Friday, September 09, 2005
English rain to end Australia's reign?
The Aussies finished day two of the last test match 261 runs behind England's first innings score (373 all out) but with all their wickets still intact. The proceedinbgs were brought to an early close by the batsmen taking the umpires offer of bad light, which was followed an hour later by light rain.
With rain also forecast tomorrow, the decision to go off early may rebound on the Aussies if they cannot force the win they need to retain the Ashes.
Not much happened today really compared to previous test matches this summer; The last three English wickets went down as expected, with 50-odd runs added, then the openers batted sensibly and, in Langer's case, aggressivly in reply.
I have seen conflicting reports as to what the weather will be like tomorrow - some reports say wet early then drying, others dry early then rain later. It would seem that whoever is right that the likelyhood is for a shortened day (even taking into acocunt the availability of an extra half hour due to the rain delay today), and that can only benefit England.
The ECB report is here.
With rain also forecast tomorrow, the decision to go off early may rebound on the Aussies if they cannot force the win they need to retain the Ashes.
Not much happened today really compared to previous test matches this summer; The last three English wickets went down as expected, with 50-odd runs added, then the openers batted sensibly and, in Langer's case, aggressivly in reply.
I have seen conflicting reports as to what the weather will be like tomorrow - some reports say wet early then drying, others dry early then rain later. It would seem that whoever is right that the likelyhood is for a shortened day (even taking into acocunt the availability of an extra half hour due to the rain delay today), and that can only benefit England.
The ECB report is here.
