The Ashes 2009

[Nemo]

Cook gone now.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Really didn't want us to bat first. Eespecially with the chaotic start before the match.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

England are very lucky Aus have been foolish enough to leave Clark out till now, I think.

 

[Nemo]

Here comes Broad. Time for him to show his mettle.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

I'lld settle for having to watch boycott bat rather than this.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Let's lighten the mood, list the players with the rudest names:

Ian Bellend
Peter Piddle
Paul Collingwoody
Alastair Cock
Jimmy Riddle Anderson
Graham Bumions
Dicky Ponting
Brad Hardon
Michael Pussey

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Here comes Broad. Time for him to show his mettle.

Here comes Broad, the start of England's tail.

 

[mattie]

This is not good.

I caught a few overs, even Clark was getting decent swing and every other ball seemd to be close to wicket-taking.

Ball only 20-odd overs old, plenty of swing left and not many batsmen.

 

[Lord Camomile]

So Cook was bowled by Clark and caught by Clarke?

That's... nice

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Here comes Broad, the start of England's tail.

think the tail began a few wickets ago.

 

[Nemo]

think the tail began a few wickets ago.

I think the tail starts at 3.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Atleast werre not 20-5 or whatever it was like in one of the tests in 2005, lords i think.

 

[Nemo]

Broad caught at short leg.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

72-6, broad gone. Crap.

 

[butchersapron]

Hmmm. let's have another look at that.

 

[Nemo]

72-6 at lunch - catastrophic session.

 

[mattie]

So, that's Clark 3 for single figures.

 

[kabbes]

I'm shocked that Broad didn't manage to score big runs. I'm sure that he'll make up for it with great bowling though.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

England might just last long enough for the sun to come out and stop the swing

 

[Corax]

Stop panicing. We're clearly lulling them into a false sense of security before Onions and Harmison pile on the runs.

 

[Santino]

Alan Lamb on TMS - he sounds like a parody of himself.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Alan Lamb on TMS - he sounds like a parody of himself.

He's probably pissed.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Not the same. There are 18 professional teams in England and the Kolpak players cause a significant number of young players simply to give up cricket as a profession. It would be the same position if the Premier League were the only professional league in football, but it isn't – so, for instance, younger players at top teams go out on loan to get a game. There are nearly 100 fully professional teams, and that doesn't count opportunities to go abroad. It's really not the same at all.

OK, I stand corrected. Fair point

 

[kyser_soze]

O
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[upsidedownwalrus]

The aussies have suddenly remembered they're at the Ashes.

 

[mattie]

The aussies have suddenly remembered they're at the Ashes.

So have our batsmen.

 

[Discordia]

Just for the record, that Broad catch wasn't out either!

 

[Nemo]

Just for the record, that Broad catch wasn't out either!

Looked clean to me.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

We are shocking.

Looked clean to me.

it definitely hit the ground before he got it in his hands. Anyway, that's payback for Strauss's non-catch in the other test!

 

[Nemo]

What a jaffa!