Ok....here's what needs to happen: England need 292 to win. Simple really. And this is how it should play out....
Early on in the first session will be tough but KP will protect Freddie until he finds his feet. KP will get fed up with being defensive and start lashing the little red fellow all over the ground. He will do this because Gilchrest will have upstaged him and he can't cope with that sort of thing.
This aggression will jog Freddie's memory that before KP turned up that was his role in the side and he will start doing some of the same. Then KP will hole out of a top-edged pull for about 104 and enter the young welsh lad.
Now...if there was ever someone who was due an innings (beside Freddie and the unlucky Strauss) it's Jones. He and Freddie have batted well together many times before. So with the visitors still needing around 150 with just over a session to do it in these two will crack on until Jones goes for 56. Then the young pretender Mahmood will join his captain and whack 30 or 40 off about 25 balls before getting a serious yorker off Lee. By this time we are still around 50 runs light with Freddie in the 90's and up steps Harmy...out for a duck! And now it's Monty...the man of the moment. 7 overs left and Freddie starts heaving Lee and Clarke over Long On and sweeping Warne round the corner. Whilst Monty chips in with a few more of those delicious straight drives....It's tight but we are home with 8 balls to spare and all is forgiven.....
Of course, the alternative is that Freddie is out 2nd ball of the morning and once more KP is stranding after running out of partners...oh! and the Ashes are lost!
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I like it.
For the record - we have been playing for only about half an hour this morning, and the slapping has started!
I really am bloody nervous!
I don't see much protection going on either. In fact I'd say that the only person KP is protecting is himself!!
Flintoff has now caught up with Pietersen and may well beat him to 50! Big six over mid wicket off Brett Lee.
Oh dear - Freddie's out. Too cocky.
Looks like plan B. KP stranded without partners.
4.07am Jones gets a pair.
We only have one option now - we must blast as many runs as we can and see if we get lucky.
Mahmood and Harmison out in quick succession.
Warne moves to 698 wickets.
Good question - why did KP take a single off the first ball of this Warne over?? Not really looking after his lower order, eh?!
He's done it again!!!
Second ball after lunch, Monty bowled by Warne.
Ashes over.
Pathetic.
Flintoff must resign the captaincy.
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