topbanana36
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The Second Investec Ashes Test, England v Australia, Lords
- Thread starter hans kraay fan club
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spring hall convert
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Oops, another bad decision by the looks of it. If he's played a shot I reckon the umpire would have been more reluctant to give that. Umpires love giving you when you're padding up.
jakarta
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Root fluffs a catch - time for Compton to replace him?
spring hall convert
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Well left
banjo
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I know it's great smashing the Aussies but its a bit boring compared to the pass few years.
spring hall convert
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Did you miss the first test?
spring hall convert
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I've just heard Boycott crapping on about James Taylor being too small for test match cricket on TMS. Geoff, he's taller than Tendulkar.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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banjo
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Socialist Sid
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Botham was ripped into by his 10 - 0 comment.
Beefy may well be right,
Beefy may well be right,
All over with four balls left in the day.
England win by 347 runs.
England win by 347 runs.
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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2nd even money win, helping to pay for the 99s
Maybe we should let them bat 3 times to make a game of it?
Maybe we should let them bat 3 times to make a game of it?
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
I love the optimism of Clarke but a landslide is looming.
They may even lose to Sussex as well
They may even lose to Sussex as well
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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As captain he has to talk up his team even though he himself knows the game is up. It's exactly what all the losing England captains had to do.
withdeanwombat
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Dramatic end, no?
Why didn't England declare with an hour to go on Saturday ?
Why on earth did they bat on today ?
Why doesn't somebody tell Broad that there are stumps behind the batsmen and he's allowed to bowl at them from time to time ?
Was it just me (probably) who thought that , as well as being vastly superior to a poor opposition, England had the rub of the green in this one ?
Why didn't England declare with an hour to go on Saturday ?
Why on earth did they bat on today ?
Why doesn't somebody tell Broad that there are stumps behind the batsmen and he's allowed to bowl at them from time to time ?
Was it just me (probably) who thought that , as well as being vastly superior to a poor opposition, England had the rub of the green in this one ?
spring hall convert
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Honestly, Australia were an utter embarrassment. I watched England at their absolute worst when Gilchrist scored that ridiculous ton in Perth 06/07 and I genuinely don't think that we were as hopeless as this lot today.
spring hall convert
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A good article on the decline of Australian cricket on cricinfo - http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/story/653981.html
keaton
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- Nov 18, 2004
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You know we had the whole of today to finish them off as well?
With the Ashes more or less wrapped up already, I'm genuinely lamenting the absence of quality from the Australian team. I remember hearing Aussie pundits saying the same thing in 2006 after England folded like a pack of cards on the last day in Adelaide (2nd test) and went on to lose 5-0, yet that England team was nowhere near as bad as this Aussie one. I didn't believe those Aussie pundits at first, but certainly do now. The Ashes are a complete damp squib when the teams aren't competitive.
Their bowling is just about passable, but the Aussie batting is no better than Bangladesh. No top 3 batsman has made a ton for Aussie in ten tests. That is shocking.
Their bowling is just about passable, but the Aussie batting is no better than Bangladesh. No top 3 batsman has made a ton for Aussie in ten tests. That is shocking.