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

[marc71178]

Gee m8 you dont just drop the quickest bowler in the world especially when we dont have a replacement yet.

What about if you drop him because he doesn't actually produce the figures needed?

 

[marc71178]

Im was referring to batting ability, as per the quote.

Yes, but they actually need to be spinners to count.

Otherwise we can just pick someone like Alex Loudon (who is still IMO a part-time spinner) because he's a better batsman.

 

[honestbharani]

indeed and i mentioned this at the start of the series too. catches win matches, and its not just coincidence that the better team tends to drop less catches than the team that loses. australia have shown a major decline in their fielding standards over the last year or so, and after ponting's 'we'll have a bowl' in the 2nd test, the dropped catches have been the most significant factor in their defeat.

I think it all started during that series against INdia after the WC, during the Aussie summer of 2003. They dropped catches by the dozen in that series and I don't think they have ever improved significantly in that department since then. Gotta wonder what Buchanan does.

 

[luckyeddie]

Maybe he's going to do a Malcolm Glazer and buy out Derbyshire, I'm sure he'll have a hundred dollar note lying about somewhere.

Sorry, no sale. The Derbyshire secretary can't find a fifty and two twenties change

 

[Prince EWS]

Yes, but they actually need to be spinners to count.

Otherwise we can just pick someone like Alex Loudon (who is still IMO a part-time spinner) because he's a better batsman.

Which was, essentially, my point.

Giles isnt picked for his batting, because they spinners that are better batsmen than him. Hes picked for his bowling.

 

[luckyeddie]

i'd be surprised if that were the case, but even then most of englands dropped catches came at Lords.

Before this game we had dropped 24, and Australia 14.

 

[ashes winners]

Better team won.Deservedly so.

 

[andyc]

Better team won.Deservedly so.

Enjoy that name while it lasts.

 

[ashes winners]

Enjoy that name while it lasts.

I will.It may last a while as our team will get better.Can Australia's?

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Going to Aus and winning is very difficult, and assuming Aus win all their (real) series before hand, they will be favourites at the outset IMO. 2009 however, without TGM and tgm and tgm, I reckon we'll win relatively comfortably. Big call, but hey it's four years away so I can do what I like.

 

[Slats4ever]

I have a question for the Australians on this forum. When Shane Warne retired from ODIs why didn't they pick a young spinner so that in 2 years when Warne retires there is backup not 35 year old hogg?

because we wanted to remain world champions in the short term.. which we did

 

[Zinzan]

Well done England!!!!! Fantastic effort and well deserved.

My 10 major memories of the series will be.............

1) The English team spirit

2) The stunning impact of Flintoff

3) The incredible brilliance and fight of Warne

4) The incredible non-performance of Gilchrist, Gillespie, Kaspa, Martyn and Hayden

5) The poor captaincy of Ponting (used to operating on autopilot)

6) The amount of dropped catches

7) The fantastic finishes

8) The 2nd test turning point (where England came out and finally decided to play Australia at their own game and scored 400 on the 1st day.

9) The incredible hype and interest created by the series by spectators and media a like - To hear it was keeping football off the front page !!!

10) The end of an Ashes Era - Along with congratulating England for ending the era, acknowledging Australia for raising the bar so high in the last 15 years.

Best cricket series ever for me !!!!!

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Just watched Fred getting on the open top bus, eyes glazed and struggling to walk straight.
Huzzah.

 

[Craig]

So are all the England players and staff getting MBE's OBE's, CBE's like your rugby team got when they won the 2003 WC?

Well played England and well deserved.

 

[luckyeddie]

Just watched Fred getting on the open top bus, eyes glazed and struggling to walk straight.
Huzzah.

Just like me coming out of the pub last night - hell, just like me in the office this morning.

There's obviously been a number of people here getting a bit brassed off about the number of hours that people have been spending on cricket websites of late - so much so that yesterday, the final day of the greatest series of my lifetime, many of the URL's to cricket websites were blocked by network support. If this had been England, there'd have been a strike.

Luckily, neither Cricket Web nor the BBC were blocked, so I was able to keep up to date with how things were going (I kept CW a secret all to myself though, just in case the flood of traffic raised network suspicions).

 

[Scaly piscine]

Just in case anyone misses it or forgets about it The Ashes victory parade starts on BBC1 in just over 10 minutes.

 

[Zinzan]

Well done England!!!!! Fantastic effort and well deserved.

My 10 major memories of the series will be.............

1) The English team spirit

2) The stunning impact of Flintoff

3) The incredible brilliance and fight of Warne

4) The incredible non-performance of Gilchrist, Gillespie, Kaspa, Martyn and Hayden

5) The poor captaincy of Ponting (used to operating on autopilot)

6) The amount of dropped catches

7) The fantastic finishes

8) The 2nd test turning point (where England came out and finally decided to play Australia at their own game and scored 400 on the 1st day.

9) The incredible hype and interest created by the series by spectators and media a like - To hear it was keeping football off the front page !!!

10) The end of an Ashes Era - Along with congratulating England for ending the era, acknowledging Australia for raising the bar so high in the last 15 years.

Best cricket series ever for me !!!!!

Oh just to add one more.......The incredible number of more than 215,000 viewers to this Ashes Thread !!!!!

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Just like me coming out of the pub last night - hell, just like me in the office this morning.

There's obviously been a number of people here getting a bit brassed off about the number of hours that people have been spending on cricket websites of late - so much so that yesterday, the final day of the greatest series of my lifetime, many of the URL's to cricket websites were blocked by network support. If this had been England, there'd have been a strike.

Luckily, neither Cricket Web nor the BBC were blocked, so I was able to keep up to date with how things were going (I kept CW a secret all to myself though, just in case the flood of traffic raised network suspicions).

Dublin is quite an English city really, bit like Bath, and cricket was very popular until some republican fellow (or some publican fellow) banned it. Anyhoo I was quite bladdered last night also, chin chin old chap. According to some Fred was still at it at 8am, wonder if he'll have a go at Boon's record next year....

 

[PY]

Just watched Fred getting on the open top bus, eyes glazed and struggling to walk straight.
Huzzah.

Flippin' 'eck, he looks absolutely awful.

 

[luckyeddie]

Dublin is quite an English city really, bit like Bath, and cricket was very popular until some republican fellow (or some publican fellow) banned it. Anyhoo I was quite bladdered last night also, chin chin old chap. According to some Fred was still at it at 8am, wonder if he'll have a go at Boon's record next year....

There were a fair few of us "Tired and Emotional" last night - and it wasn't just the English either (then again, whoever heard of any Paddy prepared to turn down a few pints and a night's good craic?)