Sport 08-11-2002 The Ashes: England Rally After Day of Horrors who: England cricket team what: Show quality and determination on day two of first Ashes Test where: The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia when: Today snippet: "England have fought back on day two of the First Ashes Test against Australia at The Gabba in Brisbane as bowlers Ashley Giles and Andrew Caddick struck in the most emphatic style," reports ITV news online this morning. "Marcus Trescothick (63 not out) then led the tourists` reply with the bat, forging an impressive unbeaten second-wicket stand with Mark Butcher (51 not out)." After a disasterous first day in which England won the toss but invited their hosts to bat, Australia were 364-2 at close of play. They are now all out for 492. England`s bowlers took eight wickets for 128 runs today before notching up a pleasantly surprising 158-1 in their own first inning. Day one was "even by England standards, a day of ritual humiliation," says The Guardian`s Mike Selvey, not least because of the "grievous injury" to 23-year-old Glamorgan fast bowler Simon Jones`s knee which is likely to punch a six-month hole in his cricketing career. The Telegraph`s David Pringle harks back to a time when such a poor England performance would have been enough "for a captain to summon his faithful hound, light a last cigarette and load a single bullet into the revolver." [... more]

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