International Test Cricket Commentary
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Australia vs England
Played at Adelaide


Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch    : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce   : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Normal speed outfield.
Weather  : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

England won the toss and elected to bat.

11:00  England 1st Innings
11:00  Starting bowlers are McGrath & Lee.
11:10  Ponting dropped Cook [0], a very hard chance off McGrath.
11:12  Cook  lbw  b  McGrath  0
       Balls 6  4's 0  6's 0
       England  9-1  New batsman is Bell.
12:09  Lee [7-1-25-0] has been replaced by Clark.
12:10  England  53-1
12:11  Partnership between Strauss [37] & Bell [13]
       is now worth 51 runs.
12:19  Bell  ct  McGrath  b  Clark  16
       Balls 47  4's 1  6's 0
       England  68-2  New batsman is Collingwood.
12:23  McGrath [9-2-22-1] has been replaced by Warne.
12:36  Strauss  not out  50  Balls  70   4's 6  6's  0
12:40  Clark [4-0-25-1] has been replaced by McGrath.
12:40  McGrath dropped Collingwood [5], a chance off McGrath.
12:49  Strauss  lbw  b  McGrath  53
       Balls 85  4's 6  6's 0
       England  89-3  New batsman is Pietersen.
13:00  Lunch Day 1:  England  94 for 3
                     Pietersen 3*  Collingwood 12*

13:40  Day 1: Afternoon session

Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch    : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce   : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Fast outfield.
Weather  : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

13:47  England  101-3
14:32  McGrath [10-3-21-1] has been replaced by Lee.
14:40  Partnership between Pietersen [28] & Collingwood [34]
       is now worth 52 runs.
14:56  England  153-3
15:01  Warne [16-8-38-0] has been replaced by Clark.
15:05  Lee [4-1-19-0] has been replaced by Warne.
15:17  Pietersen  not out  52  Balls  83   4's 7  6's  0
15:38  Partnership between Pietersen [60] & Collingwood [49]
       is now worth 101 runs.
15:40  Tea Day 1:  England  190 for 3
                   Pietersen 60*  Collingwood 49*

16:00  Day 1: Evening session

Current Conditions

Ball     : The ball is getting old.
Pitch    : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce   : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Fast outfield.
Weather  : Cloudy.

16:03  Collingwood  not out  52  Balls  132   4's 5  6's  0
16:10  England  200-3
16:17  Clark [8-1-24-0] has been replaced by McGrath.
16:38  Langer dropped Collingwood [74], a chance off McGrath.
16:45  ** Rain stopped play **
17:21  A total of 36 minutes were lost due to the weather.
17:24  Collingwood [78] survived a close LBW appeal by McGrath.
17:28  Clark dropped Pietersen [72], a very hard chance off Warne.
17:32  Warne [13-4-36-0] has been replaced by Lee.
17:41  ** Bad Light stopped play **
18:49  68 minutes and 11 overs were lost due to the weather.
18:49  ** Stumps - End of Day 1 **
18:49  Stumps Day 1:  England  237 for 3
                      Pietersen 74*  Collingwood 78*