View Poll Results: Who's gonna win The Ashes?
Australia
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Draw (Australia retain - not win)
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Who's going to win The Ashes?
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I think Eng have been batting well against some pretty mediocre bowling (Cook excepted and he never got in).
I used to go to The Oval every year for the test and also for the odd county game so I know the place pretty well. Looks like the odd one will be keeping low by tomorrow (a nightmare for batsmen) and the pitch will be taking a goodly bit of spin by days 4 and 5.
A good toss to win I reckon. Eng to make 550 by tea tomorrow and the Aussies following on 20 minutes before tea on the 3rd day*.
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I used to go to The Oval every year for the test and also for the odd county game so I know the place pretty well. Looks like the odd one will be keeping low by tomorrow (a nightmare for batsmen) and the pitch will be taking a goodly bit of spin by days 4 and 5.
A good toss to win I reckon. Eng to make 550 by tea tomorrow and the Aussies following on 20 minutes before tea on the 3rd day*.
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PS Is it just me or does Bell always seem to be having a bit of trouble with this box? He's constatntly fiddling with it. The odd cabinet reshuffle is one thing but it's getting close to masturbation out there!
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Seriously though, Bell is always fiddling with himself whenever I've seen him bat.
I think SBS have pictures on their website. They did for the Tour de France.
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4 for 181. The Siddler's certainly justified his plane ticket today.
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Not enough runs for England. I thought 400 would be good - they will be lucky to get 350.
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Their advantage will come in Australia's first innings, when the pitch begins to deteriorate.
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So who knows, I still hang on to some hope yet If I were a betting man I'd say it was an Aussie win.
One things for sure with us not getting a massive first innings it guarantees the Aussies going for a win and there being a result one or the other.
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My thoughts exactly and par first innings score is 420 there. But apparently Alex Stewart was saying (and he should know) that it isn't a typical Oval pitch and is like a 3rd day one already.
So who knows, I still hang on to some hope yet If I were a betting man I'd say it was an Aussie win.
One things for sure with us not getting a massive first innings it guarantees the Aussies going for a win and there being a result one or the other.
So who knows, I still hang on to some hope yet If I were a betting man I'd say it was an Aussie win.
One things for sure with us not getting a massive first innings it guarantees the Aussies going for a win and there being a result one or the other.
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The Aussies don't rate Swann. That might be a mistake come the fourth innings.
However, the game is wide open at the moment. We always knew that Australia had the stronger batting and England the stronger bowling. That seems to be the way this game might play out. But England have to bowl well. They can't give Australia a first innings lead.
I liked the look of Trott when he came in. Looks a lot more secure than either Collingwood or Bell. Didn't see him after tea though.
I think Cook has to go too. Is this Denly kid an opener?
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The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey.
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