Ashes thread - England vs Australia * SPOILERS *

Mad old tory · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:12

About time a decision went our way I guess. TMS said there was a fair bit of doubt but I haven't seen it.

Big Kev · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:19

Yep, that was plumb, Rudi boy is having a mare, just imagine what might have happened if Hayden had been given out in the Aussie innings.

platty · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:20

Mad old tory said:
About time a decision went our way I guess. TMS said there was a fair bit of doubt but I haven't seen it.

Not really. Pitched in line, hit well below the knee roll, would have missed off, missed leg and hit middle half way up.

LOL Monty's won the beard of the year by the Beard Liberation Front. Fidel Castro runner up according to bumble :cool:

JAzz · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:52

If a player can have a bad series than so can an umpire, at least he is being consistent and giving both teams bad decisions

dozer · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:52

fredtitmus said:
Of course it doesn't help our bowling plans were leaked but it was nothing revolutionary - the thing that irks me is that it's typical convict behaviour.

Originally Posted by Cricinfo
Apparently, it was a lone member of the crowd who found England's "leaked" bowling plans to the Australia batsmen. A member of England's backroom staff mislaid it, and it was found floating around the members area. He innocently picked it up and forgot all about it...until, when listening to ABC's radio in his headphones, they were pondering England's bowling plans to Australia's batsmen. So he handed it in. And there endeth the rumours of espionage...but I do rather like this spoof video footage.

from The Age's online commentary:

"I love the Chappelli pearls of wisdom. England's first target - apparently - is to make Australia bat again. Well, blow me down."

platty · 28 Dec 2006 at 02:27

Cook goes for 20. Inside edge onto the stumps trying to drive Clark. Shame, we'd made a good start.

41-1.

And what a surprise another one goes, Bell close LBW.

48-2.

Pietersen out at 4 instead of Collingwood.

JAzz · 28 Dec 2006 at 02:59

49-3 now, not looking good for England. Pietersen is out.

platty · 28 Dec 2006 at 03:02

Game over, 1 brings 7 usually with England.

Alex_L · 28 Dec 2006 at 03:19

I'm worried now with Pietersen gone. It will be truly embarrassing if we can't take it 4 days.

dozer · 28 Dec 2006 at 04:39

now strauss, so much for competition.

Big Kev · 28 Dec 2006 at 06:29

147-9 now, I'm pretty glad that I nodded off for 3 hours now. :mad:

All over now and that's me in a bad mood for a couple of days again, cheers lads. :rolleyes:

Pigeon_Killer · 28 Dec 2006 at 06:44

Pathetic. Another innings defeat and another truly embarrassing performance by our players

161 All out :mad:

dozer · 28 Dec 2006 at 06:50

lulz pwned

wedgie · 28 Dec 2006 at 07:12

How very poor.

Mad old tory · 28 Dec 2006 at 08:07

So much for pride and fightback eh? This whole tour has been an embarrassment and the players should be truly ashamed.

AJUK · 28 Dec 2006 at 09:23

Mad old tory said:
So much for pride and fightback eh? This whole tour has been an embarrassment and the players should be truly ashamed.

Agreed, I have lost all interest in it now and we have 30 months of Aussie gloating to endure before we get a chance to lose them again.

dirtydog · 28 Dec 2006 at 09:30

If the England team perform the same in the last test then they shouldn't bother coming back home as they're not welcome - what a disgraceful performance yet again.

dozer · 28 Dec 2006 at 12:36

apparently the england bowling strategy was printed on tshirts with instructions

'spin, then hang out to dry.'

Yas786 · 28 Dec 2006 at 13:06

dirtydog said:
If the England team perform the same in the last test then they shouldn't bother coming back home as they're not welcome - what a disgraceful performance yet again.

Yeah should send them back tbh

...oh wait

Couldnt even make the 4th day, another terrible English performance as per usual. I cant understand England and their mentality, they had the Aussies on the rack the other day when they were 84-5...got 5 very important wickets but yet still let Hayden and Symmonds get 150's to give them a massive lead....amazing how England keep blowing up...much like a suicide bomber tbh. Have to admit what a way to lose the toss...well they won the toss but in reality they lost it didnt they??....An innings and 99 run loss...damn thats a hard pill to swallow.

Oh well 5-0 whitewash coming up, i thought England honestly could have won or drew this test but i guess that was asking for a miracle too much.

Funny incident about the leaked report, it wasnt stolen even though Botham seems to think so but then he should really learn to keep his fat mouth shut at times...prat that he is. Obviously making that assumption that it was stolen made him look an ass, which i always thought he was tbh. Saw the pic of the report on cricinfo, its a shame that England couldnt stick to the plan

...as Boycott said if you need a plan to get rid of Warne then somethings wrong with your bowlers...and tbh hes spot on. To allow Warne to get 40 not out says it all about the English bowlers...mind you the English batters are just as bad, no backbone whatsoever.

dirtydog · 28 Dec 2006 at 13:29

I didn't like what I saw yesterday when Hoggard was interviewed by the BBC. His whole attitude and demeanour, to me, was that it was all a bit of a joke and a laugh, and he didn't seem bothered at all :confused:

Maybe that is the difference between the two sides. The Aussies never accept poor performances or defeats, we shrug and don't care it seems. We being the England team, not the public anyway.

If that is how he feels then he shouldn't be allowed to play for his country and nor should any of his team-mates who feel the same way :mad: