The Strauss-Ponting bust-up at the end of play.....

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Nicholas is a total twat.
He is so far up the Aussies arses his eyes are brown.
Goes on and on about the pure class of whoever is batting, as long as they are Austrailian, talks down the English team and individuals, and he is f***ing English for gods sake.
He wasn't even anything special when he played over here, an average county player for Pantshire.
WANKER

 

[jakarta]

Nicholas is a total twat.
He is so far up the Aussies arses his eyes are brown.
Goes on and on about the pure class of whoever is batting, as long as they are Austrailian, talks down the English team and individuals, and he is f***ing English for gods sake.
He wasn't even anything special when he played over here, an average county player for Pantshire.
WANKER

Angling for an Aussie Passport perhaps?

Well they would be welcome to him

 

[pottert]

I actually haven't enjoyed the commentary that much this time. I've watched a mixture of Sky and Channel 9 and it's amazing how partisan each of the commentary teams are. As regards Sky, it's mostly Botham who is the problem - biased, unable to admit he might be wrong about anything and a complete lack of ability to understand why anyone would do something he disagrees with. Nasser's also a bit dull. Amongst the Aussies, Ian Healy is the worst, completely unable to show any impartiality in assessing the teams, gets ridiculously carried away whenever an Aussie hits a boundary or takes a wicket and comes across as sulky when England are on top. Same with Mark Taylor, although to a lesser degree. Bill Lawry also
very biased I find.

A sign of the times that England are so dominant in Australia that we are comparing the tv presenters rather than the players.

 

[Sheebo]

f*** Ponting, he's a weasley Aussie rat who constantly seems to get in arguments and spout his mouth off - what's wrong with some of you this is the ASHES!?

PS - Agree he's a good player

 

[Danny-Boy]

I don't get this hostility to Ponting, which seems (as above) to go well beyond banter.

With the exception of the Gary Pratt incident, he's always struck me as a fair-minded and decent bloke, as well as being a brilliant batsman. There have been plenty of Aussie captains who have been bloody-minded sods (two Chappells, latter-day Border spring immediately to mind) but Ponting doesn't strike me as one of them. There was a good piece in the Guardian yesterday saying that Ponting was one of cricket's good guys which is line with what I've always thought.
In fact, I'd say that this Australian team could do some with the nastiness and aggression of some of the older players, perhaps they're too nice.

Not as nice as Kim Hughes though!

Kimmy really spoilt the Okker Ozzie image with his tears.

 

[Danny-Boy]

Nicholas is a total twat.
He is so far up the Aussies arses his eyes are brown.
WANKER

Must remember this insult for political debating...