The Ashes 5th test

[Adster]

well England cruising atm at 0 for 56 it looks like its the end of the line for Australian cricket its time to bring in some new youth into the team

yep finally after the past 12 years we have been invincible at cricket now finally england have taken the charge

[Barbarossa]

Say goodbye to those Ashes... ;)

[manker]

79-0 now.

However, Warne is on and he is looking in greeat form. Adster, can't believe how defeatist you are. There is still a looooong way to go and a few quick wickets, as always, will change the whole complexion of the game.

The toss this morning was a good one to win :D

[manker]

Trescothinck has gone - to Warne. What did I tell you :dry:

Thread jinx strikes again.

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[manker]

Vaughan looks in good nick :happy: :jinx:

[Adster]

LOL

nah my dad is the curse soon as he came in the door he said england doing good??? i said yep then warne took the wicket

[Adster]

dumb shot vaughn

he comes Bell who sux might make 10

[manker]

Can't believe we've lost two wickets after that brilliant start!

[Adster]

Bell will not last long

[manker]

Bell is out.

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[Adster]

told ya bell sux

[Barbarossa]

ffs! :angry: what a waste of space...

[manker]

told ya bell suxYup, and I told you Warne is good.

The competition for stating the bleeding obvious is gathering momentum in this thread :D

[Adster]

Peterson smashing it around

now they have 2 south African batsman in there together :P

Tait has a lot to learn about line and length

[manker]

Strauss isn't S. African :lookaroun

[Adster]

you sure???

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/ashes2005/story/0,15993,1526834,00.html

The Ashes 2005

Andrew Strauss

Team: Middlesex
Age: 28
Born: Johannesburg, SA
Test caps: 14
Debut: v NZ, Lord's, 2004

and Strouss is SOOOOO S african name

[Barbarossa]

and Strauss is SOOOOO S african name


He could have been Austrian... :snooty:

[manker]

and Strauss is SOOOOO S african nameYup, just rodding, mate :P

[Adster]

mayeb england need to bring back teh champion John Crawley to replace ian Bell :P

[manker]

Just think, Thorpe might have played all 5 tests instead of Bell. Selection for the first test between the pair (and Pietersen) was touch and go but now Thorpe's retired.

With hindsight, having Thorpe in the side would have been so much better but it looks like we're stuck with Bell now :(

[Adster]

id be goign with collingwood there at 4 and Jones when he comes back form injury

[Adster]

and that fuckwit warne england cant play him

[manker]

England are in trouble. This is a good batting track and Warne is hammering them on the first day. The pitch can only deteriorate.

Normally I would say that one player can't win the match on his own ... but Warne probably can :ermm:

[Adster]

one thing england need to learn is to play warne then they might win a ashes have to wait till he retires I guess

the guy can play til 60 and still take wickets like this

[manker]

Nobody in the world can consistently play Shane Warne. Brian Lara can ... sometimes - but even he gets confused. How the fuck are the whole England team supposed to learn it.

The reason we're 2-1 up is because the rest of the Aussie team have been consistently worse than England. Warne apart, England completely pwn this Aussie team.

[manker]

The problem England are going to have in this match is that there is nothing in this pitch for the seamers - and Giles isn't going to cause many problems.

I've not seen Lee or McGrath swing it so the England fast bowlers are going to have to rely on pace and bounce. That renders Hoggard and Colllingwood pretty much ineffective so a lot will depend on Flintoff but especially Harmison, who hasn't really played at all well this summer.

I can see Australia piling up a big total in their first innings, we need at least 350 to be competitive and at 145-4 - that's looking improbable.

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[manker]

Channel 4 just switched their converage to horse racing, for the meeting in Doncaster.

Fucking horse racing!!! :@ :@

[Adster]

dunno we said the same thing in the last test it had no swing and look what Hoggard and jones did when australia came out to bat!! they got it to swing

[manker]

Maybe the showers forecast for tomorrow and Saturday will help the conditions for the seamers so Hoggard, at least, will be able to get some swing. I can't see Collingwood bowling more than 8 overs per innings anyhow.

Flintoff and Harmison may prefer for the pitch to remain bone dry, so it's swings and roundabouts.

[Adster]

warne shoulder problems and Mcgrath doesn't look fit

[manker]

213-4 at tea.

Pretty good considering the damage Warne inflicted during the middle period. The Aussie seamers look benign, Warne looked a bit tired and was replaced with Katich (Katich!!).

Strauss and Flintoff are lucky Australia don't have another world class bowler who is match fit.

[Adster]

Tait has a lot to learn and Lee well hes inconsitant as usual looks hot one game cold the next

[Barbarossa]

Thank goodness for Flintoff! :01:

[DanB]

All went a bit tits up by the time i got to the pub, 300 odd for 7

[Adster]

that a pretty good score 7 for 319 at stumps see what happens tomorrow

[manker]

Not a bad score but it could have been so much more if Flintoff hadn't got himself out and Strauss decided to stop playing any shots an hour and a half before stumps. He was playing too defensively.

Btw, loadsa reverse swing late on, even for a pish bowler like Tait. Can't wait til Flintoff gets a hold of the old ball - plus it's likely to be overcast today :naughty:

[manker]

377 all out.

Guess I'd have settled for that at the start of play. Now to see how teh Aussies do.

They'll need at least 500 (prolly 550) if they're to win the game.

[manker]

30-0.

Nothing really to report but me swallowing a hook, the line, the float, the entire rod and half of Barbie's arm was on the top of the SportsWorld pile.

:D

[manker]

45-0 Australia.

Hayden is playing like a geptarded spasmoid.

[Barbarossa]

Any danger of us getting a wicket any time soon? :huh:

[manker]

Duno, the fecking horse racing is on now :@

[Adster]

fucking boring right now its taken hayden 2 hours to ge 13 runs Ive got teh Flu bad and a ad virus think i wont be up til 3am

[Adster]

btw what is a geptarted spasmoid lmao

[manker]

btw what is a geptarted spasmoid lmaoI think I saw one once on teh Discovery Channel. Matthew Hayden batting against the painfully slow Collingwood reminded me a bit of it :ermm:


I have to do a bit of work now, doesn't look like I'll be missing much.

We could do with a wicket, tho'.

[Barbarossa]

Tea. Still no wickets. Bah!

[Adster]

play stopped for bad light

[Barbarossa]

I'm very surprised they took it? :huh:

[Adster]

they will make up for lost time anyway

and Aust just need 500 runs and bowl england out cheaply (well warne bowl them out anyway) then chase a modest 100 to win the game

thats the onyl way Aust can win this game

if Hayden stays in hes wasting time out there England better off keeping him in and not getting him out

[manker]

This is stupid, Australia should be out there batting - it's not that dark. When England were on top of the Aussie bowling, they were batting in teh rain.

Australia = scardy cats.

[Barbarossa]

There's some great quotes from Phil Tufnell on the BBC website! :D



If I was an Englishman, I wouldn't mind sitting on the balcony and watching the rain come down. I can't understand why the Aussies aren't out there. England will quite happily sit around for the next three days.




Wimbledon's not my part of town - they never used to let me in...




If we used sub fielders as much in my day, it would have been beautiful. I would have had time for a couple of fags, a quick shower...lovely.


:lol: :lol:

[manker]

Phil Tufnell = quality :D

[Adster]

lmao Phill Tuffnell greatest ever batsman and Fielder ever

[manker]

At last, a wicket :dry:

Langer out, playing on, for 105. Australia 185-1.

[manker]

Back orf 'cos it's raining.

[Adster]

stupid rainy country

[manker]

You weren't saying that three weeks ago :P

[Adster]

yeah yeah :P

I think really there goes our ashes and really we don't deserve it anyway England have outplayed us

[manker]

It's good of you to say but I can still see Australia winning this test if just one of the pace men can back up Warne in England's second innings. If Lee bowls like he did in England's second innings at Trent Bridge, or McGrath gets anwhere near his best then our batsmen will shit themselves.

The forecast for Sunday and Monday is pretty much unbroken sunshine so there is a good chance even if it rains til after tea.

[manker]

Play has resumed.

Of course, S4C are still showing horse racing :@

[Rat Faced]

Mae rhaglen rygbi byw S4C, Y Clwb Rygbi, yn ôl gyda thymor newydd o'r Cynghrair Celtaidd gyda'r pedwar rhanbarth Cymreig yn brwydro gyda saith tîm rhanbarthol Celtaidd arall yn ail flwyddyn y bencampwriaeth.

Bydd Y Clwb Rygbi, a noddir gan Gwmni Adeiladu y Principality, yn cael ei darlledu ar brynhawn Sadwrn am 5:10pm.


Translation: The rugby starts at 5.10pm

[Adster]

just watched Andrew johns play for Warrington and single handedly tear apart Leeds in League game (not Rugby Rugby League the real game)

anyway heres whats gonna happen

Aust will get a lead of 200

warne will take 8 wickets and england will choke and cock this one up and the ashes and the media down here will love it

play warne england will win

[manker]

warne will take 8 wickets and england will choke and cock this one up and the ashes and the media down here will love it:fear:

That is entirely possible.

/me does rain dance

[Adster]

yeah lol i bet a lot of English are fearing warne right not

the ashes goes down to England's 2nd innings if they decide to defend warne well.... thats trouble they should play there natural game

England are really missing Simon Jones

[manker]

England are really missing the Aussies batting like Phil Tufnell too :lol:

Richie Benaud is retiring from broadcasting at the end of this series and he said that this is the best test match series that he's ever watched. When he says something like that, you have to take notice.

I've definitely never enjoyed watching teh cricket so much.

[manker]

Hayden is out, maybe a good thing for teh Aussies so far as the scoring rate is concerned.

Maybe they should promote Gilchrist up the order.

[manker]

Hrm, it was that run-machine Martyn that was out, not Hayden.

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[Adster]

hayden katich gone now too

[Adster]

I thought Gilly was ready for somthing big but out gain last over before lunch

[manker]

Gilchrist has been shocking this whole tour.

Btw, Hayden faced over 300 balls for his score - that has to be his slowest century ever!

[manker]

Australia 357-7 -- still 14 behind.

Clarke has gone now. He'd already been dropped twice so it was about time.

Wonder if we'll see yet another great rearguard action by teh Aussies.

Prolly will.

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[manker]

Australia's best batsman out for a duck :lol:

Australia 363-8.

[Adster]

absulute brillant bowling by Flintoff

hehe Mcgrath premoted to number 10!!

[Adster]

Flintoff wife is fucking hot

[Adster]

tait is a great commedy batmans to watch

[Adster]

all out aust loose 7 44 today

[manker]

Lee is going to be a handful if he can get it to swing, so are Tait and McGrath.

I'm not even going to mention Warne :fear:


After yesterday, I never thought we'd have a first innings lead.

[DanB]

:01:

[Adster]

maybe England got us out to quick??? now you have to bat longer???

BTW yeah Hayden used to be a very boring player when he first came in was always playing the anker role then changed

ohh and Aust lost 9/90 i wonder if McGrath Lee Tait and well of cause warne can do the same pressure is on!

[manker]

maybe England got us out to quick??? now you have to bat longer???Maybe the plan is for us to use the rest of today like a one-day game and pile up 300+ quick runs, then try to bowl you out tomorrow to win the series 3-1 :unsure: :01:

Nah, the fact you don't have a lead is in England's favour. Basically, whatever we do - you have to do better and you may not have time to do so.

I think bowling you out early is a good thing for England - altho' Shane Warne said this morning that he would have declared overnight :crazy:

[manker]

The umpires are testing the light now.

[Adster]

that would have been interesting declare overnite then get england in bowl them out quick then chase the runs.... never thought of that

[manker]

Didn't offer it to the batsmen. I bet Ponting will bring himself and Warne on to bowl soon, to make sure the light doesn't get offered.

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[Adster]

maybe they will after tea its geting pretty dark

[Adster]

LOL warne on with the new ball already

[Adster]

like I said 8 wickets to warne

[DanB]

oops

[manker]

It's not fair, Warne is too good.

[Adster]

strouss is warne new Daryl Cullian

[DanB]

strouss is warne new Daryl Cullian


:unsure:

[Adster]

It's not fair, Warne is too good.


its a worry though there where relying on a spinner with teh new ball when he retires well.... then where in big poop

it is probaly going to be his last england ashes tour unless he plays til his 40

[Adster]

strouss is warne new Daryl Cullian


:unsure:


Daryl Cullian was a south African Batman's who couldn't play warne warnes bunnie rabbit some might say particularly the flipper he couldnt play

he now has Strouss out I think 6 times this series

I can feel butterflies in englands stomache now

[manker]

Off for bad light :01:

[Adster]

fuckety fuck fuck

ohh well we got lucky in test 3 with rain

[manker]

:unsure:


Daryl Cullian was a south African Batman's who couldn't play warne warnes bunnie rabbit some might say particularly the flipper he couldnt play

he now has Strouss out I think 6 times this series

I can feel butterflies in englands stomache nowHe's just scored a century with more than half his runs coming from Warne's bowling :blink:

[manker]

It's not fair, Warne is too good.


its a worry though there where relying on a spinner with teh new ball when he retires well.... then where in big poop

it is probaly going to be his last england ashes tour unless he plays til his 40Yeah, he said that this is definitely his last Ashes tour.

Australia will be well fucked when he retires altogether, altho' McGill is pretty useful and only 31 or 32.

[Adster]

Daryl Cullian was a south African Batman's who couldn't play warne warnes bunnie rabbit some might say particularly the flipper he couldnt play

he now has Strouss out I think 6 times this series

I can feel butterflies in englands stomache nowHe's just scored a century with more than half his runs coming from Warne's bowling :blink:

ohh yeah true I guess Cullian did suck against warne

I guess just Co insadence that he has Strouss out 6 times

where Cullian well was lucky to make double figures

[manker]

He's just scored a century with more than half his runs coming from Warne's bowling :blink:

ohh yeah true I guess Cullian did suck against warne

I guess just Co insadence that he has Strouss out 6 times

where Cullian well was lucky to make double figures
Yeah, it's a bit different. Strauss is averaging about 40 in this series.

[manker]

After the stoppage for bad light, the Aussies have just come back onto the field - all of them wearing sunglasses :lol: :lol:

[DanB]

:lol:

[Adster]

Obviously pretty bright out there, everyone in sunnies that was funny

[manker]

Off again for bad light :01:

[manker]

Covers are on the pitch now, I think that means the day's play is at an end.

[JPaul]

My favourite bit was when the fans were cheering, when the players went off for bad light.

They paid a squillion quid each for a ticket and hoped not to see any play.

Fan diddly tastic.

[manker]

My favourite bit was when the fans were cheering, when the players went off for bad light.

They paid a squillion quid each for a ticket and hoped not to see any play.

Fan diddly tastic.Great stuff.

Same with me, with my newly chained fancy-dan signal booster array meaning I could at last see the ball, I was equally pleased not to see any cricket being played.

Does seem a bit mental :lookaroun

[JPaul]

Mad dogs and Englishmen .... and so forth.

Are you a mad dog, at all.

[Adster]

My favourite bit was when the fans were cheering, when the players went off for bad light.

They paid a squillion quid each for a ticket and hoped not to see any play.

Fan diddly tastic.


LOL yeah that was funny they were yelling off off off then cheered i loved how they cheered the coin toss too

[manker]

My favourite bit was when the fans were cheering, when the players went off for bad light.

They paid a squillion quid each for a ticket and hoped not to see any play.

Fan diddly tastic.


LOL yeah that was funny they were yelling off off off then cheered i loved how they cheered the coin toss tooI fancy they'll be cheering a fair bit tomorrow too :P

[Adster]

unless warne takes 8 wickets in 1 and half sessions and aust get 150 in last session to win by miracle yes

[manker]

I knew we'd make it difficult. 100-3 at the minute.

I reckon we need to bat til at least 4 O'Clock to make it safe. That's gonna be tricky 'cos Warne is turning the ball two and a half feet on occasion :o

Oooh, as I typed that, Pietersen hit a magnificent six.

[Adster]

surpise surpirse england choking

[Cheese]

unless warne takes 8 wickets in 1 and half sessions and aust get 150 in last session to win by miracle yes


surpise surpirse england choking

:blink:

[Adster]

im not far fucking off am I?? lol

[manker]

Still can't believe Flintoff is out. If Petersen gets a substantial (70+) score here. He'll be a hero forever.

[manker]

im not far fucking off am I?? lolIf England did choke and it lost them the game, it would be a shock. I don't think they've done that for years.

Pietersen just hit another six :01:

[manker]

Fucking hell!!1 Pietersen is going nuts.

I have no idea what he thinks he's doing but he's hitting Brett Lee out of the ground!

Great to watch - sixteen off that last over :o

[Adster]

damm this pieterson is good to watch

[manker]

He is absolutely awesome. He isn't as talented as Flintoff but he's equally powerful and makes for just as good viewing.

Btw, Bell got a golden duck. His confidence has to be shot to bits.

[manker]

What are they talking about - it's not out :fear:

[Adster]

woah that was close i think he got it right though hit the ground

[manker]

woah that was close i think he got it right though hit the groundBilly Bowden gave the decision from square leg, good on him :01:


Collingwood is doing okay at the moment. So long as Pietersen is still in, he doesn't have to play any shots.

[manker]

Collingwood is doing okay at the moment.:pinch:

[Cheese]

Collingwood is doing okay at the moment.:pinch:

The Kevin Keegan Kiss of Death...:pinch:

[manker]

Prolly gonna jinx it but I cannot see why Ponting has brought Tait on after McGrath and Warne had tied Pietersen down for around 6 or 7 overs. He's going to release the pressure they both built up.

As I type, Pietersen has just hit 2 consecutive boundaries.

[manker]

:pinch:

The Kevin Keegan Kiss of Death...:pinch:
:lol:

I'd love it if we beat them ... love it.

[manker]

FFS. Tait just clean bowled Jones :pinch: :pinch: :pinch: :pinch: :pinch: :pinch: :pinch: :pinch:

I'll just stfu from now on.

[Barbarossa]

Fuck's sake man, will you never learn?? :lol: :lol:

[manker]

Fuck's sake man, will you never learn?? :lol: :lol:I might just restrict myself to posting smilies til stumps.

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[Adster]

I think Bell has p,layed his last test for England for some time too

[manker]

Pietersen century. Absolutely fantastic.

[Adster]

good to see Pieterson got his 100 and yeah i think its all over not cant see aust getting 250 in in the last session at all

[manker]

I'm not tempting fate again :P

Warne's got his ten wickets this match already - he couldn't have done much more.

[manker]

47 overs left today, btw.

[Barbarossa]

Warne's been a class performer all summer. I could almost feel sorry for him.. :P

[manker]

I would say, no matter what the result today, that Warne is the player of the series.

Flintoff has been magnificent but Warne just edges it, imo.

[manker]

I think Bell has p,layed his last test for England for some time tooThis (http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4213208.stm) would seem to suggest so.

Altho' I think he'll tour Pakistan, but not be first choice. He's only young and the selectors will want to keep faith with him for a while longer.

A first test series against Australia is a pretty harsh way to judge a player.

[Adster]

its now past midnight I just turned 24 :(

[Barbarossa]

its now past midnight I just turned 24 :(

Happy birthday! :lol: :hbd:

Normally, you could expect to receive a present, not have to give one away... :P

[manker]

its now past midnight I just turned 24 :(You might yet get a cricketing birthday present :shifty:


Happy birthday anyhow, matey.

[Adster]

who knows england might even win this game if Aust go out blasting and loose wickets lol

[manker]

who knows england might even win this game if Aust go out blasting and loose wickets lolCan't see Australia bowling us out atm, they seem really lacklustre since the tea-break.

Pietersen just hit Warne back over his head for his 6th six - and then did it again for his 12th four :01:

[manker]

What do you reckon?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4237746.stm

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[DanB]

Cry Aussies cry :01:

[whypikonme]

England have won, Australia won't even bother batting again, even if they do bowl England out.

[manker]

Pietersen out for 158. He made absolutely sure that England won the Ashes for today.

What an awesome display of batting.

[DanB]

for sure :01:

[DanB]

50 for Ashley Giles :D

[manker]

50 for Ashley Giles :DQuality :01:

The commentators haven't said but I'm sure that's his maiden test 50.

[manker]

Warne takes six wickets in this innings too, as England are bowled out for 335.

40 wickets in the series, plus his batting was terrific.

What a player.

[Peerzy]

Did we win yet :unsure:

[manker]

Did we win yet :unsure:
:01: :01: :01: :01: :01: :01: :01:

[Cheese]

Well done England. Bad luck Australia. Happy birthday Adster.

[JPaul]

Fantastic series, well done to both teams.

Congrats to England, it's surprising how many chaps in Scotland were supporting them.

Fuck, it's surprising how many knew the test was on, never mind cared about it.

Awesome.

[missie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/missie77/42.jpg :01:

[Adster]

congrats English you have waited 16 years for this you deserved the win teh better team

just wait 15 months now when you come here hehehe

[Adster]

shit warne turned 36 today same day as my birthday amazing!!

and there all saying here in the media arrogance and age cost aust

[whypikonme]

Fantastic series, well done to both teams.

Congrats to England, it's surprising how many chaps in Scotland were supporting them.

Fuck, it's surprising how many knew the test was on, never mind cared about it.

Awesome.

Isn't it Scotland too, and Wales? l remember when England were called MCC.

[manker]

Fantastic series, well done to both teams.

Congrats to England, it's surprising how many chaps in Scotland were supporting them.

Fuck, it's surprising how many knew the test was on, never mind cared about it.

Awesome.

Isn't it Scotland too, and Wales? l remember when England were called MCC.Not Scotland, just Wales & England.

The regulatory body is the England and Wales Cricket Board.

It's a mistake made by many fair weather fans.

[Barbarossa]

Did Pieterson nearly fall down the steps last night? That would have been funny... :D

[manker]

I felt like putting a sign out saying 'The caravan's in for repairs' - responding to repeated taunts of
Where's your caravan?

What could they mean :huh:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40793000/jpg/_40793046_gillespie203.jpg
Gillespie.

[manker]

I've been following Justin Langer's Diary on the BBC website this summer. I don't know if he gets it edited but his words always flow well - a good read. Simon Jones writes one too but he's not quite so eloquent.

No matter what te circumstances, Langer always wrote his thoughts shortly after the day's play had ended.

However, the git hasn't updated it since Sunday :dry:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4225692.stm