1st Investec Test: England v Australia at Cardiff

100/1. This really is starting to play out like 2009. Australia setting themselves for a very big first innings total.

Nice stat courtesy of David Gower: Jeff Stollmeyer holds the record for most successive scores of 7+ in Test history with 42. This begs the question, which is the more impressive feat, 7 successive scores of 50+ or 42 successive scores of 7+?

Rogers out for 95. Wood gets first Ashes wicket. 180/3.

Really impressed by England this afternoon. Good fields, good, hard-working bowling. Broad much better than his unflattering figures

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Really impressed by England this afternoon. Good fields, good, hard-working bowling. Broad much better than his unflattering figures
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Yes, Broad really put a good shift in. Really worked Rogers over and made him look uncomfortable on a pitch that is slow and flat. 

Clarke and Voges looking comfortable

Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Moeen Ali! Super-bloody-duper.

  England 430  Australia 264/5 (70.0 ov)  Australia trail by 166 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings 

Another engrossing day of cricket. Every Australian batsman got in but England fought hard. The match is delicately poised with Australia on 264/5.

Big, big early wicket from Broad. Watson out lbw for 30. Broad deserved that. He bowled well yesterday without reward. Australia 265/6.