Australia 98 and 169 for 6
England 513Australia need 246 more runs to draw level.
What they really need is their lower order staying in for 2 days.
Not much chance of the lower order staying in.... its your game lads.
Not much chance of the lower order staying in.... its your game lads.Australia 98 and 169 for 6
England 513Australia need 246 more runs to draw level.
What they really need is their lower order staying in for 2 days.
And I just got Igor to finish digging up W G Grace. *grumbles and goes to find the spare shovel* Oh, and well done, chaps. Jolly good show.
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Ack. England all out by lunch, Hughes and Watson smacking the opening bowlers around in the second session at five an over. Looks like a long afternoon in the field for England. I wonder if Pietersen will be bowling before the close?
Collingwood almost certainly going to have an over or two unless he gets injured.
Okay, logging off for the night.Edit:
Oooh, run-out of Hughes in a Swann over just as I was about to shut down.
Thank-you Mr. Hughes for making England's job easier.Correction:
I gather the call was Watson's in the run-out and that Hughes was blameless. My apologies to Hughes and his supporters.
Charles, are you actually watching the same match as everyone else?
And I just got Igor to finish digging up W G Grace. *grumbles and goes to find the spare shovel* Oh, and well done, chaps. Jolly good show.Not much chance of the lower order staying in.... its your game lads.Australia 98 and 169 for 6
England 513Australia need 246 more runs to draw level.
What they really need is their lower order staying in for 2 days.
What we need to do is bring Lillee, Thommo and the Chappell brothers out of retirement - for all the good the current crop can do... Do you know any good necromancers that specialise in cricket careers?
Laughs out Loud..now that's just cruel Charles..Poor old Beefy..he's never been the same since a Question of Sport
Well played chaps..Jolly good show
Laughs out Loud..now that's just cruel Charles..Poor old Beefy..he's never been the same since a Question of Sport
If you let Lillee have an aluminium bat and take another kick at Javed Miandad :-)
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It's nicely poised. A few players from either side could seize control of the match here.Mitchell Johnson gets runs, then after a decent opening stand England lose some silly wickets... Is this to be a repeat of Perth, or will the script be different this time?
On tenterhooks here.
Those few players being Cook, Bell and Prior.
Looks like it'll be a chase-able target though. If Aus go well on Day 4 then it could be a grand finale.
Hmm, no grand finale, by the look of it, unless Swann finishes proceedings with a hat trick.
At this point, in the absence of a mathematically possible (but very unlikely) combination of a stupid number of runs from the Australian tail and Johnson turning into Superman, it looks to be just a question of when England win the series and whether we get online footage of TMS commentator Mr. Agnew doing a sprinkler dance?
Oh well, at least they should have plenty of time for post-match interviews with players and analysis of the series...
Well done.... not much else I can say :-)
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Sorry to see on the news about the latest floods to hit Queensland in the past 24 hours.
I hope all Australian posters on this thread (and indeed on these boards) are safe and (if perhaps slightly soggy) well.
We're safe and dry down here in Sydney, but it is certainly crazy and tragic (10 dead and 90 missing at last count in Toowoomba alone, floods hitting Brisbane now) in Queensland and now northern New South Wales.
We're safe and dry down here in Sydney, but it is certainly crazy and tragic (10 dead and 90 missing at last count in Toowoomba alone, floods hitting Brisbane now) in Queensland and now northern New South Wales.:(
Sorry to see on the news about the latest floods to hit Queensland in the past 24 hours.
I hope all Australian posters on this thread (and indeed on these boards) are safe and (if perhaps slightly soggy) well.
My parents and sister live in Brisbane. They are ok as they live on a hill. The water is up to the roof of her workplace, They were able to get all the equipment out before the water got to them.
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Commiserations to any Aus paizonians caught in the floods.
I know it's not as exciting as The Ashes but a tight finale to the first 20/20 game. England now have another odd record (longest 20/20 winning streak).
Which reminds me of my two favourite rugby stats:
Leading international try-scorer: Daisuke Ohata
Scored a ton for Japan against 'lesser' test nations and is ahead of David Campese, Shane Williams and Rory Underwood!
Most consecutive international victories: Lithunania...
Commiserations to any Aus paizonians caught in the floods.
I know it's not as exciting as The Ashes but a tight finale to the first 20/20 game. England now have another odd record (longest 20/20 winning streak).
Which reminds me of my two favourite rugby stats:
Leading international try-scorer: Daisuke Ohata
Scored a ton for Japan against 'lesser' test nations and is ahead of David Campese, Shane Williams and Rory Underwood!Most consecutive international victories: Lithunania...
Maybe we can get them to play cricket for Australia.
Hello English Paizonians,
Ha ha ha ha ha, :-)
Yes, yes, laugh it up, Convict. I can't deny the England team's woeful performance is a disgrace to the country and I firmly hope, and am suggesting in my letter to the Times on this matter, they will be soundly horsewhipped should they dare return to this Sceptered Isle. You just wait until I find that Onyx. IGOR!!!
On the other hand, you're still run by Tony Abbott*. I think England still triumphs, overall.
Fair cop - Tony was born in England and went to Oxford...Thats where he picked up his Tory born to rule attitude.
He is what David Cameron would be like if he was toughened up by living in Australia...
You have my sympathies. Of course, sending the undesirables to Ausrtalia does have a long and ditinguished precedent.
Also the idea of the wet blamonge that is our current Prime Minister being toughened up by anything, even a country as deadly as Oz, is a little over the top as far as likelihood goes, don't you think, old boy? What's your next suggestion? Ed Milliband seeing a bandwgon and letting it pass unhindered?
Pip pip and do try to do better, lads. WG Grace's bones are becomming awfully fragile, what with all the digging up Igor's had to do to them lately.
Maybe you could dig up Jardine and reconstitute Larwood...
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In Soviet Adams' England, Krikket doesn't like you!
The Krikket wars are constantly reenacted... They are best when the English are languishing in the agony of defeat.
Adelaide the second most boring place in the universe - has delivered victory to the Baggy Greens.
Are we going to rinse and repeat for the next match?
The most boring place in the world obviously being Eslöv.
The bad sledging is a hold over from Punter. But the English team are no saints either and will start it up and give as good as they get.
Sledging has always been part of the game even old WG Grace fired off the odd verbal broadside.
When its funny and clever like Javed and & Merv... When Javed said Merv was to fat to play cricket he should be a bus driver... When Merv got him out and said "tickets please". Its good.
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As someone who lives in Australia, I cannot in any way recommend supporting the loutish, boorish and small-minded Australian team. Like you said on this thread three years ago 8th, I've supported the Windies since I can remember. Larry Gomes batting without a helmet, old reruns of Gary Sobers (Sir Garfield), Viv and Clive, Richie R, Desmond Haynes, Greenidge, Garner, Dujon. Absolute heroes of my youth and later years, always a delight to watch whether winning or losing. Especially at the Gabba.
Apart from a few enlightened men the Oztralyans have raised yobbish larrikinism to a culture of scorn, arrogance and uber-boganism.
I'd rather watch the English.
Always have time for the Indians and Sri Lankans, and the Kiwis are ok. I was there (watching on TV anyway) when the Chappell brothers conspired to bowl the mullygrubber of the century. Everything kinda soured from there - respect, and more importantly, self respect was lost. Victory is only one part of the game.
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As someone who lives in Australia, I cannot in any way recommend supporting the loutish, boorish and small-minded Australian team.
Well, you cant trust anyone that drives upside down.
I was a bit worried early on, but that was a respectable knock by the middle order.
Just dropping in to say "hi" to all my friends and fans out there.
Hi!
Well 3-0 the Ashes are ours... I hope we make it 5-0 nothing better than crushing the Poms... :-)
Stokes was the highlight for you guys well deserved century.
The Krikket wars are constantly reenacted... They are best when the English are languishing in the agony of defeat.
Adelaide the second most boring place in the universe - has delivered victory to the Baggy Greens.
That's a bit rough...
I'd have said we were the third most boring place in the universe.
Reggie.
If the Australians can take confidence and momentum from these matches into their next series, they might well be back on their way towards the apex of test cricket - though it might be a while before they can dislodge South Africa who have a pretty good side right now.
But the South Africans don't have Boof on their side.
They're still pretty solid, though...
Reggie.
The Krikket wars are constantly reenacted... They are best when the English are languishing in the agony of defeat.
Adelaide the second most boring place in the universe - has delivered victory to the Baggy Greens.
That's a bit rough...
I'd have said we were the third most boring place in the universe.
Reggie.
I would have put Dapto as 2nd most boring place in the universe but they have Bong Bong road... and that provides 4-5 seconds of mirth. :-)
Hmm looking interesting today.
4 nill.....
The Lyon King with a 5 wicket haul & Taking a ball to the head made Rogers bat better.
The England team is just as skilled but their confidence is gone.