* * * The Ashes - Official Thread * * *

[vegster]

I smell Aussie fear....

 

[Everest]

I actually LOVE you.

Steady on

 

[Southy]

For those without Sky, get Veetle installed and then go here

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Fantastic pics.

Top man, thats superb!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I'm nervous.

Good opening ceremony despite the lack of the Welsh flag.

 

[Mendoza]

good to see KP and Trott belting out the national anthem

 

[TheBlueAndWhiteStrips]

Could the guy singing the Aussie national anthem not decide what colour suit to wear?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Could the guy singing the Aussie national anthem not decide what colour suit to wear?

What's wrong with a white dinner jacket and black trousers?

 

[Mendoza]

If your heart is in a cage, desire cannot breath.
If your mind is in a prison, destiny cannot live.
Free your hearts and minds of fear my friends,
For now is the time for THE ASHES!!!!!!!!!!

 

[highway61]

Well the wait is over, am nervous as hell, please lets not have an early wicket down!

 

[pasty]

Shit, I'm getting nervous now. There's just something about the Aussies that convinces me they will thrash us every time

 

[highway61]

Shit, I'm getting nervous now. There's just something about the Aussies that convinces me they will thrash us every time

I know what you mean!

 

[TheBlueAndWhiteStrips]

Shit, I'm getting nervous now. There's just something about the Aussies that convinces me they will thrash us every time

Well up until a few years ago we had 15 years of getting thrashed. That might be part of it.

 

[Giraffe]

Come on England

 

[pasty]

and the first ball is.................. dot booooooooooo

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Shit, I'm getting nervous now. There's just something about the Aussies that convinces me they will thrash us every time

Australia's record between 1989 and 2005 had a significant impact on the statistics between the two sides. Before the 1989 series began, the win-loss ratio was almost even, with 87 wins for Australia to England's 86, 74 having been drawn.[32] By the 2005 series Australia's wins had increased to 115 whereas England's had increased to only 93 (and a further 82 draws).[33] In the period between 1989 and the beginning of the 2005 series, the two sides had played 43 times; Australia winning 28 times, England 7 times, with 8 draws. Only a single England victory had come in a match in which the Ashes were still at stake, namely the First Test of the 1997 series. All others were consolation victories when the Ashes had been secured by Australia.

 

[TheBlueAndWhiteStrips]

What's wrong with a white dinner jacket and black trousers?

Don't forget that lovely light purple shirt he had on as well.

 

[Tomo1794]

shit

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Oh dear...

 

[pasty]

oh f*** my old boots

 

[Lewes' best seagull]

F*ck.