50 days to the ASHES

[Idaho]

Lee averages a terrifying 45 with the ball in English conditions.

Brett Lee is shit. We'll spank him like a red-headed step-child.

 

[Flashman]

Shit is not quite right, overrated certainly. Very good limited overs bowler too, not that I'm particularly bothered about that stuff.

I see Mark Waugh is stoking the fires already, "Anderson not mentally strong, Broad a good honest trundler, Swan is just a bowler" etc.

Lol.

 

[Idaho]

He's club class, but not test class. You can mix it up a bit and do a few tricks and do well in limited overs. But in a test match a lack of consistency and talent get shown up.

 

[Idaho]

How much is it to get cricket on my tv for the ashes?

 

[Flashman]

Heh. If they open the bowling with Blee I'll be happy, off to a flyer lads.

Stuey Clark and Mitch Johnson will be the bowlers to watch this summer from an Aus perspective, not overly impressed with the rest although not seen a great deal tbf.

Flintoff
Broad
Anderson
Onions/Sidebottom
Swan/Panesar

..looks a decent and balanced line-up to me. Fred aside from being a good bowler also creates wickets for others by building pressure, Jimmy looks World Class now, Broad getting better all the time, Swan/Monty are decent spinners; question marks over Ryan/Onions but with a five-pronged attack you can hide a bowler if need be.

*positive hat on*

 

[Idaho]

Just hope Flintoff is fit and on form. Broad and Anderson also - as that means we can afford to bring in two spinners and Onions.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

He's club class, but not test class. You can mix it up a bit and do a few tricks and do well in limited overs. But in a test match a lack of consistency and talent get shown up.

310 wickets at an average of 30.8, strike rate 53, over four wickets per match.

This is not shit. It is a consistently good performance over a long period. Lee would walk into the England team.

 

[Flashman]

Broad's batting could be as important as Giles' was in '05 too.

Don't really know why I'm so positive, possibly because Warne and McGrath are gone, also I'm getting excited and don't want to piss on our hopes yet.

Realistically we're not favourites, I'll leave it at that for now.

 

[Flashman]

310 wickets at an average of 30.8, strike rate 53, over four wickets per match.

This is not shit. It is a consistently good performance over a long period. Lee would walk into the England team.

20 wckts @ 41 in '05.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If Anderson turns up, Broad kicks on and Bopara gets a little luck early on, England are in with a real shout, I think. I suspect Flintoff will not feature in all the matches, but they stand a chance even without him.

I'm hoping that Anderson will, at least once, run right through the Aussie batting.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

20 wckts @ 41 in '05.

He'll need to do better than that, of course. But he's a proven performer. Every player has a bad series over a long career.

 

[Idaho]

I just hope the team are doing the kind of homework against the aussie batsmen that they did in 05. We had a plan for each one of them, and usually bowled to that plan.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I just hope the team are doing the kind of homework against the aussie batsmen that they did in 05. We had a plan for each one of them, and usually bowled to that plan.

Broad is not Simon Jones, though.

 

[Flashman]

Who is.

 

[liquidlunch]

i think that Johnson and Siddle will open our bowling with Stu next.Lee or Hauritz(depending on pitch) with Katich for a bit of variety.

 

[Idaho]

Broad is not Simon Jones, though.

Yeah... how come all our best weapons seem to be one-shots before they break down?

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Yeah... how come all our best weapons seem to be one-shots before they break down?

Too much cricket being played?

 

[Santino]

Gravity is stronger than it used to be and it puts a strain on fast-bowlers' joints.