Wednesday, July 22, 2009

A 75 years long wait for England at Lords finally comes to an end

A 75 years long wait for England at Lords finally comes to an end as they win the second Test match against Australia since 1934 .
Strauss and Flintoff turned out to be the key players helping the team with a remarkable victory, on the contrary the Aussies after their descent performance in the first test showed a poor play in all departments.
Even though at some stage when Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin were batting fabulously it felt like they may claim a record chasing victory but the fifth days play changed the scenario of the game with Freddy and Swan bowling well. What Australia needed was few more contribution from the top order batsmen, Though there were three bad decisions from the umpire which helped the English bowlers to send back the top orders,most shocking out of three was Strauss claiming a clean catch and umpire not referring to the third umpire, Seems like the Aussies got back what they did against India.
The News of Flintoff retiring shocked everyone leaving behind a question who is going to fill the gap of the great allrounder for England? Injuries throughout the carrier made the mighty to make a sorrow decision.
In the third match for England, playing Harmison in place of Stuart Broad might be a good option as Broad might be good in saving runs in onedayers and twenty twenty but bowling in England pitches needs either pace or swing and Broad lacks in both the department. For Aussies Huges need to work more on playing bouncers before he joins back the great Australian side.

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