The Ashes

[amigacooke]

No it was not
But bowling on a pitch which is sooo bouncey you gotta adapt

I think that's a favourite theme of our Geoffrey that the bowlers tend to bowl too short.

 

[patchy]

Another 40 degree plus day tomorrow
Another mad dogs and English Bull Terrier day



Cheers,
Patchy

 

[Paulsw2]

Aw, handsome dog! Sadly for England it does feel a bit 'groundhog day' - lose toss; bowl quite well on first day / contain Australian score; bat; collapse; Australia win test by c.200+ runs. Here we go again? Let's see in a few hours.....

Paul

 

[patchy]

No No No
You mob are thinking about the boxing day test
You had the upper hand
Must admit David Lloyd is on the commentary team here and he cuts me up Top bloke

Cheers,
Patchy

 

[mquigg]

Great knock by David Warner, thanks England for letting us have them back!

 

[amigacooke]

Great knock by David Warner, thanks England for letting us have them back!

Not quite yet, but it does look likely.

Then in 2015 we'll see if this really is a revived Australian team.

 

[Paulsw2]

Or whether this is a blip for England or something more long term.....

Paul

 

[gawpo50]

That's it, we have the ashes at last. Now to win the final to tests for a 5 - 0 result.

Peter

 

[amigacooke]

Well done Australia, there hasn't been any doubt about the result of this series since day two of the first test.

 

[mquigg]

Congrats to Ben Stokes for his 120, he and Ian Bell put up a good fight. It ended up a lot closer than we expected!

 

[rmlawton]

Lacklustre, Inept, Complacent.

I can accept us losing, I can't accept us not being in the game.

Well done Australia.

 

[pcas1986]

Congrats to Ben Stokes for his 120, he and Ian Bell put up a good fight. It ended up a lot closer than we expected!

I watched the latter half of the morning session and saw Stokes get his 100. Apparently the Aussie team all applauded which was nice. There was some good cricket in that session. I didn't watch after lunch as I was busy but they must have collapsed fairly quickly.

 

[robd]

Well done to the Australians

 

[Paulsw2]

Well done Australia, you outplayed us in every department. Ultimately though I think the key difference is that your guys wanted it more.

So after four years, three months and 25 days the Aussies have taken the urn back. Now the preparations begin for the summer of 2015....

Paul

 

[patchy]

Yeah

Cheers,
Patchy

 

[pcas1986]

The Melbourne test starting on Boxing Day should be a good game since there is nothing to play for except pride. It's the one game that gets a lot of attention in Australia right after Christmas.

I would not be surprised if England wins that one.

 

[H222]

I would not be surprised if England wins that one.

I would be exceptionally

Jamie

 

[Dinorius_Redundicus]

Just reading a news item about Aussie test batsman, George Bailey. On the sudden retirement of England spinner Graeme Swann;

"He's an opposition player whose company I've always enjoyed in the brief period I've got to know (him) and one of the good fellas of international cricket," Bailey said. "It looked like he had a lot of good cricket ahead of him still."

After all the nasty 'sledging' this year - which frankly makes me cringe - it was nice to hear there are still some gentlemen left on our side.

.

 

[Paulsw2]

Swann's sudden retirement is a shock. And a blow following the return home of Jonathan Trott. England feel a bit like the wheels are coming off at the moment. I hope they can bounce back.

Paul

 

[patchy]

About time you mob put a bit of ticker into the game
Well done, Still 3 days to go
Piers Morgan was absolutely hopeless against Brett Lee in the nets Today
All talk no action

Cheers,
Patchy