I lost the progress of my last Ashes campaign, so just started again. Australia bowled out for 213, which is a good effort considering they had about 60 on the board when Haddin and North came to the crease. 92* from 172 balls from Brad Haddin and handy support from the tail, most notably Siddle and Hauritz got them upto 213. I'm currently 8/1 off 4.4 overs. The wicket to fall was Strauss, tried to cut a short wide one from Hilfenhaus but I mis-timed it and hit it straight to Clarke at backward point.
My batting innings is going surprisingly ok. After Strauss's early dismissal, Bopara hit a couple of boundaries before edging behind off Hilfenhaus. Then Pietersen and Cook put on 40odd before Cook was caught at Point, then Pietersen got out mis-timing a straight drive, hitting it straight to North at Mid-Off. Hilfenhaus has 4/46, and I'm 71/4. So not exactly dominating with the bat, but it's a better effort than my last couple of batting innings.