International Test Cricket Commentary ===================================== Australia vs England Played at Adelaide Stumps Day 1: England 237 for 3 Pietersen 74* Collingwood 78* 11:00 Day 2: Morning session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is old and soft. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length. Outfield : Normal speed outfield. Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds. Current Conditions Ball : The ball is old and soft. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length. Outfield : Normal speed outfield. Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds. 11:00 Starting bowlers are Lee & McGrath. 11:00 Partnership between Pietersen [77] & Collingwood [78] is now worth 151 runs. 11:05 Australia have taken the new ball. 11:14 England 253-3 11:27 Lee [4-0-19-0] has been replaced by Clark. 11:29 Collingwood ct Hussey b Clark 95 Balls 213 4's 10 6's 0 England 271-4 New batsman is Flintoff. 12:05 McGrath [14-5-36-0] has been replaced by Warne. 12:06 Pietersen not out 100 Balls 193 4's 10 6's 0 12:17 England 303-4 12:21 Flintoff ct Gilchrist b Warne 5 Balls 40 4's 0 6's 0 England 305-5 New batsman is Jones. 12:25 Langer dropped Pietersen [117], a simple chance off Clark. 12:31 Clark [8-2-31-1] has been replaced by McGrath. 12:47 Pietersen ct Martyn b McGrath 129 Balls 225 4's 15 6's 0 England 331-6 New batsman is Giles. 13:01 Lunch Day 2: England 334 for 6 Giles 3* Jones 9* 13:40 Day 2: Afternoon session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length. Outfield : Fast outfield. Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds. 14:02 Giles [8] survived a LBW appeal by McGrath. 14:07 England 353-6 14:31 Jones ct Clarke b McGrath 24 Balls 83 4's 4 6's 0 England 358-7 New batsman is Hoggard. 14:38 McGrath [12-5-29-2] has been replaced by Lee. 15:01 England 401-7 15:02 Giles [33] survived a close LBW appeal by Warne. 15:07 Warne [19-8-43-1] has been replaced by Clark. 15:08 Giles b Clark 33 Balls 77 4's 5 6's 0 England 401-8 New batsman is Anderson. 15:11 Clarke dropped Anderson [4], a chance off Clark. 15:22 Lee [5-2-20-0] has been replaced by Warne. 15:30 Clark dropped Hoggard [32], a simple chance off Warne. 15:36 Hoggard ct & b Warne 34 Balls 47 4's 0 6's 0 England 423-9 New batsman is Harmison. 15:41 Tea Day 2: England 426 for 9 Anderson 7* Harmison 3* 16:00 Day 2: Evening session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is getting old. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length. Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud. 16:15 Anderson ct Hayden b Clark 8 Balls 32 4's 1 6's 0 16:18 End of innings: England 431 all out England 1st Innings A.J. Strauss lbw b McGrath 53 85 6 0 A.N. Cook lbw b McGrath 0 6 0 0 I.R. Bell ct McGrath b Clark 16 47 1 0 P.D. Collingwood ct Hussey b Clark 95 213 10 0 K.P. Pietersen ct Martyn b McGrath 129 225 15 0 A. Flintoff ct Gilchrist b Warne 5 40 0 0 G.O. Jones ct Clarke b McGrath 24 83 4 0 A.F. Giles b Clark 33 77 5 0 M.J. Hoggard ct & b Warne 34 47 0 0 J.M. Anderson ct Hayden b Clark 8 32 1 0 S.J. Harmison not out 7 20 1 0 Extras (byes 2 leg byes 16 no balls 7 wides 2) 27 Total (10 Wkts 144.2 Overs) 431 Fall of Wkts 9 68 89 271 305 331 358 401 423 431 McGrath 45 15 108 4 4 2 Lee 20 4 83 0 2 0 Clark 26.2 5 94 4 3 0 Warne 53 21 128 2 0 0 16:28 Australia 1st Innings 16:28 Starting bowlers are Harmison & Hoggard. 17:09 Hoggard [4-0-20-0] has been replaced by Flintoff. 17:13 Harmison [5-1-20-0] has been replaced by Anderson. 17:18 Australia 52-0 17:18 Partnership between Hayden [24] & Langer [26] is now worth 52 runs. 17:22 Langer lbw b Anderson 31 Balls 43 4's 4 6's 0 Australia 57-1 New batsman is Ponting. 17:59 Flintoff [6-1-29-0] has been replaced by Giles. 18:02 Stumps Day 2: Australia 98 for 1 Hayden 40* Ponting 24*