the ashes...

[theledge]

...are approaching fast, anyone else into the game of gentlemen (thats cricket to you, snooch :; )

[Esox Lucius]

cricket is bollocks, although the fans love a beer or two so fair play.

[theledge]

no mate cricket is the shizzle, no better way to spend five days of your time watching two teams fight out a draw

[dan the acid man]

yeah i like it when its exciting, im not into watching two batsmen stay in for 2 days hitting 250 each, thats just boring, i think we'll get hammered though unless we start playing better

[french_og]

Yeah can't wait, think the Auzzies will win though, we are missing Simon Jones big time and Harmison is stgruggling.

[basslinejunkie]

my bros going to watch it and have a hol,lucky shit.cricket im nto the biggest fan of tho,but the last ashes was top

[kai]

Not exactly a massive fan but used to play local village cricket as a young un so have an interest and was rekindled to an extent by the Ashes win.


Really hope we can defend the Ashes - really rub it in to retain them in Oz after all the years of pastings we took - but tbh I'll be even more gobsmacked than lst time if we do it! Think that was this England teams peak and they'll struggle to ever get that back again.

[french_og]

We have got some good young players coming through and Panesar is a quality spin bowler.

Just for me we will miss Simon Jones's pace espiecally with Flintoff not fit enough yet to bowl.

[dan the acid man]

yeah, all the injuries are our biggest problem really, since we won the ashes, we've not been able to keep a fit side together

[DJsmallpaul]

HAMMERED :ohdear:

[theledge]

HAMMERED :ohdear:

mate I am embarrassed

what a load of crap

at least they spared us from an innings defeat but still

[Esox Lucius]

our kids mate has been staying up to watch it, daft sod.

[french_og]

I have been getting up at 5:30am and stayed up most of last night. England showed signs of promise batting last night. But we did not play enough cricket in Australia before the 1st test.

Harmison well short but showed signs his line is coming back. Got to get Panesar back in for Adelaide.

[dan the acid man]

yeah, it could have been more of a hammering if it wasn't for the aussies stupidly not forcing the follow on.

still a hammering though:whoops:

[french_og]

I think Ponting was looking at the bigger picture and thought that Langer getting a Ton would do wonders for his confidence for the rest of the series.

[Richierush]

its was nice to see collingwood an pietersen hittin some runs on the 4th day,would have been good to see them start off like that :whoops: