What a test match......what a series, this must feel like a win, similar to the first test. Big last test now, lets bat first this time and get some runs on the board.
[cite]Posted By: Leroy Ambrose[/cite]Anybody who says test cricket is boring is an absolute prawn - this is proof that it shits all over every other form of the game in existence.
Absolutely 100% amen to that. Test match Cricket is and will be the number one game in the world bar none (even football!!)
Awesome finish well done Bell, colly and the Onions.
Parked up in Bickley to listen to the last 5 overs....didn't feel like driving...great commentary from the guys on 720.
Will deffo watch the highlights tonight.
Onwards to Jo'burg!
[cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]ooooh so excited, this time next year i'll have just watched the 5th and final test of the ashes in sydney and seen us win the little urn thingy!
You mean retain the urn, as holders it's already in our possession.
[cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]ooooh so excited, this time next year i'll have just watched the 5th and final test of the ashes in sydney and seen us win the little urn thingy!
You mean retain the urn, as holders it's already in our possession.
The ashes remain at Lords I believe regardless of whether England or Australia hold them.
Is there or was there ever a game invented/created that has so many twists and turns and variables as cricket....it's like chess/poker/roulette and baccarat rolled into one.
Folk who find it boring amaze me...for someone who has the impatience of the average gnat, I have somehow come to love the game.....it soothes me to a point of relaxation and contentment at times that I just love and appreciate.
The key to enjoying cricket is not to treat it like other sports. Other sports are designed to hold you attention fully for a couple of hours or so. Cricket, well test Cricket, is best enjoyed if you dip in and out of it or listen to TMS whilst doing something else. If you attempt to sit in front of your TV and watch every ball of a 5 day match then your attention is bound to wander.
The key is to be suffieciently aware of what's going on that you can get yourself in front of a TV or next to a Radio in time to be involved in an hours entertainment like we got this afternoon.
[cite]Posted By: Exiled_Addick[/cite]The key to enjoying cricket is not to treat it like other sports. Other sports are designed to hold you attention fully for a couple of hours or so. Cricket, well test Cricket, is best enjoyed if you dip in and out of it or listen to TMS whilst doing something else. If you attempt to sit in front of your TV and watch every ball of a 5 day match then your attention is bound to wander.
The key is to be suffieciently aware of what's going on that you can get yourself in front of a TV or next to a Radio in time to be involved in an hours entertainment like we got this afternoon.
Agree with you are saying for just normal cricket fans, but mark my words the test cricket purist would love nothing more than to sit in his pants for the whole test watching every ball and drinks break!! I know this cos i am him, the 29 year old purist who on a saturday test day would sit in my pants only, watching it all day long!! Thats my goal in life, to watch more test cricket in my Jack Palance!! Beer, peace, some nuts lol and a whole lotta blocking and amazing passages of fast bowling!!
I can tell you when it was absolute perfection for me, it was when we played the saffers last year at home, Flintoff bowling an incredible torrent of 92 mph chin music to Jack Kallis, 2 all rounders at the top, top of their games, with fred really frightening him, and making him play at an absolute rip snorter after really buttering him up!! That, for me, is sporting briliance.
You give me, and today as to quote Boycott on TMS, that all day long, proper spells of proper brutal but skillfull fast bowling. can't wait to see Steyn in action on the sky highlights tonight to see how it held up against the likes of Freddie v Kallis, or one Atherton v Donald match up, or even when Macgrath had figures of something 4 wickets for 2 runs in the 05 Ashes test at Lords!! Stunning.
top result! well done lads cant lose the series now can either draw and still win series or win in style to win 2-0nil i know what i'd prefer but either im happy ;-)
sorry tad late but not been online, did watch it from after tea. in fairness was very dull but then was worth it in the end, we just about scraped it and wat a series so far. very dramatic and every test bar our thrashing of them has gone down to the last over
Definitely fancy a result on this one. It'll be good to see old Kent boy Parnell get a chance for SA as well, who I think will be one of the worlds best bowlers in a few years time. Just wait until you see his yorkers!
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YOU SHUT UP !!
Anyone who says test cricket is boring because you can play for 5 days and still end up with a draw is clearly an idiot after that match.
er.....nothing I think ?!
separates the men from the boys
great stuff England
final test should be a cracker too - SA have to go hell for leather for the win
Absolutely 100% amen to that. Test match Cricket is and will be the number one game in the world bar none (even football!!)
Awesome finish well done Bell, colly and the Onions.
Will deffo watch the highlights tonight.
Onwards to Jo'burg!
You mean retain the urn, as holders it's already in our possession.
The ashes remain at Lords I believe regardless of whether England or Australia hold them.
As Leroy says Test Cricket is the ultimate form of the game for all the marketing hype and bullshit of T20.
T20 is a form of entertainment and certainly has a place but please God it doesn't grow to usurp "proper" cricket such as we have seen today.
When Bell was out:
I knew all along ;-)
Folk who find it boring amaze me...for someone who has the impatience of the average gnat, I have somehow come to love the game.....it soothes me to a point of relaxation and contentment at times that I just love and appreciate.
The key is to be suffieciently aware of what's going on that you can get yourself in front of a TV or next to a Radio in time to be involved in an hours entertainment like we got this afternoon.
Agree with you are saying for just normal cricket fans, but mark my words the test cricket purist would love nothing more than to sit in his pants for the whole test watching every ball and drinks break!! I know this cos i am him, the 29 year old purist who on a saturday test day would sit in my pants only, watching it all day long!! Thats my goal in life, to watch more test cricket in my Jack Palance!! Beer, peace, some nuts lol and a whole lotta blocking and amazing passages of fast bowling!!
I can tell you when it was absolute perfection for me, it was when we played the saffers last year at home, Flintoff bowling an incredible torrent of 92 mph chin music to Jack Kallis, 2 all rounders at the top, top of their games, with fred really frightening him, and making him play at an absolute rip snorter after really buttering him up!! That, for me, is sporting briliance.
You give me, and today as to quote Boycott on TMS, that all day long, proper spells of proper brutal but skillfull fast bowling. can't wait to see Steyn in action on the sky highlights tonight to see how it held up against the likes of Freddie v Kallis, or one Atherton v Donald match up, or even when Macgrath had figures of something 4 wickets for 2 runs in the 05 Ashes test at Lords!! Stunning.
Going to knock one out now lol
sorry tad late but not been online, did watch it from after tea. in fairness was very dull but then was worth it in the end, we just about scraped it and wat a series so far. very dramatic and every test bar our thrashing of them has gone down to the last over
Keep it up Barmy Army!