The Ashes 2009
- Thread starter Santino
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Would be exciting if it turns out like this. Do Aussies still talk about 1981?
There are other players in the team (although on current performances you wouldn't notice them).
mattie
missing in inaction
And how many mentioned in the same breath as Botham?
There were other players then too. Notably Willis.
mattie
missing in inaction
But mainly Botham.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Ok, I've worked it out. England need to lose their first five wickets fairly cheaply. Broad comes in and plays the Botham role with Graham Onions starring as Graham Dilley. Then Harmison steams in for eight wickets to finish things off Bob Willis-style.
As the inexplicably Russian meerkat would say: simples.Ok, I've worked it out. England need to lose their first five wickets fairly cheaply. Broad comes in and plays the Botham role with Graham Onions starring as Graham Dilley. Then Harmison steams in for eight wickets to finish things off Bob Willis-style.
About time if you ask me.
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
I'm glad the days of Gooch and everybody go running, meant players like Gower were seen as troublesome and it continued pretty much until Nasser took over and accomodated players like Caddick and Tuffers.. and funnily enough we started to win a bit more consistently.
A bowler who isn't flakey isn't a bowler and all our attack in 2005 have been flakey at some stage.. fred, harmy, hoggard, jones, giles and his piece in the guardian after the lords test in 2005.
A bowler who isn't flakey isn't a bowler and all our attack in 2005 have been flakey at some stage.. fred, harmy, hoggard, jones, giles and his piece in the guardian after the lords test in 2005.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
A selector, I don't remember which one, is famously known to have said of Thorpe, 'But what does he bring to the table other than runs?'
There seems to be some idiocy about 'being a good egg' that's still around and why Broad keeps being picked. Fuck being a good egg, give me runs and wickets, please.
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
it's like the issue with Jack Russell and his hat.. and not making runs although he made centuries, averaged 30+?..
I sat at square leg watching pretty much him one afternoon, standing up to medium pacers, talking the batsmens ears off, and whipping bails off on leg side takes.. genius.
I sat at square leg watching pretty much him one afternoon, standing up to medium pacers, talking the batsmens ears off, and whipping bails off on leg side takes.. genius.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Totally agree about Jack Russell. Ave 27 in fact. But certainly no mug with the bat, the greatest wicketkeeper of his generation and as you say absolutely brilliant standing up. Alec Stewart was very good to the quicks but much less good standing up. And Stewart's batting suffered from his keeping. If you look at his stats, he averaged 47 in 50-odd tests not keeping, 35 in 70-odd tests keeping. I never agreed with that policy.
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
and another.. siddle b Broad
We beat Pakistan three years ago when they had a lead larger than that.Keep the lead to a manageable 300 or so
