Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Good god has anyone seen 
The Ashes 2009
- Thread starter Santino
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I made the right choice.
Got there just in time for the ninth wicket.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
Glad to be of service.I made the right choice.
Got there just in time for the ninth wicket.
And you got to see the historic moment. Agreed.
Not to mention the England football fans who boo the other team's anthem. I always think 'Please, no! Not in front of the foreigners!'.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I think it's pretty bad form during the match too tbh. Hearing boos every time Australia got a boundary was pretty annoying, not saying I'd cheer em on, but wouldn't boo either.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I hate any booing ever unless it is for blatant cheating, such as claiming a catch you know did not carry.
Cheer your team, applaud the other team, shake hands at the end and the winner buys the beers.
Otherwise, what's the point, really? Sport should be about friendship, not enmity.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
lol
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Isn't the crop tool wonderful?
I turned on a little while ago found highlights and assumed rain had stopped play? But it turns out we won! hurrah!
Finger. Pulse.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
(Flintoff got ponting on the 7th ball in 2005 at edgbaston as well.)
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
Good piece by Henderson in the Torygraph about booing Punter
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...certainly-does-not-deserve-this-ridicule.html
I was there today (it was very very good) and even the person I was with (who saw Hutton at the Oval in 38) was giving it the full 'Freddie Freddie' - very tense until Clarke went after an hour..
Looked to me as if Fred was waving farewell at the end? I was a bit emotional at that stage..
Saw Brett Lee being driven from the ground before play started having done a few laps and some sprints.. dk if it's reported or not, but seemed a bit strange?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...certainly-does-not-deserve-this-ridicule.html
I was there today (it was very very good) and even the person I was with (who saw Hutton at the Oval in 38) was giving it the full 'Freddie Freddie' - very tense until Clarke went after an hour..
Looked to me as if Fred was waving farewell at the end? I was a bit emotional at that stage..
Saw Brett Lee being driven from the ground before play started having done a few laps and some sprints.. dk if it's reported or not, but seemed a bit strange?
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
As an aside, I don't understand if it was sold out, why the whole of the top of the Mound stand was empty (couldn't see the top of the Grandstand) bar about 6 people?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
aussies/people not turning up? All in one stand though?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Corporate areas.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Glad they missed it then the cokeheads.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Injury worries aside, should we be worried yet about Bopara at 3?
Is it one or more places too high for a player who's just finding his feet? Do we persist because the alternative is Bell?
Or do we bribe Trescothick with some new equipment, put Strauss at 3 to flay the softer ball and put Bopara at 5 or 6?
Is it one or more places too high for a player who's just finding his feet? Do we persist because the alternative is Bell?
Or do we bribe Trescothick with some new equipment, put Strauss at 3 to flay the softer ball and put Bopara at 5 or 6?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I'd give him at least one more test where he is. He did not play well on Saturday, but he has the talent and you've got to give players a decent go to prove themselves. That said, at some point you have to say 'enough's enough – you're not as good as we thought you would be'. This must be where we are with Broad, but he will no doubt keep his place on the back of this victory.
Who should replace Broad do you think? The trouble I see with this change is that the temptation will always be to bring back GBH, and I personally think that would be a retrograde step; after all, we've been here before several times and it's never turned out well in the past.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
True. I'd rather have him than Broad, though. And I'm sure I know who the Australians would rather face.
Otherwise, I'd rely on reports from the counties of who is impressing and go with him. I wouldn't discard Broad entirely, just send him back to county cricket for a season to learn his trade a bit more.
That would mean the selectors admitting they got it wrong, though.
Otherwise, I'd rely on reports from the counties of who is impressing and go with him. I wouldn't discard Broad entirely, just send him back to county cricket for a season to learn his trade a bit more.
That would mean the selectors admitting they got it wrong, though.
Looking through the counties, Hoggy seems to have had a decent time of it, 31 wickets @ 25. Time for a 'Bring Back Hoggy' campaign?
E2A: the likes of Plunkett and Tredwell also seem to be in decent nick.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Absolutely. A proven test performer in very good form. Why on earth not?
