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Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
4 for 196. I can live with that. What we need now is a good effort tomorrow; 300 should be the target.
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Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Yeah well done Aussies, they showed how to play properly!
Bad crowd booing Ricky Ponting like that. It really spoils the game - MUPPETS!!! :thumbdown: |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
(Post 7820732)
But only if England wins. If the series is drawn Australia will remain top
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Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Alfresco
(Post 7823910)
Yeah well done Aussies, they showed how to play properly!
Bad crowd booing Ricky Ponting like that. It really spoils the game - MUPPETS!!! :thumbdown: |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Lovely bit of cricket from young Clarke, always a pleasure to see that boy in action.
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Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Current scenes at Headingley:
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Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 7825123)
Current scenes at Headingley:
http://i26.tinypic.com/24vqfk4.gif http://i28.tinypic.com/10mv8mx.gif http://i31.tinypic.com/3494ao7.gif Warren Livingston, head of the Fanatics, told The Sunday Telegraph that one of its 100-member group had set the fire alarm off at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Leeds at 4.30am, with the intention of disrupting the English team's sleep. Livingstone described the prank as "good old-fashioned Aussie hijinks". http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...756198693.html |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Hutch
(Post 7826046)
Wonder how it would have panned out if the England team hadn't been woken up in their hotel by some aussie wanker at 4:30am on the first day of the test ...
Warren Livingston, head of the Fanatics, told The Sunday Telegraph that one of its 100-member group had set the fire alarm off at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Leeds at 4.30am, with the intention of disrupting the English team's sleep. Livingstone described the prank as "good old-fashioned Aussie hijinks". http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...756198693.html |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Hutch
(Post 7826046)
Wonder how it would have panned out if the England team hadn't been woken up in their hotel by some aussie wanker at 4:30am on the first day of the test ...
Warren Livingston, head of the Fanatics, told The Sunday Telegraph that one of its 100-member group had set the fire alarm off at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Leeds at 4.30am, with the intention of disrupting the English team's sleep. Livingstone described the prank as "good old-fashioned Aussie hijinks". http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...756198693.htmlStrauss himself denied that the fire alarm fiasco had any effect on the day's result, and I doubt that the Poms lost much sleep, since they'd have to rise early for match preparations anyway. I hardly think they were were planning to lie in until 9am. The truth is that they were simply annihilated by a superior team playing superior cricket. But one batting collapse does not rule them out. They've held Australia down throughout the entire series until now, and there's absolutely no reason why they shouldn't win at the Oval. Their bowling attack has been more consistent than ours, and generally stronger. We still have no answer for their swing ball, and if it moves aggressively in the final Test, we'll lose the urn for sure. |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 7826146)
That's not a prank, it's just plain stupid and totally unsporting. The Fanatics should identify the idiot who did this so he can be sent home on the next plane. Having said that, I don't think it made any difference.
Strauss himself denied that the fire alarm fiasco had any effect on the day's result, and I doubt that the Poms lost much sleep, since they'd have to rise early for match preparations anyway. I hardly think they were were planning to lie in until 9am. The truth is that they were simply annihilated by a superior team playing superior cricket. But one batting collapse does not rule them out. They've held Australia down throughout the entire series until now, and there's absolutely no reason why they shouldn't win at the Oval. Their bowling attack has been more consistent than ours, and generally stronger. We still have no answer for their swing ball, and if it moves aggressively in the final Test, we'll lose the urn for sure. |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Looks like the fire alarm fiasco might not be as cut and dried as it first appeared:
If the claim is found to be true, English cricket fans and authorities will not view the situation with any humour. But British media reports say the alarm may have been set off by a guest who had rinsed her underwear in a bathroom sink and then left it close to a lightbulb to dry. When the underwear started to smoulder, the woman was reported to have thrown it back in the sink, but not before the room had filled with smoke and the fire alarm went off. |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 7826164)
Looks like the fire alarm fiasco might not be as cut and dried as it first appeared:
If the claim is found to be true, English cricket fans and authorities will not view the situation with any humour. But British media reports say the alarm may have been set off by a guest who had rinsed her underwear in a bathroom sink and then left it close to a lightbulb to dry. When the underwear started to smoulder, the woman was reported to have thrown it back in the sink, but not before the room had filled with smoke and the fire alarm went off. Source. |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 7826164)
Looks like the fire alarm fiasco might not be as cut and dried as it first appeared:
If the claim is found to be true, English cricket fans and authorities will not view the situation with any humour. But British media reports say the alarm may have been set off by a guest who had rinsed her underwear in a bathroom sink and then left it close to a lightbulb to dry. When the underwear started to smoulder, the woman was reported to have thrown it back in the sink, but not before the room had filled with smoke and the fire alarm went off. "Yes it was one of our guys who did it as a bit of a prank," Mr Livingston said yesterday. "I got a text message after it happened. "At first I thought, 'good onya', we're just doing our bit for Australia," Mr Livingston said from the UK. "But I can't condone this sort of thing. I don't want any trouble. |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
(Post 7826181)
Except that the leader of the Fanatics has already admitted to it being one of their members
"Yes it was one of our guys who did it as a bit of a prank," Mr Livingston said yesterday. "I got a text message after it happened. "At first I thought, 'good onya', we're just doing our bit for Australia," Mr Livingston said from the UK. "But I can't condone this sort of thing. I don't want any trouble. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that a fire alarm was set off by a woman who left her underwear drying near a lightbulb: Thus: West Yorkshire Fire Service said the alarm was set off after some clothing had ignited after being left close to a lamp. The cause of the fire was being treated as accidental, the spokeswoman said I think I trust the West Yorkshire Fire Service to correctly assess the causes of an early morning fire alarm. Verdict: the Fanatics are lying. |
Re: Who's going to win The Ashes?
Originally Posted by fraser
(Post 7826173)
Fire alarm, shmire alarn!!! Doesn't even come into play the aussies were just better than us on this occasion.
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