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The DECIDER - 5th Test Match, The Oval - England vs Australia
- Thread starter Mendoza
- Start date
Excellent, winding up the Australian in the office looks like a fail
Storer68
New member
211-3 tho - still looking good
rcf0712
Out Here In The Perimeter
boundaries go down well, keep 'em coming lads...
Reckon if we can get to 100 without further loss and then a total of 175 we'll have a damn good chance.
rcf0712
Out Here In The Perimeter
thank you, good evening and goodnight
What an excellent day for England... 230-3 in effect. 
Cantona's Flying Dropkick
vidi vici veni
58/3 (28.0 ov) stumps day 2
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,292
England's turn to do the collapso then. It's all a bit random.
The Spanish
Well-known member
Its been a great day, but f***ing hell dont you just hate watching England bat at the moment. Thats been the hardest part of the series for me. No batting of note at all apart from Strauss's knock. Really taken the shine off it whatever the result.
edit sorry honourable mention for Prior of course
edit sorry honourable mention for Prior of course
dougdeep
New member
All we need is another 150 and we should stroll our way to victory.
Stinky Kat
Tripping
I'll still be nervous with a lead of 450 - ponting etc can dig in for the last 2 days if necessary, well perhaps not on that pitch - bloody great match in prospect
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,624
Prior's had his moments, Strauss has been reasonably solid, but apart from that, the only England batsmen to entertain the crowds have been the tailenders. Broad, Swann, Anderson and of course Panesar have twatted it around at times, but it was nearly always a case of making a score look respectable after the front line batsmen (Cook, Bell, Bopara, Collingwood and Flintoff) essentially failed. How many centuries have we scored in this series, compared to Australia?
I never feel confident in our ability to score a decent total- most of the top order just look mentally fragile. Here's hoping they can smack a few tomorrow- if Strauss can avoid his tendency to get out early when having to re-start an innings.
Albion Dan
Banned
Have just got back from a lovely day of hospitality at the Oval and when Goeff Thomson did his speach at lunch and said he thought we were still in it at oz on 66 for 0 we all thought he was mental. The next session was beyond reality, the best 3 hours of cricket I have ever seen from England.
It would take a mracle to f*** this up, and that was the concensus from every ozzie I spoke to outside the ground. Another 150 in the morning and were home.
YATTA!
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
We need a lead of 350 or more then it is ours for the taking.
Hats of to the Oval Groundsman for producing a pitch that will mean a win either way.
Hats of to the Oval Groundsman for producing a pitch that will mean a win either way.
BensGrandad
New member
I think that we will leave the Aussies to get 350 and they will do it with 2 wickets to spare, unlees we can get a 100+ stand from a couple of batsmen. Flintoff & Prior perhaps.
Finchley Seagull
Well-known member
Talk about short memories. If we had lost the first test, it is very unlikely we would be in a position to win this series and nobody did more in that second innings than Collingwood, with his fantastic knock. But obviously it is better to jump on the bandwagon and slag him off.
Normal Rob
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Jesus - and I thought that i was a miserable git.