The Ashes 2009

[mrsfran]

Broad's quite a good looking chap, isn't he?

HE'S MY BOYFRIEND

 

[marty21]

Broad man of the match, well justified imo.

Strauss man of the series. Again very well deserved.

agreed

 

[agricola]

Congrats England. All bullshit aside, well deserved...

Lacklustre series though it has to be said. I hope both sides can come up with some superstars before the next one...

Odd how both teams have slumped from 2005 to a very similar level.

 

[Nemo]

Strauss wins the Compton-Miller medal.

 

[agricola]

Strauss wins the Compton-Miller medal.

should have been monty

 

[Nemo]

Congrats England. All bullshit aside, well deserved...

Lacklustre series though it has to be said. I hope both sides can come up with some superstars before the next one...

Series has had its moments, and the reason England have won is that England had more of them.

 

[Upchuck]

Odd how both teams have slumped from 2005 to a very similar level.

Australia are in a process of rebuilding. Next Ashes tour we'll be untouchable.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Well played aussies, made a fight of it!

 

[Nemo]

Hats off to the Aussies. They've played really well for a lot of the series, but have often done it when they were behind the eight-ball.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Australia are in a process of rebuilding. Next Ashes tour we'll be untouchable.

we are to, btw.

 

[Upchuck]

Yeah....

hahahahahahahaha

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Yeah....

hahahahahahahaha

same back to you

 

[mrsfran]

Yeah....

hahahahahahahaha

I suggest you take a leaf out of your captain's book and try a little graciousness in defeat.

 

[Nemo]

Yeah....

hahahahahahahaha

We'll see. Can't be worse than the last England test tour of Australia.

 

[gabi]

How much money did Gabi piss away on his punts?

I'm up £230. Since you asked.

 

[Upchuck]

Nah, well played England. Good win. Good The Ashes are being shared around.

 

[Diamond]

It'd be good if Punter could make it back for another series.

 

[Nemo]

Nah, well played England. Good win. Good The Ashes are being shared around.

Ditto. Hope we won't be sharing them too soon though. Must be our turn now.

 

[Nemo]

Good recovery from England since that disastrous Winter.

E2A: and a second Ashes win with a Zimbabwean coach.

 

[DJ Squelch]

well done lads

 

[Nemo]

I think fireworks might be a little OTT.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[agricola]

live within sight of the oval, am watching half the residents of my block look out the window looking at the fireworks

 

[Diamond]

Aussie commentators saying that Strauss would walk into the Aussie side.

 

[Nemo]

Aussie commentators saying that Strauss would walk into the Aussie side.

A high compliment. What a contrast from 2006-7 when he was distinctly sub-par.

 

[marty21]

ponting looked well battered during his interview

 

[Nemo]

Colly holding the urn now. He may have been quiet for most of the series, but he did his bit in Cardiff, so who cares about the rest?

 

[Dirty Martini]

Colly holding the urn now. He may have been quiet for most of the series, but he did his bit in Cardiff, so who cares about the rest?

Team effort. Everyone did their bit over the series, more or less.

 

[Idaho]

Excellent stuff. A scrappy, scruffy and patchy series all round. Both sides largely defined by their weaknesses rather than their strengths. However some great spells. Aussie batsmen and Panesar at Cardiff. Flintoff at Lords. Onions at Edgebaston. Aussie bowlers at Leeds and Broad at the Oval.

Well done England

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Team effort. Everyone did their bit over the series, more or less.

agreed