The Ashes, 4th Test, day 1: Boxing Day

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Australia won the toss and elected to field first (interesting move by Michael Clarke)

England 1st Innings: 6/226 from 89.0 overs
Kevin Pietersen 67*, Michael Carberry 38
Ryan Harris 2-32, Mitchell Johnson 2-59, Shane Watson 1-11
Here's a quick run down regarding the highlights of day 1:

The legend himself, Bill Lawry, was back in the commentary booth ("Oh he's got him"), the MCG saw a record Boxing Day attendance of 91,092 (earlier 90,831 on the scoreboard) fanatics, Shane Watson has managed 50 Tests in an injury burdened career span of 9 years, Brad Haddin took his 50th catch of 2013 (further boosting his Man of the Series prospects), Hugh Jackman was interviewed by Michael Slater and his crew on The Cricket Show, there were a lot of flies at the MCG today, my mates Sylvester and Dan Stapo texted me that they are now deaf after sitting in Bay 15 having endured never ending drunken singing/ chanting, and we dropped Kevin Pietersen twice as England already seem to be in shut down mode, playing for a drawn result. Yes, it was Boxing Day.

Play: Our decision to bowl first was an interesting one. It would seem with the cloud cover and a bit of drizzle about that there would have been a lot in it for our bowlers to rattle England's top order. I am a bat first bloke and it's hard for me to consider the idea of fielding first, unless in England or possibly New Zealand, but it would seem Clarkey didn't make a bad call. If anything we simply lacked some luck today and, for the first time this series, our fielding standards were a bit below the benchmark set to not fully capitalise on the decision.

The main thing I admired today was our bowlers discipline shining through yet again. Ryan Harris has been unlucky this series, and his input has deserved much greater output. Today was a prime example.

Economically he was first class, discipline wise with his line and length he was first class, his subtle swing movement was enough to keep England's top order batsmen stuck on the crease, and his bowling was executed to the plans and fields set by Michael Clarke. It was first class, pure class.

Sadly for Ryano, having claimed Joe Root and later Ian Bell, there was man he should have had - twice. That man was Kevin Pietersen and he is a player currently short on confidence, despite his PR work that all is well. We needed to mow him and our fielding was a bit scrappy out there and not only cost us two golden opportunities, but blundered two brilliant pieces of tactical bowling to try get that one prized wicket. Frustrating!

The first was luring KP in for the hook shot and Nathan Coulter-Nile, who was on for Shane Watson who'd injured his groin, took the outfield catch but made the error an outfielder should never make. He had no idea where the boundary was! So, he took the catch, but had no control over his balance once he realised how close he was to the rope. His momentum was too much and his footing was incorrect to drive his balance forward. In a desperate attempt to throw the ball back in play - partly in panic - he ditched it over his head and into the crowd. It was shattering for us, but imagine poor Nathan. He will have nightmares about it tonight.

The chance went down and fortunately we worked hard to grab two more wickets before stumps as soon as we secured the new ball in the hands of mighty Mitchell Johnson.

There was however another chance that went down, and that was the wicket of KP - round two. He spanked a pull short which flew directly to our man at short mid-wicket. This was George Bailey whose taken his catches and been alert in the field. He blundered the chance and although it was traveling bloody fast, it was a chance that by our standards was one to be claimed. He didn't and KP survived.
I think he then swallowed a fly and threw up on the field, but that may be just pure disgust at how lucky he was today.

All in all I was pleased with our bowlers. When they bowled superb spells they were of the highest quality and England had little room for confident stroke play. If anything they seemed hesitant to play with any natural flair. Nathan Lyon was equally impressive with the grip he was able to get early on in the day. He troubled Michael Carberry in particular with a very, very tight line leaving Carberry minimal room for error. He had a bit of pace to with a consistent delivery of 90km/h which had a few batsmen struggling for smooth footwork. Brad Haddin's keeping was good once again.

Peter Siddle never saw Pietersen play him comfort, just further working in the "bunny" tag. It was entertaining to watch.

Tactically England were in the crapper with their slow run rate.

Sure, it is Test cricket but at their slow scoring rate, the risk they faced was that with the pitch being a bit on the slow side, flattening out as the day progressed, and their top three batsmen in the shed when they did have some passages of opportunity, the new ball when taken would be a handful and if Australia were able to claim another two wickets late in the day, it would make that patient, conservative approach one in vain. And so it happened! They needed to be about 350 runs by stumps with what was on offer, but as soon as Mitch Johnson ripped those last two wickets with the new cherry, it set them further off course and, as a result, should they find themselves a few more down early tomorrow they will have quite easily lost 150 runs from their potential tally.

Verdict: Tomorrow our boys will have worked off Christmas dinner, and they will have clear objectives. I believe England will be hazy with a game plan and they lost the day - even though KP had luck which is a part of this tough game.

Given we have the Ashes now many want a bit more fight from England. Yes, with a Test series against South Africa around the corner I want some pre-tour fight for even more from our players but I also want a 5-0 result here which will help us get closer to the goal to become the number one Test side again.
So come tomorrow I'd like a nice aggressive session, with clear  tactics executed and much better fielding standards from our boys. The only thing I was upset about today was our fielding. We have much better standards, but all in all it was a fairly ordinary day of Test cricket by Boxing Day standards. Still, we were the top side for the day and tomorrow awaits.

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The Ashes, 4th Test, day 2

England 1st Innings: 255 all out from 100 overs overs
Kevin Pietersen 71, Michael Carberry 38
Ryan Harris 2-47, Mitchell Johnson 5-63, Shane Watson 1-11
Australia 1st innings: 9/164 from 73.3 overs
Chris Rogers 61, Brad Haddin 43*
Stuart Broad 3-30, James Anderson 3-50

Plays: Just a quick recap of the action today. I haven't had a highly analytical look at the way each moment played out, but I have seen enough to know our discipline was far from adequate and we saw quality players gift away their wickets.

This Test has definitely been a battle of who can be the most patient of batsmen and work for their runs. As far as I am concerned only Chris Rogers and Brad Haddin have been those worthy of this, and this doesn't hide the fact we are trailing England by 91 runs with just 1 wicket in tact.

Chris Rogers will be livid with himself. I use that word a lot but you could sense it. He threw away another start, having showcased good, quality batting, with patience and caution. His shot to leave the MCG field was a shocker by his standards and he tossed away an opportunity on his home ground to make a massive impression, and of course aid the team.

Having said that, he did what few others batsmen have done this Test, make runs like a Test batsman. I don't include Kevin Pietersen as he was dropped twice playing with an aggressive intent and lacked that spoken of discipline in a confident manner. He was far from confident out there. His dismissal against mighty Mitchell Johnson summed up what is going on his head mind.

So, Chris Rogers did the work but didn't complete the job. He does stand out though as a lonely man on the scorecard, but luckily for us one man has arrived to play his part too.

Brad Haddin has contributed runs once again and done so in a time of need. He's bailed us out a few times this series, as our batting does remain the weaker dynamic of this team. Not weak, just the most inconsistent but way better than where we were a while back. He is still at the crease on 43* and while he used a review successfully to not be given out LBW to Monty Panesar, he looked good from what I have seen. I always admire his shot execution. One of the best in the business. With him at the crease and no doubt not lacking confidence in his batting partner, Nathan Lyon, we could quite possibly minimise that lead.

This optimism doesn't disguise the fact we have thrown away an advantage, something we have not done often this Test. And no, I don't disagree with the toss now as today had nothing to do with that. It was a lack of discipline. David Warner I felt just played the way he does and got out. Some days it won't come off as we'd like. He'll strike back.

Shane Watson needs 1st innings contributions. It's starting to get beyond seriously frustrating - and it's clearly possible. He showcases his skills but it just never quite reaches the heights it should, or comes to the show when things are seriously on the line - in Test cricket that is. His shot was another Watson dismissal at a time where the break was near and maybe a switch went off up top. Real pity for Watto after Perth.

Michael Clarke misjudged a delivery that swung in, something that was reminiscent of the 2005 Ashes series, as pointed out by ESPN Cricinfo's commentary.
George Bailey will, unfortunately, have to feel the pressure now with under performing at the elite level. The media will latch onto him, despite the proud fact we have regained the urn and he was a part of that effort. His shot though was not one a batsman should be showcasing new to the crease, but he was selected on an ODI basis so too an extent I don't see reason to bad mouth him. It is inevitable though he will be given a rough time about it as it was a golden chance for him to step up. It wasn't the first time though the English bowlers have also grinded and worked him over. The selectors will have to consider their options, mostly on the basis of their selection for Georgey.

Other than that, it's going to be some hard work for us to claw back into this one, but a fresh day brings fresh chances and opportunities.

Mitchell Johnson was the man of the day though as he claimed his third 5-fer of the series. He's just been brutal and a good rest saw him return to the MCG and he killed the English tail enders, plus KP. It was just another display of memorable fast bowling, which sees Mitch further gain the ground to stick it to the Barmy Army and the media, who snuffed him. Well done Mitch on another incredible performance. Just brilliant! Hard to write another bit of compliments for the man, as he's doing it game in, game out.

Verdict: After Mitchell's performance it's sad I have to write that England have taken the day with a lead just under 100 and three days play to go. They have confidence issues still so I see plenty of chances for us to still win this match. It was England's day though and our batting was the downfall, dampening the otherwise spectacular effort from Mitchell Johnson.

It was inevitable we would have a bad day at the office and this was it. If anything, it's kind of exciting seeing England ahead of us now as we have a wonderful opportunity to really fight back into this match, despite having the urn. Yep, we got the urn!

Lastly, Piers Morgan...you deserved that barrage of fast bowling served to you by Brett "Binga" Lee! Alastair Cook was probably the man who enjoyed it most.


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