Posted by admin on Aug 6, 2009

England vs Australia 4th Ashes Test Highlights Day 1

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Watch cricket highlights: England vs Australia 4th Ashes Test, Day 1 from Headingley, Leeds.

Scoreline: Eng 102 all out Prior 37 no | Siddle 5, Stuart Clark 10-4-18-3
Aus 196/4 – Ricky Ponting 78, Shane Watson 51

Too bad Lee not being picked just had to be there to offset the joy of watching Harmison return to international cricket. The brilliance was there in patches, and a pretty decent opening day for him.

Lee eventually was not missed as Clark set things up while Siddle (the man Lee would most likely have replaced) took 5 – about time some wickets were added to the heart-thing that is so often bandied about when Siddle’s being talked about.

Ricky Ponting was booed yet again by sections of the crowd more in defiance to the diktat that booing be stopped than anything else. If that wasn’t the reason, it would rank as one of the silliest things from a cricket crowd cos today (despite the English collapse) was all about Ponting playing somewhere near his best. From a viewing point of view, would have liked the knock to go on and on.

Around a year back, I recall watching an interview with Ponting where he said one of his priorities was changing his body-language which at times he felt came across too aggressive. He seems to have improved that aspect for sure – watch him, despite the heavy boos after his dismissal, acknowledge the sections of the English crowd that were giving him a standing ovation.

Stuart Broad meanwhile bowled his best spell of the series and picked two in the process. So some hope there for England going into Day 2 without Flintoff.

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19 Responses to “England vs Australia 4th Ashes Test Highlights Day 1”

  1. infinity says:

    Excellent! Can’t wait to see the English collapse…

  2. niewodowski says:

    luv streaming

  3. rai says:

    QUICKLY QUICKLY I WANT TO SEE HOW AUSSIE GET ENGLAND IN THE KNEES

  4. Mark Waugh says:

    hahaha I told you Mitch has his bitch..
    and sure enough Mitch got him again..

    “The Bell tolls for thee…. “

  5. CricketFan says:

    Thanks a lot for sharing!

  6. EnglandFan says:

    England you are actually crap haha.
    Bopara needs to come out. Trott in
    Bell needs to drop down to 6

  7. Cakehammer says:

    loving these videos:
    LOL @ Haddin to Broad “Watch your f*ckin’ elbow!”

  8. Wagaman says:

    Why wasn´t Stuart Clarke playing the whole series???

  9. proudfrank says:

    Really appreciate your highlights. Usually listen to commentary on BBC and then watch your site for the wickets.

    Frank in Ohio

  10. nahzatullah mujaddedi says:

    it is very fast and very quality i hope you bring pakistan vs srilank matchs highlitgh also thank you

    Watch Pak vs SL 4th ODI here

  11. Mark Waugh says:

    Great work on the highlights admin… bigup

  12. Gavin says:

    Come on England, that’s the worst day since the Windies series, what timing!!!

    cheers for the vids – awesome as always

  13. Reddy says:

    I want australia to win.. aussie aussie aussie.. oy..oy..oy

  14. AB Devil says:

    Good stuff! I like the swearing Haddin gave Broad! Bring it ON! Come on Australia make it 1-1 and win the last one!

  15. Dylan says:

    thxz for the Highlights admin.

  16. prashanth says:

    thanks for the highlights…….its really great

  17. Zaqie says:

    you and cricinfo are my source of cricket feed…..think ICC shud recognise you as a partner in promoting cricket….i show the highlights to some friends here in florida and they have started to like the game…thanks to you and your team….

  18. marco says:

    cant wait to see what will happen(AUSTRALIA WINS).HA HA ENGLAND SUCK. they will never beat AUSTRALIA,they are too good for England TO BEAT they should go back to pound on WEST INDIES AND I BET(WI)WOULD STILL BEAT THEM.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AUSTRALIA, AND THANK GOD FOR THIS WEBSITE.BYE

  19. vineshnedian says:

    it is very intresting series.i enjoy lot