Blogs Ashes 3rd Test, Day 2: Anderson & Onions Swing it for England
August 1st, 2009 by kapoorIt was a James Anderson show according to some folks as he made the Aussie batting line-up crumble after being at a commanding situation wherein they were 125 for the loss of just one wicket. The conditions were typically English, moist and wet to the core, and two typical England bowlers who knew how to utilise them to their advantage — Anderson and Onions, swung the ball beyond conventional expectations. Everybody had been commenting about how Hillfenhaus has been consistently swinging the ball, but it was Anderson who created exaggerated swing this time around and claimed five wickets. Onions was the more controlled of the two bowlers. His four wickets were just as crucial, particularly the two he took in the morning, off two consecutive balls. Anderson looked like a completely different bowler once he started pitching-up the ball and some of his deliveries that came-in towards the batsmen were simply unplayable.
