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England vs. Australia, 21st Sept
- Thread starter Barney Rubble
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nightprowler10
Global Moderator
Is Flintoff the new Afridi of England? 
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Flintoff keeping his best for the final, very classy knock from Strauss
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
come on Lee, dot balls! haha
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Time for the Aussies to look positively over this thrashing - at least they don't have to work this weekend.
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
They don't call me Nostrodamus for nothing.............Son Of Coco said:
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Why? We are far more reserved than that as a nation.Loony BoB said:Oh, crap, as if the English ego wasn't big enough, now we'll have them singing about this all the way until the ashes.When are the ashes again? I hope they're soon, I don't think I can handle the "ENGLAND IS BETTER THAN NZ COZ WE BEAT AUSSIE AND NZ DIDN'T" for too long, should they win.
You would deprive us of one of our rare days in the sun? You've spent too long drinking the old pints of 'heavy' with your skirt-wearing pals oop north, Bob.
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Oh come on! haha I've been there, and that isn't true.luckyeddie said:
On the other point though, you definately deserve your day in the sun, it was obviously a good effort and well done.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
No England is better than NZ because they whitewashed them 3-0 in the Tests AND beat Australia
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
That's what the world needs - more cartoonists.Loony BoB said:
Loony BoB
International Captain
No, it's just that I know a lot of English people who do just that. I think you guys are actually a lot more reserved than the likes of Dan (Majin) and my English co-workers, that's for sure. It seems that there is nothing more special to them than getting one up on the sole New Zealander.luckyeddie said:
I still hear about the test matches from some of them on a weekly basis, if not more than that... the English are doubly (or more?!) vocal when they live in Scotland, you see.EDIT: See, I get what Scaly says, only it's more "We ANNIHALATED you in the tests. Did you see how this guy got out? And your bowlers weren't that bad, really, it was just our incredible batting, NZ just couldn't touch us" etc, etc. Of course, the high note of that is that I didn't really need to say anything about the ODI series with England and the Windies, they told me to shut up before I had the chance to even ask if they watched the game!
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nightprowler10
Global Moderator
Now, now, Afridi isn't that bad, he just needs to cool down a bit. Lets not forget, he was one of ones responsible for Pak's win against India.Swervy said:maybe..if Flintoff was half the batsman he actually is!!!!
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Bob, have a beer.
As for me, I'm going to celebrate now with a nice, refreshing glass of Laphroaig - and who knows, maybe another - and another.
Some good things do come out of Scotland.
<quack> Rahul McDravid
As for me, I'm going to celebrate now with a nice, refreshing glass of Laphroaig - and who knows, maybe another - and another.
Some good things do come out of Scotland.
<quack> Rahul McDravid
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Shahid Afridi has ALWAYS needed to cool down.nightprowler10 said:
He is an out-and-out slogger - a complete no-brainer (but, sometimes, simply breathtaking to watch)
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
People seem to forget he bowled 2 overs 0-23, he scored 25 off 2 overs (and was out)so there's not a massive net contribution there.nightprowler10 said:
maxpower
U19 Cricketer
good victory for ENG, congrats. A lot of ppl have said the ponting is a "great" captain, and I understand this is just one loss, but how good was the captaining from ponting while AUS was bowling and on backfoot, anything creative ? any conviction ? Again its only one loss but AUS should not have raised the standards that high and expect me not to complain 