[Closed] THE DECIDING ASHES TEST: possible spoilers within

And another wicket

*prepares celebratory bottle of cider 🙂 *

Bang! Another duck! Harmison on a hat trick!

Game over, Game over!

Beer's calling!

roundwheels - Member
this game is going to end a draw you heard it here first

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Ahem.....! 😉

Hope you had a good ride psychle 😀

All over 🙂

Thank you and good night 🙂

GET IN!!!

That's it, it's all over. Well done England.

*Advance warning*

I may be drunk later!

😀

viva scotish cricket

R4LW just gone to the shipping forecast!

viva scotish cricket

Maybe Psychle will be able to celebrate something this summer after all 😆

Man of the series it has to be Andy Strauss for all the runs and winning that toss on thursday

man of the match it can only be Stuart Broad

Is Psychle still riding, do you think? It's all gone very quiet...... 😆

Just got back in from a site survey, awesome, made my sporting week apart from Jessica winning a gold in Berlin.

So... I'm back, had a lovely ride in the English sun 🙂

Two decisive moments today, Ponting getting runout - direct hit from Flintoff, you'd have to have rated that a 1 in 10 chance at best... and Clarkes 'runout', whatever happened to benefit of the doubt? 🙄

Ah well... you can't be bowled out for 160 and expect to win a Test really, Friday was a catastophic day for Aussie cricket, probably the worst I've seen in my life especially given the importance of the game 🙁

I honestly feel, and I think most English fans would agree, we were the better team overall this series, not by a considerable margin but I do think the stats would back me up on this, however the decisive moments just didn't go our way when we needed them to...

I think Strauss sums it up best:

"When we were bad, we were very bad but when we were good, we were good enough..."

Congrat's to England... I swear though, the first 'fairweather supporter' who tries to rub it in, I may just be forced to club them... 😆

Lanesra, how do you want your filthy lucre? 🙂

whatever happened to benefit of the doubt?

That only exists when there's [i]doubt[/i], hence the phrase! 😉

I honestly feel, and I think most English fans would agree, we were the better team overall this series, not by a considerable margin but I do think the stats would back me up on this, however the decisive moments just didn't go our way when we needed them to...

I think you'll find that one stat doesn't back you up on this.....
2-1

See that? 2 is more than 1, you know....! 😉

A great series, played in great spirit. Great stuff all round, and a fine example of why test cricket really is the best form of the game! Well played Australia, but just not good enough, I'm afraid!

I think you'll find that one stat doesn't back you up on this.....
2-1

true enough, and that's the only one that matters in the end... 🙁

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I honestly feel, and I think most English fans would agree, we were the better team overall this series, not by a considerable margin but I do think the stats would back me up on this, however the decisive moments just didn't go our way when we needed them to

eh??? get to ****. You were better in two tests, we were better in three. The main difference between to 2 sides was that when you were bad england took full advantage and when we were bad you squandered your chances. How many decisive spells of bowling did the aussies produce away from headingley? The bottom line is that when it really counted you fell to pieces. At times your bowling attack was the worst I've seen from an australian team in 25 years. Your batsmen flattered to deceive and 2 pivotal collapses matter more than how many centuries you score.

As for it not mattering to the english, I can't speak for anyone else but in my household there is absolutely nothing sweeter than an ashes triumph, not even a football world cup.

whatever happened to benefit of the doubt?

That would require there to be some doubt. It was just a very good decision. 😛

I honestly feel, and I think most English fans would agree, we were the better team overall this series, not by a considerable margin but I do think the stats would back me up on this,

But not when it counted, so it means nothing really.

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Such bad losers!!!!

IS it really England or South Africa tormenting Australia in the Ashes?

After England's latest South African-born hero Jonathan Trott made 119 on debut in the fifth Test, it seems the Rainbow Nation is more of a factor than the Mother Country in this Ashes.

Statistics don't lie and the three ex-South Africans - captain Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen and Trott - sit on top of England's batting averages in the series.

Strauss is the Ashes top run-scorer and has averaged 52.6, injured Pietersen averaged 38 after the first two Tests and Trott averages 80 after his debut Test. And another former South African, wicketkeeper Matt Prior, isn't far away with an Ashes average of 32.62.

Between them the four South Africans have made 1048 runs this series - more than 40 per cent of England's total.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25970937-5001505,00.html

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has called for the Ashes 2009 series to be extended to a best of seven contest, instead of the current five test series. “It has been such a closely fought contest that it would be a real shame to end it now.” said Ponting in his post-game interview.

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Uh, best three out of five! No, five out of seven!

200!

nothing to see here... my browser is playing up 🙄

Thanks for the link to the Aussie newspaper article - it is such fun to see how bad losers they are (at least some of them - psychle appears to have been in England long enough to get used to the idea of losing, and how to do it well).

In the meantime, somebody needs to rehash this rugby one:
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IS it really England or South Africa tormenting Australia in the Ashes?

the australia team is made up from immigrants, why are they not using indigenous peoples? a team of aboriginals should be playing.

I like the way they mention Petersen, who only played two tests? And Strauss who has lived in England since he was 6.

Well they had to do something to beef up their whine, given that we'd still have won even without the runs of any Saffers apart from Strauss, who like you say was brought up here. Like I say, it just adds to the amusement to see they're that upset!

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Psychle, I was on Upper Street today but thought better of coming into your shop and asking for Psychle - Will be around Islington most of this week mail me your number and we'll arrange collection as reciving it through paypal will give me zero satisfaction.

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YGM...here's a thought though, how about double or nothing for next year eh? 😆

the australia team is made up from immigrants

No it isn't. Ponting is from Tazzie though, which might as well be another planet 🙂

I loved that article too, proper sour grapes.

the australia team is made up from immigrants

No it isn't.

With the possible exception of Symonds, who is of Aborigine (sp?) descent then?

here's a thought though, how about double or nothing for next year eh?

psychle, as a proper cricket fan, is celebrating the victory 😉