The Ashes Thread

[Matt the Shrimp]

Desperate, desperate stuff. 1-1 going into the Oval at this rate.

Matt

 

[Smiffy]

Oh dear, oh dear.

We wont even make tea and we'll be lucky to get 150 on the board.

Back to our old ways...

Disgraceful.

 

[SARF]

6 down.. Maybe Harmy will get a maiden test ton?

 

[Shrimper]

Terrible, absolutely terrible.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

92/7... a veritable horror show. We'll do well to make 150.

Matt

 

[Pubey]

92/7... a veritable horror show. We'll do well to make 105.

Matt

corrected...

 

[A Century United]

92/7... a veritable horror show. We'll do well to make 99.

Matt

Double corrected...

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

We need a big innings from Extras.

 

[Smiffy]

All out for 102 in 34 overs.

Disgrace.

 

[Grayson]

I was being highly ambitious predicting we'd get 130.

I can only apologise for my stupidity.

Australia 200-1 at close.

 

[Cricko]

Jesus! I just hope it is the wicket and we can do the same to them.

 

[Pennyfather]

Doubt it - that was just awful.

 

[blues_r_best]

They're a tenth of the way to our total from the first over alone.

 

[ldnfatso]

Just give em back the Ashes and tell em to F*** Off back home!

 

[MK Shrimper]

A small ray of hope.

Katich out for a duck.

 

[MrB]

Going at 8 an over at the moment, great welcome for Onions, 6 and 4 off his first two balls!

 

[dloman]

Going at 8 an over at the moment, great welcome for Onions, 6 and 4 off his first two balls!

have reached 57 from 38 deliveries:'(

 

[ldnfatso]

"Good Yorkshire diet - tripe and Onions," quips Paul Dickson on Crickinfo!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Well, to spare us all the agony of events at Headingley, here's a fun wee contest that Cricinfo is running to pick your All-time England XI. So far, they've split the side into two openers, three middle-order batsmen and an all-rounder (giving us space for, presumably, a wickie, a spinner and three quicks...)

At the moment, my side is looking like this:

1. Hobbs
2. Vaughan (c)
3. Hammond
4. Pietersen
5. Cowdrey
6. Botham

Happy with that so far!

:)

 

[number11]

Well, to spare us all the agony of events at Headingley, here's a fun wee contest that Cricinfo is running to pick your All-time England XI. So far, they've split the side into two openers, three middle-order batsmen and an all-rounder (giving us space for, presumably, a wickie, a spinner and three quicks...)

At the moment, my side is looking like this:

1. Hobbs
2. Vaughan (c)
3. Hammond
4. Pietersen
5. Cowdrey
6. Botham

Happy with that so far!

:)

Id have to go Hobbs, Sir Geoffrey, Hammond, Barrington (based purely on quite extraordinary statistics), KP, Beefy.

Looking forward to the shortlist for the remaining spots.