the stain Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 Monty, you absolute beauty! Brilliant knock by Ponting finally over for 150.
JustMike Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 need to get Ponting asap, get 2 new batters in there twitching yep and its happened :-)
JustMike Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 with 2 new batsmen at the crease i would have gone straight to freddie or jimmy for a couple of overs, keep the pressure on.
Torres Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 I see that we've already reached the decisive day of this Ashes series today. Australia throwing it all away.
jeff leopard Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 cant see anything but a draw unless we crumble during our second innings, like we've done once or twice in the past
Torres Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 I see that we've already reached the decisive day of this Ashes series today. England throwing it all away.
Thedelldays Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 unless we crumble during our second innings, like we've done once or twice in the past true....reckon rain will play apart tomorrow and will not allow enough time to have a full 2nd innings.. am a tad let down with the venue....all the hype and it is a bit of a damp squib... dont reckon it will be at cardiff next time
Saint Bones Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 Damn you rain. (On a football side - Saw Surman tonight play for Wolves aginst my local team Perth Glory. Came over once he saw my Saints top )
Smirking_Saint Posted 10 July, 2009 Posted 10 July, 2009 Damn you rain. (On a football side - Saw Surman tonight play for Wolves aginst my local team Perth Glory. Came over once he saw my Saints top ) Did he say sorry ??
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 England team look like there going through the motions? time for some inspirational captaincy from Strauss... hmmm.............
chrisobee Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 559/5 and no real sign England are going to get either Haddin or North out. Surprised they have missed the rain as it has been raining here and RSP at Taunton where Hants are playing.
chrisobee Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 Draw Only if it rains I fear and it is still forecast for today and tomorrow morning.
jeff leopard Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 :toimonster: This is just desperate, if the game is rained off it will be a MASSIVE psychological victory to the aussies, one which could possibly haunt us for the rest of the series. The only way we can save anything from this game is for it not to rain and for England to bat calmly and intelligently and only loose a wicket or two. But everyone must be fearing the same thing now, that as soon as we are put into bat the pitch will explode into life and we'll just fall to pieces. So the test side's deeply unhealthy off/on relationship with Harmison looks set to continue.
alpine_saint Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 Couldnt even get them out. It'll be over by lunchtime tomorrow. Another one-sided Ashes series beckons.
Thedelldays Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 all the crap KP gets.. what about Cook..? 16 runs in two innings...blah
Leicestersaint Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 Well i have to say that Strauss is a very very poor captain. His choice of bowlers is utterly predictable and he has no imagination - why didn't he at least try a few overs by KP or Bopara? Strauss alsa seems unable to motivate the team or raise spirits when they're down. I fear he is not goign to pass muster.
Smirking_Saint Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 20-2 ???? Why do i even bother watching anything to do with England. The sooner the national football team get back to losing ways the sooner things get back to normal.
Barney Trubble Posted 11 July, 2009 Posted 11 July, 2009 Same old, same old. Could someone who is into cricket enlighten me as to why Botham and the other sky team were saying that it's not so much that England were bowling poorly; more that the ball wasn't swinging. Then the Aussies bowl again and take two quick wickets. I put it down to them being better bowlers but it would appear there is more to it than that. I know there are new balls and all that but on a like for like basis,why couldn't we do with the ball what the Aussies have shown is perfectly capable ? I got the impression that if they hadn't of declared this afternoon, then they looked like they could have got about 1000 runs if they chose to, we just looked like we hadn't got a clue what to do and the bowling looked so mundane from England.
Saint Bones Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 Hmm well if the rain stays away it will be a tough last day for England. it's a shame about Bopara as it was perhaps the first mistake the umpires had made this game. Still think it will be a niec and competative series
Barney Trubble Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 What price is 5-0 still I wonder. England cricket team=Bunch of sheilas
jeff leopard Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 i phucking hate everything and everybody we'll be lucky to get nil at this rate
chrisobee Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 228-8, 11 behind. Even money the draw or an Aussie win. Collingwood 74*
fish fingers Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 5 overs to play, now we have a lead of 6. Entertaining stuff.
chrisobee Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 5 overs to play, now we have a lead of 6. Entertaining stuff. Is it 2 or 3 overs taken off for change of innings ?
chrisobee Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 5 overs to play, now we have a lead of 6. Entertaining stuff. Um, more nerve jangling than entertaining !!
fish fingers Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 Is it 2 or 3 overs taken off for change of innings ? They said 2 on TMS
Weston Super Saint Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 Almost there! Only 1 over to survive! LOL Physio on, and change of gloves!
Thedelldays Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 (edited) this is the best i have ever seen Monty bat... SUPERB stuff great ending at the end..got out of jail then...aussies lost it Edited 12 July, 2009 by Thedelldays
fish fingers Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 should be safe now, no time for aussies to bat. Got out of jail there.
chrisobee Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 Great stuff, anyone who questions Colly's credentials must be crazy !
jeff leopard Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 Match drawn. Well played Monty + Jimmy! YES!!!!!!!! In your tiny face Ponting!!!!! And I've got to say how amazing the crowd was, the welsh really know how to support a team. The best way to hurt Ponting is to get the aussie press on his back, to them he's still the guy that lost the ashes. Thats what drives Ponting, but its also what could break him
miserableoldgit Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 No nails left!!! Can`t wait for the next one!
chrisobee Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 This will feel like a loss to the Aussies. Can't wait for Lords!
Melbourne Saint Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 (edited) Winning the first test didn't help us last time I suppose. Can't question the performance of our players. It was a dominant performance from what's really an inexperienced team at test level. Full credit to Hauritz but it's just not the same without Warney. Congratulations to England anyway. Looks like it might be another classic series coming up. Edited 12 July, 2009 by Melbourne Saint It's 4am in the morning
Leicestersaint Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 Extraordinary result - Aussies were far superior but we did a backs-to-the-wall rearguard action! I still think we need some changes - particularly some bowlers!
Thedelldays Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 I would drop Broad and Monty and bring in both onions and harmisson
keithd Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 who said test cricket is dull? bit of backbone, great fighting spirit of course there needs to be changes, prob monty out onions in, but for now we can enjoy the gutsy performance and lol at whoever said in your tiny face ponting
JustMike Posted 12 July, 2009 Posted 12 July, 2009 got away with that one. Well done Collingwood, Monty and Anderson. I hope they all get a kick up the behind before the next test though. My change would be Monty out Harmison in.
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