Ashes - Trent Bridge
Aug 26th 2005, 3:43 pm
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Re: Ashes - Trent Bridge
Originally Posted by Flutterscutter
Too true. I look like i have developed a nervous twitch lying here on the couch. Nearly every ball my legs jerk as i think they're gonna be out.
Geez! there i go again..that was out!! WOOOHOO!
Geez! there i go again..that was out!! WOOOHOO!
Aug 26th 2005, 3:50 pm
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omg! 21-2
I'll need a visit to the doctors at this rate
I'll need a visit to the doctors at this rate
Aug 26th 2005, 3:51 pm
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Re: Ashes - Trent Bridge
Ponting lbw for 1!. He was a bit unlucky though.
21-2
21-2
Aug 26th 2005, 3:52 pm
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Not unlucky it was another plumber!
Aug 26th 2005, 3:55 pm
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Have i fallen asleep and dreamt it?
22 - 3
22 - 3
Aug 26th 2005, 3:57 pm
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Re: Ashes - Trent Bridge
Originally Posted by Flutterscutter
Have i fallen asleep and dreamt it?
22 - 3
22 - 3
This is great stuff.
Aug 26th 2005, 4:38 pm
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Langer out for 27. 58-4. Hoggard is bowling really well.
Aug 26th 2005, 4:38 pm
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58 for 4
Come on England
Come on England
Aug 26th 2005, 4:39 pm
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OOOOOOOOH!!..nearly got another one then
Aug 26th 2005, 10:57 pm
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It was a great days cricket, just like the whole series has been.
The Aussies have some problems:
They are not playing with enough bowlers, they need 5 not 4.
They lack a good allrounder like England & South Africa has.
Ponting is not a very good captain. The great captains of the past, Border, Taylor, Waugh are gone.
They are too old.
A lot of their players are living on their reputations. Warne for example, although one of their best players is nowhere as good as he was 5 years ago, although his batting is better.
England have a mental edge over them.
No team can be the best forever.
The balance of power is shifting & cricket will be better for it.
The Aussies have some problems:
They are not playing with enough bowlers, they need 5 not 4.
They lack a good allrounder like England & South Africa has.
Ponting is not a very good captain. The great captains of the past, Border, Taylor, Waugh are gone.
They are too old.
A lot of their players are living on their reputations. Warne for example, although one of their best players is nowhere as good as he was 5 years ago, although his batting is better.
England have a mental edge over them.
No team can be the best forever.
The balance of power is shifting & cricket will be better for it.
Aug 26th 2005, 11:39 pm
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Re: Ashes - Trent Bridge
Overnight 99-5, if we can get Gilchrist cheaply, then they could be looking at following-on..............................fantastic.
Aug 27th 2005, 12:04 am
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Re: Ashes - Trent Bridge
Australia will lose this match and - I predict - this year's Ashes.
England deserves to win; she has fought long and hard for it (and 1987 was quite some time ago...!)
I don't know what's wrong with the Australian team; I only watch the cricket, I'm not qualified to analyse the respective deficiencies of the players. But one thing is clear: England have outclassed us this time.
Having said that, I do not agree with those who are already referring to the Poms as "the new champions", etc. A champion is not made overnight, but developed over a period of time. Even after winning the Ashes this year, the English will still be "a team that has just won the Ashes", not "the team that dominates international cricket."
You will beat us, but you will not take our baton quite so easily. For that, you must demonstrate a consistent standard of excellence over many years... as we have done.
Winning the Ashes for the best part of 10 years in a row would also help.
England deserves to win; she has fought long and hard for it (and 1987 was quite some time ago...!)
I don't know what's wrong with the Australian team; I only watch the cricket, I'm not qualified to analyse the respective deficiencies of the players. But one thing is clear: England have outclassed us this time.
Having said that, I do not agree with those who are already referring to the Poms as "the new champions", etc. A champion is not made overnight, but developed over a period of time. Even after winning the Ashes this year, the English will still be "a team that has just won the Ashes", not "the team that dominates international cricket."
You will beat us, but you will not take our baton quite so easily. For that, you must demonstrate a consistent standard of excellence over many years... as we have done.
Winning the Ashes for the best part of 10 years in a row would also help.
Aug 27th 2005, 10:34 am
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OMG!
One of the best catches i ever seen from Strauss!
169 - 8 PMSL
Will England make them follow on? I bloody hope so!!
One of the best catches i ever seen from Strauss!
169 - 8 PMSL
Will England make them follow on? I bloody hope so!!
Aug 27th 2005, 11:08 am
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Re: Ashes - Trent Bridge
Originally Posted by Flutterscutter
OMG!
One of the best catches i ever seen from Strauss!
169 - 8 PMSL
Will England make them follow on? I bloody hope so!!
One of the best catches i ever seen from Strauss!
169 - 8 PMSL
Will England make them follow on? I bloody hope so!!
218 all out!!! Make them follow on and they may not even reach England's first innings total.
Aug 27th 2005, 11:11 am
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Yeah hope they do. Got to bare in mind the risk of rain doing us out of a win. So i'd put them in, bowl them out again QUICKLY and see how much we are chasing, if anything