2013/14 Ashes thread

[Snowball]

Sad Day for test Cricket.

[Tal]

May I be the first to congratulate Kerrigan on his forthcoming MBE.

[rinswun]

Those Aussie antics at the end will be cannon-fodder for England over there. Not that it's needed of course.

[craigbetts]

moronic boos for Michael Clarke who gave that crowd entertainment!!!

[TightEnd]

Atherton trying to educate a dumb mob there

Not Clarke's fault, not the umpires fault

Hopefully the ICC will put a common sense over-rider into the regs when games are close to a conclusion to give a full house the conclusion they deseve at £100 a ticket!

[Tal]

And well done Lord Garr for criticising the baying mob.

[Woodsey]

Load of effing horse poop, it should be down to the batsman if they stay on or not.

[buzzharvey22]

i think the rules for the umpire deciding when to go off and not the players is correct, and i think the umpires got it right

what does need to be looked at though is the constant time wasting by players, slow over rates. possibly too long for lunch. stating the days cricket too late in the day. the list goes on.

[Evilpengwinz]

i think the rules for the umpire deciding when to go off and not the players is correct, and i think the umpires got it right

what does need to be looked at though is the constant time wasting by players, slow over rates. possibly too long for lunch. stating the days cricket too late in the day. the list goes on.

THIS. The current method, although it could probably still be improved, is far better than offering light to the batsmen.

County sides are supposed to bowl 16 overs an hour. Granted, Jack Shantry bowling 68mph with the keeper up to the stumps is going to take less time to bowl an over than someone with a longer run up, but there's no reason why an international side shouldn't be able to bowl 15 overs an hour.

[BorntoBubble]

Any Predictions on what the 1st Test Match Squad is going to be for over there?

Can see the batting staying very similar.

Really looking forward to watching Cook/Root opening the batting out there i really think it will suit both there games and i will be looking with keen interest to see what Root's prices are to be top run scorer for England/ The series. Think this may be his tour!

[Longy]

I can't see it being much different barring injuries of course. England under Flower have consistently picked the same players especially the batsman.

Cook (c)
Root
Trott
Pietersen
Bell
Taylor
Prior
Bresnan
Broad
Swann
Anderson

The only real sticking points are who bats at 6 and the third seamer especially in Aussie conditions.

[TheDazzler]

This is almost as good as the original!


'I met a traveller from a sunburnt land,
Who said: "Three vast and splayed-out stumps of stone
Stand in the outback. Near them, on the sand
Half sunk, a green cap lies, whose faded crest
And baggy form and air of ocker scorn
Tell that its wearer well those features loved
Which now lie beaten, stamped on; lifeless things
That now the world treats with complacent ease
And centred middle stump these words appear:
“My name is Aussie Manliness, scourge of Poms
Look on my bat, ye bowlers, and despair.”
No bails atop remain; round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, the tinnies rust
And dreams of once-held ashes turn to dust'

Oh, and I will be attending the one day international between Ireland and England next Tuesday. It's being played in my home town of Malahide, about 8 miles outside of Dublin. I saw Andy Goram play for Scotland there against Ireland many moons ago.
10,000 tickets on sale I believe. The local village will be mobbed!
I shall try and get a picture of me and a heavy roller, just for Tighty

[Tal]

England players issue Oval apology

28 August 2013 Updated 08:28

The England team have apologised for their "inappropriate" behaviour in the aftermath of their Ashes triumph, after reports claimed some players urinated on the pitch at The Oval that evening.

The final Test finished as a draw as England wrapped up a 3-0 series win.

"We got carried away amongst the euphoria of winning such a prestigious series and accept some of our behaviour was inappropriate," a statement read.
"If that has caused any offence to anyone, we apologise."

[Tal]

Does the England cricket team have a bladder problem?

What I find particularly mortifying is that the statement - which I can only assume went through some press person - says "if that has caused any offence", as though it might have, but it might be that everyone's ok with it.

Whoever has done it should be taken off the Ashes tour. Don't care who they are. There cannot be any place for that sort of behaviour, let alone on the blooming pitch!

[Woodsey]

lol, that's actually quite funny, would have been better if it was at Lords!

No different than when Freddie had a piss in the Downing street garden really lol.