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| England's hopes of salvaging a draw from the first Ashes Test nose-dived when Kevin Pietersen was out in the first over of play in Brisbane. | England's hopes of salvaging a draw from the first Ashes Test nose-dived when Kevin Pietersen was out in the first over of play in Brisbane. |
| Pietersen chipped Brett Lee's fourth ball straight to Damien Martyn at mid-wicket without adding to his 92. | Pietersen chipped Brett Lee's fourth ball straight to Damien Martyn at mid-wicket without adding to his 92. |
| It brought Geraint Jones and Ashley Giles together, the two men chosen by coach Duncan Fletcher for their lower order batting ability. | It brought Geraint Jones and Ashley Giles together, the two men chosen by coach Duncan Fletcher for their lower order batting ability. |
| Giles got off the mark with a single to to take England's total to 300. | Giles got off the mark with a single to to take England's total to 300. |
| LATEST ACTION (all times local to Brisbane - GMT+10) | LATEST ACTION (all times local to Brisbane - GMT+10) |
| By Ben Dirs | By Ben Dirs |
| 1023: The Barmy Army in full voice now, singing that lovely old hymn 'Barmy Army, Barmy Army' over and over and over again. I told you we were hilarious. Just seen Hoggard in the pavilion. He looks like a man getting ready to hitch his fiancee at the alter. Giles plays a wild and windy woosh at the last ball of the over and there's two from it. 321-6 | |
| 1019: McGrath gives Gilo some early chin music and the King of Spain plays it regally down into the floor. Gilo follows up with an airy cut for for four before playing a cocky upper-cut down to the third man fence. He's not mucking about, Gilo, no doubt mindful that England have got three rabbits sniffing about back in the hutch upstairs. 319-6 | |
| 1013: Gilo, accelerating like a 10-tonne barge, gets off the mark with a single, nudging Lee into the covers to bring up England's 300. Big, boomeranging wide down leg by Lee. Jones forces Lee through the covers for two. Punter fields, eschewing the dive, but looking pretty mobile nonetheless. Jones laces a half-bunger through the covers for four before flicking another ropey ball away for four to mid-wicket, all run. 311-6 | |
| 1009: It's as if Pietersen's dismissal never happened - the Barmy Army are still having it in the stands, singing 'we're going to win 4-1'. The Aussies may be better than us at cricket, but we're far funnier. McGrath into the attack, his heel's obviously not that bad. Jones, playing well back in his crease, is almost trapped in front by McGrath. Jones' target will be getting a few runs to justify his selection - he flashes one to the backward point boundary before forcing through the covers for a couple. 299-6 | 1009: It's as if Pietersen's dismissal never happened - the Barmy Army are still having it in the stands, singing 'we're going to win 4-1'. The Aussies may be better than us at cricket, but we're far funnier. McGrath into the attack, his heel's obviously not that bad. Jones, playing well back in his crease, is almost trapped in front by McGrath. Jones' target will be getting a few runs to justify his selection - he flashes one to the backward point boundary before forcing through the covers for a couple. 299-6 |
| 1002: WICKET England 293-6 (Pietersen 92)Pietersen defends the first ball of the day from Lee and Lee takes the new conker second up. Obviously wanted to get a loosener out of the way with the old one. Disaster for England - KP gone, flicking a half-volley on leg-stump straight to Martyn at short mid-wicket. Whoops-a-daisy Martin Haysey, as the Highbury faithful used to sing. Gilo in next and he survives the over. | 1002: WICKET England 293-6 (Pietersen 92)Pietersen defends the first ball of the day from Lee and Lee takes the new conker second up. Obviously wanted to get a loosener out of the way with the old one. Disaster for England - KP gone, flicking a half-volley on leg-stump straight to Martyn at short mid-wicket. Whoops-a-daisy Martin Haysey, as the Highbury faithful used to sing. Gilo in next and he survives the over. |
| 0959: KP and Jones are in the middle. It's virtually an all-England crowd - very few Aussies in, they clearly think it's done and dusted. | 0959: KP and Jones are in the middle. It's virtually an all-England crowd - very few Aussies in, they clearly think it's done and dusted. |
| 0954: Who still thinks we can dig ourselves out of this? Let's all close our eyes for 10 seconds and see if we can muster up the Dunkirk spirit. The Aussies are out - led out by Gilchrist and not Ponting. Punter is still nursing a tweaked back. Poor mite...What the?! my colleagues on TMS have misled me - apologies. Ponting does lead them out after all. | 0954: Who still thinks we can dig ourselves out of this? Let's all close our eyes for 10 seconds and see if we can muster up the Dunkirk spirit. The Aussies are out - led out by Gilchrist and not Ponting. Punter is still nursing a tweaked back. Poor mite...What the?! my colleagues on TMS have misled me - apologies. Ponting does lead them out after all. |
| "Please only raise your voice with wickets or if it gets close. A whole nation is now on its fifth night of broken sleep. The UK's national output is being affected!" Richard Gamble in the TMS inbox | "Please only raise your voice with wickets or if it gets close. A whole nation is now on its fifth night of broken sleep. The UK's national output is being affected!" Richard Gamble in the TMS inbox |
| 0950: News reaches me that McGrath is a genuine doubt for Adelaide and may not take the new ball this morning. Heart-warming news for England. Punter Ponting, however, reckons he'll be there. He's already been spied on the pitch and looks as though he'll field today. | 0950: News reaches me that McGrath is a genuine doubt for Adelaide and may not take the new ball this morning. Heart-warming news for England. Punter Ponting, however, reckons he'll be there. He's already been spied on the pitch and looks as though he'll field today. |
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| "It was good to have England taking it to the Aussies - it shows the rest of the guys in the dressing room that these fellas aren't supermen, they can be tackled. KP has learnt a lot. There awas a time yesterday when I thought the rush of blood was going to come, but he was able to take a couple of deep breaths and pull back a bit. As for Glenn McGrath, I'd be very scared about playing him with a bruised heel in Adelaide." Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell | "It was good to have England taking it to the Aussies - it shows the rest of the guys in the dressing room that these fellas aren't supermen, they can be tackled. KP has learnt a lot. There awas a time yesterday when I thought the rush of blood was going to come, but he was able to take a couple of deep breaths and pull back a bit. As for Glenn McGrath, I'd be very scared about playing him with a bruised heel in Adelaide." Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell |
| 0938: Michael Holding just stuck a whole biro down one of the cracks in the Gabba pitch! No overnight rain though - but just a chance of a storm at some stage. However, the Aussies can take the new ball straightaway this morning, so there will be some hairy moments, you can guarantee that... | 0938: Michael Holding just stuck a whole biro down one of the cracks in the Gabba pitch! No overnight rain though - but just a chance of a storm at some stage. However, the Aussies can take the new ball straightaway this morning, so there will be some hairy moments, you can guarantee that... |
| "Get over the first hour and see off the new ball and England have a chance..." England legend Ian Botham. | "Get over the first hour and see off the new ball and England have a chance..." England legend Ian Botham. |
| 0933: Morning/evening everyone. Well, if Pietersen and Jones manage to save this, they should be knighted and then stuffed and mounted in the Victoria and Albert Museum. | 0933: Morning/evening everyone. Well, if Pietersen and Jones manage to save this, they should be knighted and then stuffed and mounted in the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| Email the BBC Sport website and the TMS team on TMS@bbc.co.uk | Email the BBC Sport website and the TMS team on TMS@bbc.co.uk |