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ASHES - Aus v England


yorky500 Well, its not been a very good start for the England boys, this despite me hearing on the radio whilst coming in to work that the Aussies were 164-5, only then when I got to work, to log on to the BBC to find that it was for 2 wickets :twisted: :twisted: Anyway, have live commentary, and it ain't going off until the last ball is bowled.
Dubai Knight Its early days yet. Just keeping you on your toes! :lol: :lol: :lol: Knight sage & onion
239 - 3 ^ian^
3/248 - although it's only day 1 it sounds like a good batting wicket.
Did you know that the Gabba is Warnie's best ground? ^ian^ 100 up for Ponting!! 3/277 scot1870 Good way to start the day, with England getting pumped 8) Ponting's 100 off 136 balls :shock: Guess the Aussies are going for it. ^ian^ Hussey's 50 is up... 3/318... couldn't ask for a better 1st day for Australia. sage & onion 3/320 they are motoring sage & onion This was posted on BBC "They have taken the Hill from the Gabba So the Barmies have nowhere to sing And Geoffrey is 'tekin no pleasure' At bowling no pace and no swing. And nobody's told poor old Harmi' He's supposed to be hitting the sticks Not trying to poleaxe poor Freddie - They're not targets, you fool, they're the slips! And men now abed here in England Be thankful that you cannot see How Ponting is smashing poor Hoggard - Now Pietersen's twisted his knee. It's five to six and it's raining; The Aussies 280 for three; Now you tell me that Pietersen's bowling That's it - I give in - bed for me." ^ian^ 3/342 - likely to make 350ish by close of play. Huge first day. (for Australia - one England would like to forget methinks.)

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^ian^ And it's stumps - 3/346. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Dubai Knight Well if its a batting wicket, then the chances are England will have a good knock when they get in. Don't count them chickens... :lol: :lol: :lol: Knight ^ian^
Know, but rest assured we'll be counting the ducks :D yorky500
Bloody hell, DK. you are optimistic. I reckon we will be all out for 250ish trying to chase a total of in excess of 500! Dubai Knight
Remember David Gower...?
We shall see!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Knight sage & onion
Counted and ready for the oven the_zooter
Is he playing or is he just going to fly his tigermoth over the stadium?? Dubai Knight
I was recalling the Ashes series when he was captain. We played crap the first game then totally wiped the board with the UpsideDowners...hoping for a replay!
Did I say I went to school with Mr Gower?
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Knight sage & onion Oh man, are we getting a wupping 7am - 4/450
sage & onion 10:00am - 9/600 - are we deep in it :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: 602 declared we couldn,t even get them out :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: ^ian^
Yeah but now you get to bat... LOL! sage & onion
I know, you don't have to say it, 352 to avoid the follow-on, no way ^ian^
402 champ - follow is 200 runs below, not 250. ^ian^ Gone! Twice! Engerland now 2/28!!! the_zooter :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Did I say I was English?? Erm, I'm er, German actually. Cricket?? Never heard of it!! Dubai Knight Day ended on 53 for 3 I suppose there is the possibility of a middle order rally? :? :? :? Knight the_zooter
We can but hope that Geraint Jones and Ashley Giles can prove the doubters wrong and get a good innings and push us past 400. sage & onion
Sorry m8, my mistake, anayways the way its going they will be lucky to reack 100 runs sage & onion Day 3 7:30am and we are in deep trouble we still need more than 250 to avoid the follow on and only 4 wickets remaining. :cry: :cry: :cry: 7:50am 8/153, anyone know where the Australian Embassy is I wanna change my Nationality :lol: Dubai Knight
Sorry Sage, the days are gone when all you needed to do was steal a rabbit to get a free ticket over there...
We are playing like pants! Its official!
:cry: :cry: :cry:
Knight sage & onion
Ain't that truth :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: ^ian^ Australia 1 - Engerland 0 Bring on Adelaide. sage & onion
I was hoping the hadn't noticed :cry: ^ian^
You were hoping I wouldn't notice??????????
I wouldn't notice??!?!??!?!
WTF?!?!?! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: sage & onion
Well I knew you would make the most of it, hahahahaha
But hey, question, why the hell didn't Ponting enforce the follow-on?? ^ian^
The story is he wanted to give his bowlers a rest.
Perhaps he wanted to get to 9000 runs.
Perhaps he wanted to give the openers some more time to get some form.
Perhaps he wanted to help out the TV stations with advertising revenue.
Perhaps he wanted to assert the domination outright.
Perhaps he wanted to humiliate Engerland with a massice defeat.
It could be any or all of the above, it doesn't matter, we won and there is no need to dissect the events leading to the win.
On the other hand, the English press will be having a field day tearing your team down. sage & onion
Press will be press, and indeed first innings they were awful.
Don't you think however that the final score would have looked better as;
An Innings + 75 runs defeat.
As for me, I went to bed dreaming that England could bat out the day :cry: yorky500 [quote="sage & onion]
But hey, question, why the hell didn't Ponting enforce the follow-on??
The Aussies were being paid a % of the total gate receipts, so they wanted it to last longer = more cash for them. :lol: :lol: :lol: ^ian^
Everyone has a conspiracy.
The simple thing is it was a crushing defeat. Analyse it how you want... you lost, and you lost badly.
The other reason of course is nobody wants to bat on a 5th day wicket. yorky500 TBH, the result could have the opposite effect. England were toatlly demorilised after the first innings, however, they showed some grit in the second and that could be a positive sign and a bit of a confidence booster for them going into the second test. However, i believe the above is complete cr@p and expect England to get thrashed again. :lol: yorky500
I agree it was a defeat, but I don't believe it was as "crushing" as everyone thinks it is. An Innings defeat would have been worse.
every time I see or hear cricket scores, and if it says "lost by an innings and xxx runs" I think, wow, one sided game, however, to see/hear "lost by 200 odds runs", its not that bad. sage & onion
Now this is of course the correct analysis, not that bad a result, bring on the second test all is not lost yet 8) ^ian^
???? Not that bad a result?!?!?
You guys were thrashed and beaten totally in every facet of the game.
The good thing about it going for 5 days is defeat for you guys was slow and merciless.
Not a bad result? Pfft. I would have near necked myself if this Aussie team lost to Australia by that margin. sage & onion
Your turn is coming :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: ^ian^
No you see, it's not. Normal order has been restored to the universe, and you guys are on a hiding to nothing. sage & onion
No further comment, we will see :wink: ^ian^
We *have* seen.
If i was in Australia and had a ticket, I would be requesting a refund because the ticket says "Competition" on it. This is clearly against Australian advertising conduct regulations. the_zooter I don't think a 200-odd win constitutes a walk-over. To be fair, it must be one of the few times that England can come out of a defeat with some positives, and Australia come out with a win and many negatives - once again, Ricky Ponting's captaincy has been found to be lacking when it is most needed. ^ian^
Is it free drugs for poms today?
A 277 run win is a pretty big defeat, at least, if you're Australian.
You only question a captain when he loses, not when he scores 196, 60, and his main strike bowler take 6/90 with the majority of dismissals being through a well placed field.
Australia was never troubled. the_zooter To be fair - you should have won that game at a canter, two days ago. Ricky Ponting just hasn't got what it takes to be a captain - he's not ruthless enough (like a Taylor or Waugh). Case in point, I can't think that Steve Waugh would have ever batted on so that one of his players cold get a hundred, so that he could prove the doubters wrong. Australia could have easily won that match by an innings and 277 runs - instead, Ponting has allowed the England batsman to regroup and have another crack at batting, which to be fair, they made a pretty good fist of on a final day pitch with some crack on it like the grand canyon! 370 is a good total for a fourth innings, and has given England some hope now for the next 4 tests. sage & onion
[color=blue] RESPECT FOR THE_ZOOTER [/color] rammie i agree collingwood and pietersons confidence will grow knowing that they can knock out good second innings totals. not too worried about the batting, more the bowling.......we need 20 wickets to win the match but currently that doesnt look likely. going to have to play Panesar ? Dubai Knight Its a 5 match series, so England fall at the first fence. The battle may be lost but the war is still to be decided... 8) 8) 8) Knight sage & onion
I needed you this morning when Ian was attacking without mercy :lol: the_zooter
I did my best to help S&O
I do note that Ian has gone very quiet. I do hope the victory hasn't gone to his head. Just to clarify, at the moment the Aussies need another 2 wins to regain the Ashes. England also only need 2 wins to retain them. All that win has done is even things up a little more. ^ian^
Sorry, the good Dr. had to do a house call.

England need to win 1 and draw the remainder.
Australia need only draw the remainder.
Ashes are coming home. the_zooter
Wow - that doesn't sound like a man who is full of confidence for his team who have just thrashed England in the opening match.
So you'll be playing for the draw now then?? I sincerely hope they don't. I'd love to see both sides play two spinners in the next match - will make for an intriguing contest. ^ian^
On the contrary, I was affirming the mathematical position.

I'm going to go with the old hasbeen McGrath who only took 6/50 in the first innings, and say it's going to be 5-0. the_zooter
If you win the test series 5-0, I promise I will come to Dubai and publically eat my hat! (Please England, just hold out for one draw!!) sage & onion
Don't worry Zoots, if you have to do it, I will supply the beverage to wash it down :wink: rammie I'll join the 'eating the hat brigade ' and i am coming out to live in Dubai in Jan!!! sage & onion
I doubt we will have such a brigade, but your welcome anyway :lol: the_zooter
Thanks Sage - but I'm more than confident that you'll be keeping your beverages - they definately won't be needed!



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