Rate This Series

[archie mac]

Will do mate

Do you have Guinness over there?

Yes we have lots of Irish pubs over here, although I can't stand the taste of Guinness myself

 

[archie mac]

Edited to reflect the truth.

Yet another one I don't get

 

[Richard]

With Glenn McGrath hitting the winning six?

Has he yet achieved his lifetime ambition?
Just imagine if he were to hit the runs at The SCG that gave Australia a 3-2 win.
Surely he'd have to retire from Tests there and then if that happened.

 

[GotSpin]

With Glenn McGrath hitting the winning six?

Yes. With warne on 100* at the other end.

 

[Richard]

It could easily be a pretty ordinary series - the-one-after-the-epic sometimes is (see 1974\75).

Well that wasn't the worst call, was it?!?!

 

[Richard]

With Glenn McGrath hitting the winning six?

Yes. With warne on 100* at the other end.

Well that in-the-end wasn't the worst, either!

 

[PhoenixFire]

I'm not saying this just because we lost 5-0, but it had nowhere near the excitement value of the last series. Who remembers the 4th and 5th tests, nobody really.

 

[Richard]

Yep, quite - I foolishly voted Good series, but memories of 05 are too much to overcome, when my head was saying quite clearly that an Australian walkover was the overwhelming likelihood. I suppose that's because it was saying the same in 2005. But it really was foolish to expect the same thing twice in a row. Whoever the 3 were that voted 10 on this poll should hang their heads in shame.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Yep, quite - I foolishly voted Good series, but memories of 05 are too much to overcome, when my head was saying quite clearly that an Australian walkover was the overwhelming likelihood. I suppose that's because it was saying the same in 2005. But it really was foolish to expect the same thing twice in a row. Whoever the 3 were that voted 10 on this poll should hang their heads in shame.

Agree.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

It had its moments. Adelaide was a fantastic test match, but obviously it tailed off along with England's performance in the 4th and 5th tests. Hard to rate a series where two of the matches are farewell parties for retiring players, really.

Standard was quite high for the first three tests, though. Certainly wasn't one of the worst series I've seen.

 

[Richard]

Not one of the worst quality-wise, no, but one of the worst contest-wise. England were never, at any point, in the game at The 'Gabba, they dominated more than not at Adelaide and ended-up losing, and were pretty much always second-placed in the last 3, though never completely out of it until late-on.