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Aug 6th 2015, 11:03 am

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33/7 now

love the idea of the One Day Test Match!

Aug 6th 2015, 11:10 am

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Am I getting hoax alerts or are we really walking all over the convicts this morning?!

5 wickets in 25 balls?

I haven't seen a batting collapse like that since I was in grade school.

Aug 6th 2015, 11:12 am

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5 wickets in 25 balls?

I haven't seen a batting collapse like that since I was in grade school.

46/8

Aug 6th 2015, 11:14 am

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46/8

47/9

Aug 6th 2015, 11:28 am

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Pretty slack from England - we did Australia for 47 a few years ago

Aug 6th 2015, 11:39 am

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That's all she wrote, 60 all out in 18 overs - one of the worst innings for Australia, ever.

Aug 6th 2015, 11:39 am

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All gone for 60

Aug 6th 2015, 11:42 am

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Broad. He can bowl a bit.

Well played, that man.

Aug 6th 2015, 12:00 pm

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All out for 60 but with 14 extras meaning England actually top scored in Australia's 1st innings in a weird kind of way.........................

Aug 6th 2015, 12:01 pm

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Re: The Cricket Thread

We are celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary tonight- never thought my husband would find the cricket more thrilling than my naked body!! (Mind you I'm listening to it too.) Ah well, lunchbreak. Time for a quickie??

Aug 6th 2015, 12:18 pm

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I'm incapable of a longie these days.

Oh yes cricket, seems to be going awright ...

Aug 6th 2015, 12:20 pm

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The Australian batsmen are all being nominated in the Queen's Honours list this year for services to English cricket.

Aug 6th 2015, 12:22 pm

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If you left any grass on your wicket then you are guaranteed a quickie.

This Broad has got it semen (seaming) everywhere

Aug 6th 2015, 12:25 pm

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The Australian batsmen are all being nominated in the Queen's Honours list this year for services to English cricket.

But they never lose 5-0 away ...... ho ho ho.

Aug 6th 2015, 5:23 pm

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The Australian batsmen are all being nominated in the Queen's Honours list this year for services to English cricket.

Even my family, normally unmoved by cricket, are enjoying the commentary today!