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Post by partickpotter on Dec 27, 2013 4:31:55 GMT
It's déjà vu time again. Let's see;
England top order fail - tick England tail fails - tick Australia top order fails - well on the way to this at tea Australia tail wags - to be seen
Thus series is fucking Groundhog Day!
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Post by salopstick on Dec 27, 2013 9:04:01 GMT
It's déjà vu time again. Let's see; England top order fail - tick England tail fails - tick Australia top order fails - well on the way to this at tea Australia tail wags - to be seen Thus series is fucking Groundhog Day! Best days cricket from England I've woken up to yet
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 27, 2013 9:57:01 GMT
It's déjà vu time again. Let's see; England top order fail - tick England tail fails - tick Australia top order fails - well on the way to this at tea Australia tail wags - to be seen Thus series is fucking Groundhog Day! Best days cricket from England I've woken up to yet Yes - at last part 4 of déjà vu, the Aussie first innings wag of the tail, failed to happen! 1st test: 100-5, last 5 wickets put on 195 runs 2nd test: 257-5, last 5 wickets put on 313 runs 3rd test: 143-5, last 5 wickets put on 245 runs 4th test: 112 -5, tail so far has scored 32 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Frightening stats; in each previous test the final 5 wickets Australian have out-scored the opening 5. You could argue this, more than anything else, is what has contributed most to our disastrous tour. Although, of course, our front line batsmen (1-5) have also been dismal; not one century between them in the 4 first innings to date in the series. But here's hoping we pick up the final wicket early tomorrow and then bat assertively to put their bowlers under some real pressure. Bat all day for the loss of just three or four wickets...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2013 10:35:37 GMT
Decent performance at last (hooray!). We just need to bat sensibly (but not negatively) and post a lead of 300 which I think will be enough, in saying that there's bags of time so lets be greedy and go for a 400 lead to really turn the screw......
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Dec 27, 2013 11:19:36 GMT
Englands beat day since the opening day of the 1st. Test.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 27, 2013 14:49:46 GMT
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 27, 2013 20:35:04 GMT
Great video. But all it shows to me is he is a fucking clown. Also not sure about his courage with him running to leg side every ball. His big gob dug a hole he couldn't get out of. Wanker.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Dec 27, 2013 21:26:14 GMT
Great video. But all it shows to me is he is a fucking clown. Also not sure about his courage with him running to leg side every ball. His big gob dug a hole he couldn't get out of. Wanker. Wonder if he has the bottle to take a tackle from Shawcross?
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 27, 2013 21:29:41 GMT
Great video. But all it shows to me is he is a fucking clown. Also not sure about his courage with him running to leg side every ball. His big gob dug a hole he couldn't get out of. Wanker. True but just the thought of facing Brett Lee scares the shit out of me tbh. Good to see him get peppered though.
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Post by followyoudown on Dec 27, 2013 23:25:35 GMT
If he was referring to those two he should have said so ......and not leave anyone in any doubt as to what he meant ? Why make the comment in the first place if you are not prepared to say what you really mean ? ...after all he has retired , what does he have to lose ? Swann has not covered himself in glory; first the shite retirement then not having the balls to explain a snidey comment. C'mon Graeme, grow a set! Either that or just fuck off into the sunset and let the team you left behind try and restore some pride. Sorry but I think that's complete bollocks, snidey is texting the opposition team slagging off your captain during a test or using that bellend Piers Morgan as your unofficial spokesman. The Swann comment is part of an interview with the press explaining why he quit and how he always tried to play with a smile on his face etc, why should he have to run through teams explaining who he thinks is a knob, I'd rather have a sportsman who has something interesting to say like Swann than someone who just gives bland bullshit answers.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 28, 2013 0:54:39 GMT
8,000 TEST RUNS FOR ALASTAIR COOK - Eng 24-0 the England skip is able to tuck off his hips for three on the leg side. Those runs are Cook's, 7,999th, 8,000th and 8,001st in Test cricket. At 29 years and three days, he is the youngest man to reach 8,000 in Test history, taking the record off Sachin Tendulkar. It's a big deal to take a record off Sachin.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 0:57:10 GMT
Bourbons have been hard to raise to the ashes and to Cook this ashes series....however we shall dries one to cook and 8,000 runs
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 1:15:42 GMT
8,000 TEST RUNS FOR ALASTAIR COOK - Eng 24-0 the England skip is able to tuck off his hips for three on the leg side. Those runs are Cook's, 7,999th, 8,000th and 8,001st in Test cricket. At 29 years and three days, he is the youngest man to reach 8,000 in Test history, taking the record off Sachin Tendulkar. It's a big deal to take a record off Sachin. He will break most records before he finishes mate ...certainly all English records , a great player despite the criticism he is taking at the moment
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 1:16:42 GMT
Bourbons have been hard to raise to the ashes and to Cook this ashes series....however we shall dries one to cook and 8,000 runs You would raise a glass to anything mate !
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 2:24:13 GMT
Well played Cook a fine fifty ..
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 28, 2013 3:15:57 GMT
Like dominoes. Going to bed hoping for some KP and Bell magic. Bell out...........Stokes magic. Fuck me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 3:20:00 GMT
Like dominoes. Going to bed hoping for some KP and Bell magic. Bell out...........Stokes magic. Fuck me. How do we do it ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 6:02:04 GMT
Never really been a huge cricket fan, but as an expat, in a place full of Aussies, always enjoyed the Ashes, especially the traditional Boxing Day at Melbourne, looks like we should win this, but simply can not wind up the Aussies, as it is a bit of a non entity now that the series has gone, but having said that , thank fuck we look like ( Hopefully ) avoiding a whitewash....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 6:26:20 GMT
Well we've royally fucked this up haven't we? Feel for KP he's been left hung out to dry in both innings due to piss poor shot selection from the team in both innings. A couple of quick wickets and we're back in the game but I fear the momentum has shifted, 3 or 4 of their big hitters could take the game away from us rapidly if we're not at our best. Such a frustrating game!!
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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 28, 2013 9:12:39 GMT
We've always been dab hands at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory though.......
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 28, 2013 9:30:19 GMT
8,000 TEST RUNS FOR ALASTAIR COOK - Eng 24-0 the England skip is able to tuck off his hips for three on the leg side. Those runs are Cook's, 7,999th, 8,000th and 8,001st in Test cricket. At 29 years and three days, he is the youngest man to reach 8,000 in Test history, taking the record off Sachin Tendulkar. It's a big deal to take a record off Sachin. He will break most records before he finishes mate ...certainly all English records , a great player despite the criticism he is taking at the moment A great player despite his current form is another way to look at it. Criticism and praise follows performance and Cook got plenty of praise last time down under. But he has batted poorly in both Ashes series this year so he is going to get stick. As a senior player he has to perform and he hasn't; in the summer he scored 277 runs in 10 innings with an average of 27 and a high score of 62, so far in this series in 8 innings he has scored 232 runs at 29 with a high score of 72. So praise for a fantastic achievement today is appropriate; but such a shame it didn't occur in better circumstances for him or his team. I don't imagine Cook will be celebrating this milestone much, which is a shame.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 28, 2013 11:17:53 GMT
Like dominoes. Going to bed hoping for some KP and Bell magic. Bell out...........Stokes magic. Fuck me. How do we do it ? I have no idea. It looks like we've Nathan Lyon look like Shane Warne though from a quick glance the scorecard. That's nice.
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 28, 2013 15:41:52 GMT
Like dominoes. Going to bed hoping for some KP and Bell magic. Bell out...........Stokes magic. Fuck me. How do we do it ? Maybe the batting coach might like to step forward and explain?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 15:53:55 GMT
Maybe the batting coach might like to step forward and explain? I would love Gooch to explain it ........he may struggle in doing so
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 28, 2013 16:40:31 GMT
He's too busy eating.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 17:40:28 GMT
If it was Gatting I would believe it .....
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 28, 2013 18:33:17 GMT
Remember how it was last time at the MCG? How the mighty fall - particularly the man front and center.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 9:46:44 GMT
Pitiful. Absolutely pitiful. Knee jerk reactions aren't the answer but there's players in that team whose time is up. I've watched some shite England teams over the years but this series has left me more deflated than any other time....
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Post by sydneypotter on Dec 29, 2013 19:47:13 GMT
Congratulations to Michael Clarke on making 8000 test runs, not to mention finding the leadership needed to rebuild a shattered Ashes team. This was the same team that couldn't win a match in either India or England, in fact they are the same team that has been consistently humiliated by England. The same team that had the faith to recall a much ridiculed Mitch Johnson and see him take 31 wickets (to date) in an Ashes series and claim MOTM several times, much to the chagrin of the Balmy Army (yes I do know how to spell their name)
This England side had Australia on the ropes during day 3 and they let it slip badly. A 116 run lead on the day before England had lost a wicket, two collapses 3 -1 and 5 -6 (for heavens sake) and four dropped catches - three within the first 30 minutes of play.
Cook might very well be a fine batsman, and he is, but leaves a lot to be desired as a test captain. His field placings yesterday beggared belief. This is the same skipper that managed a team from being a solid methodical and thoroughly professional side to an outright shambles. I have to agree with previous people on this thread in that player's skills do not vanish overnight, so what happened. Is it the coaching team; I would hope that Mr Gooch is rethinking his coaching techniques at least.
When the series started I had already made ready for a belting and didn't hold any hopes that I would be seeing first hand a stuffed England team at the upcoming Sydney test. In fact when I bought my tickets it was more to continue a tradition started over 40 years ago in not having missed the first day of any test match at the SCG. We can only hope that England find some 'ticker' and Cooke rekindles his captaincy, Mr Bell finds his mojo and Broad hits the wicket as hard as he did in the England Ashes series. I'm pretty sure that Monty will get a warm SCG welcome. Broad can look forward to that strangest of Australian crowd welcomes, that is being applauded at the same time as being booed. He's very much admired as a cricketer here but not as a person I'm afraid. At least the Balmy Army will keep the crowd entertained if the cricket drops off for a while.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 0:59:40 GMT
Pitiful. Absolutely pitiful. Knee jerk reactions aren't the answer but there's players in that team whose time is up. I've watched some shite England teams over the years but this series has left me more deflated than any other time.... Haven't we all ? And any true England. Follower is deflated ...I know I'm gutted .....but think it through ....which players are the ones who's times are up ? And who in all honesty are there better replacements ?...because if you drop someone ...it has to be because you have a better replacement in the wings ...?I'm not sure we have ...the dropping of Prior being a case in point
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