The Ashes
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Now I know why so many emigrate to OZ. (My parents did!). Free to air cricket, and we don't have to pay for a TV licence.
Pay TV providers have tried to pinch the top rating sports from 'free to air', but the government, so far, has said no!
Nice to be 1-Nil, but a long way to go yet....
Bob (CRO)
Well done Australia, a comprehensive victory at The Gabba, by 381 inside four days.
England's batting has been on a declining path over the last two years (no score over 400 in 18 innings). The Aussies have a great chance to take back the urn. Can they take it?
Paul
England's batting has been on a declining path over the last two years (no score over 400 in 18 innings). The Aussies have a great chance to take back the urn. Can they take it?
Paul
Had an amusing incident once at crictet which was game knew little about and it was staff v Boys at camp. Whilst standing doing nothing a local villgare passed by and shouted over to me and at that point I stuck a hand out to wave and the ball cracked against my hand. Instinctively I passed it quickly on and done the batsman. Everyone cheered and said I had well stopped. I smiled (being clueless) and accepted the plaudits with sore fingers!
T20 cricket and One Day International (ODI) cricket is more like baseball where the idea is to belt the living daylights out of the ball. Test cricket, which is played over five days, is more of the "gentleman's game". Although some of the language used recently is hardly befitting of gentlemen.
But the Brits started it with their "bodyline" bowling of the 1930's, or thereabouts, where the bowler's target was the batsman rather than the stumps (the three sticks with the bails).
In test cricket the players wear mostly white uniforms whereas ODIs and T20 cricket uniforms are bright colours. Here in Australia we still call it "pyjama cricket" because the players look like they are wearing pyjamas.
Cricket is all about history. The "Ashes" are the burned remains of some stumps which the English burned after being flogged by the Aussies back in the late 1800's (I think). England and Australia play for the "custody" of the Ashes every few years, although the trophy itself always remains in England. In recent years England has been very dominant in the Ashes series. If you have ever lived through an English winter, which I have, you will understand they need a bit of cheer.
Paul (not remotely a cricket fan, but sometimes you can hardly avoid it)
I wasn't actually around at the time but as I recall it was actually the Aussies fault in being too good to defeat by conventional means.
Hopefully now that your lot appear to have regained some belief in themselves we will have a competitive series.
Yes, and that would bring the crowds back.
I have to agree with Richie Benaud's opinion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIL6KZox6Ao
of this rather poor effort
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A482th7rwM
I'm sure there's bad sportsmanship to be attributed to all teams however.
I find ODI and T20 is slightly safer for the liver. 5 days on the soup is never good!
T20 cricket and One Day International (ODI) cricket is more like baseball where the idea is to belt the living daylights out of the ball. Test cricket, which is played over five days, is more of the "gentleman's game". Although some of the language used recently is hardly befitting of gentlemen.
But the Brits started it with their "bodyline" bowling of the 1930's, or thereabouts, where the bowler's target was the batsman rather than the stumps (the three sticks with the bails).
In test cricket the players wear mostly white uniforms whereas ODIs and T20 cricket uniforms are bright colours. Here in Australia we still call it "pyjama cricket" because the players look like they are wearing pyjamas.
Cricket is all about history. The "Ashes" are the burned remains of some stumps which the English burned after being flogged by the Aussies back in the late 1800's (I think). England and Australia play for the "custody" of the Ashes every few years, although the trophy itself always remains in England. In recent years England has been very dominant in the Ashes series. If you have ever lived through an English winter, which I have, you will understand they need a bit of cheer.
Paul (not remotely a cricket fan, but sometimes you can hardly avoid it)
Thank you for the explanations.
Lennard
mezzoprezzo
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No sledging in those temperatures then!
amigacooke
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Can you blame us? I thought it would be tough, but I didn't expect abject surrender and a no-contest.3 days in you mob are pretty quite
Mitchell Johnson 7 for 40
Cheers,
Patchy
There are too many batsmen out of form at one time to keep them all in the team. The Ashes are as good as gone (until 2015 ;-), so time to bring in new talent and those in form.
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