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Woo, woo, woooooooooooooo. Hey, hey, heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey.
Hang on a second here, dammit. This is not right. Australia cannot
be on their knees after one day of the Second Ashes Test. No way.
Don't believe it. Cannot, will not, shall not be happening.
Well, it is. So much for England being caput and Australia running
away with this Ashes five-bloody-zip. Glenn McGrath rolls his
ankle treading on a ball (if only it was the one he snared his
500th wicket with at Lord's) and suddenly we have no idea. Gillespie
is shot, Warne is not the bowler he usually is with Ooh Aah applying
the Chinese Water Torture at the other end, and it's left Kasper
to save the day. And he does, for a while, but then it means nought:
we give away 407 runs. Jesus wept.
Warney went so close to copping a fine for continually losing
the plot when his leg before appeals were all turned down, but
if anyone deserves punishment surely it is the bloke - Ponting,
Buchanan, someone - who decided to send England in after winning
the toss. So much for the pitch doing something after the foul
weather in Birmingham a few weeks ago. Australia has been played
like fools, sending in a fired-up England on a pitch that was
as docile as a sausage dog.
This Test is not lost yet. No way. No siree. But it is an interesting
time for Australia from now on. Here's a look at life after McGrath,
who left the field almost close to tears after rolling his ankie
and is in doubt for the remainder of the tour, and if you're going
to fold so easily, the generational change that will occur after
the 2007 World Cup is going to be messier than anyone thought.
Worst of all, Australia has given the Poms some hope - something
they didn't have after the opening match at Lord's. The Ashes
series starts
right............................now.
What
do you think? Will Australian cricket crumble after 2007 or do
we have enough talent to survive a generational change. Click
your way to our Comebacks
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