The Ashes 2009

[Nemo]

Broad's fifth described as "not a bad ball"

If it had been McGrath, it would have been the greatest ball ever bowled by a seamer.

 

[Balbi]

cricinfo's lunchtime summary

England's finest session.

 

[Nemo]

Athers jinxing England now by saying that 'not even England' could throw it away from this position.

 

[El Sueno]

I've discovered the key to our success; it's when I turn off TMS and listen to Danny Baker instead, keeping an eye on the scoreboard at cricinfo.com. Only problem is I might have to stay late at work to keep it going.

 

[paulhackett]

200 for bopara today

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

That 332 suddenly doesn't look so bad.

to be fair, a couple of people were saying this yesterday, in terms of the base that england had laid.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Yeah, good batting team. Look how often they actually won though. Having great bowlers in your team takes pressure off the batsmen. Those 4 had to perform for India, because their bowlers were pretty crap. Makes them more impressive, not less.

Kumble and Harbhajan crap?

The likes of Strinath and Prassad weren't bad either. Through Tendulkar's career, he's seen India turn from a team that did very well at home, but struggled away, to a team that does strongly all around the world. India have been in the top three test teams consistently for a decade.

You were right about Lara, but not Tendulkar imo.

 

[Nemo]

I've seen some collapses over the years, and most of them have been English, but that ranks with the best of them

 

[Nemo]

to be fair, a couple of people were saying this yesterday, in terms of the base that england had laid.

I know. I was one of them.

 

[liquidlunch]

ffs i go away for a couple of days and look what happensHope you poms haven't got your tails up,all we need is a draw due to rain and its still ours

 

[littlebabyjesus]

ffs i go away for a couple of days and look what happensHope you poms haven't got your tails up,all we need is a draw due to rain and its still ours

Forecast is for three fine days!

 

[TrippyLondoner]

ffs i go away for a couple of days and look what happensHope you poms haven't got your tails up,all we need is a draw due to rain and its still ours

Still cocky eh?

 

[liquidlunch]

Still cocky eh?

oh yes,always

 

[Nemo]

Here comes big Fred.

 

[Epico]

An Aussie wishing for rain!

That's usually our job.

 

[liquidlunch]

i have not heard a ball this game,snapped the antenna off my truck out in the scrub 3 days ago and just got back into town an hour ago..Whats happened to our batsmen?fire brigade perhaps?

 

[Nemo]

Swannie!

 

[TrippyLondoner]

wicket!!!!

 

[marty21]

swann, 4 wickets! good lad

 

[Nemo]

i have not heard a ball this game,snapped the antenna off my truck out in the scrub 3 days ago and just got back into town an hour ago..Whats happened to our batsmen?fire brigade perhaps?

Your batsmen have been done by Broad and Swann.

 

[Pie 1]

This is just beautiful

 

[Nemo]

Bad decision, but one can't say that a wicket is against the run of play.

 

[paulhackett]

He missed that by about half a foot..

 

[Nemo]

Marcus is one of nearly 800 to email us today, and one of several scores of angry Australians reading. "This is ridiculous," he vents. "Why is the wicket playing like a Karachi dustbowl on the second day? England bowl great when they are handed a pitch of landmines. If Australia lose this series, it will be one of the most unjust loses of all time. Australia should have won this series 3-1."

Diddums.

 

[El Sueno]

I've discovered the key to our success; it's when I turn off TMS and listen to Danny Baker instead, keeping an eye on the scoreboard at cricinfo.com. Only problem is I might have to stay late at work to keep it going.

Another wicket - good, cos I aint sitting through the entire Eddie Nestor show.

 

[liquidlunch]

should drug test Broad,how come he can take wickets all of a sudden

 

[TrippyLondoner]

should drug test Broad,how come he can take wickets all of a sudden

 

[Nemo]

should drug test Broad,how come he can take wickets all of a sudden

And eye-test the umpires.

 

[Pie 1]

Diddums.

 

[kyser_soze]

Marcus is one of nearly 800 to email us today, and one of several scores of angry Australians reading. "This is ridiculous," he vents. "Why is the wicket playing like a Karachi dustbowl on the second day? England bowl great when they are handed a pitch of landmines. If Australia lose this series, it will be one of the most unjust loses of all time. Australia should have won this series 3-1."

I fucking love it when the Australians get like this...