Ive not thought he is worth his place for a while now but reading about his recent average and seeing him play todfay has made me think again. Strauss, Bopara and Cook look like our weak links with the bat now.
The Ashes 2009
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Ive not thought he is worth his place for a while now but reading about his recent average and seeing him play todfay has made me think again. Strauss, Bopara and Cook look like our weak links with the bat now.
Stunning final day to what turned out to be a brilliant test which has made us (Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales) look pretty fucking cool (we already were, like, but it's good to see such positive coverage, give or take Rhydian) and capable of putting on a brilliant spectacle on a site that until very recently was a run-down, ramshackle backwater of a place (I mean Sophia Gardens, not Wales, Saes wags)
I fucking loved being there on day one of the test, and well done any of you that went today on the off chance that we would give them a go. What a brilliant last couple of hours that was, right up there with the tensest of any Ashes test finishes I can recall, the crowd were going nuts!
And it's England and Wales boys, so I'm firmly with the Welsh cricket lovers on here, we've won the county championship 3 times (so far!) and we are fully part of it (fuck me we would have won this match with Simon Jones in the side, good sad interview with him in today's Observer btw). And it was cool to see so many English and Aussies proper loving the town on Weds, proper loving it. Most times I've had to explain the Ayatollah in one day for many a long year (the Cardiff City version, not the current Ahmedinajad-backing votes-rigger)
Bring on Lord's, bring on Harmy and please please can we get stuck into the fuckers this time
Well said.
Pleased for Cardiff and Glamorgan.
I'm no cricket fan, but that was a nail-biting climax to the match.
Delight at the resilience of Collingwood, Anderson and Panesar can't disguise that overall, England were crushed at a venue where many commentators thought that they could win. The bowling was particularly ineffective. Changes need to be made if there is going to be any prospect of England avoiding a heavy defeat in the series.
Delight at the resilience of Collingwood, Anderson and Panesar can't disguise that overall, England were crushed at a venue where many commentators thought that they could win. The bowling was particularly ineffective. Changes need to be made if there is going to be any prospect of England avoiding a heavy defeat in the series.
And surprise surprise, Ponting's having a moan about alleged timewasting by England. Why can't he just accept the fact that Australia had 11.3 overs bowling against number 10 (average 15.00) and number 11 (average 5.50) and they muffed it? Still, that's Ponting for you: in defeat, moaning; in victory, whingeing.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
What kind of fool would say that Collingwood isn't worth his place? On the strength of that miserable effort from England I'd rather we just had eleven Paul Collingwoods on the field tbh. He can even keep wicket, as we saw in the 20-20's.
Broad needs to work out what kind of bowler he is. He wants to be a Flintoff-style strike bowler, but he will do much better emulating McGrath and working on his accuracy and control. I wouldn't be too concerned if they dropped him for Lord's, I think he's got the temperament to go away and get better because of it.
TrippyLondoner
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Boohoo ponting, he still had the correct amount of overs, and couldn't get the tailenders out, haha, he can moan away for all i care, just makes me pleased the aussies are showing themselves to be what bad losers they're(though they didnt technically lose but you get what i mean)and right now are most likely kicking themselves over n over while blaming others.
If I were the one interviewing him, I'd have been asking how long he thought his attack needed to bowl Monty Panesar out.Boohoo ponting, he still had the correct amount of overs, and couldn't get the tailenders out, haha, he can moan away for all i care, just makes me pleased the aussies are showing themselves to be what bad losers they're(though they didnt technically lose but you get what i mean)and right now are most likely kicking themselves over n over while blaming others.
E2A: I can never quite decide whether the Australians are worse winners or losers.
TrippyLondoner
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TrippyLondoner
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Definitely want harmison there.
Do you think the keeper's allowed to stand at second slip?
Azertyioup
Wind it up
Only thing I'd say to that is Lords has been a bouncy wicket in the games I have seen there this season, so maybe your best off going with the taller bowlers as Johnson aside the Australian attack is quite skiddy.
Also Hussain made the point that the Aussies historically have struggled against the taller bowlers, like Ishant Sharma and to a degree Harmison or in the more distant past Curtly Ambrose.
Tough on Onions if he does not get a chance though as he did nothing wrong v WI, okay they were poor but he can only bowl at what he has infront of him, he also is the leading wicket taker in County cricket.
Might be worth playing no spinner at Lords then you can fit Onions and Harmison in, Broad can at least bat and I expect the Lords wicket will suit him, think he has been made a bit of a scapegoat with not much justification.
That might be a bit of a risk - if nothing else, a spinner can get through a lot of overs and give the seamers a break. Also, England spinners seem to have been doing better at Lord's in recent years, so it's probably still worth keeping Swann in the side.
Re. Harmy, I'm dubious about having him in the side at all, because we've been here at least three times in the past few years, and I think that his last chance should have been the final one.
Stunning final day to what turned out to be a brilliant test which has made us (Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales) look pretty fucking cool (we already were, like, but it's good to see such positive coverage, give or take Rhydian) and capable of putting on a brilliant spectacle on a site that until very recently was a run-down, ramshackle backwater of a place (I mean Sophia Gardens, not Wales, Saes wags)
I fucking loved being there on day one of the test, and well done any of you that went today on the off chance that we would give them a go. What a brilliant last couple of hours that was, right up there with the tensest of any Ashes test finishes I can recall, the crowd were going nuts!
And it's England and Wales boys, so I'm firmly with the Welsh cricket lovers on here, we've won the county championship 3 times (so far!) and we are fully part of it (fuck me we would have won this match with Simon Jones in the side, good sad interview with him in today's Observer btw). And it was cool to see so many English and Aussies proper loving the town on Weds, proper loving it. Most times I've had to explain the Ayatollah in one day for many a long year (the Cardiff City version, not the current Ahmedinajad-backing votes-rigger)
Bring on Lord's, bring on Harmy and please please can we get stuck into the fuckers this time
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Gospel.
Every single word.
Azertyioup
Wind it up
Maybe but KP, Collingwood and Bopara can do that job, true Panesar and Swann have done okay there in recent times, so yeah your probably right we should play one. Harmison yes I know he has had many chances, but the fact is he has done well for Durham and did well for the Lions, I'm pretty sure the Aussies don't/won't fancy facing him too much. I'm sure the selectors are down to Onions or Harmison for Panesar, the gamble would be playing no spinner, which could go well IMO. But yeah I expect they won't go wih an all seam/pace attack, be too bold a move.
Azertyioup
Wind it up
Interesting, could be a blessing in disguise.
Azertyioup
Wind it up
LOL wut ?
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Can add a new one to the list now: Bad drawers.
Is that the same as being a piss artist!
Balbi
Hey, Dean Yager!
If K.P, Ravi, Cook, Freddie and Strauss had half of Colly's control at the crease - we'd be bloody brilliant.
Some talking head yesterday said 'People criticise K.P unnecessarily, don't they realise he's our best batsman?'
Bollocks is he. He's our most exciting and arguably talented batsman, but our best would be the one that racks up the most consistent score and time at the coalface.
Bring on the Harm.
Some talking head yesterday said 'People criticise K.P unnecessarily, don't they realise he's our best batsman?'
Bollocks is he. He's our most exciting and arguably talented batsman, but our best would be the one that racks up the most consistent score and time at the coalface.
Bring on the Harm.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
One pissed-off Aussie captain
Then again, he's always pissed off, isn't he?
waterloowelshy
Well-Known Member
Definately. Thankfully the racist bigots like Ddraig are in the minority in Wales. I hope all the fans that showed up over the five days had a good time and would agree that the hospitality and atmosphere were worth the visit to Wales for. And i think all the fans in Wales, like myself, have been delighted with having our first ashes test here. Its quite funny how quite Ddraig has gone since he was called out for the nasty little racist that he is. Hopefully some of the English Urbs can extend him the warm welcome that he provides to English visitirs to Wales when he is next over in England.
Overall, Id say we would be more than a bit happy to welcome the England team back to Wales for future tests. Fingers crossed Cardiff gets some more games now.
bi0boy
Power User
One pissed-off Aussie captain
Then again, he's always pissed off, isn't he?
Winding up the Aussies is fun
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
He's just pissed that in 40 minutes he couldn't bowl out a rabbit and a ferret. I doubt a couple of lost minutes here and there make much odds on that fact.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
He's the most naturally gifted cricketer I've ever seen, and always respectful and dignified.
