International Test Cricket Commentary
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Australia vs England
Played at Brisbane


Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch    : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce   : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield.  Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather  : Very hot and sunny.  Not a cloud in the sky.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

10:00  Australia 1st Innings
10:00  Starting bowlers are Harmison & Hoggard.
10:27  Harmison [3-0-20-0] has been replaced by Flintoff.
10:47  Hoggard [5-0-20-0] has been replaced by Anderson.
10:53  Australia  50-0
10:53  Partnership between Langer [35] & Hayden [10]
       is now worth 50 runs.
11:15  Flintoff [6-0-21-0] has been replaced by Giles.
11:18  Giles dropped Hayden [35], a hard chance off Anderson.
11:29  Australia  102-0
11:29  Partnership between Langer [49] & Hayden [42]
       is now worth 102 runs.
11:32  Langer  not out  53  Balls  83   4's 7  6's  0
11:37  Hayden  not out  52  Balls  66   4's 5  6's  0
11:39  Anderson [7-2-27-0] has been replaced by Harmison.
11:54  Langer  st  Jones  b  Giles  69
       Balls 102  4's 8  6's 0
       Australia  142-1  New batsman is Ponting.
12:02  Lunch Day 1:  Australia  143 for 1
                     Ponting 0*  Hayden 63*

12:40  Day 1: Afternoon session

Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch    : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce   : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield.  Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather  : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.

12:45  Australia  153-1
12:48  Giles [7-0-44-1] has been replaced by Hoggard.
12:51  Giles dropped Ponting [11], a chance off Hoggard.
12:52  Harmison [4-0-20-0] has been replaced by Flintoff.
13:00  Hayden  ct  Harmison  b  Flintoff  70
       Balls 91  4's 6  6's 0
       Australia  169-2  New batsman is Martyn.
13:03  Martyn  ct  Jones  b  Flintoff  0
       Balls 1  4's 0  6's 0
       Australia  169-3  New batsman is Hussey.
13:43  Australia  201-3
13:52  Flintoff [7-1-29-2] has been replaced by Anderson.
13:56  Hoggard [8-2-20-0] has been replaced by Giles.
14:01  Ponting  not out  50  Balls  74   4's 8  6's  0
14:01  Partnership between Ponting [50] & Hussey [14]
       is now worth 51 runs.
14:06  Ponting  run out  59
       Balls 78  4's 8  6's 0
       Australia  233-4  New batsman is Clarke.
14:10  Giles dropped Clarke [0], a hard chance off Anderson.
14:26  Clarke [0] survived a close LBW appeal by Giles.
14:28  Australia  250-4
14:40  Anderson dropped Hussey [38], a very hard chance off Anderson.
14:40  Tea Day 1:  Australia  262 for 4
                   Clarke 9*  Hussey 38*

15:00  Day 1: Evening session

Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is getting old.
Pitch    : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce   : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield.  Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather  : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

15:03  Anderson [7-2-25-0] has been replaced by Harmison.
15:16  Giles [8-1-33-0] has been replaced by Hoggard.
15:19  Partnership between Clarke [27] & Hussey [42]
       is now worth 51 runs.
15:47  Australia  300-4
15:53  Hussey  not out  51  Balls  99   4's 5  6's  0
15:56  Harmison [6-1-18-0] has been replaced by Flintoff.
16:00  Hoggard [5-0-27-0] has been replaced by Anderson.
16:07  Hussey [67] survived a close LBW appeal by Flintoff.
16:08  Hussey  lbw  b  Flintoff  67
       Balls 113  4's 8  6's 0
       Australia  327-5  New batsman is Gilchrist.
16:20  Clarke  not out  50  Balls  85   4's 6  6's  0
16:30  Flintoff [4-1-18-1] has been replaced by Harmison.
16:30  Australia  352-5
16:35  Anderson [4-0-14-0] has been replaced by Hoggard.
16:39  England have taken the new ball.
16:56  Partnership between Clarke [70] & Gilchrist [25]
       is now worth 53 runs.
17:06  Harmison [4-1-16-0] has been replaced by Flintoff.
17:10  Australia  403-5
17:10  Stumps Day 1:  Australia  403 for 5
                      Clarke 73*  Gilchrist 45*