Ashes T1 Day 2 Tea Time: Australia Progress, England Need To Rethink

The post lunch session allowed Australia to feel more robust, especially after the manner in which the England bowlers got away a bit from the Australian bowlers, in the batting department.
From thirty-six for no loss, Australia stuck to their task and capitalized steadily on England bowler’s slight miscues to take the safe road further. By tea time, Australia found themselves on a healthy 142 for one and certainly that would have caused a few concerns in the England dressing room, for Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower.
Phillip Hughes, who made thirty-six from fifty-four balls, perished to Andrew Flintoff with Australia’s score on sixty-one. That may have given the England team a ray of hope but thereafter, two of Australia’s most experienced batsmen on this tour, captain Ricky Ponting and opener Simon Katich, forged an alliance that continued to reduce the pressure on the Australian dressing room, after England posted their first innings of 435.
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff must see more of the aggression and not just from Andrew Flintoff if England are to dent this Australian line up.

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