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  • Ponting LBW Broad 78

    140-3
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,785
    edited August 2009
    Watson and Ponting both out 'cos we pitched it up. Shame it's taken so long for our attack to realise that that is what's needed on this track.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]watson gone.

    Collapse on the the way : - )

    told you.

    here we go
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,785
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]watson gone.

    Collapse on the the way : - )

    Hussey's been a poor starter in this series so if we bowl in the right area we could get him cheaply. That is a big "if" though.
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]q

    Hussey out LBW

    151-4
  • Do England get deducted points if more than 16 wickets fall on one day ?

    ;-)
  • ParkinsonOut
    ParkinsonOut Posts: 1,463
    Anyone else think Bopara is shite and shouldn't be in the team?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,785
    [cite]Posted By: Miserableold-ish git[/cite]Do England get deductedpointsif more than 16 wickets fall on one day ?

    ;-)

    Only if all 16 wickets to fall are theirs.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,785
    [cite]Posted By: ParkinsonOut[/cite]Anyone else think Bopara is shite and shouldn't be in the team?

    This has been discussed on Page 22
  • Darren
    Darren Posts: 435
    Agent Harmison return to Oz. Your work is done...
    Oh gawd
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,479
    edited August 2009
    Friday August 7th 2009. One of the darkest days in the history of Ashes test cricket as far as I'm concerned.......just want to forget it!
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  • 280-4

    178 lead

    ;-(
  • I everyone just pretending this test is happening? Currently 74-3 at the mo'.

    Deary me..
  • Terrible decision for Bopara's wicket though.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    74-4
  • Er 74-4 now. Collingwood's gone.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    78-5
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,785
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]78-5

    Are we singing from the same hymn book yet?
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]78-5

    Are we singing from the same hymn book yet?
    Player for player, when fully fit, England are better than Australia. Yes, they've (all but) stuffed us in this match (Ponting's second win in 9 attempts in this country) to make it 1-1. I still make England favourites to complete the job at The Oval.
  • bigstemarra
    bigstemarra Posts: 5,098
    I don't see how we can recover from this - without our 2 decent players we are, by and large, a shit cricket team.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,737
    [quote][cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]78-5[/quote]

    Are we singing from the same hymn book yet?[/quote]
    Player for player, when fully fit, England are better than Australia. Yes, they've (all but) stuffed us in this match (Ponting's second win in 9 attempts in this country) to make it 1-1. I still make England favourites to complete the job at The Oval.[/quote]

    The Oval hasn't been a result pitch this season. Batsman's paradise. Loose the toss there and the Aussies keep the urn.
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,785
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]78-5

    Are we singing from the same hymn book yet?

    Player for player, when fully fit, England are better than Australia. Yes, they've (all but) stuffed us in this match (Ponting's second win in 9 attempts in this country) to make it 1-1. I still make England favourites to complete the job at The Oval.

    That's not what you said when I said "no KP no Freddie" = 1-1 though. I admire your blind allegiance nevertheless because if you seriously think this shambles of a Team (even with Freddie) has any chance of winning the final Test you're sadly misguided. I'm clinging on to the hope for bad weather and 1-1 because a batting line up of Strauss, Cook, Bopara, Bell, Collingwood et al ain't gonna scare Bangladesh let alone the Aussies.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    [cite]Posted By: Clem_Snide[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]78-5

    Are we singing from the same hymn book yet?
    Player for player, when fully fit, England are better than Australia. Yes, they've (all but) stuffed us in this match (Ponting's second win in 9 attempts in this country) to make it 1-1. I still make England favourites to complete the job at The Oval.

    The Oval hasn't been a result pitch this season. Batsman's paradise. Loose the toss there and the Aussies keep the urn.
    That's one view. The other is that Hugh Morris is on the phone right now to the groundsman at the Oval to prepare a bunsen burner.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]78-5

    Are we singing from the same hymn book yet?

    Player for player, when fully fit, England are better than Australia. Yes, they've (all but) stuffed us in this match (Ponting's second win in 9 attempts in this country) to make it 1-1. I still make England favourites to complete the job at The Oval.

    That's not what you said when I said "no KP no Freddie" = 1-1 though. I admire your blind allegiance nevertheless because if you seriously think this shambles of a Team (even with Freddie) has any chance of winning the final Test you're sadly misguided. I'm clinging on to the hope for bad weather and 1-1 because a batting line up of Strauss, Cook, Bopara, Bell, Collingwood et al ain't gonna scare Bangladesh let alone the Aussies.
    Bangladesh may well be good enough to have given the West Indies a beating, but you are talking nonsense.

    We're measuring England against the best team in the world. Australia have won two days at Leeds hands-down, yet still don't lead the series.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,785
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]78-5

    Are we singing from the same hymn book yet?

    Player for player, when fully fit, England are better than Australia. Yes, they've (all but) stuffed us in this match (Ponting's second win in 9 attempts in this country) to make it 1-1. I still make England favourites to complete the job at The Oval.

    That's not what you said when I said "no KP no Freddie" = 1-1 though. I admire your blind allegiance nevertheless because if you seriously think this shambles of a Team (even with Freddie) has any chance of winning the final Test you're sadly misguided. I'm clinging on to the hope for bad weather and 1-1 because a batting line up of Strauss, Cook, Bopara, Bell, Collingwood et al ain't gonna scare Bangladesh let alone the Aussies.
    Bangladesh may well be good enough to have given the West Indies a beating, but you are talking nonsense.

    We're measuring England against the best team in the world. Australia have won two days at Leeds hands-down, yet still don't lead the series.

    Bangladesh was "tongue in cheek" but if you seriously think that Bopara and Bell are good enough I suggest that you check their averages against the Aussies because that's what counts and not soft runs against the likes of the Windies who didn't even want to be here.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    edited August 2009
    205-7

    Broad* 52
    Swann *33

    Trail by 138
  • just posted the brian johnstone and jonathan agnew 'leg over' commetary on the favourite commentators thread.
    thought i'd put it on here to cheer us up.
  • 220-7

    100 partnership
    between Broad & Swann.............

    123 behind.
  • I seem to remember it was a seventh wicket partnership that set England on their way in 1981.
  • BBClaus
    BBClaus Posts: 831
    68 runs off last 5 overs!
  • [cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]I seem to remember it was a seventh wicket partnership that set England on their way in 1981.

    * Jinx !! *