International Test Cricket Commentary
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Australia vs England
Played at Brisbane


Stumps Day 1:  Australia  403 for 5
               Clarke 73*  Gilchrist 45*


10:00  Day 2: Morning session
Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch    : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce   : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield.  Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather  : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.

10:00  Starting bowlers are Harmison & Hoggard.
10:12  Gilchrist  not out  50  Balls  55   4's 6  6's  0
10:22  Giles dropped Gilchrist [59], a chance off Harmison.
10:31  Partnership between Clarke [79] & Gilchrist [62]
       is now worth 102 runs.
10:34  Clarke  lbw  b  Hoggard  83
       Balls 139  4's 10  6's 0
       Australia  433-6  New batsman is Warne.
10:43  Gilchrist  b  Hoggard  63
       Balls 73  4's 6  6's 1
       Australia  436-7  New batsman is Lee.
10:48  Lee  ct  &  b  Hoggard  0
       Balls 4  4's 0  6's 0
       Australia  436-8  New batsman is Clark.
11:09  Harmison [11-3-37-0] has been replaced by Anderson.
11:09  Australia  452-8
11:10  Warne  ct  Jones  b  Anderson  10
       Balls 23  4's 2  6's 0
       Australia  452-9  New batsman is McGrath.
11:31  Hoggard [13-2-57-3] has been replaced by Giles.
11:36  McGrath [4] survived a LBW appeal by Anderson.
11:46  Clark  ct  Jones  b  Giles  18
       Balls 39  4's 3  6's 0
11:48  End of innings:  Australia  474 all out

Australia 1st Innings

J.L. Langer            st Jones             b Giles               69  102  8 0
M.L. Hayden            ct Harmison          b Flintoff            70   91  6 0
R.T. Ponting                    run out                           59   78  8 0
D.R. Martyn            ct Jones             b Flintoff             0    1  0 0
M.E.K. Hussey                     lbw       b Flintoff            67  113  8 0
M.J. Clarke                       lbw       b Hoggard             83  139 10 0
A.C. Gilchrist                              b Hoggard             63   73  6 1
S.K. Warne             ct Jones             b Anderson            10   23  2 0
B. Lee                                 ct & b Hoggard              0    4  0 0
S.R. Clark             ct Jones             b Giles               18   39  3 0
G.D. McGrath                         not out                       8   28  1 0
Extras          (byes 3   leg byes 11   no balls 10   wides 3)    27
Total                       (10 Wkts  113.2 Overs)               474
Fall of Wkts    142  169  169  233  327  433  436  436  452  474

Harmison                24     4   95   0    2  1
Hoggard                 31     4  124   3    4  0
Flintoff                18     2   78   3    4  2
Anderson                23     5   79   1    1  0
Giles                   17.2   1   84   2    0  0

11:58  England 1st Innings
11:58  Starting bowlers are McGrath & Clark.
12:02  Lunch Day 2:  England  2 for 0
                     Strauss 1*  Cook 1*

12:40  Day 2: Afternoon session

Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch    : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce   : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield.  Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather  : Overcast.

12:44  Cook  ct  Gilchrist  b  Clark  1
       Balls 10  4's 0  6's 0
       England  2-1  New batsman is Bell.
13:09  Bell  lbw  b  Clark  8
       Balls 16  4's 0  6's 0
       England  24-2  New batsman is Pietersen.
13:24  Clark [5-1-25-2] has been replaced by Lee.
13:24  England  52-2
13:29  McGrath [6-1-23-0] has been replaced by Warne.
13:45  Partnership between Strauss [37] & Pietersen [30]
       is now worth 52 runs.
13:56  Lee [4-0-20-0] has been replaced by McGrath.
14:12  England  101-2
14:15  Martyn dropped Pietersen [44], a simple chance off Warne.
14:22  Strauss  ct  Gilchrist  b  Warne  49
       Balls 71  4's 9  6's 0
       England  105-3  New batsman is Flintoff.
14:26  Pietersen  not out  50  Balls  64   4's 9  6's  0
14:31  Pietersen  b  Warne  50
       Balls 67  4's 9  6's 0
       England  112-4  New batsman is Collingwood.
14:42  Collingwood  ct  Hussey  b  Warne  4
       Balls 9  4's 1  6's 0
       England  122-5  New batsman is Jones.
14:44  Tea Day 2:  England  122 for 5
                   Flintoff 9*  Jones 0*

15:00  Day 2: Evening session

Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is starting to go soft.
Pitch    : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce   : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield.  Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather  : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.

15:14  McGrath [8-1-16-0] has been replaced by Clark.
15:18  Warne [12-1-49-3] has been replaced by Lee.
15:21  Flintoff  ct  Hussey  b  Lee  13
       Balls 27  4's 2  6's 0
       England  139-6  New batsman is Giles.
15:46  Giles  b  Clark  4
       Balls 17  4's 0  6's 0
       England  148-7  New batsman is Hoggard.
15:50  England  152-7
16:30  Clark [8-1-26-1] has been replaced by Warne.
16:33  Lee [8-3-20-1] has been replaced by McGrath.
16:51  Clarke dropped Jones [42], a very hard chance off McGrath.
16:57  Hussey missed a chance to run out Jones [44].
17:02  Partnership between Hoggard [23] & Jones [44]
       is now worth 51 runs.
17:03  England  201-7
17:05  Hussey dropped Hoggard [28], a simple chance off Warne.
17:15  Stumps Day 2:  England  211 for 7
                      Hoggard 33*  Jones 46*