England v Australia - Fifth Ashes Test - The Oval

Jopub said:
Incredible !

Although we're now well on top there's still more to come in this match
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Don't think so. England are firmly in the driving seat here.

I wish he'd give the ball to Flintoff though..
 
The Australian public will be waking up to fantastic news in the morning... for us.
 
zing said:
Don't think so. England are firmly in the driving seat here.
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Have you watched England before? On this track there's still plenty of opportunity for us to have one of our traditional mass spack-attacks and leave them 300 which Ponting reaches with his twelfth contemptuous flick off his pads in about half an hour...

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Talk about ups and downs in this series, when we get back in I want to see Cook make a big contribution, and he certainly needs to.
 
zing said:
Don't think so. England are firmly in the driving seat here.
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As Plech ses

If there's one side capable of turning this position into a minboggling loss - it's us

If we can get a lead from this of say 160 and lay on another 200 it should be enough

Chasing 350 + on this is a no go imo - even if it is us :nervous:
 
Blimey, Clark given out but he missed it by about a foot! I realise the umpires have a tough job but I don't remember seeing so many bad decisions in a series before.

By the way, where's Spoony, cricketing guru?
 
Fantastic lead
If England finish the day with a maximum of 2 wickets gone, they'll be in a great position
 
172 lead

Fme we ought to be able to add 150 to that

Don't think its a spectacularly breaking wicket, Broad really bowled out of his skin there

Possible England fk ups are that we go out and get stuffed for 110 and then Ponting spends a day slowly hauling them in - not impossible imo not with England

Don't forget we need to win this which makes a big difference imo
 
Jopub said:
172 lead

Possible England fk ups are that we go out and get stuffed for 110 and then Ponting spends a day slowly hauling them in - not impossible imo not with England
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For me, the biggest danger is England pushing ahead too aggressively now. There is a long way to go in the match, and if England use full concentration in this innings, they really shouldn't throw away what is a fantastic position.
 
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Shit.

So I was coming home from a night out just before and on my way I heard Hilfenhaus was in, I figured we'd sent in a Night Watchman and were just going to battle out the day at 2 down or something (last score I heard was us 1-70something). feck me what a pathetic collapse.

But what a top spell from Broad, just saw the wickets and there were some good nuts in there. Swan to North was a quality nut too.
 
cesc's_mullet said:
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Shit.

So I was coming home from a night out just before and on my way I heard Hilfenhaus was in, I figured we'd sent in a Night Watchman and were just going to battle out the day at 2 down or something (last score I heard was us 1-70something). feck me what a pathetic collapse.

But what a top spell from Broad, just saw the wickets and there were some good nuts in there. Swan to North was a quality nut too.
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Even though it was not out!!!
 
gaffs, how come every time you go to the match it's rained out or something, but every other match's got everything happening?
 
Hussey's Test career is over.

And by that I mean the selectors will continue to pick him as they don't have the fecking balls to drop any under-performing players. What the feck does Hodge have to do to earn a god damn spot? He must've rooted all of the selectors daughters or something.
 
the pitch must be diabolical.

and we don't even have a bloody recognised spinner in the side. hauritz could've done some damage here.
 
heh. turns out johnson's foot was over the line during the collingwood dismissal.

yet another no-ball these umpires have missed.
 
Well I go away fro a couple of hours and England are doing their level best to throw away a fantastic position

How fking predictable

.........and Collingwood should be shot for that shot

If they are chasing anything under 300 this is far from over

fking England
 
I really, really hope that Trott can do well tomorrow. I'm backing him to break into this side for good. He's more confident than Bell, more solid than Bopara, and more talented than Collingwood. Our middle order needs him!
 
If England carry on collapsing feck knows which way this one will go. Bizaare game.
 
Well whilst Strauss is still around there's every hope. He just needs to stay there really for a whole session and a bit and we should be adding another 100 + with no real difficulty which ought to put it beyond them but

but ....I have a feeling he will go and then we'll be hanging on by the skin of our teeth to get a 300 lead

Ridiculous - we just need two batsmen to have a half decent partnership and this game should be finished

Seems mad but I'm not confident at all about this
 
I reckon England will be all out for about 150 and will skittle Oz out for about the same - all over today.
 
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