TrippyLondoner
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Aye,true.
The Ashes 2009
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Aye,true.
If we beat them 5-0 I'll donate 50 quid to the Urban server fund (does it still exist?)
There may be a specific reason why the Aussie bowling attack isn't firing, which is Ponting mouthing off the other day about reducing the number of No Balls they send down. Possibly the bowlers have been warned too strongly and are now not bowling with any intent at all. Although if that were the case you'd expect a higher run rate.
TrippyLondoner
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I'lld love it if we humiliate them, what a shit summer that would be for the ausses. Out of 20/20, beaten in the ashes, = bye bye ponting.
TrippyLondoner
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Moore 95 not out.
TrippyLondoner
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Denly gone, thought i jinxed moore for a second but its denly out for 66
This seems to be taking a similar shape to the last time they toured, where Cook got a double ton for Essex against Aus in a warm up.
Interesting..
No McGrath, Warne or Gilchrist this time neither. And I suppose to a lesser extent Gillespie and Kasprowicz (although they went from decent to shite in a matter of weeks for some reason which nobody expected).
Interesting..
No McGrath, Warne or Gilchrist this time neither. And I suppose to a lesser extent Gillespie and Kasprowicz (although they went from decent to shite in a matter of weeks for some reason which nobody expected).
TrippyLondoner
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Lee's a cunt.
I know some aussies aint the biggest fan of him either.
I know some aussies aint the biggest fan of him either.TrippyLondoner
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If you mean the johnson i think you mean, he can be quite good sometimes as far as i know.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Lets hope Johnson and Hauritz are picked for the first test
Johnson has far better bowling and batting averages than Flintoff. He'll definitely play and he'll probably do very well IMO. Just because he's had a bad warm up game doesn't make him a bad player.
Does anyone seriously think it will be 5-0 to England?
TrippyLondoner
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It wont be, one of the tests will get rained out.
Yeah - even assuming that a couple gets pissed on, are we seriously going to win the others?
TrippyLondoner
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We could win a couple, they can't rely on brett lee everytime.
Azertyioup
Wind it up
Lets hope it stays hot so our spinners have some dusty tracks to bowl on and the reverse swing can get going, I think it's going to be very close, can't see England winning it though, 2-2 would be my prediction.
Wish Simon Jones was not such an injury prone bowler, for me he was the best bowler in the '05 win, 18 wkts in just 4 tests, nice to see Panesar getting a few wkts also.
Wish Simon Jones was not such an injury prone bowler, for me he was the best bowler in the '05 win, 18 wkts in just 4 tests, nice to see Panesar getting a few wkts also.
TrippyLondoner
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I truly believe we can win this series tbh, but don't want to get carried away yet.
Idaho
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liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
Have you people forgotten how much this game can change in a day?Its not worth spending up too much energy in the warm ups.The team is pretty well on their game all year round,but like to conserve ourselves until the real stuff starts
The last series is proof of that.Chill dudes,see how the land lies after a couple of tests
The last series is proof of that.Chill dudes,see how the land lies after a couple of tests
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
We dont,he has just discovered reverse swing
Johnson.Clark,Siddle and Clarke will help him a tad.Hussey is due for a good season.I cant see you pommy lads doing much good tbh when Hughes starts smacking you all over the park.RIP last ashes lol
TrippyLondoner
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Have you people forgotten how much this game can change in a day?Its not worth spending up too much energy in the warm ups.The team is pretty well on their game all year round,but like to conserve ourselves until the real stuff starts
aussies don't 'do' warm ups, says ponting. I'm saving my emotion for the ashes, though.
TrippyLondoner
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We dont,he has just discovered reverse swing
RIP last ashes lol
Dream on.
paulhackett
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We dont,he has just discovered reverse swing
RIP last ashes lol
We reckon short on leg stump will do for Hughes.. he's the new Mattie Hayden (minus the sledging) so this years bunny. Who's opening with Katich at Lords?
Azertyioup
Wind it up
We dont,he has just discovered reverse swing
RIP last ashes lol
I'm not too worried about Hughes, think Ponting will do more, Hughes had one good series in SA no other form as it was his debut series, he may do well though just need to see more than one series of him first. The video/laptops will have done some work on him by now.
The key will be taking wkts with the old ball, no Warne to do that now so lets see who gets the best out of the spin and reverse swing as the hot weather forecasted for the series should mean it's a factor.
Bopara is a key player also, if he keeps up his form then our batting will hold up well imo, I think Strauss, Cook and KP will all get in the runs.
TrippyLondoner
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316-8, aussies have woken up. Johnson got a wicket and now lee gets another..
