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England Vs Australia 2nd Test

After an excellent innings and 16 run victory against Australia in the first Test, England where on a high and looking to make it 2-0 at the "Home of Cricket"

The Squad
M. Trescothick
M. Atherton
G. Hick
G. Thorpe *
A. Stewart +
M.Vaughan
M. Bulbeck
G. Hamilton
A. Giles
D. Gough
A. Caddick
K. Dean

I decided to play Gavin Hamilton instead of Ashley Giles as the wicket was pace friendly, and the 2nd day on were very cloudy. Gough was injured for the first test but I wanted some pace so I picked him in favour of Jimmy Ormond.

England 1st Innings
I won the toss and elected to bat first as the weather and pitch were going to get worse as the test went on.
 And it proved to be a good decision as Atherton and Trescothick passed the 50 partnership in relatively quick time. They made 67 before Atherton was trapped LBW by Gillespie. Hick came in next as Trescothick passed his 50. But just one run later, Trescothick was bowled by Lee for 51. Hick looked nervous as a lot of balls flew past his bat, the clouds started to gather and seemed to help the Aussie bowlers as Thorpe edged a ball to the slips from the bowling of Shane Warne. Hick went soon after, leaving me at 124-4 with Vaughan and Stewart at the crease. They made a stand of 52 runs, with Stewart smashing the bowlers all over the park, he hit Warne for 6 twice in his innning. but he tried one shot too many against the blonde haired leg spinner, as he went for another big sweep and missed it completely, bowled for 33. Hamilton joined Vaughan at the crease, as they both made light of the Australia attack, giving especially Glenn McGrath the treatment, they made 72 before McGrath got his own back by having Vaughan caught in the slips for 63. Matt Bulbeck was back in the pavilion 2 balls later, bowled by Gillespie. Hamilton soon chipped a simple catch to the slip region off the bowling of Brett Lee, he departed for 42. Darren Gough and Andy Caddick made 20 runs before Gough was bowled LBW by Warne. Caddick and Dean then made an excellent partnership of 46 before the latter was caught by Warne off the bowling of Gillespie.
 England made 334 all out in the first innings

Australia 1st Innings
Only 11 runs where on the board before Hayden was bowled by Dean for 4. Slater added  14 runs with Ricky Ponting before being dismissed by Gough for  14. Steve Waugh came in and made a partnership of 23 with Ponting before he was trapped LBW by Caddick for 12. With Mark Waugh still injured, Damien Martyn came in next. Just a few overs later it started to rain and over an hour was lost. This seemed to be the break the Aussies needed as Ponting and Martyn butcherd the English pace attack. They added a massive 182 before Martyn was caught by Trescothick in the slips off the bowling of Caddick for 108. Ponting continued the onslaught but his partner Gilchrist was bowled by Dean for 11. Warne made 16 from 16 balls  before falling LBW to Caddick. Gillespie scored 3 before being given out LBW off the bowling of Gough. The next ball, Gough ripped out Lee's off stump. Gough was on a hattrick, he raced in facing Glenn McGrath, he bowled a ball that looked like it had pitched on off stump and hit McGrath on the pads. The shout went up but the umpire gave it not out.  McGrath was bowled three overs later by Dean. Bevan was left not out on 146 as Australia scored 381, 47 more than England managed in their 1st innings

England 2nd Innings
England made a good start, Atherton scoring 37 before being dismissed by McGrath. But 4 balls later Hick was bowled for 3 by the Australian pace man. Trescothick was then bowled by Gillespie for 91. I was then offered the light, but refused it as Thorpe and Stewart looked in good shape before the England wicketkeeper was bowled by Lee for 23. I then declared with Thorpe on 74* and Vaughan on 11*, this was after losing another hour due to rain.

Australia 2nd Innings
With only 27 overs to go I needed something spectacular, and boy did I get it. Hayden's bad run continued as he was caught in the slips off the bowling of Gough in the first over. In the next over, Dean trapped Slater LBW for 0. Australia were on the rack at 0-2. Waugh and Ponting steadied the ship and got the score to 32 before Waugh was bowled by Dean. Caddick bowled Bevan for 7 but it was too late as play finished with Ponting on 24* and Martyn on 1*. Australia were 54-4, the match ended in a draw.