Battle of the Ashes Moments

[Spark]

As above

 

[morgieb]

Trumper and Freddie.

 

[Johnners]

Not as many as those who'd have Steve Waugh to blame. He was terrible.

Don't forget the Katman

Trumper and Flintoff for these 2

 

[BoyBrumby]

Trumper & Fred.

Nasser's was a great knock tho; I remember his sometime Essex teammate and Ashes competitor Mark Waugh saying afterwards he'd never realised Nass was that good a player.

 

[GIMH]

Trumper, flintoff

 

[Jarquis]

(36)Nasser's Double 2 vs 13 (69)Trumper's 104

(50)Ian Botham hitting 22 in an over 0 vs 16 (15)Flintoff's Greatest Over

The first clean sweep since the opening battle.

 

[Jarquis]

Battle #18

(24)Jeff Thomson yorking Tony Greig
1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane, Nov 29-Dec 4, 1974 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

AW Greig b Thomson 2 10 7 0 0 28.57

YouTube - The Empire of Cricket - Australia : Dennis Lillee & Jeff Thomson (2:40)

vs

(35)Dean Headley wrecking Australia
4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 26-29, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Howe_zat]

I won't vote for the Aussie moments easily but Thommo gets this one. If bowling was music, Thommo would be Jimi Hendrix.

 

[GIMH]

Dean Hedley wrecking the filth

Thomson was nothing but a thug and a hick

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Headley for me as it was one of the few bright spots in 18 years of ashes cricket for England between 87 and 05.

 

[GIMH]

Headley for me as it was one of the few moments of ashes cricket between 87 and 05.

Fixed

 

[GotSpin]

Thommo.

 

[Burgey]

Thommo.

WAC - still laugh in that clip at around the three minute mark when he hits that poor Sri Lankan bloke on the toe at the 75 WC, and as the poor bugger hobbles away, Thommo picks up the ball and shies at the stumps.
At 5.40 in this clip, there's some great 74-75 stuf from Thommo. I commend the four byes at about 5.40 to you... Two bounces into the fence at fine leg. Serious heat.
YouTube - Lillee and Thompson 1974/75

 

[King Pietersen]

Thommo. Even for an Australian he was gun.

 

[Somerset]

Thomson.

 

[zaremba]

Headley - a great spell to win that Test outta nowhere

 

[NasserFan207]

Not sure if this counts as an Ashes moment, since it wasn't during the actual tests, but my uncle (who loves every sport in existance) took me to one of the one day internationals between England vs Australia just before the 97 series, at Lords, aged 8.

Fell in love with everything instantly, mostly due to my uncle's hilarious descriptions of each Australian player (every single one was 'demonlike', and for some weird reason my uncle worshiped Bevan, lol). Saw Warne and Mcgrath up close, getting hammered by Ben Hollioake (RIP) who scored something like 65 of 40 balls in hs debut, was amazing to watch and instantly got me hooked on cricket.

I also remember eating duck at a restaurant in the ground, and vomiting not long after. Probably the most vivid young memory I have.

Ended up watching the test series after that, saw Hussain's 207 which essentially sealed the deal. Loved cricket ever since.

Anyway, thats how a random Irish bloke came to be posting on this forum.

edit: Just realised what this thread actually is. ****, lol. Headley then, always rated him, deserves some love.

 

[GIMH]

Reminds me of when Burgey had names for the England team last year. They all had a derogatory name, Strauss was bounce-catch, Broad was ladyboy etc and then Bopara was Ravi

 

[fredfertang]

Thommo for two reasons - first he was a great bowler at his peak - much more so than he's ever given credit for - second the sound track to that clip reminded me that The Saints were a bit special back in the day

 

[Burgey]

Reminds me of when Burgey had names for the England team last year. They all had a derogatory name, Strauss was bounce-catch, Broad was ladyboy etc and then Bopara was Ravi

Latest edition coming up soon..

Looking for the usual over-reaction from England's Sir Alex.

Not you Corrin, btw.