the Ashes 2005

[jademonty]

ok this thread is for all da cricket fans ...... how good was last night come back against England!! Glen managed to get his 500th wicket and all so get stats of 5 for 25 for the night! man are we goin to kick sum butt this year!! sorry woo its true!! :p

[graceonthebass]

The Test Match will also be good tonight.

[lozzy]

I lub cricket. If I had my way I would watch the whole test.

ooooo ahhhhh Glenn McGrath, I said oo ah Glenn McGrath!!! :D

[jademonty]

haha who told u we were goin to kick sum but??

[MISTER WOO]

it's an exciting event and of course us brits are gonna beat you aussies:p

[jademonty]

dreams on woo.....its not goin to happen....lol :p we have mcgrath!!

[Bocks]

i have no idea why australia has warne in there.
he isnt a fantastic slip or spinner anymore, he's like mark taylor... fat and arrogant.
get hogg in
Yeh!

[jademonty]

actually that is a really good point!! or brackan!! what happened!!

[Bocks]

bring back the bev eh loz?

[jademonty]

where is beven but....like he has been in such good form aswell!!

[graceonthebass]

Yeah I know, he hasn't played in a test for yonks. I mean he's done a few one dayers but its not really the same. He just mustn't be good enough....

[jademonty]

he is but....like i mean he obvisloy isnt in the eye of the selector but he has been doin relly well...i will go searchin for sum stats to show ya :p

[jademonty]

http://content.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4144.html
thats got sum stats and stuff on bevo

[graceonthebass]

wow thanks. is he ya favourite player??

[Choppy]

Hey Cous! He sure as hell is my favorite player!

[Bocks]

i think gillespi is in there because the flippin selectors pitty him.
he's obviously out of form.
off his game
all that jazz, so why chuck him in? there are other medium pace ball chuckers they could have.
and he's a bloody terrible fielder. absolutly crap.
i hate him. no amount of yelling from what his face? lilly is gonna help him. he's out of form and should be off the flippin team.
hogg! he's good! and watson doesnt get the recognition. shit, he's got a good arm.

McGrath is just a flippin genius, but we all know we are watching one of the greats of all time when we watch him.

[lozzy]

bring back the bev eh loz?
BLOODY OATH!!!!!!!! I was sooo flippen sad when they dropped him. Then he bloody moves to TAS for state cricket :( i was devastated.

Bevan is the best!! Forever!! :D

R.I.P #12

[Hinny]

get hogg in
Yeh!
I just shat my pants. That's how hard I laughed.

Hogg?

Um, hullo, ever heard of Magilla da Gorilla?

[jademonty]

wow thanks. is he ya favourite player??
na he's not my fav player...i have a few...steve waugh ....nathan brackan brett lee.....theres a heap

[lozzy]

Clarke you little ripper!!! 91 :D

Mr Clarke is my favourite player not including Bevan. I lubs him :)

[lozzy]

I just shat my pants. That's how hard I laughed.

Hogg?

Um, hullo, ever heard of Magilla da Gorilla?
I don't like MacGill. Warney is the best.

[Hinny]

I don't like MacGill. Warney is the best.
Look at the way Magilla da Gorilla approaches the crease when he bowls. The expression on his face. It's like he's gonna clock someone on the jaw, that's how intense he is. A leggie with a fast bowler's attitude. Beotch.

[Hinny]

I miss watching Bevan bowl. It's like he's always trying to trip himself over. And sometimes he actually does. It's bloody brilliant.

[graceonthebass]

i think gillespi is in there because the flippin selectors pitty him.
he's obviously out of form.
off his game
all that jazz, so why chuck him in? there are other medium pace ball chuckers they could have.
and he's a bloody terrible fielder. absolutly crap.
i hate him. no amount of yelling from what his face? lilly is gonna help him. he's out of form and should be off the flippin team.
hogg! he's good! and watson doesnt get the recognition. shit, he's got a good arm.

McGrath is just a flippin genius, but we all know we are watching one of the greats of all time when we watch him.
Yeah but Gilly has a great mullet. You gotta love him for it.

[:: katie b ::]

gilly is the best. big ears and all.

[Hinny]

Glenn Mcgrath is deadset a master blaster with the bat.

[jimmy]

ooo ah

[lozzy]

Glenn Mcgrath is deadset a master blaster with the bat.
fo real. 20*

5 wickets and undefeated with the bat. legend.

[Tribal_Drummer]

haha go mcgrath. you gun!

whoever said hogg is better than warne must be fucking kidding themselves!


& bevo is legend... always been my favourite player. i was so pissed off when they cut him from the one day squad. & they never really gave him much of a chance in tests either.

[MISTER WOO]

Omg,us brits arn't doing too wellm,how can it be soo bad.

Lookls like you aussies have it made;)

[Hinny]

Screw Katich. That guy is supposed to be providing support to the master blaster, and what does he do? He goes for a needless hook.

Let Ooh Aah open the batting!

[graceonthebass]

how many times did they show the bloody replay of the ball hitting lee's hand?

[Hinny]

how many times did they show the bloody replay of the ball hitting lee's hand?
Not as many times as they showed the collision of the balls.
*chuckle*

[graceonthebass]

true

[lozzy]

haha go mcgrath. you gun!

whoever said hogg is better than warne must be fucking kidding themselves!


& bevo is legend... always been my favourite player. i was so pissed off when they cut him from the one day squad. & they never really gave him much of a chance in tests either.
ditto, ditto and ditto :D

[lozzy]

warney you champ. picking up some much needed wickets.

and the lbw shout on pietersen was out. stupid umpire.

[Pinkygirl]

i agree that umpires are stupid... :p i been havin alot of bogus decisions lately i think... :( anyone know the answer as to why all cricket umpires are past their use by date??

[Hinny]

i agree that umpires are stupid... :p i been havin alot of bogus decisions lately i think... :( anyone know the answer as to why all cricket umpires are past their use by date??
It's hard being an umpire. Remember we have the benefit of heaps of replays on tv. They have half a second to look at something.

[Pinkygirl]

It's hard being an umpire. Remember we have the benefit of heaps of replays on tv. They have half a second to look at something.

yea i guess... :o

[Tribal_Drummer]

haha. go aussies! woooooooooo :)

it's funny how cocky england got after winning a whole 2 one day games. lol... those poor poms :p

[MISTER WOO]

Well it doesn't look good for us engish does it?

[lozzy]

Well it doesn't look good for us engish does it?
no.

[Hinny]

Well it doesn't look good for us engish does it?
Your chances look just about as good as this fellow
http://www.funwarehouse.co.uk/acatalog/23828.jpg

[lozzy]

2nd test.... Mr McGrath is out :(

stumps day 1: England all out for 407....argh

[Chrissie]

Havent been following the Ashes this year

[jademonty]

thrid test kicks off tonite!! should be interestin...shattered after da lost though ...so close!! awesome game though...i love them endings cause they make it so exciting!! but shows dat aus are slackin off a tad i reackon

[Hinny]

Pige is in. Bung just took a wicket. Gils dropped a doozy.

[lozzy]

Pige is in. Bung just took a wicket. Gils dropped a doozy.
darn gilly.

[jimmy]

someone get billy bowden off the hippy beans.

[swede]

WARNEY IS DA MAN!!! yeh!

[Tribal_Drummer]

England 209/2 (57.1 ov)

we need some more warney magic.

[lozzy]

341/5 (89.0 ov)

katich got a wicket!! lmao

[Hinny]

341/5 (89.0 ov)

katich got a wicket!! lmao
I think Ricky doesn't bowl Clarke and Katich enough.

Katich bowls left arm wristy. Someone as awful a bowler as Bevan has taken a 10-fer. So it doesn't matter how bad you are, if you are a left arm wristy, you will get wickets.

[lozzy]

I think Ricky doesn't bowl Clarke and Katich enough.

Katich bowls left arm wristy. Someone as awful a bowler as Bevan has taken a 10-fer. So it doesn't matter how bad you are, if you are a left arm wristy, you will get wickets.
leave my Bevan alone :mad:

and i agree he doesn't play Clarke enough. Katich however i don't think i've seen bowl so i won't comment.

[lozzy]

England 438/9 (111.5 ov)

Warrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrney

[jimmy]

langer and hayden are gonna get double centuries.

[lozzy]

langer and hayden are gonna get double centuries.
*knock on wood*

[Hinny]

This is gonna sound soooo strange, but the Poms are kicking our arses.

[MISTER WOO]

Aussies won't win!We got it made,hee hee:D ;)

[lozzy]

*prays for rain*

[Tribal_Drummer]

Aussies won't win!We got it made,hee hee:D ;)

it aint over till the fat lady sings mate.

[jademonty]

i cant belive us aussies seriously what happened last night??? 270 for 7....wtf are we doin common guys we gotta win this one!!! cajebus!!!

[Tribal_Drummer]

we'd be totally screwed if it weren't for warney.


WAAAAARRRRNNNEYYYYYY

[lozzy]

we'd be totally screwed if it weren't for warney.


WAAAAARRRRNNNEYYYYYY
*joins in chant*

WAAAAARRRRRRNNNEYYYYYYYYYYY

[jimmy]

whens punter gonna move warney up the order!!

[Hinny]

*prays for rain*
I am god, and your prayers have been answered.

None of the batsmen are firing. Of the bowlers, there's Pige with his wonky ankle, Dizzy being a dud, Bung Knee serving up equal parts of rotten tripe and top Wagyu beef, so it's pretty much down to Phone Boy and half of Knee.

[jademonty]

poor warney out for 90....so close to a century :D but bloody good effort matey...common guys we can win this one!!

[jimmy]

i know i said this last innings and it didnt work out, but this time i got a feeling... langer and hayden are gonna get double centuries...

[Chrissie]

geez, Aussies were lucky to get a drawn match. Ponting played well though.

[Hinny]

Dizzy will get dropped. So too one other batsman, between Martyn and Katich.

[lozzy]

Dizzy will get dropped. So too one other batsman, between Martyn and Katich.
Katich. After how Martyn played last year I doubt they'll drop him.

[Tribal_Drummer]

haha... so much for the pom's "having it made" eh mr.woo!


1 all biatch :p

[jimmy]

aussies are gonna clean up the next two games...

[lozzy]

Warney you flippen legend.

[swede]

whats happened loz?

[lozzy]

whats happened loz?
he got 3 wickets.

[Hinny]

aussies are gonna clean up the next two games...
What, this one and the game against rest of the world in Sydney?

[swede]

he got 3 wickets.

already?

[Chrissie]

serious? already? w0000000000t.

[lozzy]

already?
serious? already? w0000000000t.
no. i just posted that because i was bored. of course already, gosh.

[jademonty]

COMMON AUSSIES!!! man i can feel it we will win this!! i know we will!!

[swede]

no. i just posted that because i was bored. of course already, gosh.

well u never know, you could have been dreaming

[Chrissie]

haha loz. geeeez, i'm surprised they've even got 3 already :)

i hope the aussies either thrash em or win by a couple. meh. they just better win. teach those poms a lesson :)

[Chrissie]

warneys a champ.

[lozzy]

warneys a champ.
fo real. 4/36 are his stats. like whoa.

[jademonty]

warne just got his 4th wicket go champ!! 4-142 so far.....we are goin to win this one!!

[Tribal_Drummer]

WARRRNNNEEYYYYYYYY, WARRNNNEYYYYYYY! come on, say it loudly with me folks

woooo!

what a gun.

[Chrissie]

I really hope we win :):)

I also hope we bat well too and don't collapse as we have been :rolleyes:

[swede]

WARRRNNNEEYYYYYYYY, WARRNNNEYYYYYYY! come on, say it loudly with me folks

woooo!

what a gun.

WARNNNNNNNNNNNEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YY WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYY YYYYYY

[jademonty]

come on champ.....a few more wickets!! lol.......man we are goin to win!!

[okla44jj]

Come On England!

[Chrissie]

mwahahaha :)

[lozzy]

Stumps day 1: England 7/319

noice.

[okla44jj]

We still got it.... just watch

[Chrissie]

warne-- 5/118 from 34 overs. yeahhhhh

[okla44jj]

warne-- 5/118 from 34 overs. yeahhhhh


one man team!

[lozzy]

Tea Day 2: Australia 0/112

lets hope they can keep going.

[lozzy]

bad light delay grrrrr. any money rain forces a draw. just the aussies luck.

[Tribal_Drummer]

one man team!
you're either joking or have no idea what your talking about :rolleyes:

[Chrissie]

i sense a win coming on.

[lozzy]

i sense a win coming on.
i sense a washed out match.

[jademonty]

hopefully iut bloody stops rainng!! we are doin so good...112 - 0 ...how good is dat!! hopefully we have a nice sunny day today!! :p even though i think rAin is forcast for like the rest of the match ...but we can still hope!

[Hinny]

Going off for bad light is stupid in this day and age. See, there's these things call flood lights. Use them.

[lozzy]

if the rain stops they'll make up some of the overs today. *fingers crossed it stops raining*

[adelaide]

Going off for bad light is stupid in this day and age. See, there's these things call flood lights. Use them.
flood lights are for one day games. i dont think they should be used in test matches. youve got to add in the fatigue factor - if the game is over 5 days, and the players are out there for say a 930am start..the longer you make the days, the less rest they get, and it could advantage the batting team, as the fielders are out there for longer periods of time.it can potentially give an unfair advantage.

[lozzy]

flood lights are for one day games. i dont think they should be used in test matches. youve got to add in the fatigue factor - if the game is over 5 days, and the players are out there for say a 930am start..the longer you make the days, the less rest they get, and it could advantage the batting team, as the fielders are out there for longer periods of time.it can potentially give an unfair advantage.
i don't think Hinny was suggesting making the days longer, but playing all the scheduled overs. they went off early due to bad light.

[swede]

yeh i im pretty sure ur right loz

[jademonty]

Man we are kicking sum dam butt!! Good on ya guys!! GO AUSSIES!!

[Hinny]

Dear whoever it is who made the decision to go off for bad light for 2 days in a row:

Newsflash. We need to win this test. Stay out there and score the runs.

[Tribal_Drummer]

unfortunately i think time is going to beat us

[Hinny]

unfortunately i think time is going to beat us
Could've had a whole session on day two and a bunch of overs last night if they had the guts to stay out there.

Rain is forecasted.

[jademonty]

looks like where in for another stop start day today...still cloudy and rainy .... :(

[Hinny]

Guys. Just go for the tonk. Makes no difference if we lose or draw this one.

[Tribal_Drummer]

363/9

we're screwed :(

[Chrissie]

geeeez.

[Tribal_Drummer]

all out for 367. england first innings lead of 6 runs.


warne has struck already, in his first over...

wooooo!

england - 2/1 after 4 overs

[Tribal_Drummer]

damn... off for bad light, again.

[Cheyne]

Thank god the aussies have finally come into some form. I just hope this middle order collapse however, is not a sign of things to come.

[Chrissie]

michael vaughn -- always reminds me of Alias.

[Fuel]

damn... off for bad light, again.
bad light... with two spinners on... pfftt...

[jimmy]

i say we cancel their visa's, how dare they lose the ashes after so long.

[Hinny]

Thank god the aussies have finally come into some form. I just hope this middle order collapse however, is not a sign of things to come.
The collapse was good. It meant the team wouldn't hang around and not do much, as they've done for two days in taking the bad light offer. Now the challenge is there to bowl the other lot out in a flash, and go for the tonk.

[lozzy]

C'mon Warney YOU CAN DO IT!!

[Chrissie]

hopefully he can.

[Cheyne]

The collapse was good. It meant the team wouldn't hang around and not do much, as they've done for two days in taking the bad light offer. Now the challenge is there to bowl the other lot out in a flash, and go for the tonk.

I supposeee, but damnit the games that go down to the wire kill me. That swannies game caused at least two cardiac arrests, and a possible third as Davis kicked that magic goal.

[Tribal_Drummer]

bye bye ashes.

[Hinny]

bye bye ashes.
Looking at 240 from 40 overs. Doable.

[Tribal_Drummer]

Looking at 240 from 40 overs. Doable.
gotta get them out first!

[surething]

HAHAHAHAHAAARRR HAHARRR HARR HAR HAR AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

[Tribal_Drummer]

ah well... we've held them for 16 years... it had to happen eventually.




'ENGLISH cricket fans chanted Australia was "only good at swimming" as their team reclaimed the Ashes - and bat-and-ball bragging rights - for the first time in 16 years.'

haha...
'Warne, named Australia's best player of the series, received a standing ovation when he went to field on the boundary to chants of "There's Only One Shane Warne" and "We Wish You Were English".

[Hinny]

HAHAHAHAHAAARRR HAHARRR HARR HAR HAR AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA
Northern Ireland 1
defeated
England 0

[surething]

i couldn't really give a monkeys about sport and was happy that Ireland won, just swede was going on about the Ashes and it made me laugh ;)

[lozzy]

That's what happens when you drop 3 catches for the one wicket. argh.

I think Australia is still the better cricket team.

[jademonty]

Totally guttered with the lose against england last night!! stayed up to watch! bloody warnies such a champ cricketer!! u see that spin on the two that had like massive spin i was like :O awwesome stuff...but i guess we cant be the best all da time!! bout time we had some compition!! sad to see mgraw and a few of them prob doin there last ashes tour though! :( There dam champs!!

[Hinny]

I think Australia is still the better cricket team.
We were clearly outplayed throughout the whole series, except for that first test.

[Yaz]

yeah hinny is right.......although i hate to admit it

bOO england bOO

[lozzy]

We were clearly outplayed throughout the whole series, except for that first test.
i wouldn't say clearly, especially when we had to get a lot of their players out twice due to bad decisions. but overall in this series they were better. not clearly better, but better.

in general though i still think we are a the world's best team. it seems Michael Vaughan agrees with me too. i just read an article which quotes him saying that. you can't judge a team that has performed so well, for so long, on one series.

[adelaide]

i sat up in a delirious state watching it last night. it was tea and greg matthews was saying "if we can get 3 wickets in the next 10 overs.." and you know what..i was a believer. greg matthews couldve sold me a box of bibles...i was believing everything he said..so i was drawn to watching it...thinking..just get pietersen out...was believing we could get them out..go smash and grab and blast the score like a one day match...i fell asleep with the tv still on..woke up and england had scored another 100 runs. i wasnt impressed. i turned the tv off and shook my head. ha!!

[Bocks]

i wanna go to the match here aye!!