Now That Was Real Cricket ; Nip, Tuck and One Crazy Shot Make It a Classic in Cardiff [Edition 3]

Daily MailJuly 09, 2009

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MOVE over Twenty20, the ultimate game is back. What a terrific start to the real business of this summer, what a magnificent, fluctuating day of Test cricket to launch an Ashes series which promises to enthrall us all over the next seven weeks.

It ended with Australia just about on top after a day that ebbed and flowed, with England culpable in slipping to 336 for seven with some poor shots. None was poorer than the ugly, ill-conceived and possibly pivotal sweep that proved the downfall of Kevin Pietersen.

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Now That Was Real Cricket ; Nip, Tuck and One Crazy Shot Make It a Classic in Cardiff [Edition 3]

It had to be Nathan Hauritz. It had to be 'the last Australian spinner standing' who took the wicket that could, in time, go down as one of those key Ashes moments.

He may not even have been playing had Brett Lee been fit but Hauritz claimed the wicket of Pietersen for 69 just when he was threatening to take this first npower Test away from Australia. And...

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