The Ashes 2009

[butchersapron]

It's wrong even in that instance though, I don't mind a rolleyes or a wry grin, but to start shouting and balling at umps like he's doing in that pic.

Wrong'un.

Yep - agreed i meant true he'd got a bad decision not that this justifies the reaction.

 

[Dirty Martini]

Not specifically The Ashes, but has anyone watched the recent BBC2 Empire of Cricket series? Not a lot that's new if you read a fair bit about the game, but some great footage nevertheless. All of them are up on youtube.

Need to see more footage of Botham's 1981 mid-Headingly barbeque

 

[Flashman]

Rudi Explains It All

He would have given the Ponting one LBW anyway, if he thought he hadn't clipped it.

He also goes on about the other controversial catches.

 

[Flashman]

Not specifically The Ashes, but has anyone watched the recent BBC2 Empire of Cricket series? Not a lot that's new if you read a fair bit about the game, but some great footage nevertheless. All of them are up on youtube.

Need to see more footage of Botham's 1981 mid-Headingly barbeque

Caught half of two eps, the West Indies one and the Aussie one.

Very good.

 

[paulhackett]

Plenty of players get rough decisions but manage to not throw a mard.

He's a mard arse who treats umpires with disdain at best, aggression at worst.

Fuck him.

You're on the wind up.. and you've forgotten the Law of Illingworth/Gatting, which means it's fine to confront umpires when you're captaining your country abroad.. it's nothing in comparison to what we've seen before.

You'd be wondering the hell was wrong with him if he didn;t appeal? I thought he was being a cunt claiming and questioning catches and pulling faces (he was the same in 2005), but I also think that's fine on the pitch, more so as the decisions he challenged proved to be correct.

He's an Ashes skipper of an underperforming team ffs and he definitely definitely shouldn't be booed.

 

[Flashman]

Well all this aggressive nonsense is not my cup of tea, whoever it is, but whatever floats your boat I suppose.

 

[liquidlunch]

Yep,fuck it,your one up but after this Egbaston(weird name) test we should be 1 allThats if we get umps with 20/20 vision this timeFair dinkum it was woeful.There would/could not be a cricket lover amongst you that can disagree.I know about swings and roundabouts but tests are a religion,the ultimate sporting event in my world.Poor umpiring brings it down.Off with Rudy's fucking head

 

[paulhackett]

sky reporting kp out for rest of series after surgery on his achilles?

 

[Flashman]

Aye.

Fucking hell, it'll be Bell.

 

[Flashman]

Bell at 3, Bobara to move down you'd imagine.

 

[Nemo]

Bell at 3, Bobara to move down you'd imagine.

If Bell's at 3, surely Colly has to be 4. Otherwise the upper-middle-order looks extremely frail.

 

[Balbi]

If Bell's at 3, surely Colly has to be 4. Otherwise the upper-middle-order looks extremely frail.

Yes, because it's been a powerhouse, apart from Strauss

 

[Discordia]

If Bell's at 3, surely Colly has to be 4. The upper-middle-order looks extremely frail.

Fixed.

The Sherminator is back! Celebration time!

 

[Nemo]

Fixed.

The Sherminator is back! Celebration time!

Colly is anything but frail. Don't forget he took Warne and McGrath for 200 in Australia.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

sky reporting kp out for rest of series after surgery on his achilles?

 

[g force]

Surely leave Bopara at 3 and have Bell at 4 or 5?

 

[Nemo]

Surely leave Bopara at 3 and have Bell at 4 or 5?

Or, preferably, find someone else and have the chipmunk at 12.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Colly is anything but frail. Don't forget he took Warne and McGrath for 200 in Australia.

This is why he should stay where he is at five. Like Graham Thorpe, before him, and Steve Waugh for Australia, you need a fighter at five, someone who'll dig in when the top order makes a mess of it. Collingwood's the only England batsman who can fill this role.

ETA: Also, he's doing well at 5. Leave him where he's doing well.

 

[Flashman]

I don't want Colly moved either.

 

[Nemo]

This is why he should stay where he is at five. Like Graham Thorpe, before him, and Steve Waugh for Australia, you need a fighter at five, someone who'll dig in when the top order makes a mess of it. Collingwood's the only England batsman who can fill this role.

ETA: Also, he's doing well at 5. Leave him where he's doing well.

Trouble is, I don't trust Bell and Bopara at 3 and 4. There's very little sturdiness of purpose there.

 

[Idaho]

Bell at 3, Bobara to move down you'd imagine.

Yep - I would say it would be:

Strauss
Cook
Bell
Bopara
Collingwood
Prior
Tail.

 

[aylee]

Yep,fuck it,your one up but after this Egbaston(weird name) test we should be 1 allThats if we get umps with 20/20 vision this timeFair dinkum it was woeful.There would/could not be a cricket lover amongst you that can disagree.I know about swings and roundabouts but tests are a religion,the ultimate sporting event in my world.Poor umpiring brings it down.Off with Rudy's fucking head

Seemed to me that there were as many umpiring errors in Australia's favour as against them ....

 

[Flashman]

Trouble is, I don't trust Bell and Bopara at 3 and 4. There's very little sturdiness of purpose there.

I don't trust Bell anywhere.

Jimmeh at four...

 

[Flashman]

Yep - I would say it would be:

Strauss
Cook
Bell
Bopara
Collingwood
Prior
Tail.

That'd be my guess too.

 

[Idaho]

Yep,fuck it,your one up but after this Egbaston(weird name) test we should be 1 allThats if we get umps with 20/20 vision this timeFair dinkum it was woeful.There would/could not be a cricket lover amongst you that can disagree.I know about swings and roundabouts but tests are a religion,the ultimate sporting event in my world.Poor umpiring brings it down.Off with Rudy's fucking head

Edgbaston is a very weird name. They should change it to Woolloongabba, Wonglepong or Mount Buggery.

There were a couple of bad decisions in the match. But as I said before. This happens in almost every match. It's part of the game. Two dodgy wickets given doesn't automatically make a test match defeat.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

That'd be my guess too.

Yes. And mine.

Flintoff/Broad = Tail

 

[Flashman]

Yeah bit harsh that

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Yeah bit harsh that

Only a bit, though. I'll be very surprised if either of them reaches three figures in this series, or possibly ever in Broad's case (ever again in Flintoff's).

 

[Flashman]

If Broad couldn't bat a bit he wouldn't be picked I reckon, which is maddening.

I've always been happy with 30s 40s and the odd 50 from Fred tbh, never really rated him as a batsman anyway.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If Broad couldn't bat a bit he wouldn't be picked I reckon, which is maddening.

I've always been happy with 30s 40s and the odd 50 from Fred tbh, never really rated him as a batsman anyway.

Agreed on both counts.