***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

[Neil Pickup]

It hit his bottom hand, which wasn't. C'est la vie...

 

[Adamc]

This match has demonstrated two things:

1) How hard it is to beat Australia;
2) How easy it is to beat Australia.

If anyone ever doubted Australia's ability to come back from any position, then surely coming back from 7-137 to within three runs of victory will have alleviated those doubts. On the other hand, both sides had long periods in this match in which they played very poorly, often coinciding with the other side playing very well, with entertaining results. England didn't have to play at or even near their absolute peak to win this match, but were able to win due mainly to periods of inspiration from the likes of Flintoff, Trescothick etc.

Sets up an exciting final three Tests either way.

 

[superkingdave]

Question: Was the ground jam-packed?

all the tests have been sell outs for months, a pair for the first day at Lords would have set you back £700 on Ebay

 

[Linda]

AMAZING!!! But I'm still ****ing gutted

My thoughts exactly. Now that 10 minutes have passed, Im starting to feel more and more shattered. Kind of like Warney's stumps... *sob*

 

[aussie]

OK the Top 3 test matches i have seen after todays game are:

1. England VS Australia, Birmingham 2005

2. West Indies VS Australia, Barbados 99

3. Australia VS Pakistan, Hobart 99

Note: Eden Gardens was the most devastating defeat ever.......

 

[King_Ponting]

This match has demonstrated two things:

1) How hard it is to beat Australia;
2) How easy it is to beat Australia.

If anyone ever doubted Australia's ability to come back from any position, then surely coming back from 7-137 to within three runs of victory will have alleviated those doubts. On the other hand, both sides had long periods in this match in which they played very poorly, often coinciding with the other side playing very well, with entertaining results. England didn't have to play at or even near their absolute peak to win this match, but were able to win due mainly to periods of inspiration from the likes of Flintoff, Trescothick etc.

Sets up an exciting final three Tests either way.

First time that england has strung a few good sessions together.. If australia did win it would have meant the team which was thouroughly dominated throughout the match would have won, and im sure england would have felt hard done by. Simonjones would have shot himself if england didnt win, one believes

 

[Jamee999]

I thought Simon Jones had dropped the Ashes.

 

[superkingdave]

Damn ... still, I reckon we can do it without him. Our batting just needs to fire for once ... bowling is solid enough

just to further that one

McGrath said he expects to know within the next 48 hours whether he will take any further part in the series. He can now put his weight on his injured right ankle, but is still waiting for the result of scans, which will reveal the full extent of the damage.

“I accept I am out of the third Test, but have my sights set on the fourth at The Oval,” he said.

lets all hope he forgets about Trent Bridge

 

[Scaly piscine]

Really?

Do you honestly think that I would waste my time over a Geordie?

Haven't you got any cars to twoc?

Dear oh dear, you just answered your own rhetorical question. That's quite a feat really, but only in the Warne kicking his own stumps sense.

 

[Dasa]

Wow...one of the greatest matches I've seen...

 

[aussie]

Everyone whats your Champaign moment of the Test match??? For me its got to be Flintoff over yesteday when he got Langer & Ponting.....

 

[King_Ponting]

Edgbaston is now in my mind the home of the most exciting games in world cricket. First the WC draw v SA and now this......... Amazing

 

[King_Ponting]

brett lees cover drive to get the last run before kaspa got out. In all seriousness i thought it had gone for four,,

 

[Jamee999]

Warne treading on his stumps.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Other Tests I reckon come close:
Brisbane 1960, Headingley 1981, Melbourne 1982, Chennai 1986, Adelaide 1993, Sydney 1994, Karachi 1994

 

[Burpey]

brett lees cover drive to get the last run before kaspa got out. In all seriousness i thought it had gone for four,,

Me too ... it was shoddy camerawork and commentating

 

[Adamc]

just to further that one



lets all hope he forgets about Trent Bridge

Where's that quote from? Cricinfo's got it as:

While I have more or less conceded it is highly unlikely I will be fit in time to play the third Test at Old Trafford, I still have my sights set firmly on the fourth Test at Trent Bridge.

Someone must've given him the message. By the sounds of it there is a fair chance he won't take part in the rest of the series at all.

 

[Jono]

Its amazing. As a neutral fan I was having heart attacks, I can only imagine how English and Australian supporters were handling the last few moments. BRILLIANT TEST!

Oh my, test cricket is at its best. Nothing better.

 

[luckyeddie]

Eddie, can you please leave forum member 'Shane Warne' out of it.

For goodness sake, if you think I have just stepped out of line just by using the guy's name in the most innocuous manner of all, I really wonder what I AM allowed to say - and what I've just said to S_P will probably get me banned.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I don't think you could see a match with two teams showing more character throughout - epitomised by G. Jones taking that last catch. And Lee's innings. And about 2364 other instances throughout the four innings - it's still beyond belief.

Each run Lee scored, I was just thinking about that darn post. It's going to hang over my head forever, haha.

England will take a lot of heart out of that win - going into the next match. But maybe a little bit of discomfort once the game starts, and Aus get on top, for Australia should have never got that close, and could have created some doubts.

If Eng get on top early of the next Test, the juggernaut will be nigh impossible to stop. They've given themselves every chance from here.