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***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)
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jlo33692
U19 Debutant
Would anybody like topick a series side.ie 12 players taken from both teams on the performances over the 5 fantastic test matches? Would make for a fair bit of debate i would think,i may be a bit biased so i will leave the picking to the more knowlegable among us. Just 1 thing i found out in last 15 minutes the two aussie openers (great men that they are)!!! broke a record in the last test with the most runs from an aussie opening pair in the history of ashes cricket at the oval. I think it was ashes tests, does someone want to have a go at the team??? GOOD LUCK
tooextracool
International Coach
hes been in the side ahead of every other spinner in england because of the fact that hes a far more capable batter than the rest of them.Mister Wright said:
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I just did it about half an hour ago.jlo33692 said:
http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?t=15127
Main debate seems to be over my selection of Matthew Hoggard.
tooextracool
International Coach
i'd be surprised if that were the case, but even then most of englands dropped catches came at Lords.marc71178 said:
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I could make a case for Blackwell or even Batty.tooextracool said:
Pedro Delgado
International Debutant
A fitting end to an unpredictable series; Langer laughs as he's offered the light, quite prepared to stay out and wage war with Harmison once more, asks Hayden what he thinks, he reckons they may as well bugger off and get bladdered, the Ashes are gone.
I watched the last session down the pub in town, quite crowded, and most in there to see the end of the cricket; quite a few fellows walked past the pub window, put their hand up to their head to shield the light, saw the scorecard, then marched in to order their pint, sit down and watch history for an hour or so, perhaps only stopping to phone their respective spouses and proclaim, "ho there, tarry a little with our tea love, there's cricket to be watched, is junior watching? Well wake him up then!".. etc.
Incredible series. Best I have ever seen. Both teams played some delicious stuff, Flintoff became what a lot of us thought he might become all those years ago (although he was a batting all-rounder back then), Vaughan was magnificent as a skipper and showed touches of his old self with the bat, Trescothic didn't score a hundred but made runs and took on the new ball, Strauss made two hundreds and just looks all class, KP started brilliantly, faded a little but then returned with a magnifcent ton, not chanceless by any means but only the Warne one was a dead cert chance for me. Jonah bowled quick, reversed it and had an amazing series, Hoggy did his bit with the new cherry and Juan Carlos did what we expected, took vital wickets and made vital runs; ya boo sucks to the anti-Gilo brigade.
Aside from Freddie's MOTS award, the biggest cheer in the pub went to the old legends, it was reminicent of Ambrose and Walsh walking off at the same ground a few years back, as Warne and McGrath took off their hats at the Oval for the final time on English soil for Australia, we in the pub slowly put down our beers and applauded our tormentors, each of us recognising what legends we had witnessed over the years, and that we may never see their like again; huzzah. Warne received similar treatment from us when he took the Aus MOTS award, what a magnificent bowler and what a sportsman, in fact well done both teams for the spirit in which the series has been played.
I say the biggest cheer was for Fred but no, I am wrong. The biggest cheers went up as Mick lifted the urn, that tiny vessel, that magical vase and what it represents, was ours again, not for long maybe who knows, but for now and that is enough.
Well that was down the boozer, anyone actually go to the Oval?
I watched the last session down the pub in town, quite crowded, and most in there to see the end of the cricket; quite a few fellows walked past the pub window, put their hand up to their head to shield the light, saw the scorecard, then marched in to order their pint, sit down and watch history for an hour or so, perhaps only stopping to phone their respective spouses and proclaim, "ho there, tarry a little with our tea love, there's cricket to be watched, is junior watching? Well wake him up then!".. etc.
Incredible series. Best I have ever seen. Both teams played some delicious stuff, Flintoff became what a lot of us thought he might become all those years ago (although he was a batting all-rounder back then), Vaughan was magnificent as a skipper and showed touches of his old self with the bat, Trescothic didn't score a hundred but made runs and took on the new ball, Strauss made two hundreds and just looks all class, KP started brilliantly, faded a little but then returned with a magnifcent ton, not chanceless by any means but only the Warne one was a dead cert chance for me. Jonah bowled quick, reversed it and had an amazing series, Hoggy did his bit with the new cherry and Juan Carlos did what we expected, took vital wickets and made vital runs; ya boo sucks to the anti-Gilo brigade.
Aside from Freddie's MOTS award, the biggest cheer in the pub went to the old legends, it was reminicent of Ambrose and Walsh walking off at the same ground a few years back, as Warne and McGrath took off their hats at the Oval for the final time on English soil for Australia, we in the pub slowly put down our beers and applauded our tormentors, each of us recognising what legends we had witnessed over the years, and that we may never see their like again; huzzah. Warne received similar treatment from us when he took the Aus MOTS award, what a magnificent bowler and what a sportsman, in fact well done both teams for the spirit in which the series has been played.
I say the biggest cheer was for Fred but no, I am wrong. The biggest cheers went up as Mick lifted the urn, that tiny vessel, that magical vase and what it represents, was ours again, not for long maybe who knows, but for now and that is enough.
Well that was down the boozer, anyone actually go to the Oval?
Pedro Delgado
International Debutant
Well done sir.Slow Love™ said:
Well done England - you well and truly deserve the Ashes.
Pedro Delgado
International Debutant
Hmmmm. Well he is the captain of England I suppose, that is reason enough for quite a few.Robertinho said:Anyone else hate Vaughan immensely? Ugly little rat IMO
Ugly though?? Surely not.
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well done England. Thoroughly deserved.
As an Aus supporter, hopefully the one good thing to come out of this tour will be change.
Administrators that have been agreeing on such ridiculous scheduling - must go
Selectors that included Hodge and MacGill on the tour when they obviously had no intention of ever picking them - must go
Ricky, I dont know what is worse, being an horrible captain or taking the advice of people with no idea - either way, you must go
John Buchanan enjoys far too high a profile for a glorified computer geek - must go
Being a realist, I can guarantee that Buchanan will be the only scapegoat for this dismal performance.
As an Aus supporter, hopefully the one good thing to come out of this tour will be change.
Administrators that have been agreeing on such ridiculous scheduling - must go
Selectors that included Hodge and MacGill on the tour when they obviously had no intention of ever picking them - must go
Ricky, I dont know what is worse, being an horrible captain or taking the advice of people with no idea - either way, you must go
John Buchanan enjoys far too high a profile for a glorified computer geek - must go
Being a realist, I can guarantee that Buchanan will be the only scapegoat for this dismal performance.