International Test Cricket Commentary ===================================== Australia vs England Played at Brisbane Stumps Day 2: England 211 for 7 Hoggard 33* Jones 46* 10:00 Day 3: Morning session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is getting old. Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks. Bounce : Okay bounce with the odd one keeping low. Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud. 10:00 Starting bowlers are McGrath & Clark. 10:07 Jones not out 50 Balls 113 4's 7 6's 0 10:24 Hoggard lbw b Clark 46 Balls 84 4's 6 6's 0 England 229-8 New batsman is Anderson. 10:28 Jones lbw b McGrath 50 Balls 125 4's 7 6's 0 England 229-9 New batsman is Harmison. 10:40 Harmison lbw b Clark 1 Balls 7 4's 0 6's 0 10:40 Clark 17.1 - 3 - 64 - 5 10:44 End of innings: England 230 all out England 1st Innings A.J. Strauss ct Gilchrist b Warne 49 71 9 0 A.N. Cook ct Gilchrist b Clark 1 10 0 0 I.R. Bell lbw b Clark 8 16 0 0 K.P. Pietersen b Warne 50 67 9 0 A. Flintoff ct Hussey b Lee 13 27 2 0 P.D. Collingwood ct Hussey b Warne 4 9 1 0 G.O. Jones lbw b McGrath 50 125 7 0 A.F. Giles b Clark 4 17 0 0 M.J. Hoggard lbw b Clark 46 84 6 0 J.M. Anderson not out 0 8 0 0 S.J. Harmison lbw b Clark 1 7 0 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 0 no balls 0 wides 4) 4 Total (10 Wkts 73.1 Overs) 230 Fall of Wkts 2 24 105 112 122 139 148 229 229 230 McGrath 25 4 66 1 2 0 Clark 17.1 3 64 5 0 3 Lee 12 3 40 1 0 0 Warne 19 3 60 3 0 1 Australia have enforced the follow on. England need 244 runs to avoid an innings defeat. 10:54 England 2nd Innings 10:54 Starting bowlers are McGrath & Clark. 11:13 Hussey dropped Strauss [12], a chance off McGrath. 11:28 England 50-0 11:28 Partnership between Strauss [20] & Cook [30] is now worth 50 runs. 11:30 Clark [4-0-22-0] has been replaced by Lee. 11:35 McGrath [5-0-32-0] has been replaced by Warne. 11:45 Cook ct Gilchrist b Warne 35 Balls 37 4's 7 6's 0 England 69-1 New batsman is Bell. 12:01 Lunch Day 3: England 88 for 1 Strauss 49* Bell 3* 12:40 Day 3: Afternoon session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine. Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks. Bounce : Okay bounce with the odd one keeping low. Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds. 12:42 England 100-1 12:43 Bell ct Hayden b Warne 15 Balls 12 4's 3 6's 0 England 100-2 New batsman is Pietersen. 12:45 Lee [4-0-22-0] has been replaced by McGrath. 12:47 Strauss not out 53 Balls 56 4's 8 6's 0 13:27 England 150-2 13:27 Partnership between Strauss [73] & Pietersen [20] is now worth 50 runs. 13:34 McGrath [7-0-26-0] has been replaced by Clark. 13:45 Warne [12-2-49-2] has been replaced by Lee. 14:03 Clark dropped Pietersen [45], a chance off Clark. 14:21 Lee [4-0-15-0] has been replaced by Warne. 14:22 Pietersen ct Gilchrist b Warne 45 Balls 73 4's 8 6's 0 England 194-3 New batsman is Flintoff. 14:26 Clark [6-1-22-0] has been replaced by McGrath. 14:26 England 200-3 14:32 Strauss ct Gilchrist b Warne 95 Balls 144 4's 14 6's 0 England 205-4 New batsman is Collingwood. 14:42 Tea Day 3: England 217 for 4 Collingwood 5* Flintoff 11* 15:00 Day 3: Evening session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is getting old. Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks. Bounce : Okay bounce with the odd one keeping low. Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud. 15:09 Flintoff [18] survived a very close LBW appeal by McGrath. 15:12 Collingwood [12] survived a LBW appeal by Warne. 15:13 Collingwood ct Gilchrist b Warne 12 Balls 14 4's 1 6's 0 15:13 Warne 16.4 - 2 - 72 - 5 England 231-5 New batsman is Jones. 15:33 Flintoff [22] survived a LBW appeal by McGrath. 15:37 McGrath [7-1-18-0] has been replaced by Clark. 16:00 England 251-5 16:05 Flintoff ct Gilchrist b Clark 37 Balls 81 4's 5 6's 0 England 255-6 New batsman is Giles. 16:42 Clark [9-4-28-1] has been replaced by Lee. 16:47 Warne [17-4-49-3] has been replaced by Clarke. 16:55 England 300-6 17:03 Stumps Day 3: England 303 for 6 Jones 19* Giles 34*