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

[Nate]

Good thing I kept away from this thread I think.

Well done England, deserved winners.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Aarrghh @ Stephen 'look at me, I'm ever so smart' Fry

 

[nick-o]

oh maan I'm hungover

 

[Nate]

I haven`t really seen any cricket the last two days, but how golden was it when all the Aussie players came out wearing sunglasses?

 

[PY]

Just as gold as when the English tried to con the umpires by putting their umbrellas up when it wasn't raining to which the Aussie fans replied with ripping their shirts off and pretending to sun themselves.

Absolute class that was.

 

[Kweek]

lol @ PY
that was very classic indeed one of the brilliant moments of the series

 

[Nate]

Just as gold as when the English tried to con the umpires by putting their umbrellas up when it wasn't raining to which the Aussie fans replied with ripping their shirts off and pretending to sun themselves.

Absolute class that was.

Didn`t see that! Sounds hilarious!

 

[Isolator]

Dunno if anyone's mentioned this, but there was a brilliant moment yesterday, when there was some guy in the crowd waving a sign that said "I missed my wedding for this", causing Holding to remark "I hope she missed it too".

 

[simmy]

When the English people put their umbrellas up... the Aussies put on their sunglasses and took off their shirts!

Classic.

 

[andyc]

Just as gold as when the English tried to con the umpires by putting their umbrellas up when it wasn't raining to which the Aussie fans replied with ripping their shirts off and pretending to sun themselves.

Absolute class that was.

And then later on there was a picture of some Aussies standing on a nearby balcony holding up a rather poorly cut-out sun from yellow cardboard.

 

[Linda]

I like the fact that it was done poorly.

Kim Beazley blames John Howard for this. Oh look, I agree.

 

[Monty]

Any one see the streaker

 

[aussie]

wondrful parade earlier today, of the hizzle imo......

 

[PY]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4242384.stm

Interesting that Flintoff still isn't regarded as the best all-rounder in the world by form.

The rest seems reasonable enough. I'm inclined to agree that the gap between Australia and England is the same as the gap between England and India but guess that's a discussion for another time.

 

[greg]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4242384.stm

Interesting that Flintoff still isn't regarded as the best all-rounder in the world by form.

The rest seems reasonable enough. I'm inclined to agree that the gap between Australia and England is the same as the gap between England and India but guess that's a discussion for another time.

Combination of Kallis' batting being SO good and the fact that he hardly ever bowls so gives little opportunity for his bowling rating to go down rapidly. It's also an arbitrary formula relating batting and bowling so is essentially meaningless.

 

[luckyeddie]

wondrful parade earlier today, of the hizzle imo......

I've told you before - stop confusing me or I'll start saying "It's a gas, man" - something I normally reserve for when I'm walking past those holes in the road when the gas board are doing mains repairs.

 

[BoyBrumby]

This was from Monday's Mirror. Quite amused me. Obviously KP shaded the almighty in the end tho!

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4242384.stm

Interesting that Flintoff still isn't regarded as the best all-rounder in the world by form.

The rest seems reasonable enough. I'm inclined to agree that the gap between Australia and England is the same as the gap between England and India but guess that's a discussion for another time.

I'd agree with that as well.

I ignore the all-rounder rankings. The batting and bowling ones are fun and useful I think, but the all-rounder ones are just a combination of the two and are often misleading. Nice to see Warne up to 3 among the bowlers. McGrath, Murali and Warne the top 3 bowlers in the world - who could disagree with that?

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Well I did intend to have Warne and McGrath as my avatar for a while, but after seeing Fred today staggering about like Oliver Reed on Aspel, I've gone for our "TGM" (The Great Man). According to the London Evening Standard he had to be put in the bath this morning in a desperate attempt to get him fit for the parade, this story has been leaked by his "advisor" Neil Fairbrother!

Freddie's evening/morning after the end of the final Test:

6:30pm Champagne
7:30pm - 11pm Beer
11pm - 3am Champagne
3am Beer
6:30am Gin & Tonics
7am Vodka and cranberry juices
8:30am Vodka and cranberry juice and champagne
9:45am Beer
11:15am - now?? Champagne

Arise, Sir Frederick of Flintoff.

 

[Swervy]

Well I did intend to have Warne and McGrath as my avatar for a while, but after seeing Fred today staggering about like Oliver Reed on Aspel, I've gone for our "TGM" (The Great Man). According to the London Evening Standard he had to be put in the bath this morning in a desperate attempt to get him fit for the parade, this story has been leaked by his "advisor" Neil Fairbrother!

Freddie's evening/morning after the end of the final Test:

6:30pm Champagne
7:30pm - 11pm Beer
11pm - 3am Champagne
3am Beer
6:30am Gin & Tonics
7am Vodka and cranberry juices
8:30am Vodka and cranberry juice and champagne
9:45am Beer
11:15am - now?? Champagne

Arise, Sir Frederick of Flintoff.

it was great when he was getting interviewed today..he was so obviously sloshed out of his head, but trying his hardest to hide it

'behind these sungalsses theres a thousand stories' I think he said....

he also said that he thought there would be two pensioners by the fountain this morning..hehehehe..

BBC Sports Personality of the Year????? a dead cert