3rd Ashes Test: Old Trafford, 11-15 August: Day One

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Daft shot but very very well played Shane warne. i hope the OT crowd is giving him a standing ovation.

[Occasional Fan]

Congratulations to Warne, and tough luck to Tresco. This surely cannot have been planned:

Originally Posted by Cricinfo

41.5 Warne to Trescothick, OUT: full and spinning a bit, Trescothick
goes for the sweep, the ball hits bat, glove, Trescothick's leg
and God only knows what else. It then hits Gilchrist on the thigh
and pops up in the air and he snatches a catch!

[Trescothick]

Shame really, he looked to be able to take on the spin and he looked to get a big score but he just got unlucky and a bit foolish...

He was just 3 runs away from his 5000th test run Next innings hopefully!

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Is bell looking as uncomfortable as cricinfo is leading me to beleive ?

[Six & Out]

He's not looking comfortable against Warne. I think having Vaughan there will help him though as long as MPV sticks around. They've now brought Katich onto bowl which I think is the first bit of pro-active captaincy all day.

Incidentally, when McGrath ran after a ball last over, he was running after it VERY carefully.

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

By the looks of it this pitch might not suite him too much anyway.

[Occasional Fan]

England's session again by the sound of it. Good to see Michael Vaughan back with us. I do hope he goes on to his century and preferably something much bigger.

[Lemming]

Teatime at the cricket - for me too, I'm enjoying mine with a Blueberry muffin and a 'Cadbury's *NEW* Double Decker with Nuts' bar. Lovely suff - and Vaughan's cuppa will be tasting nice with him 93*.

Bell is starting to settle down, against Australia all series he has looked very nervous (I for one being a critic of his selection because of his lack of composure at the wicket), but now he is looking to score a few runs to feel comfortable. I really hope he can turn his nervousness around and score runs in this innings and the rest of the series. It's going to be a good thing watching Ian prove me wrong regarding his mental abilities!

[Occasional Fan]

Can anyone watching let me know how McGrath is looking. Michael Slater is on the radio at the moment and has suggested that he has started to hobble a bit. If that's true and McGrath is having some trouble, there is a potential disaster on the cards for Australia - not to say a real gobful for McGrath and the coaching/physio staff from Cricket Australia.

[Kirsty Harris]

Originally Posted by Lemming

Teatime at the cricket - for me too, I'm enjoying mine with a Blueberry muffin and a 'Cadbury's *NEW* Double Decker with Nuts' bar. Lovely suff - and Vaughan's cuppa will be tasting nice with him 93*.

Me too - Nescafe Hazelnut latte, with a g-f blueberry muffin. Considering popping out for a bar of Galexy in a moment....

Please let Vaughan get his ton, much deserved - has been a lovely innings!!

Belll getting there, seems to be working out the bowlers a bit, still vulnerable against Vaughan...