
Shane Warne becomes the first cricketer to take 600 test wickets. Marcus Trescothick will go down in history as the first “600th” test victim. (Photograph courtsey cricinfo) Warne took the wicket at Old Trafford, where he had delivered the “ball of the century” back in 1993 to Mike Gatting.
Aussies will be kicking themselves after play yesterday. They dropped 5 catches, took a wicket of a no-ball, and were generally ragged in the field. They were especially generous to Michael Vaughan, who had 3 lives before he was finally dismissed for 166. A good knock, but it should go down as 4 separate knocks in the same test innings
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The dismissal of Hoggard has given Aussies a slight advantage. New ball, a bit of movement in the morning, McGrath and Lee fresh. If they can get the wickets of Bell and Flintoff quickly, they would be right back in the game. If England see them off, no reason why they cant post a colossal score and bat Aussies out of this test.