Ashes to be on SBS
Mar 1st 2005, 6:58 pm
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Ashes to be on SBS
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Cricket/A...546867743.html
Ashes on free-to-air after SBS swoops
By Trevor Marshallsea
March 2, 2005
Les Murray in a beige suit? Inspector Rex solving the case of the missing googly? Such events might be some way off, but cricket has at least come to SBS after the network's major coup in securing rights to broadcast this winter's Ashes series.
SBS yesterday announced it had swooped to buy the free-to-air rights for the five-Test series, while Channel Seven announced it would screen the tour's one-day internationals, as well as Australia's Twenty20 match against England on June 13.
Ashes on free-to-air after SBS swoops
By Trevor Marshallsea
March 2, 2005
Les Murray in a beige suit? Inspector Rex solving the case of the missing googly? Such events might be some way off, but cricket has at least come to SBS after the network's major coup in securing rights to broadcast this winter's Ashes series.
SBS yesterday announced it had swooped to buy the free-to-air rights for the five-Test series, while Channel Seven announced it would screen the tour's one-day internationals, as well as Australia's Twenty20 match against England on June 13.
Mar 1st 2005, 6:59 pm
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Re: Ashes to be on SBS
I am not a big cricket fan but this is great news. At least I can watch us get humiliated again. Hope they make a contest of it this time.
Mar 1st 2005, 7:02 pm
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Re: Ashes to be on SBS
You mean it's not compulsive to lose at cricket 
has there been a rule change that i was not aware of
has there been a rule change that i was not aware of
Mar 1st 2005, 7:07 pm
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Re: Ashes to be on SBS
Originally Posted by karenjc
You mean it's not compulsive to lose at cricket has there been a rule change that i was not aware of
has there been a rule change that i was not aware of
Mar 1st 2005, 7:32 pm
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Re: Ashes to be on SBS
Different kettle of fish against the aussies, England & South Africa two average teams. Mind you i'm not into cricket so i will play dumb when i get over there to avoid any piss taking. 
Mar 1st 2005, 7:33 pm
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Re: Ashes to be on SBS
Originally Posted by karenjc
Different kettle of fish against the aussies, England & South Africa two average teams. Mind you i'm not into cricket so i will play dumb when i get over there to avoid any piss taking.
Mar 1st 2005, 8:15 pm
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Originally Posted by bondipom
They managed to win a test series away from home in South Africa so there is still life in the team.
does'nt mean you have a chance against OZ.
l remember the last ashes series, the English players looked like a bunch of clowns , stumbling, thumbling and crashing into each other. In one of the matches some of the English players refused to go back onto the ground because they did'nt want the be humiliated anymore. The English Captain look like he had a nervous breakdown when he trashed the English locker room with his cricket bat, after he got out for a duck, but he did'nt know the cameras were filming him.
Mar 1st 2005, 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by wombat42
The Australian team is the best in the world and makes every other team in the world look like Amatures.
Mar 1st 2005, 8:33 pm
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Originally Posted by bondipom
Does that make the Australian team a bunch of immatures? At least they aren't loosing in your sig anymore.
Mar 2nd 2005, 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by wombat42
Its better to be a team of immature winners , then a team of mature losers.
had no chance of winning the rugby world Cup
Mar 2nd 2005, 8:53 am
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Originally Posted by bondipom
Yep. You never know. One test win and a summer of rain.
Rain could well play in the the POms hands as the Aussie do nmot play for draws... the will declare an inning closed just to make a game of it.
As an aussie I of course want them to win, but I also want them to work damn hard for it
Mar 2nd 2005, 9:12 am
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Re: Ashes to be on SBS
Originally Posted by karenjc
Different kettle of fish against the aussies, England & South Africa two average teams. Mind you i'm not into cricket so i will play dumb when i get over there to avoid any piss taking.
mm
Mar 2nd 2005, 10:05 am
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Hate Cricket. What a waste of good tv space.
