First I must talk about the crazy first Ashes test. England did not have a good time of it their first innings. They were bowled out for 260, and could hardly make an impression on Australia who reached a monstrous and seemingly test winning 481 (with Hussey (195) and Haddin(136) producing a record stand of 307). Things were looking pretty grim as England needed to reach 221 just to make Australia bat again. Grim, that is, until Strauss and Cook strode onto the field.
Strauss, who'd been bowled for a duck in his first innings, hit a calmly impressive 110 before Trott(135no) and Cook(235no) put on 329, the ninth highest England stand in history. And that was not the only record to be broken. By the time England declared on 517-1 (yes please!) a draw was all but decided and so it proved the next day when Ponting ended their innings early, settling for that draw.
Will write more later... just realised the time and I have tennis to play!
I'll keep you blogged...
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