The Official Adelaide Test Thread

[bennylaird]

Poms have serged to a run rate of 1.00 but they are holding their wickets just..................

[bennylaird]

Yawnnnnn Have a go ya Pommy .............s

[bennylaird]

1 for 32 Strauss with his tail between his legs departs.

[bennylaird]

2 for 48 Warnie is all over them,

Clark (no e) has 2.

[bennylaird]

Poms managed 2 fours in the session and both openers gone, pitiful attempt.

[Terry B]

58 runs in a session is pretty pisss poor effort. Glad I'm not watching it.

[martrix]

I missed the end of the session, what happened to the Cricket show?

[bennylaird]

Dunno, just internet coverage for me. The BBC site is good to look at, plenty of winging Poms there

[bennylaird]

Big news in Adelaide, The poms have got their 3rd 4. The Barmy army are going Ape (Sorry Zed). Such a glorious occassion.........

[craigb]

It's all a bit dull at the moment.

Have the Poms "put up the shutters" on the first day? :eek:

[bitingmidge]

Come on chaps, have you forgotten how the game was meant to be played?

I don't resile from my original prediction, except perhaps to clarify that the poms, should they indeed reach 500, will take four days to get there.

P

[Gumby]

The pitch is RS ! :mad:

First session in a test match, it should give the bowlers something. :mad:

This is already heading to a boring conclusion.

[craigb]

The pitch is RS ! :mad:

First session in a test match, it should give the bowlers something. :mad:

This is already heading to a boring conclusion.

Yep typical Adelaide wicket.

It would be interesting to get a cricket tragic to tell us how many times there's actually been a result in Tests at Adelaide.

[bitingmidge]

Totals of 400 at Adelaide Oval
Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1817: Australia v England at Brisbane, The Ashes 1st Test, 23 Nov 2006

674 Australia v India Adelaide 1947/48
624 Pakistan v Australia Adelaide 1983/84
616 West Indies v Australia Adelaide 1968/69
595 South Africa v Australia Adelaide 1963/64
585 Australia v Pakistan Adelaide 1972/73
582 Australia v England Adelaide 1920/21
575-8d Australia v New Zealand Adelaide 2004/05
573 Australia v England Adelaide 1897/98
556 Australia v India Adelaide 2003/04
552-9d Australia v England Adelaide 2002/03
533 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 1968/69
530 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 1952/53
528 Australia v India Adelaide 1980/81
523 India v Australia Adelaide 2003/04
520 India v Australia Adelaide 1985/86
517 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 1996/97
517 South Africa v Australia Adelaide 1997/98
516 Australia v England Adelaide 1965/66
515 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 1988/89
514-5d Australia v England Adelaide 1986/87
513 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 1931/32
506 Australia v England Adelaide 1907/08
505 Australia v India Adelaide 1977/78
502-9d Australia v Sri Lanka Adelaide 1995/96
501 England v Australia Adelaide 1911/12
499 England v Australia Adelaide 1891/92
496 Australia v New Zealand Adelaide 1987/88
489 Australia v England Adelaide 1924/25
487 Australia v England Adelaide 1946/47
485-9d New Zealand v Australia Adelaide 1987/88
482 South Africa v Australia Adelaide 1910/11
477 Australia v New Zealand Adelaide 1973/74
476 Australia v England Adelaide 1911/12
476 Australia v England Adelaide 1958/59
470 England v Australia Adelaide 1970/71
469-7d Australia v South Africa Adelaide 1993/94
466 Pakistan v Australia Adelaide 1976/77
465 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 1910/11
465 Australia v Pakistan Adelaide 1983/84
460 England v Australia Adelaide 1946/47
455 England v Australia Adelaide 1986/87
454 Australia v Pakistan Adelaide 1976/77
451 Australia v India Adelaide 1991/92
448 West Indies v Australia Adelaide 1979/80
447 England v Australia Adelaide 1920/21
445 India v Australia Adelaide 1977/78
441 Australia v India Adelaide 1999/00
439 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 2001/02
438 Australia v England Adelaide 1982/83
433 Australia v England Adelaide 1936/37
432-6d West Indies v Australia Adelaide 1960/61
428 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 2005/06
419 India v Australia Adelaide 1980/81
419 Australia v England Adelaide 1994/95
418 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 1975/76
412 England v Australia Adelaide 1932/33
411 Australia v England Adelaide 1894/95
405 West Indies v Australia Adelaide 2005/06
403-8d Australia v England Adelaide 1950/51
403 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 2000/01

[Daddles]

Midge, you know that life you used to have ...

It's been very dry here and although Les Burdett probably has unlimited water at hand (unlike the rest of us), you can't beat good soaking rain to really wet the earth down deep. Even the water table is very low this year. I'm guessing that's had a lot to do with it and if not, it's still interesting ... isn't it?

Richard