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Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:01 amby babu
bigmick wrote:babu wrote:sickening week in sport for me.
I cannot believe we lost at lords. Brilliant match by the English, went for the win and got it. Fair play (b@stards).
I think the Aussies can hold their head up, good second innings with the bat (bar the openers).
I watched the Wallabies narrowly lose to the all blacks on saturday and have to deal with all the hype of Man U being in town.
In fairness mate I think both the Wallabies and the cricket team can consider themselves a bit unlucky. Joubert in the rugby kept awarding penalties against the Aussies in the scrum entirely for reasons best known to himself, while some of the umpiring in the cricket was poor.
That said, it seems that the best team in cricket always gets lucky. I remember goign there in the 90's (not me personally obviously) with a team which was much inferior and all the players saying we needed all the luck going in order to have a chance. We lost five tosses out of five and didn't get a decision in five tests.
I take this Aussie team though which is obviously not one of their best to fight back strongly. I think Brett Lee could have a big say if they can get him fit. England are very fragile I think if put under pressure.
whole heartly agree about the ref in the rugby. Some of the decisions were inexplicable.
Brett Lee - I am in two minds about him. He has pace, but never had line and length. He cannot build pressure, can't stifle the run rate. Any batsmen not teriffied of his pace will knock him all over the park.
I hope he is not strike bowler if we use him.
BRING BACK BIG GLEN!!!
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:31 amby bigmick
babu wrote:BRING BACK BIG GLEN!!!
Don't you fecking dare 
he is over there as well, and seeing him bowl in the IPL he'd still cut it, as would Warne.
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:50 amby bunglemark2
Sorry all.....what a thoroughly stupid and poncey sport.....
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:25 pmby Fowler_E7
if Austalia have any sense they will bring back Stuart Clarke and Brett lee, but i hope they dont Im still not convinced that England can do it, the middle order is pretty average IMO and i dont rate Stuart Broad very highly, he's decent but i think Harmison, Jones, Hoggard and Sidebottom were/are all better bowlers.
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:46 pmby ElNino9
What happened to Hoggard? Thought he was a good bowler.
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:32 pmby GYBS
El Nino are you on a mission to post on every single thread ?! please tell me i wasnt this bad 
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:18 pmby bigmick
GYBS wrote:El Nino are you on a mission to post on every single thread ?! please tell me i wasnt this bad
Ok mate you weren't this bad 
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:19 pmby GYBS
is that a good use of the sarcatic smiley there mick
Posted:
Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:20 pmby bigmick
It IS the new sarcy smiley and it works a treat
Posted:
Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:29 pmby Gerrard30391
KP is out of the rest of the series.
He saw a specialist who has told him he requires surgery, ruling him out for 6 weeks from all cricket.
Posted:
Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:19 pmby Fowler_E7
GYBS wrote:El Nino are you on a mission to post on every single thread ?! please tell me i wasnt this bad
u got a cheek complaing about someone else 
Posted:
Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:22 pmby Fowler_E7
Gerrard30391 wrote:KP is out of the rest of the series.
He saw a specialist who has told him he requires surgery, ruling him out for 6 weeks from all cricket.
i think with KP out that England will really struggle IMO, apart from Flintoff he's the only genuine world class player in the team and his batting talents will be a huge loss. I hope they bring in Ian Bell, he's awful.
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Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:00 pmby dawson99
KP... no real loss if you ask me. We got better batters and better bowlers and better fielders... we'll survive, wedm iss freddie or Strauss or even Collingwood more
Posted:
Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:12 pmby GYBS
Fowler_E7 wrote:Gerrard30391 wrote:KP is out of the rest of the series.
He saw a specialist who has told him he requires surgery, ruling him out for 6 weeks from all cricket.
i think with KP out that England will really struggle IMO, apart from Flintoff he's the only genuine world class player in the team and his batting talents will be a huge loss. I hope they bring in Ian Bell, he's awful.
Kp hasnt done anything for england for a while now .
