Rams said:
The sad thing is that nobody has been brave enough to be sure that you are joking.
Fifth Ashes Test, Sydney
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The sad thing is that nobody has been brave enough to be sure that you are joking.
We're 239 and I don't rule out being bowled all out for 240 still! Got my pictures back now, just in time to see a beauty from Lee beat Flintoff all ends up but miss the bat.
We just made 240. Danger time...
We just made 240. Danger time...
Little ******gwood could do there really, so, Read steps into the breach.
He did well at Melbourne i thought, a sensible and gutsy enough performance but just ran out of partners in the end. A similar display by him and Flintoff keeps his head, a bit of luck, we can still make something out of this.
He did well at Melbourne i thought, a sensible and gutsy enough performance but just ran out of partners in the end. A similar display by him and Flintoff keeps his head, a bit of luck, we can still make something out of this.
Not for long, Read gone and a stupid attempt to get near a ball he made contact with about higher chest height and wide of off stump, needless.
Hm, ah crap,
, Mahmood's gone for a duck now.feck OFF Australia, ahhh I knew I should have come into this with the same depressive attitude as I did yesterday. This has the makings of a grim grim day. Hat trick ball next over Lee comes on.
The England players should be ashamed of themselves. They have been absolute shite and should be boo'ed of the plane when they arrive home.
fecking diabolical.
fecking diabolical.
They wont be though, there will be an airport full of knobs cheering them home like fecking hero'sKFC2IDIE said:
fecking hell and shite omelettes
It's become quite obvious to me that Panasar can actually bat a bit. Look at the way he manages to keep the high bouncing ball which he's forced to play down. and he's got a little range of scoring shots too. I'd have him as my number 7, I'm not sure Mahmood is as nifty with the bat.
Good catch from Gilchrist. Wild shot from Flintoff.
Clark
Clark
Flintoff gone for 89.
England might just make 300.
England might just make 300.
I bet we make it to 300...
hopefully...
hopefully...
didnt want to post because i thought i might jinx freddie.
he batted well though, wish he had made a hundred
he batted well though, wish he had made a hundred
I think there's a resemblence. Or maybe it just feels like that...
All out 291, can't believe I was talking about 400 earlier? Needs a cracking bowling performance and oh look, our best bowler of the series is out injured...
Sounded silly earlier, but considering after that comment Colli ngwood went next over and batsmen 7 to 11 contributed 2 runs between them, actually wasn't far off in the end. Thank goodness Flintoff finally turned up with a bat.
Anyway, back to abject pessimism. This truely is how it feels to be City...
Australia will score 600 by close of tommorow and then have 2 days to complete the whitewash.
Probably
Probably
Wibble said:Australia will score 600 by close of tommorow and then have 2 days to complete the whitewash.
Probably
So your saying it will be a draw then right?
The usual gift of a reletively easy and quick 30 odd runs served up to the Aussie openers again. Trying to bounce them out. HINT - it hasn't worked all sodding series, why would it start working now?? Frustration is mounting, and I'm fearing a 500 reply here...
g4orce said:
In one parallel universe that may happen.
So. it's not going apocalyptically bad at the minute.
155/4, and it's raining.
155/4, and it's raining.
Why does that not fill me with hope for England avoiding the whitewash?
Aussies will get 350, I reckon.
They'll get closer to 400 and then bowl England out for 150. That's been the pattern so far.
I'd offer them 350 all out now, I fear their lower order doesn't just bend over and take it like ours does, and might push the 400 mark we should have made. Think I've decided I'm praying for rain now, I just can't see our bowlers taking 20 wickets yet again.
As ever first session vital. No doubt aussies will bat through unscathed
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
glad i stayed up hussey gone
go one the lanky lads
glad i stayed up hussey gone
go one the lanky lads
What a start! Hussey gone for 37, his average was 117 in this series or something daft. Bowling Jimmy
Should be said it is the Lancashire pace attack Australia are facing in Mahmood, Flintoff (for all he plays for Lancs these days) and Anderson. So while England will mourn losing the ashes, Lancs can at least celebrate if they bowl well and we take the final test!
Brad_Cantona83 said:
and the yorkie is nowhere to be seen
come on the lanky lads
Warne scores 10 off his first 2 balls. I doubt he will last long slashing away like that.
Lazy fielding from Mahmoud- Warne should have been run out.
warne was out.
cheat..........why didnt he walk
cheat..........why didnt he walk
Pieterson missed a difficult catch by some way. England need one of those to go their way.
The Kippax Kid said:warne was out.
cheat..........why didnt he walk
Out for what?
They are showing the replays and there isn't a mark on the infrared camera which strongly suggests that the umpire got it dead right.
They are looping the pictures and the only hotspot is on the glove. Not out.
Warne and Gilchrist are going mad. 14 off the last over.
A partnership of 40 from 24 ball and Panesar has been quite tight.
A partnership of 40 from 24 ball and Panesar has been quite tight.
Your watching better technology than we are in England, Sky has no such system, although Hayden in commentary said he thought it was out.
This is all looking rather horrific again. What really irritates is that you know the tail here will put on at least another 60 runs or so, and by the time England get to that total in their second innings we'll be 2 wickets down. It's so depressingly predictable.
This is all looking rather horrific again. What really irritates is that you know the tail here will put on at least another 60 runs or so, and by the time England get to that total in their second innings we'll be 2 wickets down. It's so depressingly predictable.
Some of the Aussie commentators thought it was out because of the noise on the "snikometer" but multiple replays on the infrared image and slow motion replays show quite clearly that the only slight contact was with the gloves.
The coverage is very good here. And on free to air even in Sydney since it is a sell out.
The coverage is very good here. And on free to air even in Sydney since it is a sell out.
The ball made contact with the glove?