The ashes series thread

[devilscallmedad]

Never underestimate the Aussies they have a habit of coming back after being drilled into the background, the match is going to be more closer then we think.

 

[Ottoman]

Eng have a lead of over 500 runs now. By lunch today it`ll be more than 600 so i doubt the Aussies can chase that.
An Aussie defeat is looking inevitable now. Even a draw is looking too far away

 

[vader]

Australia now needs 200 odd runs for what now seems like an on the cards victory. This could truly be one epic victory if they can do it and if anyone is capable of doing it, its the Aussies.

 

[devilscallmedad]

Eng have a lead of over 500 runs now. By lunch today it`ll be more than 600 so i doubt the Aussies can chase that.
An Aussie defeat is looking inevitable now. Even a draw is looking too far away

Well as i said never underestimate the Aussies, great chase by them after some very shoddy umpiring i don't know why they replaced replaced Aleem Dar with Rudi, Dar is a much much better umpire. England probably still the favorites but Australia still have some batting left, Johnson has a Test century under his belt. Its going to be another Ashes nail biter.

 

[Ottoman]

England win by 175 runs O_O
This wasn`t the nail biter u were expecting ehh dcmd?

 

[hitman57]

So finally England wins an Ashes Test at Lords after 75 years.

411 after 128/5 is pretty good, had Rudi Koetzen been not off his rocker and Ponting not got out in a Younis-esque way it could have real tight.

 

[devilscallmedad]

England win by 175 runs O_O
This wasn`t the nail biter u were expecting ehh dcmd?

It was 115 runs ( the margin that England won by ). Haddin and Clarke went cheaply on the last day otherwise it could have gotten really close, Johnson managed a 50 odd but great bowling by Flintoff he bowled a marathon spell.

 

[xb360enthusiast]

flintoff at his best.performed really well .england gonna miss him when he retires.

 

[devilscallmedad]

Aussies struggling against the swinging ball, losing 7/77 in a session. Have we been too harsh on our batsmen ?

 

[Em0s]

Have we been too harsh on our batsmen ?

haha. Seem so .........

 

[milkyway]

Late swing surprised most batsmen, hence the collapse. Honestly, I'm not surprised, the ball which Manou faced before his dismissal was almost unplayable. Not even the greats such as Lara could play that.

Our batsmen on the other hand throw there wickets away, unlike the aussies.

 

[hitman57]

That's what you can get with swing bowling, I thought it had gone extinct with Wasim and Waqar but it is still there. It's almost laughable that Aussies have packed their lineup with seamers and are not playing the only genuine swing bowler they have, Stuart Clarke.

Mohammad Aamir has an action which is very suitable for swing bowling, I hope he pays attention to that because Pakistan doesn't need anymore seamers.

 

[Soulhunter]

The only test series worth watching

 

[milkyway]

3 tests have gone and 2 have ended in a draw, england with 1 win.

so if aussies want to win ashes they must beat england in the next 2 matches, and england only have to win 1 match.

I think aussies should take brett lee and get rid of johnson. michael clarke should be sent up the order.

england have to ge rid of stuart broad and get in steve harmisson.

 

[hitman57]

Broad will most probably not play as Ryan Sidebottom has received the green signal for the next match, English team management seem to be pretty impressed with what their swing bowlers did to Australia and have decided to strengthen this department. Harmisson feels bitter about his 2006-07 ashes and wants to play but he won't get a chance unless Flintoff becomes unfit.

Mitchel Johnson is an overrated bowler, its no surprise he's been unable to perform under pressure. If Australians have any brains left, they'll give him a sack and bring Stuart Clark in.

 

[xb360enthusiast]

yeah rightly said.

 

[vader]

Aussies just need to win the next Test and then sit back and let England implode trying to get a win. But so far its England who have looked to be the better team post Cardiff.

 

[hitman57]

Finally, normalcy returns in the Ashes. England playing as England and Australia playing as Australia.

 

[jamesbond007]

i still wouldnt call england out for a chance to win this match, but your right aussies now have chance to level series.

england are in deep shit

 

[devilscallmedad]

England players gonna get knighted again i think