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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
Say goodbye to those Ashes... ;)
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
Trescothinck has gone - to Warne. What did I tell you :dry:
Thread jinx strikes again.
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Vaughan looks in good nick :happy: :jinx:
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
dumb shot vaughn
he comes Bell who sux might make 10
Can't believe we've lost two wickets after that brilliant start!
Bell will not last long
Bell is out.
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told ya bell sux
ffs! :angry: what a waste of space...
Yup, and I told you Warne is good.Quote:
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The competition for stating the bleeding obvious is gathering momentum in this thread :D
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
Strauss isn't S. African :lookaroun
you sure???
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/ashes200...526834,00.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
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Originally Posted by Adster
He could have been Austrian... :snooty:
Yup, just rodding, mate :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Adster
mayeb england need to bring back teh champion John Crawley to replace ian Bell :P
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 :(
id be goign with collingwood there at 4 and Jones when he comes back form injury
and that fuckwit warne england cant play him
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:
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
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.
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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Channel 4 just switched their converage to horse racing, for the meeting in Doncaster.
Fucking horse racing!!! :@ :@
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
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.
warne shoulder problems and Mcgrath doesn't look fit
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.
Tait has a lot to learn and Lee well hes inconsitant as usual looks hot one game cold the next
Thank goodness for Flintoff! :01:
All went a bit tits up by the time i got to the pub, 300 odd for 7
that a pretty good score 7 for 319 at stumps see what happens tomorrow
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:
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.
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
45-0 Australia.
Hayden is playing like a geptarded spasmoid.
Any danger of us getting a wicket any time soon? :huh: