ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Thats all, Hussey, good bye.
Thats all, Hussey, good bye.
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Tim the Wiz
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Stuart Broad bowled a five-for to help tumble Australia for 160? Am I in bizzaro world? :lol
Tim the Wiz said:
funny, i felt like i was in a similar world too.
if the aussie selectors dont drop hussey, aussies bound to lose more matches. for a guy who's averaged less than 30 for the last 20+ matches, surely the selectors have been too lenient on him!!! even hayden wasnt spared
Third day starts and Strauss-Trott are consolidating well. It's not the pitch, it's the bowlers!
EDIT: As suspected, Australia's lack of a good spinner has cost it big time - Clarke and North had to do part-time spin and finally get Strauss out - England still lead by 330 runs at lunch
EDIT 2: Prior ran out stupidly. Flintoff in his last Test innings - he's probably pretty sure he'll go off with a high. And seems England are looking at more bustop rides, another trip to the queen etal. Ponting looks quite bloodied but not as much as if/when they lose.
EDIT: As suspected, Australia's lack of a good spinner has cost it big time - Clarke and North had to do part-time spin and finally get Strauss out - England still lead by 330 runs at lunch
EDIT 2: Prior ran out stupidly. Flintoff in his last Test innings - he's probably pretty sure he'll go off with a high. And seems England are looking at more bustop rides, another trip to the queen etal. Ponting looks quite bloodied but not as much as if/when they lose.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Im gonna start doing some rain dances.
The Aussies have a chance to save the Ashes by batting out Days 4 and 5. Even at this state, where you'd reckon some of them are thinking of just going home and having a rest, there's a tiny tiny chance of doing this.
Anyway :lol at Mitch Johnson leaking runs again. He was never good value, despite a good burst in Headingley. Last over: 1wd . . . 1 1nb 1nb . 1
Trott, though, is proving great value with the bat and by amassing 120 runs or so has done more than enough.
No one really noticed that Marcus North, bloody Marcus North part-time spinner, is 4-for today.
Anyway :lol at Mitch Johnson leaking runs again. He was never good value, despite a good burst in Headingley. Last over: 1wd . . . 1 1nb 1nb . 1
Trott, though, is proving great value with the bat and by amassing 120 runs or so has done more than enough.
No one really noticed that Marcus North, bloody Marcus North part-time spinner, is 4-for today.
I would have given them a chance to 450 and would have thought 350 was eminently gettable with their batting line up. Tim the Wiz
Banned
Australia have an outside chance at making the miracle.
And it'll be Mussey's last chance either way.
And it'll be Mussey's last chance either way.
If the Aussies do it from here, fair play to them and a well deserved and history making victory which will be remembered for a long time is rightfully theirs. Also English bowlers will deserve to be flayed alive but that would be secondary to the awesomeness of the Australian achievement.
Tim the Wiz
Banned
Wow. Double wow.
That was quick.
That was quick.
tri_willy said:
you sack Ponting as captain and you will lose him from team as well.....do you think we can afford that at the moment? would Clarke be a much better captain? Allow Ponting to finish the 2009/2010 home series against Pakistan and then see how things stand
drop Hussey for Hughes and move Watson down the order
Tim the Wiz
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jey_16 said:
Drop Ponting as captain, keep him as a player and install a more tactically savvy leader... such as, say, Katich? It's not like it hasn't been done before. Look at Jayasuria's changing role within the Sri Lankan team.
I doubt it'll ever happen, though.
Ponting's captaincy didn't lose us the series. A couple of inept first innings batting performances and poor selection cost us the series.
Ponting won't be stripped of the captaincy, and for good reason. We haven't had a previous full time captain playing under a new captain for 25 years and we shouldn't do it now.
Ponting won't be stripped of the captaincy, and for good reason. We haven't had a previous full time captain playing under a new captain for 25 years and we shouldn't do it now.
Tim the Wiz
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If Ponting and Hussey can construct an unlikely 200 partnership, then I'll start to believe, especially with Clarke, North and Haddin still to come.
I know, wildly improbable either way!
jamieson87
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Yes! Bye bye Ponting.
jamieson87
Member
Close call but just out, collpase from here?
Tim the Wiz
Banned
Enjoy the crown, England. You deserve it. :lol
mario ate my burger
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North gone