The Ashes are here! - Page 3

Beery · 08-07-05, 08:26 PM

Wow! I really should have gone to England to see these matches.

diver · 08-08-05, 05:09 AM

What a thriller!
Shame we lost but really was one of the greatest test matches EVER!

If Warney hadnt been such a dope and stepped on his own stumps we would've won and been 2-0 up in the series, oh well he still had a stellar game.

mog · 08-08-05, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by diver

What a thriller!
Shame we lost but really was one of the greatest test matches EVER!

If Warney hadnt been such a dope and stepped on his own stumps we would've won and been 2-0 up in the series, oh well he still had a stellar game.

We shouldn't be worrying about Warney's batting! He's put our actual batsmen to shame. Hayden, for example, is in terrible form.

Speaking of Warne, was that ball that spun a full metre to bowl Strauss not one of the greatest we've ever seen?

Konovalov · 08-08-05, 06:24 AM

He (Hayden) may be in bad touch but Martin was a disgrace with how in the first innings he lazily ran him self out and then in the second innings played a lazy flick straight to mid-wicket. Pidgeon didn't play and we still almost won. England played well and deserved the victory.

badhat17 · 08-08-05, 05:48 PM

More bad news for the Aussies .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...nd/4133096.stm

Hope it's not too serious .

Beery · 08-08-05, 09:02 PM

Reminds me of the old adage: 'The light that burns twice as brightly burns only half as long', and the Australians have burned very brightly indeed.

Jace11 · 08-10-05, 08:31 PM

I tried out "ICC 2005 The Ashes Edition"

not bad

Jace11 · 08-15-05, 09:35 AM

Looks like the third test is coming to the boil.

Who will win? Last session to go.

Jace11 · 09-06-05, 11:19 AM

The Greatest Test Series of All Time.

The most tense and exciting series ever played in the long history of cricket comes to a conclusion soon. The crucial deciding fifth and final test match at the Oval begins on Thursday. In the meantime, this country has gone cricket mad. If England win the Ashes they are already saying it will be the greatest sporting achievement this country has seen since 1966. Tickets are selling for more than Â£1000 on ebay.

I've already bought an England cricket shirt and it's much nicer than the current football strip.

England knows that a win or a draw will be enough to recapture the Ashes, for the first time since 1987.

Before we can celebrate, we have to defeat the Australians once more. They are still are a great side and will probably field their strongest line-up for four matches.

Simon Jones is out (our leading pace-man) and Australia look like they will have McGrath back. It's going to be tough. Will England replace Jones with Collingwood or the erratic but pacey Anderson?

The last three matches have gone down to the wire. There were moments when I was unable to watch the dying minutes of the Trent Bridge test as Warney ripped England apart chasing that small target of 128. On televsion 8 million were watching in this country alone (half the television audiance) and millions more across the world. It has been fantastic. There are moments I have screamed with joy (the Aussie wickets falling early in the 1st innings at Trent Bridge), and moments when I just couldn't watch. The feeling I had after Old Trafford was one of "What if?" when England were so close.

The games have been decided by 2 runs, 1 wicket and 3 wickets respectively in the last three test. Football has been relegated to the inside pages of the tabloids and rightly so.

What a summer it has been... magic!

Beery · 09-06-05, 11:29 AM

I'm following it as closely as I can, but as I'm in the US, basically all I can do is watch highlights and results, which is no substitute for watching the action as it happens. Oh, to be in England!

Jace11 · 09-06-05, 01:40 PM

Beery, you may be able to get Test Match Special radio commentary over the internet. I know the BBC make it available online.. I actually listen to it while having the sound down on the telly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

"Five Live Sports Extra" carries the Test Match Special coverage. The Aussies have it relayed via ABC radio. Ideal if your browsing the net and want something to listen to. Play begins at 10:30 BST so I guess thats ~5 or 6 hours earlier for you. Radio 4 and 5 may also be covering it too apparently but Sports Extra would be the place to start looking, or listening.

Beery · 09-06-05, 02:46 PM

Thanks for the info. I'll check into that.

mog · 09-07-05, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jace11

The Greatest Test Series of All Time.

I don't know about that. On the one hand you have Australia, at the bottom of our lowest form slump in decades, epitomised by the loss to Bangladesh on this tour. Then there's England, who through lapses in concentration and bad luck are only 1 Test up when it should really be 3-1. It is utterly ridiculous that if we win this last Test, even after being so comprehensively outplayed in the rest of the series, we retain the Ashes.

I can understand how all of England must be excited at the possibility of regaining the Ashes after so long, but there's no way this series is the greatest of all time.

Beery · 09-07-05, 05:49 AM

Great tests are all about evenly matched sides. It doesn't really matter how poorly each team is playing. Besides, missed opportunities and poor form dog every match. I fear such criticism is merely poor sportsmanship in disguise - it's easier to lambast both sides if the game isn't going the way we'd like it: the idea being that it somehow doesn't matter if we lose if both teams are playing crappy cricket - we can just dismiss the result.

These two teams are well matched despite their flaws, and what comes out of that is great cricket.

mog · 09-07-05, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Beery

Great tests are all about evenly matched sides. It doesn't really matter how poorly each team is playing.

You have an odd definition of a 'great' game then. Great tests are all about players slugging it out to the best of their ability at the highest standard of cricket. If it's all about being evenly matched as you say, then I've seen some Under 10s games that must rank up there in the list of Best Matches Ever.

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badhat17 Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Derbyshire La La Laa Posts: 176 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	More bad news for the Aussies . http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...nd/4133096.stm Hope it's not too serious . __________________

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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	Reminds me of the old adage: 'The light that burns twice as brightly burns only half as long', and the Australians have burned very brightly indeed. __________________ "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.

09-06-05, 11:29 AM	#40
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	I'm following it as closely as I can, but as I'm in the US, basically all I can do is watch highlights and results, which is no substitute for watching the action as it happens. Oh, to be in England! __________________ "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.

08-08-05, 05:09 AM	#32
diver Engineer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What a thriller! Shame we lost but really was one of the greatest test matches EVER! If Warney hadnt been such a dope and stepped on his own stumps we would've won and been 2-0 up in the series, oh well he still had a stellar game.

08-10-05, 08:31 PM	#37
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	I tried out "ICC 2005 The Ashes Edition" not bad

08-15-05, 09:35 AM	#38
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	Looks like the third test is coming to the boil. Who will win? Last session to go.

09-06-05, 11:19 AM	#39
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	The Greatest Test Series of All Time. The most tense and exciting series ever played in the long history of cricket comes to a conclusion soon. The crucial deciding fifth and final test match at the Oval begins on Thursday. In the meantime, this country has gone cricket mad. If England win the Ashes they are already saying it will be the greatest sporting achievement this country has seen since 1966. Tickets are selling for more than Â£1000 on ebay. I've already bought an England cricket shirt and it's much nicer than the current football strip. England knows that a win or a draw will be enough to recapture the Ashes, for the first time since 1987. Before we can celebrate, we have to defeat the Australians once more. They are still are a great side and will probably field their strongest line-up for four matches. Simon Jones is out (our leading pace-man) and Australia look like they will have McGrath back. It's going to be tough. Will England replace Jones with Collingwood or the erratic but pacey Anderson? The last three matches have gone down to the wire. There were moments when I was unable to watch the dying minutes of the Trent Bridge test as Warney ripped England apart chasing that small target of 128. On televsion 8 million were watching in this country alone (half the television audiance) and millions more across the world. It has been fantastic. There are moments I have screamed with joy (the Aussie wickets falling early in the 1st innings at Trent Bridge), and moments when I just couldn't watch. The feeling I had after Old Trafford was one of "What if?" when England were so close. The games have been decided by 2 runs, 1 wicket and 3 wickets respectively in the last three test. Football has been relegated to the inside pages of the tabloids and rightly so. What a summer it has been... magic!

09-06-05, 01:40 PM	#41
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	Beery, you may be able to get Test Match Special radio commentary over the internet. I know the BBC make it available online.. I actually listen to it while having the sound down on the telly. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ "Five Live Sports Extra" carries the Test Match Special coverage. The Aussies have it relayed via ABC radio. Ideal if your browsing the net and want something to listen to. Play begins at 10:30 BST so I guess thats ~5 or 6 hours earlier for you. Radio 4 and 5 may also be covering it too apparently but Sports Extra would be the place to start looking, or listening.

09-06-05, 02:46 PM	#42
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	Thanks for the info. I'll check into that. __________________ "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.

09-07-05, 05:49 AM	#44
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	Great tests are all about evenly matched sides. It doesn't really matter how poorly each team is playing. Besides, missed opportunities and poor form dog every match. I fear such criticism is merely poor sportsmanship in disguise - it's easier to lambast both sides if the game isn't going the way we'd like it: the idea being that it somehow doesn't matter if we lose if both teams are playing crappy cricket - we can just dismiss the result. These two teams are well matched despite their flaws, and what comes out of that is great cricket. __________________ "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.