rapid single - Bell picks up at cover, flings at the non-striker's... and misses. Let's have a look to see where Ponting was there - ai-yai-yai, at least a foot short of his crease. If that had hit, he was a goner...
1136: Aus 155-3
Shouts of dismay from the slip cordon as Onions almost foxes Clarke with a wicket-to-wicket dipper - leading edge just past the bowler. Super spell, this - tight line, hints of wobble, nothing spare for spanking.
Shouts of dismay from the slip cordon as Onions almost foxes Clarke with a wicket-to-wicket dipper - leading edge just past the bowler. Super spell, this - tight line, hints of wobble, nothing spare for spanking.
From Pete, bored/frustrated at his desk, TMS inbox: "I've always found Fridays to be rather of an inconvenience when it comes to having to attend work. Well, having to read about Onions bagging a couple of early Aussie wickets has pretty much made up my mind that I will be on leave every Friday for the rest of my working life."
1131: Aus 155-3
Fred trundles in, massive chest jutting out like the white cliffs of Dover. Steady line on off or just outside - big strides forward from Ponting, elbow high, bat face flat onto the ball, and a dabber for two to leg to keep the board ticking over. Jimmy Anderson loosening up - wonder if Fred needs a breather?
Fred trundles in, massive chest jutting out like the white cliffs of Dover. Steady line on off or just outside - big strides forward from Ponting, elbow high, bat face flat onto the ball, and a dabber for two to leg to keep the board ticking over. Jimmy Anderson loosening up - wonder if Fred needs a breather?
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1126: Aus 153-3
Two shaven-headed men in the the crowd, their faces painted in bright yellow and green squares like cricket-loving Leigh Bowerys. Onions looking to get Punter playing across his front pad, with Ian Bell going to a very short midwicket - but that's a little too obvious, and there are runs pulled and clipped away.
Two shaven-headed men in the the crowd, their faces painted in bright yellow and green squares like cricket-loving Leigh Bowerys. Onions looking to get Punter playing across his front pad, with Ian Bell going to a very short midwicket - but that's a little too obvious, and there are runs pulled and clipped away.
From Paul in Lancs, TMS inbox: "I was going to go down the hall to the kitchen and start making the kids' dinner, but I can't keep from turning back to look at the computer. Talk about the corridor of uncertainty."
1122: Aus 148-3
Fred arrows one into the pads, and that's the record for Ponting - three through midwicket, and the crowd rise with generous applause. The top Australian Test scorer of all time, the third highest scorer in Test history behind Tendulkar and Lara. Hats off, Punter. Clarke flinches under an express-train bouncer and then pushes with sweet timing through cover for four. Two more off the pads, and Fred still searching for his early-morning mojo.
Fred arrows one into the pads, and that's the record for Ponting - three through midwicket, and the crowd rise with generous applause. The top Australian Test scorer of all time, the third highest scorer in Test history behind Tendulkar and Lara. Hats off, Punter. Clarke flinches under an express-train bouncer and then pushes with sweet timing through cover for four. Two more off the pads, and Fred still searching for his early-morning mojo.
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1115: Aus 139-3
Onions again, his eyes wide with adrenaline, three slips, gully, short leg. Clarke jabs into the covers for one, Punter lunges forward and edges along the ground through the vacant third slip slots. There's a single to mid-off, and Ponting moves to within two runs of Allan Border's Test runs record.
Onions again, his eyes wide with adrenaline, three slips, gully, short leg. Clarke jabs into the covers for one, Punter lunges forward and edges along the ground through the vacant third slip slots. There's a single to mid-off, and Ponting moves to within two runs of Allan Border's Test runs record.
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1111: Aus 132-3
Extraordinary scenes, and here's how it happened - Watson was trapped bang in front with a lovely late in-diver, and then Hussey shouldered arms to one that went straight on to biff back the top of off. Fred paws the ground from the other end, Ponting waiting furiously at the other end. Four in the Corridor Of Errr outside off, the last angled in looking for the nibble to short leg - edged finer past Prior for four. My giddy aunts.
Extraordinary scenes, and here's how it happened - Watson was trapped bang in front with a lovely late in-diver, and then Hussey shouldered arms to one that went straight on to biff back the top of off. Fred paws the ground from the other end, Ponting waiting furiously at the other end. Four in the Corridor Of Errr outside off, the last angled in looking for the nibble to short leg - edged finer past Prior for four. My giddy aunts.
1105: Aus 126-3
Onions on a hat-trick, Clarke in the sights - oh, pinged past the flailing gloves. He's survived it, but what a start to the day. The Edgbaston crowd are rabid with excitement, and why not? Two more - both close, Clarke jabbing down late to divert vicious in-dippers at the last moment. What a start...
Onions on a hat-trick, Clarke in the sights - oh, pinged past the flailing gloves. He's survived it, but what a start to the day. The Edgbaston crowd are rabid with excitement, and why not? Two more - both close, Clarke jabbing down late to divert vicious in-dippers at the last moment. What a start...
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You're not dreaming - this is real...
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Onions - why has he been given the first over? THAT'S WHY...
1055: Here come the England fielders. Ah, that's blown it.
From Alex in Leeds, TMS inbox: "Boss out. Cricket on. Punter out. Game on."
From Jae Pearse, TMS inbox: "Draw this one. Win the next. Job done."
1050: Glimpse of Warnie. Varnished Weeble.
From Trevor in Bristol, TMS inbox: "In work. Bored witless. Miserable colleague. Entertain me."
1045: Weather forecast? Cloudy but dry. Dreadful on Saturday. Hmmm.
From Andrew Farrell, TMS inbox: "Raining in Telford. Today's plan? Too much booze. Not enough cricket."
1040: So then. Optimistic? Strange this. Feel like Clarkson. Talking in. Bursts.
From Samuel McMahon in sunny Bradford, TMS inbox: "Poor yesterday. Awful line. Length no better. Must Improve."
1030: Sunshine. Of sorts. Wispy clouds. Covers off. Start on time. Sentences of. Two words. Or Three.
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