Well played England. Badly played Australia
No doubt there will be lots of calls for changes and recriminations in the press after this debacle.

Anyone know where there s a good bowling attack. Going cheap?

Pakistan? :DL

Word on the street says they ain't cheap.........

The ACB probably has their number.:hmmm: http://www.animationplayhouse.com/aacell1.gif

I hope someone has alerted the Royal Mint as I believe it does take some time to produce 16 KBEs...

Think this image sums up how Ponting is feeling:
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...ng466getty.jpg

Shame Broad is out for the rest of the ashes with a torn abdominal muscle, but im sure we'll manage:D.

Rumours are that free tickets for day five of the next test are being offered to schools in the Perth area in an attempt to maintain an Aussie presence in the crowd :O:

Ah ah! Bit of a web search provided the answer:

boc = British Overseas Citizens...

The Aussies must be getting despearate, it is reported a group of Australian businessmen have offered Shane Warne $ million to come out of retirement.

Now thats desperation! That would be like England trying to get Ian "Beefy" Botham out of retirement:har:

So what about all the Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Sudanese, Indian, Sri Lankan, etc etc etc, Australians?

:D

Serisously never heard it used anywhere before.

On Warne, at 41 he wouldn't be the oldest Test play by any stretch. Early last century there were a few that played into their 50's before giving the game away. Not that I think he'd make that much difference. He's good but one bowler isn't going to do the trick.

Oh well at least we might be able to slow Pietersen down a bit: http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/p...209-18r84.html

Puty they didn't use a tazer or baton! We might be in with a chance then!:damn:

LOL...let's see if he can maintain his present form, it took long enough to come back :DL

North, Bollinger and Doherty all axed from the squad for the Perth test, none of which comes as any suprise. But the inclusion of Micheal Beer does suprise. It begs the question, who the hell is he ?

With another spinner Steve Smith also included, does that indicate that the Perth strip may be offer a bit of turn ? Is that a good move with Swann starting to show his form ?

Excellent spot of detective work there Clive. :up:

But is it really the answer ? :hmmm:

I'm still snouting around with it myself but have yet to find something really convincing.

A victory at Perth and it'll be all over bar the shouting....not counting any chickens yet though :DL