Oh god. Sour grapes much? Australia could obviously have easily won the Edgbaston test, given they lost it by all of two runs. This one England dominated for four days, but couldn't make the runs fast enough to give themselves enough time to bowl Australia out as well having a big enough total, and a brilliant innings from Ponting held them out. In case you didn't realise, saving matches is actually part of test cricket.simmy said:
Different situation, Giles hasn't been in the team to take wickets, you cant compare him to Shane Warne, hes not a strike bowler, hes there to tie up an end, imagine if Harmison and Hoggy had bowled his overs and Australia had gone at 4 an over an won the match, youd be singing a different story then 'oh why didnt we play gilo to hold the run rate down.'Scaly piscine said:
especially considering that he should have been out a long time before that anywaysShane Warne said:
and if brett lee had been given out lbw to that harmison ball australia would for all intents and purposes have lost.Shane Warne said:
He batted superbly. But one good performance by one man does not make it the "right result". The fact is, is that ALL the other batsmen, Clarke included looked average out there today. God only knows what Katich and Gilchrist were up to!Demolition Man said:
Yeah, the Lords test match and the final game of the Natwest challenge were terrible performances.simmy said:
No. The Australian team for the next test will have once change, which is Kasprowicz coming in for Gillespie. Hodge may come in for Clarke, depending on the injury situation, but I doubt it. I also think that Kasprowicz will definately get the nod ahead of Tait, and that Hayden will retain his place until the finish of the series.Shane Warne said:The Aussie view on Talksport radio says that he thinks they will stick with Gillespie due to them saving the game and take the same side into the next match.
I don't think he's supposed to be a cricket person but still, how ridiculous.
You don't think there's a chance they will actually do this do you?
If Kaspa hadn't been wrongfully given out I would be gloating very proudly right now.simmy said:
haha england win the ashes in australia..... Nah mate that aint going to happen, anytime soonmatty1818 said:lol natwest challenge ... reaching!
Hey we peppered you in the 20-20 we're better.
p.s. no but really we are better, if we don't win this ashes, walkabout won't get my money till we get them in Australia.
England are playing so much better, that I almost, I cant believe I am saying this, feel sorry for Australia!matty1818 said:lol natwest challenge ... reaching!
Hey we peppered you in the 20-20 we're better.
p.s. no but really we are better, if we don't win this ashes, walkabout won't get my money till we get them in Australia.
Not reaching, he said the performances to date on the tour.matty1818 said:lol natwest challenge ... reaching!
Hey we peppered you in the 20-20 we're better.
p.s. no but really we are better, if we don't win this ashes, walkabout won't get my money till we get them in Australia.
England were the better team for four days, as I said. If you can't bowl a team out in 108 overs on a 5th day pitch with a target of 420 though, it's hard to say you really deserve to win the match. It's not like the rain came down and washed away England's chance of bowling Australia out... they had ample opportunity to win the game based on the declaration they made.simmy said:
quite an extraordinary effort that, easily the best innings hes ever played at the test match level. you could see from the grit and determination very early on in his innings though that this was going to be a big one and at the end of the day he almost single handedly saved australia from defeat. that inning was not just important on the basis of the result, but also to make up for his abysmal captaincy during this series, australia really needed him to lead from the front today. well done against some truly brilliant spells of fast bowling that he had to endure.Demolition Man said:
Whenever the lefties came on strike he gave them a rubbish delivery to get off strike anyway. Also where do I compare him with Shane Warne? Giles is a finger spinner who had plenty of assistance and didn't do anything with it, I *would* rather have seen Hoggard or Harmison bowl his overs - they couldn't have taken any less wickets could they?matty1818 said:
