What a Thriling game Cricket

[Adster]

Australia and England Tie!!! I went to bed with teh poms at 5 for 33

they have something now they didn't before and thats fight!!

england needed 3 from 1 ball and could only get 2

[peat moss]

Your kidding right ? Like watching paint dry . But I do like the way they pitch the ball .

[Adster]

i find watchign basketball is liek watchig paint dry .... sure throw a ball throw it in teh hoop thats thrilling

yeh where all different

[manker]

I watched the whole England innings, I was in work for teh Aussies batting. It was brilliant!

By the end of the match, my missus had stopped shopping for clothes on the interweb (:ohmy:) and was sat beside me on the settee, waiting to see if we could do it!

She did advise that it was a bit unfair, with there being "only two of our team against all those Australians" but she seemed fairly enthralled.

Can't wait for the test series :D

[Adster]

yep test series i can't wait for either!

[JPaul]

i find watchign basketball is liek watchig paint dry .... sure throw a ball throw it in teh hoop thats thrilling

yeh where all different
That's understating it a wee bit.

There's catching a ball as well.

[manker]

England have dropped Thorpe and included Pieterson for the first test which starts next Thursday.

This worries me slightly altho' I cannot wait to see how he bats in a test match scenario. His patient approach regarding settling himself in the one-dayers suggests to me that he can play test cricket but the selectors really have thrown him in at the deep end.

If he succeeds, it will spell the end of Graham Thorpe's test career. Ending with an average of circa 45 is something he can be proud of. Boycott was probably the last England player to retire with an average superior to this.

I just made that up but I can't think of anyone else who did better :unsure:

[Adster]

Peterson i wonder if he can handle test crciket

I stil think aust will win 4 1 there unbeatable in test cricket

[maebach]

i still think india is the best. :)

[Adster]

i still think India is the best. :)


Australia already went over there and flogged them easy in India which they hadn't done in over 30 years!!!

that last test where aust had to get 97 ??? and were bold out for 92 hahaha last test I think aust has lost and probably the only test they have lost in the past 5 years

India do have some great batsman but there bowlers just suck its their weakness

[manker]

First Test today :01:

Unfortunately for England, Australia won the toss on a glorious day and have decided to bat. The Lords pitch is reknowned for being lifeless for the first couple of days and then offering more to the bowlers subsequently.

Australia are currently 49 for 1.

I'm off home at three to watch the last session :D

[manker]

Now Australia are 73 for 4!!!1



Feck's sake. What a morning's cricket I'm missing :(

[manker]

The Welsh Boy has just taken another Wicket!

87 for 5.

[manker]

178 for 8

Down to the tail now, the middle order proved a bit more tricky to remove. Don't know what's happened with the pitch - I can't believe, altho' I want to, that England's attack have pulverised the Aussie batsmen. I'd guess that there must be something in it for the bowlers, which is tres unusual for Lords on a blazing hot summer's day.

I guess we will know when Trescothick and Strauss walk out there and start batting. Hopefully for the Afternoon session :w00t:

[manker]

Australia all out for 190 :01:

Steven Harmison took a fivefor (5-43).

An excellent effort all round, well done chaps. Can't wait to see the England batting later!

[Busyman]

i find watchign basketball is liek watchig paint dry .... sure throw a ball throw it in teh hoop thats thrilling

yeh where all different
True but basketball is better. :P

Cricket is like baseball to me...just with a "can't miss bat" and no diamond.

I imagine it's fun to play though. I like all sports to a degree whether it's as a spectator or actually participating.

For most it's what you grew up with.

[Barbarossa]

England now 25 for 5.

Fucking wasters! :angry:

[DanB]

No really? fuck, we're collapsing too :(

[manker]

Brillant day's cricket yesterday. McGrath bowled superbly for the Aussies, as did Lee toward the end.

Since my prediction about a flat, even Lords pitch and lots of runs was so successful yesterday, I'll make another:

Today England will get bowled out for circa 120 and Australia will make something like 330 in their next innings. England will fare better in their next innings with someone, prolly Strauss, making a century but will end up as plucky losers early on in the fourth day.

[Barbarossa]

England all out for 155. Which under the circumstances is pretty respectable!!

Great last wicket stand of 33 by Harmison and Jones. :)

[manker]

Early wicket for teh Ingerland, Justin Langer run out by a direct hit from Pieterson.

Australia 18-1.

[Barbarossa]

From the BBC Live Update site:


1416: The action resumes with Harmison relieving Flintoff..

:blink: :naughty:

[manker]

From the BBC Live Update site:


1416: The action resumes with Harmison relieving Flintoff..

:blink: :naughty:Hoi! Barbie!

Stop looking at men's bums and concentrate on teh cricket :D

===

England need at least a couple of wickets before tea if they're going to have a chance in this game.

Harmisons due a few and he's just been brought back to the attack. I think captain Michael Vaughan has just pulled the ineffectual Hoggard off.

Maybe that will invigorate him :lookaroun

[manker]

177-3.

According to the commentators, the pitch has evened out and the bounce is far more regular. So no more freak balls like the ones that got Vaughan and Flintoff out yesterday.

Bad news for England :(

[lynx]

This is going far to close to your prediction, I reckon you've seen it before.

Channel4=repeats. :blink:

[sArA]

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[Adster]

same old story for england big hype and forget how to bad this game is all over england in the 2nd innings will be bowled out for 132

im still on my holiday away watched a bit on TV

[manker]

same old story for england big hype and forget how to bad this game is all over england in the 2nd innings will be bowled out for 132Did you type that with your feet.

There's not that much between the teams. Watch a bit more ;)

England 15 for no wicket. I still say Strauss is due a big score, hopefully we'll make a game of it.

Pietersen was in the papers today saying he firmly believes England can still win it.


I don't share that idea but his enthusiasm is infectious :D

[crazikid]

Go Australia!

[crazikid]

wat a catch. 1 for 80 Brett lee magic!

[manker]

England are 156-5 at stumps http://moderation.invisionzone.com/style_emoticons/default/dabs.gif

[Adster]

come on you should know by now i type with boxing gloves!!!

its australia that do the little things right when there in trouble someone always gets them out of it

[manker]

:lol:

I know, I was on a grammar spree yesterday :D



It's pissing down today so we might get a bit of a repreive wrt teh cricket. Warne was awesome yesterday. We were fine til he came on.

[Adster]

man you got a fine batsman there in Peterson hes great to watch

[Biggles]

A rather damp squib end to the game (4 ducks :ohmy: )

Perhaps it was unwise to suggest that McGrath is past it.

[manker]

Can't believe that the batting has let us down.

I thought maybe the bowling would be pretty ordinary if Harmison wasn't on form but never thought every batsman, except a debutant, would fail twice :dry:



Still, it was exciting for a time and I'm definitely looking forward to the next test :D

[Adster]

lmao I went to bed thinking it was a washout got back and seen all those ducks at the end

maybe just one day team will learn to bat against australia its ok Manker normally teams are lucky to get 200 against us

[manker]

Vaughan scored almost that many on his own against you lot last time. It was our bowlers that were shite in the last Ashes series. I didn't think that England would struggle for runs.

Looks like it's the other way around this time but perhaps the batsmen are still in one-day mode. Teh Aussies too, the run-rate was ridiculously high for a test.

[Adster]

Australia always score runs that fast in tests pretty much against everyteam they get about 350 to 380 in a day!!

yeah your right Vaughn was getting lots of runs back then maybe that was just a bad wicket?? Vaughn is out of form since he became captaion

at least Peterson is a good thing for you he came up good

[manker]

Second Test at Edgbaston :01:

England 132-1 at lunch :01:

Glenn McGrath got injured in the warm up :01:

Okay, that last one is a bit harsh but I think England need all the help they can get, teh Aussies have seemed really confident all week and their bowlers had done well in the warm up matches.

Trescothick badly needs a century now (77 no) he is such a confidence player and this could set him up for the whole series. Or at least until McGrath gets un-inured :ermm:

Having said that, on paper Vaughan (1 no) prolly needs a big score more then Tresco but the England Captain is much more mentally resiliant.

[manker]

Now England are at 187 for 4.

http://moderation.invisionzone.com/style_emoticons/default/dabs.gif

Poor shot selection and batsmen too eager to score - quelle surprise.

[whypikonme]

On my TV they're 257\4.

[manker]

On my TV they're 257\5.Your TV is fecked.

It's currently 255-4.

Pietersen and Flintoff are batting :w00t:

Ah, I just seen your edit.

Another six has just been hit :01:

[manker]

Wow, 289 for 4 at tea.

Pietersen and Flintoff took the Aussie bowlers apart.

[DanB]

we are kicking teh arse or so i hear :D

[Adster]

you got 407 just means aust will get 500+ its a easy wicket

if nto aust will need to fidn life after Mcgrath

[manker]

With McGrath out of the equation this is how it is:

Aussie Batsmen > England Batsmen.

England Bowlers > Aussie Bowlers.

Kasprowicz is ordinary, Lee is very fast but a bit shit unless the pitch helps him - he had 5 sixes hit off his bowling yesterday, Jason Gillespie looks shot to bits and the other bowler, Tait, was over here a couple of years ago and got smashed out of county cricket.

Only the spinners are excellent - and you can only play one since we're never going to prepare a spinner's wicket.

The sides are now basically equal. I think this test will be a draw but England will win the next at Old Trafford.

[Adster]

Aust will stil win this test they know how to play 2 innings you have to play 2 innings against aust to win

[manker]

Aust will stil win this test they know how to play 2 innings you have to play 2 innings against aust to winWell ... yeah :huh:

I don't think anyone's expecting England to win by an innings against the Aussies in the whole series.

[Adster]

dont think it will be a draw too many runs being scored

but what normally happens with aust games is england 407 aust get 500 England get 150 aust get 50 runs to win the match ..

[Barbarossa]

dont think it will be a draw too many runs being scored

but what normally happens with aust games is england 407 aust get 500 England get 150 aust get 50 runs to win the match ..

No 'cos then England would win by 7 runs... :schnauz:

[manker]

dont think it will be a draw too many runs being scored

but what normally happens with aust games is england 407 aust get 500 England get 150 aust get 50 runs to win the match ..You're having a laugh :lol:

There's no way this Aussie attack is going to bowl England out for less than 200 on this pitch.

Btw, England don't 'normally' get 407 against Australia. I heard on the TV last night that it's their highest total against them for 37 years or something.

So given that we've played on lots of flat tracks in that time, the high score is either because the England Batsmen are much better or because the Australia bowling attack isn't that good.

Prolly a bit of both but mainly because, Warne aside, your bowlers suck :P

[manker]

Ashley Giles just got Ponting - his first wicket of the series :01:

Australia 88 - 2.

[Adster]

damien martin run out just before lunch was looking good too
i didnt know that about 37 years!!

[manker]

Damien Martyn is also out, ran out by a beautiful piece of fielding by Vaughan (they said on teh radio). Ran out the very last ball before lunch.

Australia 118 - 3 :01:

If we can get a few quick wickets after lunch then England will be firm favourites to win the match, that's if they're not already.

[manker]

damien martin run out just before lunch was looking good too
i didnt know that about 37 years!!
Jinx :P

[manker]

Australia 308 all out :01:

England take a lead of 99 into the last half of the match. This has to be the quickest scoring test match in the history of forever.

If England score 400 again, I'd say the game is safely won - however, it wouldn't be past this Australian team to get 500 to win it.

Let's score 550, to be safe :ermm:

[Adster]

you lose Strous early :P

[Adster]

we all know whats gonna happen warne Will take 7 wickets go off his brain like a idiot england Will get about 200 aust will get 300 to win the match easy

[whypikonme]

[Btw, England don't 'normally' get 407 against Australia. I heard on the TV last night that it's their highest total against them for 37 years or something.

It was actually the highest score in a single day for 37 years.

Adster is really pissing in the wind with this one, only two days have passed, no chance of a draw this time. Australia will have to play for time, not runs.

[manker]

[Btw, England don't 'normally' get 407 against Australia. I heard on the TV last night that it's their highest total against them for 37 years or something.

It was actually the highest score in a single day for 37 years.

Adster is really pissing in the wind with this one, only two days have passed, no chance of a draw this time. Australia will have to play for time, not runs.Yeah? I didn't realise.

Btw, a draw is a distinct possibility, no matter of the scoring rate.

Just outside the window where I am, it's pissing down.

[manker]

27-2 England.

Bollocks.

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[Adster]

what were you saying about aust bowlers not good enough??? England suck already 3 for 29 Vaughn gone first ball

here we go just as i predicted they wont make 200 and aust will coast home for a win

[Adster]

too easy another one down are the poms ever going to give aust a challenge in test cricket??

[manker]

Fecking Aussies :dry:

[Adster]

Pieterson gone poms go home your fucked that was a bad call by the umpire though

countires have to learn to play for 2 innings against Australia if they want to win

[manker]

6 wickets down now. Argh!

[Adster]

can i just say I told you so??? forget what I said abotu making 150 they wont make 100 there fucked Australia remain unbeatable forever

[manker]

can i just say I told you so???
Sure, go ahead.

[whypikonme]

If collapsing was an olympic sport we'd win every time.

[Adster]

If collapsing was an olympic sport we'd win every time.


its not you its aust are too good every team collapse against them in test cricket

aust maybe things may change in 4 years time

Langer Haydey Ghilchrist Mcgrath Warne Gallispi will be all retired by then

[manker]

Meh, fecking Aussies. I may have said that before.

Anyhow, England haven't lost a wicket for ages.




They've taken lunch, I know, but I'm looking for positives http://moderation.invisionzone.com/style_emoticons/default/dabs.gif

[Adster]

well Jones this could be his future he has a choise save england or get out and get dropped out of the test team

how about Bell??

has thorpe andn Butcher both retired

[manker]

Don't know about Butcher - or care since he's shite - but Thorpe has definitely retired.

I don't think they'll drop Jones. He's a far better batsman than Read and his keeping skills are adequate. As for Bell ... he should be dropped, he's failed 4 times now and looks completely out of his depth. A replacement should be found.

It's a pity Thorpe has retired as he would fit the bill nicely and would play as a wonderful foil to either Pietersen or Flintoff.

[Adster]

collingwood or key possibly

Butcher i dunno about sucked hes got a good record against Australia

[Adster]

goodbye jones goodbye england

[manker]

Yeah, Collingwood would be the best bet. He bowls a bit and has scoerd three centuries in his last four county innings for Durham. Plus he had a good record in the limited over matches.

Butcher has one or two good scores against the Aussies but is getting pretty old now and he only averages about 32 in test cricket. I don't rate him. I don't rate Key either.

Unless they're prepared to give Collingwood a chance, I'd stick with Bell - he's obviously talented but he's not got enough experience with the five day game to be thrown in agianst the Aussies.

(Tho' I was worried about Pietersen for the same reason :ermm: )

[manker]

Fuck's sake. It's getting annoying now :dry:

[Adster]

there screwed Flitoff wont be able to bowl with that injury either

now here comes your champion player Giles!!

hehe wern't you just saying how shit brett lee was yesterday :P

when you play aust they ALWAYS bounce back form any position there in

[manker]

there screwed Flitoff wont be able to bowl with that injury either

now here comes your champion player Giles!!

hehe wern't you just saying how shit brett lee was yesterday :P

when you play aust they ALWAYS bounce back form any position there inI said he was shit unless he gets help from the pitch - which he's getting today, fecking Aussies :lookaroun




Giles - teh king of Spain :01:

[Adster]

they maybe hope for you aust do in the past have a habbit of getting butterfly's chasing small total runs

there last test last was against India chasing 97 and were bowled out for 92 on that dusty wicket! I can remember darren Gough too taken a hat trick once with aust chasing liek 130 to win

[manker]

Yeah, I remember (well I don't really remember as such, but I did see a re-run) Bob Willis bowling the Aussies out when they were chasing a small total back in 1981. England went on to win the Ashes series 4-1.

Not gonna happen this time tho :(

[Adster]

jeez that was a unbealaive game

i think england were behind by by abotu 300 runs needed 100 runs to avoid teh follow on botham and bob willis they were 8 down botham smashed it around while willis hung around and they manage to avoide the follow on and get a lead of about 120??

aust were 0-50 and willis took 8 wickets was incrediable remember reading about that and seeing some of it

the india game a few years ago too with teh famous Laxmon and dravid innings where they where india got bowled out for about 150 then aust got 400

india then 2 for 20 Tendulker out?? there gone!!!!

now way laxman and dravid come in both get double centries and aust fail to chase about 170 to win!

[manker]

I remember watching some of that game on Sky Sports at the time, it was incredible - one of the best games I've ever seen, if not the best.

I thought India would get better and better after that but they've gone backwards.


Btw, you were on about the Aussies being arrogant a while back - what about Sourav Ganguly? He is the most arrogant cricketer I've ever seen. He recently had a hissy fit because the selectors didn't pick him for a Asia one day team.

The big poof.

[Adster]

teh champion ashely giles is out

[manker]

Ganguly's girly strop:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4737441.stm


"It is a raw deal. I may not have scored in my four one-dayers this year, but what about the one-day runs I have? Don't they have value?"

"Am I always to be the whipping boy? I am disgusted." He's always saying stuff like that :dry:

[manker]

teh champion ashely giles is outHarmison out first ball.

Feckery.

[Adster]

lets see I said warne woudl get 7 wickets and england 150 in teh 2nd innings

well england 133/9 and warne has 6 wickets pretty dam close :P

[manker]

lets see I said warne woudl get 7 wickets and england 150 in teh 2nd innings

well england 133/9 and warne has 6 wickets pretty dam close :PHe's got 5 wickets and England are 154-9 now.

It's a good job we have teh Ashely Giles to bamboozle you with his spin magicery. He'll get nine wickets and Australia will be bowled out for seven in their next innings.

The seven runs you do get will be extras :naughty:

[Adster]

ohh yeah 5 wickets so it is ohh well they pasted teh 150 why the hell is hones batting at 11??? hes better then hoggard adn harminson even giles :lol:

aust 0/111 at stumps :P

[manker]

Flintoff just hit the ball out of the ground :01:

[JPaul]

A mile out.

Jammy bugger.

[manker]

hehe wern't you just saying how shit brett lee was yesterday :P He just had 16 hit off his last over.

Adam Flintoff > Brett Lee :01:

[JPaul]

If Freddie can bowl them out it will be his test.

Shades of Beefy against t'Aussies and so forth.

[manker]

If Freddie can bowl them out it will be his test.

Shades of Beefy against t'Aussies and so forth.Indeed.

Mind, they're saying he's torn a muscle in his left shoulder.

Doesn't appear to be hampering his batting much :huh:

[JPaul]

Is Jones Welsh at all.

Jones the Bat, as it were.

He's doing a good job for a tail ender.

[JPaul]

Game on methinks.

Over to t'Bowlers.

[manker]

Is Jones Welsh at all.

Jones the Bat, as it were.

He's doing a good job for a tail ender.I have no idea, Jim the Rod.

He is doing a remarkable job in there. However, Freddie's just been bowled out' :(

The Aussies have to score something like 282 to win. Not bad considering what went before today.

[Adster]

still a batmans is yet to get 100 on teh ashes series

[JPaul]

Is Jones Welsh at all.

Jones the Bat, as it were.

He's doing a good job for a tail ender.I have no idea, Jim the Rod.

He is doing a remarkable job in there. However, Freddie's just been bowled out' :(

The Aussies have to score something like 282 to win. Not bad considering what went before today.
Yeah right, Adam.

[Adster]

im adam

[JPaul]

im adam
Adam Flintoff :blink:

[Adster]

lol adam flitoff??? isnt it andrew???

[JPaul]

lol adam flitoff??? isnt it andrew???
Who, Freddie.

[manker]

Lucky bar-steward Aussie openers.

Edged thro' the slips three times so far :dry:

[Adster]

Lucky bar-steward Aussie openers.

Edged thro' the slips three times so far :dry:


LOL yes happens all the time with langer and hayden

[manker]

lol adam flitoff??? isnt it andrew???Can I claim that.

:lol:

[JPaul]

lol adam flitoff??? isnt it andrew???Can I claim that.

:lol:
Hoi, you just started it, I put the work in.

[JPaul]

FFS FF gets 3 in 4 balls.

[Adster]

fuckign great ball by freddie

anyway time for my bed I goto play soccer/football early!! gonna miss this last session :(

[manker]

47-1

One down, nine to go :01:

[manker]

Freddie strikes again!!

47-2 :01: :01:

[JPaul]

FFS FF gets both openers in his first over.

Fan-tastic

[JPaul]

England have taken the extra half hour.

Could be no Sunday play.

Well it's possible.

[JPaul]

What a (last) ball from Harmison, to take Clarke.

That makes such a difference to the psychology overnight.

[whypikonme]

Woohoo! 175 for 8!

l'm still tipping Australia though, just to put the mockers on them.

Definitely a four day game, this will be over in the first session tomorrow.

[Adster]

holy fucking shit I just wake up and Australia are mafuckto!!
congrats England great bowling just what this ashes needed to make it better and close

[Adster]

poms thought they had this one one 15 runs to go!

[manker]

Fuck! 9 runs to win.

This thread is teh jinx :angry:

[JPaul]

Feck, never say die and so forth.

[JPaul]

I think FF is trying to take Brett Lee's head off.

[Adster]

see??? i was never in doubt unbeatable australia

[JPaul]

Harmison gives away a single, to have a pop at the tail.

[JPaul]

It worked.

[Adster]

fuck i jinxed it!!

[Adster]

now can peopel tell me if cricket is boring after that

[JPaul]

Great catch by Jones The Glove.

[Celerystalksme]

balls :(

[Adster]

if jones misses that catch could easy have been 4

[JPaul]

if jones misses that catch could easy have been 4
Probably as well for Engerland that he didn't well.

[manker]

Fuck! 9 runs to win.

This thread is teh jinx :angry:Each time I post in this thread, England so something stupid - like drop a catch or whatever.

I had to leave just then to give my sister a lift and heard the last wicket fall on Five-Live. That prolly wouldn't have happened if I was in here talking to Adster and JP :01:

[manker]

see??? i was never in doubt unbeatable australiaThis is why it's such a pleasure to beat teh Aussies - at anything :D

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40663000/jpg/_40663694_eng_victory203.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40663000/jpg/_40663486_warne200x245.jpg


http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40663000/jpg/_40663646_flintoff300x200.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40663000/jpg/_40663746_harmison200x245.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40663000/jpg/_40663748_team200.jpg

The title of this thread is completely apt (if it was spelled correctly :lol: ) -- what a fantastic 3 and a bit days of cricket. Maybe the most exciting test I've ever seen, certainly involving England.

Unlucky Australia, you made England work so hard for the win. It was a pleasure to watch.

[JPaul]

[
I had to leave just then to give my sister a lift ....

Why, was she depressed. :cry:

I can see how you absenting yourself would give her the lift she needed. :naughty:

Pity you missed the end of t'test tho' it was ace, cool, hip and funky.

[manker]

[
I had to leave just then to give my sister a lift ....

Why, was she depressed. :cry:

I can see how you absenting yourself would give her the lift she needed. :naughty:

Pity you missed the end of t'test tho' it was ace, cool, hip and funky.She was in a rather tricky situation involving sweets and a high shelf. I just had to assist.

I'm not worried about missing the final wicket - if I was watching, we would have lost, I expect.

It's all about me :happy:

[Biggles]

A really outstanding Test.

A real movie moment for Jones the Glove. You can just imagine the close up in slo mo as he leaps to make the catch that will either win or lose the game.


Doesn't get much closer than that. Will McGrath be back for the next one?

[JPaul]

Why, was she depressed. :cry:

I can see how you absenting yourself would give her the lift she needed. :naughty:

Pity you missed the end of t'test tho' it was ace, cool, hip and funky.She was in a rather tricky situation involving sweets and a high shelf.
So your sister was depressed, due to her storage having taken drugs, causing you to leave the room, missing the end of the best test match for an age, to cheer her up.

What a complex life you lead.

[manker]

Will McGrath be back for the next one?I really, really hope not.

I think he is the difference between the teams. We wouldn't have won if he'd been playing in this test. Without a doubt.


Normally I try to be magnanimous about injured opposition players, because it's rather churlish not to be, but on this occasion I'm justifying it to myself by thinking that the games will be much more competitive if he's not in their team.

:ermm:

[manker]

She was in a rather tricky situation involving sweets and a high shelf.
So your sister was depressed, due to her storage having taken drugs, causing you to leave the room, missing the end of the best test match for an age, to cheer her up.

What a complex life you lead.Actually no.

However, My Nan wanted to live a complex life but we told her that altho' a lot of her friends would be there - sometimes the orderlies are a bit harsh.

[Adster]

Mcgrath will not be playing in the 3rd test and is in doubt for the next 2

but people who say cricket is boring watch that last 2 hrs today it was great chewing nails heart thumping I actully walked out to the lounge room to say to my dad 3 runs to get where got it one I walked back in my room and seen that great ball and catch and that was that

I said you wouldn't beleive it england just won by 2 runs!

that 10th wicket partnership by flintoff and jones turned it around .... well the game had so many turnarounds!!

btw Stuart McGill im pretty sure will come in for Kasper for the next test 2 spinners for old traford england will be in deep trouble in that game!

also why sint james anderson in the england team?? he was awsome against australia in teh ODIs hes better then hoggard IMO

[JPaul]

So your sister was depressed, due to her storage having taken drugs, causing you to leave the room, missing the end of the best test match for an age, to cheer her up.

What a complex life you lead.Actually no.

However, My Nan wanted to live a complex life but we told her that altho' a lot of her friends would be there - sometimes the orderlies are a bit harsh.
:bigboab:

[manker]

Actually no.

However, My Nan wanted to live a complex life but we told her that altho' a lot of her friends would be there - sometimes the orderlies are a bit harsh.
:bigboab::pinch:

[Barbarossa]

What a joyful 10 minutes...

...reading the weekend postings in this thread! :)

[manker]

Looks like Brett Lee is out of the third test too. With a knee infection ... .

Altho', on the face of it, this could be good news for England, it means that Australia will definitely play with two spinners at Old Trafford (imo). MacGill is a world class spinner who would have a hundred caps for any other country.

Brett Lee had a good last half to the Edgbaston test but I don't think Australia will suffer too much if he doesn't play.

[maebach]

I just watched sportsnet. England 341-5. They were doing well after the first wicket was taken.

[DanB]

yeehaw :01: