The Ashes: Brisbane.

[Gingerfinch]

Phew, that was a dolly for a keeper.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Vince dropped off Lyon. Not good on this kind of pitch.

[yuppie]

sadly this is the last of the cricket i will be watching now. heading away for afew days. enjoy the next few days guys. hopefully more joy for the aussies....

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bye Yuppie. Have a good trip.

Stoneman goes, but a good fifty from the Geordie blocker.

[Gingerfinch]

That was a waste. I presume Vince called it?

[bigfluffylemon]

Vince runs himself out for 93. A fine knock, but he'll be livid with himself for missing out on the ton. And as we so often observe, on a wicket like this, and in Australia in general, if you get a start, you need to kick on.

Still not a bad position for England, but a little wobble often turns into a big wobble, and 400+ is a long way off still.

[GarlicJam]

nice run out though.

We certainly needed it.

[pompeymeowth]

Well done Vincey.

[pompeymeowth]

That shadow didn't hang about.

[Dr Cricket]

And to think Swann and key thinks ali is better than Lyon lol.

[Aidan11]

Good review. Big wicket for Australia.

[Dr Cricket]

Boom root goes big wicket for Australia failures for root and cook wonder if Nasser and English comms will talk about roots record in Australia now.

[bigfluffylemon]

Good grief, Root 15 off 50? That's so unlike him. England have barely scored anything for the last 45 minutes. Is it really that bad out there? Are Australia bowling really well? Pressure and maidens often breeds wickets. I can't imagine Australia will get this bogged down.

Should have been England's day, after that partnership, but as so often happens, one becomes many.

[bigfluffylemon]

You do have to give credit to the Aussie bowlers though. On a pitch offering them very little they've persevered, kept it tight and built the pressure. So much for the notion of cashing in against a four man attack if you can blunt it.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Typical, rain on the first day of the first test in Oz.

Good plus points for the three question marks in the top order so far.

Top order gets a decent start for a change and no Stokes to take advantage.