Twitter Updates: 9/07/2009

So, can the lads get to 400? It's a big ask. But they should top 350, at least. #Ashes #cricket #
Come on, come on! Two hours you say? Nah. Want play now. #Ashes #cricket #
RT @danslee Once I heard Ricky Ponting reply to a quesion without saying "Awww, look, mate." Mind. This was in 2002. And it was just once. #
@danslee Personally very grateful not to hear the "Awww, nice one, Shane" soundtrack being played behind the wicket #
@danslee Instead of powdered (never tastes good) why not try condensed milk in small watertight plastic bottle, mix to strength when reqd? #
Good morning nurdlers, switch-hitters and sloggers! How are all you fine folks today? #Ashes #cricket #
@danslee Gosh – high praise! We're quite embarrassed Idea born of a mile or two put in hiking ourselves down in SW Eng. #
Yay – Booker T and the MGs! Here we go, boys and girls… #Ashes #cricket #
CMJ is kicking off, with Jason Gillespie as summariser. Feeling quite nervous on behalf of Jimbo and young Broad. #Ashes #cricket #
This is fun, before the action starts: great sporting theme tunes inc. TMS http://bit.ly/XJWd7 #
@followtheashes We'll be lucky to get to 360, but that's defensible. Let's see how Aus likes the pitch #Ashes #cricket #
The windows are shaking here – Nurdler co-writer LJH is belting out Jerusalem with tuneful gusto #
Kicking off on 336 – 7, if you needed reminding, with only Panesar and Swann left in the batting order. #Ashes #cricket #
Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are at the crease. First runs of the day to Draco, and it's a four #Ashes #cricket #
Just another 60 to go then #Ashes #cricket #
Yay! Jimmy takes three off his first ball of the morning. Aggers: "Anderson rather threw the bat at it." #Ashes #cricket #
Broad and Anderson have got us pretty effortlessly across the 350 mark. Perhaps our downbeat prediction of no more than 360 was pessimistic. #
WICKET Broad goes, bowled Johnson for 19. What a fool I was, what an elevated fool… #Ashes #cricket #
Bless Jimmy, he's having a really good crack at this #Ashes #cricket #
A four from Swann Score is 367-8 in the 95th over #Ashes #cricket #
And Swann sends another one to the boundary! 371-8 #Ashes #cricket #
Commentators are pointing out that this Test has been terrific entertainment so far – a textbook demo of the five-day game. #Ashes #cricket #
@marcwestius Quite surprised actually – expected to be defending 350. Will have to eat hat if 400 is reached. #Ashes #cricket #
@aggerscricket Enjoyed CMJ's anecdote about him saying the wrong thing to the Cardiff barber #Ashes #cricket #
Four byes! Four byes! Thank you very much, kind sirs, we'll have those and welcome. 390-8 #Ashes #cricket #
Blowers has identified his first seagull, just as Swann hits another four, to tremenduous applause. 394-8 #Ashes #cricket #
Swann hits another four 398-8 #Ashes #cricket #
In the spirit of a true tail-ender Graeme Swann has taken us to 402-8 with his third boundary in a row. Speechless. Who needs KP? #Ashes #
is now retiring to find a hat to eat. Our prediction of <360 was thankfully rubbish. #Ashes #cricket #
RT @rand0m Blimey, it's like listening to Twenty20 #Ashes #cricket #
RT @bbctms Crowd going crazy! (no chants of 'where's your Warnie gone'…yet) #
How can one (even pretend to) work under these circumstances? Another Anderson four – 410-8 #Ashes #cricket #
RT @aggerscricket Fantastic batting this morning – they're going at 7 an over and Blowers is on fire #
Seven an over at the tail end of a Test innings! #Ashes #F1 #
We *love* these heroic last stands from the bowlers. #Ashes #F1 #
@seismicshed Bloody brilliant, isn't it? This is what you wish for when Eng are being mediocre and frustrating. #Ashes #cricket #
Boycott observes that Jimbo might be getting a bit carried away…#Ashes #cricket #
WICKET Boycott's value as a commentator is that he's always right – however irritating. Jimmy goes with 26 off 40 balls. Score is 423-9 #
Monty's turn. Just keep Swann on strike, son, and you'll be fine. #Ashes #cricket #
@seismicshed We did the same bloody thing with Broad earlier We'll shut up now <eg> #Ashes #cricket #
And now, the immovable Shipping Forecast! Luckily we're able to listen to R5LSE #Ashes #cricket #
Boycs observes that Eng have scored 90 runs in an hour this morning. We fear this means an excellent batting pitch for Aus to inherit… #
Swann is on 44! An event he may be able to contemplate within the next six runs we shall not mention! #Ashes #cricket #
RT @Aggerscricket This is more than England can possibly have dreamed of #
Really worried about what the Aussies will make of this pitch. #Ashes #cricket #
BBC live text: "Is there anything that hurts a toiling team quite as much as being spanked around by a pair of tail-enders?" #ashes #cricket #
RT @the_ashes Swann caught but luckily its a no ball #ashes [Phew!] #cricket #
Aussies resorting to appealing on every shot now #Ashes #cricket #
RT @Aggerscricket Another cake. [These important #Ashes traditions need to be properly observed!] #cricket #
It's over. Swann's total is 47 – what a shame he couldn't make his half century. England total is 435. Panesar is caught by Ponting. #Ashes #
@marcwestius Monty + Siders perfectly good specialist bowlers damaged by our silly habit of treating individuals as saviours of Eng cricket #
@marcwestius Think it's a good thing there's been a bit of a clear-out. Anderson can be great but has terrible off-days. Broad a future capt #
@marcwestius Think that your boys might find the pitch very congenial and start making a good total #Ashes #cricket #
And the Aus innings starts. Openers are Katich, Hughes with Jimmy bowling at them. No rest for the wicked #Ashes #cricket #
@marcwestius Yesterday and its swinging momentum suggests the two sides are incredibly evenly-matched. Should be a great series! #
Aus 20 for no wicket in the third over. That strikes us as quite expensive. #Ashes #cricket #
@ecb_cricket Could not have asked for more this morning – but fear pitch will now favour Aussies. Over rate is a bit high atm. #Ashes #
@ecb_cricket This has been a textbook demo of everything that is great, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, etc about Test cricket #
RT @UK_Cricket_News I could have sued PCB for revealing warts – Shoaib [Certainly the term 'oversharing' did come to mind ] #
Lunch. Aus 39-0 in 8 overs. That's an over rate of nearly 5. Hmmm. Could be better, could be worse. #Ashes #cricket #
welcome @f1lover75 Good to see you on the other side #
Aus scoring at 7 an over in the first four overs, so were reined in a little bit just before lunch #Ashes #cricket #
@seismicshed In terms of a big total?We were speculating Aus would find a pitch to suit them while Swann was still batting #ashes #cricket #
@seismicshed So often in cricket one side does something amazing then the other comes in to prove the pitch, conditions etc set it up #
Aggers trying to sort out what on earth is happening in WI, not having much luck. #
@TheAshesLive Bet they didn't mention @TheNurdler either #
You can't help but feel WI cricket went thru enough with the Allen Stanford debacle withhout scoring even more problems #
Fred being touted to scythe thru the Aussies. Bowling to Hughes,. Seconds out, round two *ding ding* #Ashes #cricket #
Aussies restart on 39-0. If you're not a regular cricket fan, and something is unclear, please ask. We might know the answer #ashes #
Freddie finally introducing a few short balls to jazz things up a bit. Using that 6ft 4ins stature to loom intimidatingly #ashes #cricket #
"This really is red-blooded cricket" – Blowers #ashes #cricket @bbctms #
Will Blowers get it into his head that Chris Broad last played in the Ashes during the 1980s or so? #ashes #cricket #
Anyway, the point being that 'little' Stuart is now having a bowl #ashes #cricket #
Note to casual fans put off by rules and funny words: truth is that *no-one* understands everything (at least now Bearders has gone) #ashes #
It doesn't really take too long to understand enough to really enjoy Test cricket – and we'll be glad to help if we can. #
@followtheashes Wot no Broad? #Ashes #cricket #
44-0 with 30 for Hughes. Nearly 11 overs gone. Disagreement in the TMS box over whether or not Fred intimidates the Aus batsman #ashes #
Over rate has gone through the floor. Fred has really slowed the scoring down. #Ashes #cricket #
RT @the_spin Fred's first over after the break was bang on the money. [We can certainly agree with that] #Ashes #cricket #
Blowers is distracted by a pigeon – "dirty white" #ashes #cricket @bbctms #
Nearly a catch in that over #Ashes #cricket #
46 for no wicket at the end of that over – this is how the over rate is being contained #Ashes #cricket #
@followtheashes Draco has not been doing the right spells this morning, clearly #
RT @the_ashes Flintoff fuming after dropping a c & b #ashes #
Having trouble sorting out fielding positions? http://www.channel4.com/sport/cricket/fielding.htm #
Of course, if the batsman is a leftie, you'll need to hold that diagram up to a mirror #ashes #cricket #
More similarly useful stuff in our site blogroll: http://www.thenurdler.com. Check right sidebar. #
WICKET Hughes is caught behind by Prior, b. Flintoff. 36 runs. Aus score is 60-1. That was on the cards, wasn't it? #ashes #cricket #
Fred-die! Fred-die! We predict the Barmy Army chant to start up any time now. #ashes #cricket #
Next up is the Skipper. Hello, Mr Ponting. We hope you are having a charming day. #ashes #cricket #
RT @tomfordyce Cardiff stands to salute Freddie. #ashes #cricket #
The trumpeter is playing Freddie's theme – The Flintstones' signature tune! Love it #ashes #cricket #
72-1 in the 19th over. Katich on 22, Ricky P on 6. #ashes #cricket #
England fans' tuneless singing euphemistically described as 'Not Welsh' – on account of being out of tune. Altogether now: "Men of Harlech" #
Aggers: Straus right to give Fred a bit of a break rather than be tempted to over-use him. Jimbo consequently having a bowl #ashes #cricket #
Score is 83-1 in 21st over #ashes #cricket #
Interesting point from TMS team – one-day cricket now so prevalent that Test strategies are being warped by it. Is nurdling a dying art? #
We've gone a little quieter because one of us is elbows-deep in PHP code and the other is editing our @britsonpole Goodwood FoS podcast #
Having to pretend to work in other words #ashes #cricket #
How are you folks coping with the tiresome necessity to hire out your time when it would be far better spent watching sport? #ashes #cricket #
And Aus are approaching their ton for the cost of one wicket. Katich on 28, Ponting on 21, 24th over. That's an over rate of less than four! #
For how many sports do you have to keep a calculator handy? Probably quite a lot, actually. US football and baseball to name two. #Ashes #
Maiden over: this means Aus were deprived of six balls' worth of scoring chances. Excellent bowling by (we think) Swann. Correct us if wrong #
RT @theasheslive Very enjoyable spell and it's a game of chess. I love Test Cricket [Exactly the phrase we use to express why we love Tests] #
Aus 101-1 in 27th over #Ashes #cricket #
Over rate remains below 4 #Ashes #cricket #
But Boycott points out Aus considerably ahead on wickets and score of Eng at this point. Thankfully Duckworth Lewis not our problem here. #
Yay! Monty's about to have a bowl. #Ashes #cricket #
@theasheslive Tragic similarities developing between Monty and the kid who gets picked last in games lessons. #
@theasheslive What happened to the brave, exuberant bowler that used to be so entertaining and so loved by crowds? #
@bumpball Proof of our hypothesis that there is always more to learn Thks. Too much limited-over cricket for us recently ! #
As @bumpball points out, when we said over rate, we really meant run rate. Readers know where to direct complex technical enquiries <eg> #
@Aggerscricket Remind him that when John Major lost in 97 the first thing he did was go to the Oval with his family and watch the game… in reply to Aggerscricket #
Score is 135-1 in 36th over. Broad is bowling. #Ashes #cricket #
Blowers finds the idea of Aus cricket board writing to players forbidding sledging hilarious: "You might as well forbid a dog to bark" #
Monty does a good bit of fielding *faints dead away* Well done that man. #Ashes #cricket #
@adammassie You can combine two so Twitter updates automatically appear on Facebook #
Half-centuries coming up for both Aus batsmen. Hoping to jinx them by mentioning it, not optimistic. #Ashes #cricket #
Blowers pointed out that no-one has been given out LBW yet in this match – despite some vocal appeals #ashes #cricket #
@MrTHill Are you suggesting that 'Draco Malfoy' could be taken for a sulky teenager? Surely not #
Aus 141-1 in the 39th over and Katich has his 50 – actually 53 runs off 124 balls. Ponting on 44. Really solid partnership. #Ashes #cricket #
And so to tea. #Ashes #cricket #
Who was on top in that session? Have a feeling it might have been Aus, past the point when Fred had a crack at Hughes #Ashes #cricket #
In a county match a player was out LBW after a ball wound up in his pocket. #
RT @bbctms England women latest for you – http://bit.ly/McF41 #
Broad to open the bowling after tea? Will Strauss unleash Flintoff? #Ashes #cricket #
First ball and it's Broad bowling to Ponting. #Ashes #cricket #
Aus currently 293 behind #Ashes #cricket #
Freddie bowling again, really giving it some elbow #Ashes #cricket #
The form of today, with first one team then another on top, feels uncannily similar to yesterday. Teams very evenly-matched. #Ashes #cricket #
RT @theasheslive This game needs a spark soon, or we could be heading for a draw. #Ashes #cricket #
@the_ashes Hang on, the Aus cricket board's banned sledging, hadn't you heard #
Broad has left the field. Graham Onions replaces him. #Ashes #cricket #
LBW appeal by Swann turned down by Doctrove #Ashes #cricket #
Doctrove is having nothing whatsoever to do with this appealing nonsense #Ashes #cricket #
@bbctms Check the #Ashes hashtag, lots of people suddenly reporting that TMS commentary has disappeared. Not the shipping forecast either! #
@blissbubbley Amen to that! in reply to blissbubbley #
Monty dives and stops a four! #Ashes #cricket #
Score is 160-1 off 45 overs. Katich 63, Ponting 53. Freddie bowling over the wicket. #Ashes #cricket #
@bbctms Yes, web. Inevitably loads complained it had gone but only a couple said it was back. Have you got a similar off button for Ponting? in reply to bbctms #
Capricious bloody game. How could this morning be so exciting and this afternoon so dull. What about all those newbies promised thrills? #
RT @TheAshesLive WANTED: 1 Australian wicket, left or right handed, will consider exchange for Monty Panesar. #Ashes #
@Aggerscricket The carrier pigeon is a wonderful invention ) in reply to Aggerscricket #
@ajsinkers What happened? Time was, everybody loved him, the BBC sport website made cut out and keep Monty masks. This is so sad. #
England's tactics are clearly to lull the batsmen into a false sense of security before creeping up and tickling them mercilessly. #Ashes #
Hope Monty can take a wicket. That'll represent a turnaround in expectations. #ashes #cricket #
Monty has bowled a maiden over #ashes #cricket #
@neilmukerji That quote is brutal on so many levels… in reply to neilmukerji #
@f1lover75 All we need is a Mark Webber victory at the weekend… in reply to f1lover75 #
@AussieCricket We're just toying with you, mate – just toying with you ) in reply to AussieCricket #
Aussies looking at 200 – one wicket down, 56 overs to get there. #ashes #cricket #
Oh, blimey – Katich gave Eng half a chance there, just half a chance. No wicket, however. Maybe signs he's cracking, however #ashes #cricket #
CMJ didn't half yell at that one.#ashes #cricket #
@aynitshah That would be… very encouraging. Very encouraging indeed. #ashes #cricket #
Bloody @BritishRT just re-Tweeted us automatically because we included the word bloody. Bloody bloody bloody. #
The pitch of the commentators' voices has gone up by about half an octave. Is it getting exciting again? #
@AynitShah Or too much sugar in all those cakes they keep being given… in reply to AynitShah #
Why doesn't KP or Colly come out and have a bowl, to try to upset the batsmens' rhythm a bit? #Ashes #cricket #
KP could make up for putting his head in the way of that ball yesterday. #Ashes #cricket #
@AynitShah Sky? Pff. We're TMS loyalists here ) in reply to AynitShah #
@HubUK Bit early to say that yet! Still plenty of time to be saved by a couple of wickets, or a sudden rainstorm, or Torchwood… in reply to HubUK #
@aynitshah Yup, Ravi B might have a shot – anything to upset them a bit. #Ashes #cricket #
210-1 – a partnership of 150 off 178 balls #Ashes #cricket #
Aggers: "The Barmy Army have decided England need some extra support. " Oh joy. Who needs Catherine Jenkins? #Ashes #cricket #
The chorus of voices calling for Colly, KP or Bopara to bowl is becoming deafening #Ashes #cricket #
Oooh TENSION! #
Was that a run-out? No. #Ashes #cricket #
At least things are happening a bit now. #Ashes #cricket #
@HubUK See – there's always a plan ) in reply to HubUK #
Getting to that surreal point where the commentators are chiefly concerned with things like balloons, chewing gum and falling coffee cups. #
Now they are arguing about the precise colour of KP's sunglasses #
Aus 228-1 in 67th over. Apparently they have Siddle kitted up as a nightwatchman. #Ashes #cricket Eng finished on 435 so 207 behind. #
Aus batsmen both approaching their centuries #Ashes #cricket #
Ponting on 97… now, what would KP do at this point – and how can Ponting be persuaded to try it? #Ashes #cricket #
Katich beats Ponting to his century #Ashes #cricket #
Aus batsmen hug in a very manly fashion #Ashes #cricket #
Aus commentators trying to get their heads around the Shipping forecasts "A bit like that programme, what's it called, The Archers" #
We're delighted to be able to spread culture to the former colonies Having had to put up with a batting masterclass ourselves this avvy #
Ponting's century is up #Ashes #cricket #
See, that's the difference between KP (for all his talent) and Ponting. And therefore between the two teams. #Ashes #cricket #
It's over for the day. 249-1 in 71 overs. Aus would need 186 to beat that and come out on top after the first innings. #Ashes #cricket #
Don't envy the TV editor that has to turn those last two sessions into highlights… #Ashes #cricket #

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