Australia will have quite a few senior players retire before the next ashes with Warne being the hardest to replace. Should be interesting.
The next Ashes
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New players will come in, they'll still be quality. But without McGrath, and maybe Warne, they're a different outfit, and an entirely beatable one. Some of our more promising younger players will have matured and be getting towards their peaks, I fancy we can exact some pretty cracking revenge. Long way away though.
The gross unfairness in all this is that everything favours the Aussies. Each test match has gone to 5 days, in England the series would probably still be 0-0 given our summer weather! Also, because of the timings, we only got to hold the ashes for a year and a half, those sods get it for a whole extra year! Plus they play with their own type ball in their own back yard, that needs to be addressed, should be a universal ball for me. No sour grapes though, they clearly are the better side and deserve the ashes, I won't be staying up to watch the dead games, my life was taken enough of a social battering, but I hope we can show a bit more steel and take at least one of the tests.
The gross unfairness in all this is that everything favours the Aussies. Each test match has gone to 5 days, in England the series would probably still be 0-0 given our summer weather! Also, because of the timings, we only got to hold the ashes for a year and a half, those sods get it for a whole extra year! Plus they play with their own type ball in their own back yard, that needs to be addressed, should be a universal ball for me. No sour grapes though, they clearly are the better side and deserve the ashes, I won't be staying up to watch the dead games, my life was taken enough of a social battering, but I hope we can show a bit more steel and take at least one of the tests.
Knowing the aussies, there'll be 2-3 new McGraths and Warnes running around by then
what's the time gap between each Ashes series? Any fixed thing? I was wondering 'cause they were saying it's 15 months since the last time
what's the time gap between each Ashes series? Any fixed thing? I was wondering 'cause they were saying it's 15 months since the last time
zing said:
There isn't.
And it will be 2 and a half years till the next one in England, and then another one in Oz 15 months after that.
That's the usual cycle.
That's the usual cycle.
Brad_Cantona83 said:
Isn't England the only country that doesn't use the Kookaburra during home series?
Melbourne Red said:
I think that Clark will replace McGrath quite nicely.
Where the new Warne is coming from I have no idea. He could make the next 2 Ashes but I doubt it.
Warne will play the next ashes hopefully
Clark will slot in for Mcgrath
Clark will slot in for Mcgrath
4-0 to the Ozzies.
zing said:
grassroots cricket is struggling in australia apparently...what with aussie rules football (whatever the chuff that is) being more popular.
they've even consulted the ECB for advice on the matter.
amolbhatia100 said:
is it?
how long was i asleep?
It isn't AFL that's killing cricket, it's soccer IMO. It is by far the most popular sport now for the under 16s and growing in popularity. Cricket is still the national sport, and probabaly will be for some time yet though.GiggsysGirl said:
Can't believe I called it soccer
GiggsysGirl said:
Nah. That is rubbish.
Aussie rules has become slightly more popular in NSW but it has always been the most popular sport in Victoria and South Australia. Rugby League went down the toilet and has now returned to normal but it is football (soccer) that is experiencing the largest growth recently.
Cricket is as, if not more, popular than before.
Apparently very. Must have effected the brain..GiggsysGirl said:
Larry Gomes > Tendulkar.
Wibble said:
not according to Simon Hughes.
think i'm gonna go with him
that said, they'll probably see a resurgence after this week anyway.
AFL trumpet blowing bullshit I'm afraid.
Last season the Sydney Swans won the premiership for the first time in about half a century, well before they moved to Sydney and they were crowing that it would now dominate NSW sports. It is more popular than before when it was almost an exclusively southern state game but Rugby and Cricket are the main NSW games and cricket is a national obsession more so than any other sport where it varies state to state.
Football is the fastest growing pro sport (from a very low base) and it is the largest participation sport in the country.
Last season the Sydney Swans won the premiership for the first time in about half a century, well before they moved to Sydney and they were crowing that it would now dominate NSW sports. It is more popular than before when it was almost an exclusively southern state game but Rugby and Cricket are the main NSW games and cricket is a national obsession more so than any other sport where it varies state to state.
Football is the fastest growing pro sport (from a very low base) and it is the largest participation sport in the country.
I dont believe that rubbish about Australian cricket struggling at grass roots level. It has nothing to do with AFL/League/Football as it is played in different months. Junior numbers are at an all time high here on the North Coast of NSW.
Yesterday after we won i went for a walk to the beach and there was about 20 games of cricket in the street. At the primary school I work at there were about 10 different games going on at lunch today. Kids are playing everywhere you look.
Higher up the chain, we have establish the cricket centre of excellence in QLD and the academy is still producing heaps of good players.
Nothing to worry about in our youth ranks. Only player we will have real trouble replacing is Warney but he is the best ever so I doubt we will ever see anyone go close to replacing him.
Yesterday after we won i went for a walk to the beach and there was about 20 games of cricket in the street. At the primary school I work at there were about 10 different games going on at lunch today. Kids are playing everywhere you look.
Higher up the chain, we have establish the cricket centre of excellence in QLD and the academy is still producing heaps of good players.
Nothing to worry about in our youth ranks. Only player we will have real trouble replacing is Warney but he is the best ever so I doubt we will ever see anyone go close to replacing him.
Where are you on the North coast mate?
A very wet Coffs Harbour.
Isnt it supposed to be summer?
Isnt it supposed to be summer?
Melbourne Red said:
Was my understanding that it was only used in Australia for tests, but a little research later seems to suggest South Africa and the West Indies use it as well. Other countries use SG or Duke balls, England the latter. Kookaburra are the universal ball for one day games though, and its that kind of universaility I'd like to see in test cricket.
mjdj said:
It is.
The weather is weird down here in the Blue Mountains. Boiling hot with bush fires one day and freezing and pissing it down the next day.
I like Northern NSW. I could live there work allowing.
Wibble said:
Isn't that called Queensland?
My family moved up here from Emu Plains. Originally Hazelbrook.Wibble said:
Hope the bushfires arent too bad this year!
ManUinOz said:
Give me some credit.
mjdj said:
Not far from me. I live in Winmalee and used to live in Faulconbridge.
ManUinOz said:
Almost