It was a day of swing emotions as England (1/4 Favourites to win test) may have found a replacement bowler for Freddy as Broad stepped up to give England the slight advantage with figures of 5-37. Australia (7/2 cricket betting odds to win the test) started the day very strong but after lunch they were napping as Australia collapsed to total of 160 in reply to England’s first innings total of 332. England failed to added extra runs to their over night score.
Katich was the pick of the Australian batsman as he scored a solid 50 runs before being caught by Cook. The rest of Australian batsmen struggled as Broad bowled a beautiful spell of 4-8. The England batsmen however failed to deliver what could have been the knock out blow as they lost three early wickets with the main destroyer being Mitchell Johnson. Tomorrow will be a very interesting day with light showers.
The pitch is crumbling very quickly in this test match and you would expect England to put on another 150+ to be in a winning position but with the way today went you have think that this finish will be one of the greatest Ashes victories for either team.
Can not wait for tomorrow’s play.
