da blaze casino： Given how perilous things looked for England at stumps on day one, they did a remarkable job on the second day to turn things around.They restricted Australia to 492 runs and had managed to reply with 158 runs of their own for the fall of just the
David Wiseman09-Nov-2002Given how perilous things looked for England at stumps on day one, they dida remarkable job on the second day to turn things around.They restricted Australia to 492 runs and had managed to reply with 158 runsof their own for the fall of just the one wicket.Had they continued and posted a score in the vicinity of 400, the fortunesof the game would have swung remarkably their way. Australia would have neededmore time to put the game out of England’s reach and that would have meantless time with which to bowl England out.Unfortunately for England, their batsmen let them down. Paradoxically, theyfailed because their batsmen didn’t. That is, the starts they made werewasted.The Australian scorecard looks a lop-sided one. Two massive scores at thetop, a handy contribution by Warne at the bottom and bits and pieces inbetween.This is opposed to England’s top five all posting handy scores. Handy, asopposed to something big. Not one of the England players could build ontheir innings and allow themselves to capitalise on all the hard work whichthey had done.Australia’s two centuries to one fifty and England’s four fifties to zerocenturies looks like continuing a recent Ashes trend. What separates theAustralian batsman from their English counterparts is that more often thatnot, at least one of the Australians is going to make a score of note.From the 1986 series to the start of this one, the statistics crucifyEngland. They have made 28 hundreds to 104 fifties. A ratio of about 27%.Australia have 57 centuries to their 101 fifties. A ratio of 56%The series in 1993, in particular, was a disaster for England. They could only manage three figures on three occasions and posted 22 fifties. Michael Atherton being the main culprit making six half-centuries without a single ton.Australia’s dominance in the last three Ashes series, is evident intheir high century to half century ratio; 24 hundreds to 28 fifties.England’s top-order will have their work cut out for them in the secondinnings on a breaking up wicket for which they can thank their captain, butthey will have a chance to redeem themselves. However, the failure of atleast one of them to score a century will see them 1-0 down as they headto Adelaide.