da aviator aposta： SYDNEY – Australian cricket vice-captain Adam Gilchrist expects “one hell ofa fight” for the Ashes after England’s emphatic Test victory over Pakistanat Lord’s
Will Swanton21-May-2001SYDNEY – Australian cricket vice-captain Adam Gilchrist expects “one hell ofa fight” for the Ashes after England’s emphatic Test victory over Pakistanat Lord’s.England took 16 wickets on the fourth day – the first was washed out by rain- to humble the Pakistanis for 203 and 179 and win by an innings and nineruns.Gilchrist went to bed last night knowing Pakistan had been forced to followon but he expected the first match on the world Test championship rotationto last another day.He was wrong, with England seamers Darren Gough and man-of-the-match AndyCaddick taking eight wickets apiece to spark a pitch invasion from adelighted Lord’s crowd.”We were getting the feeling over here, even before this, that Englandreally had the wheels in motion and were going to give us one hell of afight,” Gilchrist said when told the result.”Beating a good side like Pakistan in three days is, well, a fantasticeffort whichever way you look at it, and it will give them a lot ofconfidence for the rest of the summer.”It should be a very good, hard competitive series and we’re looking forwardto it.”Victory over two Tests against Pakistan would be England’s fifth series winin a row while Australia, triumphant in the last seven Ashes battles, iscooling its heels after losing 2-1 in the Indian epic.Gough, who took three wickets in four balls either side of lunch, took hisTest tally to 205 and jumped past John Snow (202) into seventh on theall-time English bowling list.Man-of-the-match Caddick moved the ball through the air and off the trackfrom the outset.The result of the battle between Gough and Caddick and Australian pace trioGlenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Brett Lee will go a long way to decidingthe outcome of the Ashes.”Vital,” said Gilchrist.”It’s going to be a matter of who can keep their bowlers fit over what is avery long tour, and then get them peaking at the right times,” Gilchristsaid.”Caddick and Gough can obviously make the most of the conditions over there,but so can our blokes.”Meanwhile, International Cricket Council headquarters at Lord’s will be busythis week.A three-day meeting starting Wednesday will determine whether technologyshould be increased, decreased or maintained, with Asian nations wantingvideo umpires to start ruling on bat-pad catches.The use of lights in Tests – currently dependant on mutual agreement – willbe discussed, as will the possible introduction of a panel of eight eliteumpires to control the game worldwide.Such a panel would most likely consist of Australian Darrell Hair, WestIndians Eddie Nicholls and Steve Bucknor, New Zealander Doug Cowie, SriLankan Asoka de Silva, Indian Srinivasan Venkataraghavan and EnglishmenPeter Willey and David Shepherd.The interim report of the ICC’s anti-corruption unit, headed by formerLondon police chief Sir Paul Condon, will be released on the Internet onWednesday, Australian time.