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by **babu** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:25 am

Oh yeah, Come on Pootang!!

:buttrock

by **Ace Ventura** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:10 pm

Thank feck its raining

by **bigmick** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:18 pm

Yep we are under the cosh now. Could do with wiping out a few sessions with rain. Frustrating though, and as usual the bowlers will get the blame. The batsmaen though should hang their heads in shame, not one of the feckers got their nut down and got a big scoire. If they had and we'd got 550, we could have surrounded the bat and got them bang under pressure. Hopefully a draw and we can learn a few lessons.

by **roberto green** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:28 am

You know what we are so lucky, we always have the rain to save us in this shitty country we might just edgre it.Hopefully

by **bigmick** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:37 am

Yes I think going 1-0 down would be the end of it to be honest. I know we came back from 1-0 in 2005 but I don't think this group of players has the same b0ll0cks as that lot did. Simon Jones was a huge factor, while even Freddie was a better bowler then than he is now. If we can eke out a draw which won't be easy when we find ourselves 120 or so behind, we can go to Lords and try and put things right.

The two teams IMHO are very evenly matched, but that means when you have the opportunity to put the boot in you simply MUST take it. All those batters getting starts and none going on was criminal. This Aussie team isn't a patch on the best ones, but that doesn't mean they are going to lie down and die, they'll fight like pitbulls in a sack. As such when you've got the opportunity you have to kill them off. If you don't, when they get out of the hole they'll bite you in the erse, just like what's happened here.

by **dawson99** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:15 am

impossible not to be a draw, 2 days left and not even both 1st innings done yet?

yawnfest with something needing to happen to liven things up

by **woof woof !** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:40 am

dawson99 wrote:impossible not to be a draw, 2 days left and not even both 1st innings done yet?

yawnfest with something needing to happen to liven things up

Well there is rain forecast for this afternoon and ALL day tomorrow, what more d'yer want ?

by **bigmick** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:13 pm

Should be a draw unless we demonstrate that we are completely lacking in any sort of ersehole, a bunch of public school w@nkers who have absolutely no fecking backbone whatsoever. So, how are we going to pull it back at Lords :cool:

by **Gerrard30391** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:35 pm

Steve Harmison Mick. He would solve a lot of bowling heart ache. Get him in and take that spinner (who can't spin) Graeme Swann out.

by **babu** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:00 am

lucky lucky b@stards

by **bigmick** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:33 am

babu wrote:lucky lucky b@stards

Oh I don't know mate I wouldn't say you were lucky. I know you could argue that you were extremely fortunate to have an outfield as lush as that so the ball doesn't reverse swing, but all in all the Aussies fully deserved their draw

Seriously though although England escaped, it wasn't "luck". They had the odd break here and there, but some fairly decent batting towards the end and a tiring attack which sorely missed a really top performer finally decided it. Obviously if either Warne or McGrath were still around it wouldn't have made it to the tea interval. Ultimately though, if Johnson isn't at full throttle (and he wasn't throughout the match) then the Aussie attack is decent but unspectacular. That England criminally conspired to almost donate their wickets twice over on a road of a track shouldn't disguise that.

I should think in the second test England will bring Harmison in, the game will be much closer and the Aussies will go 1-0 up, as they generally do at Lords. I still think it wil be a very close series though, with the Aussies perhaps retaining the Ashes by virtue of a 2-2 draw, along with England winning the final dead rubber as they generally do.

by **RobinHood6969** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:04 am

Engalnd saved tre @rses... Hoping to see KP in action.. I love watchin KP bat...Definitely has the potential to be among Sachin n Lara... Am waiting for next India's trip to england...feckin awesome it would be :cool:

by **Gerrard30391** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:56 pm

Only the Ashes brings out that kind of cricket. Truly amazing escape. Reminds me of 2005 when the Aussies achieved a similar result.

by **RobinHood6969** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:43 am

Not exactly...These days India - Aus series and SA- Aus series are also very very lively ones..

by **Ace Ventura** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:13 pm

Well am not watching it as stuck in work but really great mornings work so far for the lads.

England 1st Innings
Runs Balls 4s 6s
Strauss not out 47 80 8 0
Cook not out 67 95 14 0
Extras 1nb 7b 4lb 12
Total 127/0

That will do for me :nod

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