The Ashes 2009 - Page 4

Jimbuna · 07-19-09, 01:11 PM

313-5

An interesting final day is in store for us tomorrow.

I think we may have done enough.....just

badhat17 · 07-19-09, 01:57 PM

Cartoon in the Times this morning showed a boy holding an autograph book, the page open with just the three letters written on it ... Mit.... the rest missing somewhere.

It looks to me that we have a contest on our hands again which is what the Ashes should be. I think this could still go either way after a magnificent performance from Clarke and Haddin this afternoon, Australia have real hope now. Old Trafford 05 revisited ?

TarJak · 07-19-09, 07:08 PM

Well well! I went to bed dejected with us at 5 for 128 and woke this morning full of hope that we may just hang on.

This is what I love about Test Cricket! Each session can hold surprises that no-one can predict. Let's hope the umpires can get their heads straight and don't do anything weird.

Beery · 07-19-09, 07:42 PM

Looking on Google for Ashes news, I was surprised to see Subsim forums pop up. Hopeful about tomorrow and the rest of the series. Wish I could see it live - or at all, but the Yanks are philistines about cricket, even though the first international game was played in Manhattan.

If we win the Ashes, I suppose I can always get the DVD, but it's not the same as seeing it as it happens.

Jimbuna · 07-20-09, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Well well! I went to bed dejected with us at 5 for 128 and woke this morning full of hope that we may just hang on.

This is what I love about Test Cricket! Each session can hold surprises that no-one can predict. Let's hope the umpires can get their heads straight and don't do anything weird.

TBH and as much as it would gut me....I wouldn't be suprised if Australia went on to win it.

In recent years England have mastered the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

badhat17 · 07-20-09, 06:48 AM

Taxi For Ponting !

Jimbuna · 07-20-09, 07:52 AM

A 1-0 lead in a 5 test series....not a bad start

Still 3 to play though

mr chris · 07-20-09, 01:08 PM

Aye still three to play.
I wonder what odds you could get on the Aussies winning 3-1.

Tchocky · 07-20-09, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

Rain closed play at 20-2. Hope it clears up enough for us to get a result. Amazing effort by North and Haddin. Last night was the first time an Australian Ashes side had 4 centurions in an innings since 1938!

Er...Mornington Crescent?

TarJak · 07-20-09, 10:52 PM

@Tchocky:About half past nine....

Well played England. Despite the glimmer of hope, the Aussies just did not play well enough this time.

I hope we can do better next test.

Jimbuna · 07-21-09, 04:24 AM

We could be without Flintoff and Pietersen for the Edgbaston test.

It never fails....a hint of victory/success and the prima donna mindset returns.

badhat17 · 07-29-09, 12:47 PM

Weather forecast for the Edgebaston test is looking rather grim, rain forecast on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Would seem to make a draw the likely result.

TarJak · 07-29-09, 05:58 PM

Hmmm. Not the result the Aussies will be looking for but probably a good prediction.

Jimbuna · 07-30-09, 10:41 AM

That would still leave two to play and...weather permitting, the opportunity for either side to clinch a series victory.

TarJak · 07-30-09, 07:27 PM

And looking more likely with the Brummy weather living up to expectations.

Not a bad start by the Aussies though.

07-19-09, 01:11 PM	#46
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,484 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	313-5 An interesting final day is in store for us tomorrow. I think we may have done enough.....just __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-19-09, 01:57 PM	#47
badhat17 Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Derbyshire La La Laa Posts: 176 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cartoon in the Times this morning showed a boy holding an autograph book, the page open with just the three letters written on it ... Mit.... the rest missing somewhere. It looks to me that we have a contest on our hands again which is what the Ashes should be. I think this could still go either way after a magnificent performance from Clarke and Haddin this afternoon, Australia have real hope now. Old Trafford 05 revisited ? __________________

07-19-09, 07:42 PM	#49
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looking on Google for Ashes news, I was surprised to see Subsim forums pop up. Hopeful about tomorrow and the rest of the series. Wish I could see it live - or at all, but the Yanks are philistines about cricket, even though the first international game was played in Manhattan. If we win the Ashes, I suppose I can always get the DVD, but it's not the same as seeing it as it happens. __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen.

07-20-09, 06:48 AM	#51
badhat17 Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Derbyshire La La Laa Posts: 176 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Taxi For Ponting ! __________________

07-20-09, 07:52 AM	#52
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,484 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A 1-0 lead in a 5 test series....not a bad start Still 3 to play though __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-19-09, 07:08 PM	#48
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Well well! I went to bed dejected with us at 5 for 128 and woke this morning full of hope that we may just hang on. This is what I love about Test Cricket! Each session can hold surprises that no-one can predict. Let's hope the umpires can get their heads straight and don't do anything weird.

07-20-09, 01:08 PM	#53
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Aye still three to play. I wonder what odds you could get on the Aussies winning 3-1. __________________

07-20-09, 10:52 PM	#55
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	@Tchocky:About half past nine.... Well played England. Despite the glimmer of hope, the Aussies just did not play well enough this time. I hope we can do better next test.

07-21-09, 04:24 AM	#56
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,484 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	We could be without Flintoff and Pietersen for the Edgbaston test. It never fails....a hint of victory/success and the prima donna mindset returns. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-29-09, 12:47 PM	#57
badhat17 Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Derbyshire La La Laa Posts: 176 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Weather forecast for the Edgebaston test is looking rather grim, rain forecast on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Would seem to make a draw the likely result. __________________

07-29-09, 05:58 PM	#58
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Hmmm. Not the result the Aussies will be looking for but probably a good prediction.

07-30-09, 10:41 AM	#59
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,484 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That would still leave two to play and...weather permitting, the opportunity for either side to clinch a series victory. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-30-09, 07:27 PM	#60
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	And looking more likely with the Brummy weather living up to expectations. Not a bad start by the Aussies though.

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