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Ashes time.

Blimey - the Aussies have the English disease of giving away wickets

Some good tight bowling has applied a lot of good pressure
 
Which tree did that hit said:
Shame it is a tad too late, however nice to get a smidgen of respectability back!

Look forward to Haddin and Lyon putting on 100 later....
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In some ways if we were to win one or both of the last 2 tests that would irritate me even more; knowing that we could have done better but just not producing the goods in the first 3.
 
I think a lot of credit has to go to the Aussies, they simply have not let us get started.

Harris, Siddle, Johnson (who saw that coming!) and Lyon have bowled brilliantly and with Watson backing them up we have been under pressure from the off, admittedly we have given some wickets away but we have had to try and force the issue due to the fact that they are not giving us any breathing room at all
 
Situation normal then - English batsmen throwing their wickets away again with poor shot selection

Flat dead wicket that has no turn yet their spinner gets a 5iver - embarrassing
 
Which tree did that hit said:
There is no way at this level of cricket that you should be starting the day and ending the day bowling 2 different innings

Shocking
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Very true. Was expecting to turn the tv on this morning with about 5-6 down and a 250 lead. But seems normal service has been resumed. I just can't see how it's turned around so quickly. I can't see anything but 5-0 now.
 
Jon321 said:
Very true. Was expecting to turn the tv on this morning with about 5-6 down and a 250 lead. But seems normal service has been resumed. I just can't see how it's turned around so quickly. I can't see anything but 5-0 now.
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I called a 0-5 on the 7th December. Should have had a bet.
 
And they will have deserved it to be fair

Feel sorry for our bowlers to be honest, a couple of times they have got them gone for a pretty low total only to see the batting order collapse again
 
Honestly, I'm fed up of waking up and having to post more depressing stuff on this thread :(
Absolute disgrace how they are giving their wickets away, when did 5 day tests turn into Twenty 20 games?
 
So the Aussie' s have won the Ashes and continue to do well against England due to their tactics of bullying and intimidation, its a good job the rest of the world doesent take the worlds most unsporting nation seriously, infact that nation is becoming a bit of a joke nowdays........
 
England will win , it will be a close game , Australia will need to bat well to win just as England need to bowl well , I do fancy them if they get early wickets . England batting has been very poor , there don't seem to have a plan to cut out the poor shots , inns after inns , how the likes of finn don't get a game I don't know , maybe its to do with the batting , finn , Anderson, panesar don't look or bat as good as bressnan swann Anderson , but if the 1st 8 do the job by batting then it matters not ......................................EYC
 
shivas irons said:
So the Aussie' s have won the Ashes and continue to do well against England due to their tactics of bullying and intimidation, its a good job the rest of the world doesent take the worlds most unsporting nation seriously, infact that nation is becoming a bit of a joke nowdays........
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Are you being serious ?
 
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