The Ashes Thread

[Summers]

I have a bad feelings the Aussie's will be lucky and get a draw.

[Dan]

Fuck you Bucknor.

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And we haven't had decisions against us, right?

[Dan]

GILCHRIST GONE w00t

[Dan]

WHAT A CATCH BY GERIANT JONES.

This is going to be amazing.

[9 to 5]

Bye bye Ponting. He played well, but happy to see him gone.

[Dan]

GONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES

1 MORE TO GO.

[9 to 5]

Bah.

[Summers]

Bad final few overs, really. :\

[Dan]

So close.

Still 1-1. We can still win it.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

So close!

The Jones catch to get Warne was fantastic.

Last four overs were a little disappointing but to see the Aussies celebrating a snatched DRAW is a great sight! We've got the upper hand in the series and need to win Trent Bridge really...

[Mongrel]

A week is a long time really.

And let's face it, most English players are in form, most Aussie players bar Warney, Pidge, Punter and even possibly Lee are out of form.

Changes for the next test.

IN: Tait, Hussey

OUT: Gillespie, Hodge

[Liam]

A week is a long time really.

And let's face it, most English players are in form, most Aussie players bar Warney, Pidge, Punter and even possibly Lee are out of form.

Changes for the next test.

IN: Tait, Hussey

OUT: Gillespie, Hodge

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Yeah, but then you could say in the first test, when England lost, none of our players were playing to thier potential.

They didn't play as good as they could as England kept them underwraps, not because they were just playing badly.

[lafunky xxvii]

I think it's all up in the air at the moment. First day of the Fourth Test will hold the key. The team who does the best there will take the momentum and have a serious chance of winning the series.

Edited August 16, 2005 by lafunkenstein

[Thrilla]

I'm so tempted to go the Trent Bridge now for at least one of the days, can't believe that it ended as a draw, but it just makes the next two games all the more important to win and exciting to watch. Great stuff. Apparently they turned away 20,000 people overall yesterday, which is enough to fill the ground again, crazy.

[Sir Alan LCSugar]

I don't think England bowled at all well on Monday, and still got 9 Aussie wickets. Gillespie will be dropped for Tait no question in my oppinion. We gotta get KP some glue for his hands or something, cos its getting silly now.

It was great watching Ponting, he was fantastic ad being an Englishman that was hard to say, he was so impressive. His and Vaughns knocks in this match have been amazing for different reasons. If this series keeps going the way it has been i can only see one team winning, England. However I have no doubt that the Aussies will be back, and maybe some of there batsmen will regain form.

[lafunky xxvii]

I've been pretty disappointed with Hoggard this series so far. Granted he picked up a couple of wicket this match, but he doesn't seem to be doing much. He gets the new ball every time, gets a little bit of swing, maybe gets Hayden out then that's it. He doesn't seem to be troubling the Aussie batsmen. I wouldn't mind seeing Tremlett being given a go since his height would cause problems.

[Bonz]

I would much rather see Kaspa get Dizzie's spot over Tait. This is a guy who works his arse off constantly and never seems to get any recognition. I can also see them playing two spinners with McGill joining with Warne.

[Dan]

Why don't you play Symonds?

[Sir Alan LCSugar]

Symonds has never really performed in the test arena. Although i feel that the Aussies must get rid of Katich, he is just not good enough, maybe Mike Hussey or Brad Hodge?

[Thrilla]

I've been pretty disappointed with Hoggard this series so far. Granted he picked up a couple of wicket this match, but he doesn't seem to be doing much. He gets the new ball every time, gets a little bit of swing, maybe gets Hayden out then that's it. He doesn't seem to be troubling the Aussie batsmen. I wouldn't mind seeing Tremlett being given a go since his height would cause problems.

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From what I've gathered, Hoggard is the new ball specialist for England and then can pitch in with a bit of swing later on. I think he's done well in the role, but out of all the team he is the one I expect to be dropped for someone else.