International Test Cricket Commentary ===================================== Australia vs England Played at Adelaide Stumps Day 2: Australia 98 for 1 Hayden 40* Ponting 24* 11:00 Day 3: Morning 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 : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored. Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud. 11:00 Starting bowlers are Harmison & Hoggard. 11:01 Australia 102-1 11:06 Partnership between Hayden [47] & Ponting [28] is now worth 52 runs. 11:09 Hayden not out 50 Balls 64 4's 4 6's 0 11:32 Hoggard [7-0-41-0] has been replaced by Flintoff. 11:36 Australia 152-1 11:36 Harmison [9-1-46-0] has been replaced by Anderson. 11:41 Partnership between Hayden [77] & Ponting [48] is now worth 102 runs. 11:52 Ponting not out 51 Balls 68 4's 5 6's 0 11:55 Hayden [91] survived a LBW appeal by Anderson. 12:04 Flintoff [4-0-22-0] has been replaced by Giles. 12:07 Anderson [4-1-24-0] has been replaced by Harmison. 12:13 Australia 200-1 12:14 Hayden not out 101 Balls 113 4's 10 6's 0 12:15 Partnership between Hayden [104] & Ponting [69] is now worth 152 runs. 12:18 Hayden lbw b Harmison 104 Balls 119 4's 10 6's 0 Australia 210-2 New batsman is Martyn. 12:45 Australia 250-2 12:46 Ponting not out 102 Balls 108 4's 10 6's 0 12:48 Partnership between Martyn [15] & Ponting [105] is now worth 51 runs. 12:49 Harmison [5-0-19-1] has been replaced by Hoggard. 12:53 Giles [6-0-49-0] has been replaced by Flintoff. 13:01 Lunch Day 3: Australia 269 for 2 Martyn 15* Ponting 113* 13:40 Day 3: Afternoon session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is getting old. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few 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. 13:55 Ponting ct Jones b Hoggard 135 Balls 140 4's 15 6's 0 Australia 293-3 New batsman is Hussey. 13:59 Australia 301-3 14:08 Pietersen dropped Martyn [27], a chance off Flintoff. 14:10 Hoggard [5-0-29-1] has been replaced by Anderson. 14:22 Flintoff [6-2-23-0] has been replaced by Giles. 14:35 Partnership between Martyn [42] & Hussey [23] is now worth 51 runs. 14:39 Anderson [4-0-20-0] has been replaced by Harmison. 14:45 Australia 351-3 14:55 Martyn not out 50 Balls 76 4's 4 6's 0 15:09 Hoggard dropped Martyn [62], a hard chance off Giles. 15:18 Hussey [41] survived a LBW appeal by Giles. 15:25 Partnership between Martyn [75] & Hussey [41] is now worth 103 runs. 15:27 Harmison [6-1-24-0] has been replaced by Hoggard. 15:31 Giles [9-1-36-0] has been replaced by Flintoff. 15:35 Australia 403-3 15:35 England have taken the new ball. 15:40 Martyn ct Strauss b Flintoff 79 Balls 116 4's 7 6's 0 Australia 408-4 New batsman is Clarke. 15:42 Tea Day 3: Australia 408 for 4 Clarke 0* Hussey 49* 16:00 Day 3: Evening session Current Conditions Ball : The ball is nice and new. Pitch : A pitch with quite a few 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. 16:03 Hussey not out 50 Balls 74 4's 8 6's 0 16:31 Flintoff [5-0-27-1] has been replaced by Anderson. 16:35 Australia 450-4 16:43 Hoggard [7-1-24-0] has been replaced by Giles. 16:44 Partnership between Clarke [17] & Hussey [84] is now worth 53 runs. 17:00 Hussey not out 101 Balls 123 4's 16 6's 0 17:00 Clarke b Anderson 28 Balls 46 4's 3 6's 0 Australia 489-5 New batsman is Gilchrist. 17:09 Anderson [5-0-22-1] has been replaced by Collingwood. 17:13 Australia 503-5 17:21 Hussey ct Hoggard b Giles 113 Balls 141 4's 17 6's 0 Australia 517-6 New batsman is Warne. 17:44 Giles [9-1-48-1] has been replaced by Harmison. 17:44 ** Rain stopped play ** 18:52 68 minutes and 2 overs were lost due to the weather. 18:52 ** Stumps - End of Day 3 ** 18:52 Stumps Day 3: Australia 545 for 6 Gilchrist 32* Warne 10*