International Test Cricket Commentary ===================================== Australia vs England Played at Brisbane Stumps Day 3: England 303 for 6 Jones 19* Giles 34* 10:00 Day 4: Morning session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is old and soft. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : Unpredictable bounce with quite a few keeping low. Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun. 10:00 Starting bowlers are McGrath & Clark. 10:04 Australia have taken the new ball. 10:04 Giles [34] survived a close LBW appeal by Clark. 10:06 Partnership between Jones [19] & Giles [34] is now worth 52 runs. 10:18 Jones ct Gilchrist b McGrath 23 Balls 88 4's 4 6's 0 England 318-7 New batsman is Hoggard. 10:36 Langer dropped Hoggard [10], a simple chance off McGrath. 10:50 Giles not out 52 Balls 83 4's 10 6's 0 10:50 England 353-7 10:54 Ponting dropped Hoggard [23], a chance off McGrath. 10:58 McGrath [14-2-46-1] has been replaced by Lee. 11:00 Hoggard ct Martyn b Lee 23 Balls 30 4's 2 6's 0 England 356-8 New batsman is Anderson. 11:08 McGrath dropped Giles [60], a hard chance off Clark. 11:14 Clark [17-7-53-1] has been replaced by Warne. 11:40 England 402-8 11:58 Partnership between Anderson [31] & Giles [72] is now worth 51 runs. 12:02 Lunch Day 4: England 411 for 8 Anderson 31* Giles 72* 12:40 Day 4: Afternoon session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : Unpredictable bounce with quite a few keeping low. Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun. 12:43 Lee [8-1-16-1] has been replaced by Clarke. 12:51 Anderson ct Gilchrist b Clarke 32 Balls 47 4's 4 6's 0 England 421-9 New batsman is Harmison. 12:54 Warne [8-2-38-0] has been replaced by McGrath. 12:56 Giles lbw b McGrath 80 Balls 157 4's 14 6's 0 12:58 End of innings: England 421 all out England 2nd Innings Following On A.J. Strauss ct Gilchrist b Warne 95 144 14 0 A.N. Cook ct Gilchrist b Warne 35 37 7 0 I.R. Bell ct Hayden b Warne 15 12 3 0 K.P. Pietersen ct Gilchrist b Warne 45 73 8 0 A. Flintoff ct Gilchrist b Clark 37 81 5 0 P.D. Collingwood ct Gilchrist b Warne 12 14 1 0 G.O. Jones ct Gilchrist b McGrath 23 88 4 0 A.F. Giles lbw b McGrath 80 157 14 0 M.J. Hoggard ct Martyn b Lee 23 30 2 0 J.M. Anderson ct Gilchrist b Clarke 32 47 4 0 S.J. Harmison not out 0 1 0 0 Extras (byes 4 leg byes 13 no balls 2 wides 5) 24 Total (10 Wkts 113.3 Overs) 421 Fall of Wkts 69 100 194 205 231 255 318 356 421 421 McGrath 26.3 2 104 2 3 2 Clark 27 8 97 1 0 1 Lee 19 3 56 1 0 1 Warne 37 8 136 5 0 1 Clarke 4 2 11 1 0 0 Australia need 178 runs to win. 13:08 Australia 2nd Innings 13:08 Starting bowlers are Harmison & Hoggard. 13:32 Langer ct Flintoff b Hoggard 2 Balls 15 4's 0 6's 0 Australia 11-1 New batsman is Ponting. 13:35 Ponting [0] survived a very close LBW appeal by Hoggard. 13:45 Flintoff missed a simple chance to run out Ponting [0]. 14:10 Ponting [5] survived a LBW appeal by Hoggard. 14:13 Harmison [7-1-16-0] has been replaced by Flintoff. 14:17 Hoggard [7-1-23-1] has been replaced by Anderson. 14:22 Hayden [26] survived a LBW appeal by Flintoff. 14:24 Australia 50-1 14:35 Partnership between Ponting [27] & Hayden [32] is now worth 51 runs. 14:41 Tea Day 4: Australia 72 for 1 Ponting 28* Hayden 41* 15:00 Day 4: Evening session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : Unpredictable bounce with quite a few keeping low. Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun. 15:12 Flintoff [5-0-23-0] has been replaced by Giles. 15:15 Anderson [5-0-28-0] has been replaced by Harmison. 15:24 Hoggard dropped Hayden [44], a simple chance off Harmison. 15:28 Australia 100-1 15:29 Hayden not out 50 Balls 84 4's 5 6's 0 15:31 Ponting not out 51 Balls 72 4's 3 6's 0 15:32 Ponting ct Jones b Harmison 51 Balls 73 4's 3 6's 0 Australia 106-2 New batsman is Martyn. 15:36 Martyn ct Jones b Harmison 0 Balls 2 4's 0 6's 0 Australia 106-3 New batsman is Hussey. 15:47 Hayden [52] survived a close LBW appeal by Harmison. 16:07 Hussey ct Jones b Giles 9 Balls 19 4's 1 6's 0 Australia 135-4 New batsman is Clarke. 16:09 Harmison [6-0-28-2] has been replaced by Hoggard. 16:18 Australia 150-4 16:41 End of innings: Australia 179 for 4 Australia 2nd Innings J.L. Langer ct Flintoff b Hoggard 2 15 0 0 M.L. Hayden not out 96 135 10 0 R.T. Ponting ct Jones b Harmison 51 73 3 0 D.R. Martyn ct Jones b Harmison 0 2 0 0 M.E.K. Hussey ct Jones b Giles 9 19 1 0 M.J. Clarke not out 20 27 3 0 A.C. Gilchrist S.K. Warne B. Lee S.R. Clark G.D. McGrath Extras (byes 0 leg byes 0 no balls 0 wides 1) 1 Total (4 Wkts 45.1 Overs) 179 Fall of Wkts 11 106 106 135 Harmison 13 1 44 2 0 1 Hoggard 11.1 1 41 1 0 0 Flintoff 5 0 23 0 0 0 Anderson 5 0 28 0 0 0 Giles 11 2 43 1 0 0 Australia won by 6 wkts. 1st Test played at Brisbane. Australia 1st Innings 474 all out Clarke 83, Hayden 70, Flintoff 3-78, Hoggard 3-124 England 1st Innings 230 all out Pietersen 50, Jones 50, Clark 5-64, Warne 3-60 England 2nd Innings Following On 421 all out Strauss 95, Giles 80, Warne 5-136, McGrath 2-104 Australia 2nd Innings 179 for 4 Hayden 96*, Ponting 51, Harmison 2-44, Hoggard 1-41 Man of the Match: Gilchrist of Australia Australia won by 6 wkts.