The Ashes 2006

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:54 pm

rachel wrote:
simon jones init. allow geraint.

allow geraint all day long.. wasteman behind the stumps.

I can't believe we lost this test... stayed up until half 3 listening but then it got too depressing.. i've been soooo miserable all day.. xmas is ruined.. everything is fucked...

mos dan · Post by **mos dan** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:40 pm

rachel wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:A very average side with false pretences. It does show that the last Ashes victory was an anomaly.
nah not tru - last time round we had jones and vaughan, plus flintoff not pressured with captaincy.

yeah i agree, wasn't an anomaly. true we had our luck - warne dropping kp (i think it was) in the final test, among other things.

but sj with reverse swing, harmy not being *quite* so poor, and freddie firing on all cylinders meant we were a VERY different side last time around. with jones, hoggard, a half-strength harmy, and flintoff bowling we had a properly devastating pace attack, to compensate for our inconsistent batting.

whoever said sth about brett lee's batting - he's always been handy with the bat, as has warne, don't think that's a reflection on england's bowling.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:57 am

now things are getting interesting

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:41 pm

Panesar on his debut takes five wickets. Even Warne hasn't taken five on that ground.

Fletcher your a mug mate.

Giles hasn't played for a year before coming into this series.

Are people honestly that thick?

mos dan · Post by **mos dan** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:52 pm

Spaceboy wrote:Panesar on his debut takes five wickets. Even Warne hasn't taken five on that ground.

Fletcher your a mug mate.

Giles hasn't played for a year before coming into this series.

Are people honestly that thick?

anyone care to join me and the entire english nation in a rousing chorus of "we fucking told you so you pratt" (make up the tune as you go along)

so pleased to see harmy back on it too.

anyone know any late-night speakeasys showing the cricket in ldn? as much as i love TMS it would be nice to *watch* some...

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:27 pm

this whole defensive lark "oh u need an eight batsmen.."

F**K it play your strongest team, even if its 5 batsmen and 4 bowlers...

gotta not play defensive against the aussies...

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:22 pm

mos dan wrote: anyone know any late-night speakeasys showing the cricket in ldn? as much as i love TMS it would be nice to *watch* some...

the guardian did a piece on an all night sports bar in London that was showing it.. maybe search their website?

Panesar is a badderman.. all that pressure to perform and he still bowled like a demon

BUT, we did lose 2 wickets last night and i'm scared i'm gonna wake up and find we were bowled out for 86...

PLEASE GOD, PLEASE let us win this match... (out to god - your chest)

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:19 am

benjybars wrote:
mos dan wrote: BUT, we did lose 2 wickets last night and i'm scared i'm gonna wake up and find we were bowled out for 86...

and I was hopeing I would come home from work and find that

. Your tail enders would just not go out.

Panasar isn't a terrible tail ender batsman either. He read Warne pretty well, got me wondering if spinners have an edge batting against other spinners? Maybe can read them better.

Anyway, we're 1/45, Langer out.

Are you guys getting the 'hot spot' shit? The shots where they show you the infrared footage, you can see where the ball has connected with the bat, pads, or gloves etc? pretty cool I thought.

anyway, beer oclock

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:55 am

outstanding

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:24 pm

fliPPo wrote:outstanding

just watched the highllights... gilchrist went bonkers! the six of harmy was HUGE!

so so depressing though.. the ashes gone by xmas..

mos dan · Post by **mos dan** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:09 am

i'm knackered, got work to do tmw, and i know we're going to lose - we ain't in edgebaston any more toto - but i'm really loving listening to kp and freddie stringing it out on tms:

they just got 13 off lee's over and 12 off clark.

HA.

let's go down fighting boys.

mos dan · Post by **mos dan** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:59 am

freddie out, geraint in.

bedtime then.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:43 am

was looking England might have been in with a chance today, untill Flintoff went out, Shame.

but I can't lie, I'm not disapointed.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:44 am

bump

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:48 pm

this is is embarrassing.. can't the UN cancel the final test as an international mercy gesture??

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:27 pm

Fletcher and Flintoff arsed up the selections. We wouldn't have won the series, but we'd have taken at least one test. Poor.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:42 am

England 291 & 147
Australia 393 & 77 overs and 10 wickets worth of runs

5-0 in the bag I'd say.

bring on the ODI next fridee

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:35 am

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:08 am

anyone watch the Twenty20??

:teef:

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:22 pm

thats not really cricket is it now.^

bigup the test match crew.

The Ashes 2006

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