Ashes time.

[Captainron]

And it's back! Staying up to watch and hope to see as much as possible.

England to win for my cash.

Top wicket taker? Swann
Top run scorer? Clarke

Any other takers?

 

[Kellfire]

An Aussie win by contentious umpiring decisions please.

 

[Hobbit]

And it's back! Staying up to watch and hope to see as much as possible.

England to win for my cash.

Top wicket taker? Swann
Top run scorer? Clarke

Any other takers?

Swann on fast, bouncy Aussie wickets... nah cobber, it'll be Tremlett.

highest run scorer - easy one, the England Captain by a long boundary

Just opened a bottle of port and settling in for a good first session.

 

[Beezerk]

Go on Broad, don't let the buggers back in it though.

 

[patricks148]

I do hope the irony of the Aussies demonising young Malfoy for not walking, is not lost on them.

 

[CMAC]

I do hope the irony of the Aussies demonising young Malfoy for not walking, is not lost on them.

is this Quiddich :mmm:

 

[bladeplayer]

Well done Broad , that 5er will silence the boo boys .. day 2 gona set the marker.. England need to bowl them out cheaply then settle in for 2 or 2& half days batting .. then finish it as the pitch cuts up.. if they can do this it will set them up for the whole series ...

the need to show they can be ruthless.. im not sure the have this about them..

aussies need a big tail end wag.. and their bowlers to start fast .

prediction == mmm . England to win , late the 4th day or just before lunch on the 5th ..

 

[Liverbirdie]

Well done Broad , that 5er will silence the boo boys .. day 2 gona set the marker.. England need to bowl them out cheaply then settle in for 2 or 2& half days batting .. then finish it as the pitch cuts up.. if they can do this it will set them up for the whole series ...

the need to show they can be ruthless.. im not sure the have this about them..

aussies need a big tail end wag.. and their bowlers to start fast .

prediction == mmm . England to win , late the 4th day or just before lunch on the 5th ..

A win for England would be a great start, as the Gabba has been an Aussie fortress for the last 24 years. If they crumble the walls there, dreams of another series win should be realised.

 

[londonlewis]

England to win the Series 4-0
With Darren Lehman and Shane Warne having to eat their words in the run up to the Ashes starting.

Top wicket taker - Anderson
Biggest run scorer - Bell
Cricketer most likely to piss over a bouncer - Monty Panesar

 

[Blue in Munich]

Well done Broad , that 5er will silence the boo boys .. day 2 gona set the marker.. England need to bowl them out cheaply then settle in for 2 or 2& half days batting .. then finish it as the pitch cuts up.. if they can do this it will set them up for the whole series ...

the need to show they can be ruthless.. im not sure the have this about them..

aussies need a big tail end wag.. and their bowlers to start fast .

prediction == mmm . England to win , late the 4th day or just before lunch on the 5th ..

Not quite going to plan then.......

 

[Beezerk]

Yawn
*rubs eyes*

Wtf?

 

[Snelly]

Yawn
*rubs eyes*

Wtf?

Exactly the same here.

 

[Hobbit]

Set the alarm for 5am to see us building a big innings... 6 wkts for 9 runs. Now that was some collapse.

 

[Birchy]

Batsmen have been getting away with it for too long. Too many living on past glories.

Bowling attack is that good its been bailing them out but they aint miracle workers.

Anderson, Broad and Swann must be looking at the batsmen thinking all that hard work and you do that! :angry:

 

[pokerjoke]

Not looking good for the first test.
Best collapse for a while.
Could be a good wake up.

 

[bladeplayer]

Not quite going to plan then.......

NSS

Not realy unless your an Aussie.....

Well done Broad , that 5er will silence the boo boys .. day 2 gona set the marker.. England need to bowl them out cheaply then settle in for 2 or 2& half days batting .. then finish it as the pitch cuts up.. if they can do this it will set them up for the whole series ...

the need to show they can be ruthless.. im not sure the have this about them..

aussies need a big tail end wag.. and their bowlers to start fast .

prediction == mmm . England to win , late the 4th day or just before lunch on the 5th ..

Yawn
*rubs eyes*

Wtf?

Double that ... i thought this was suppose to be a batting pitch ??? Sir Ian , Athers ?? hate to see them on a bowlers pitch ...

Only seen highlights (??) on SSN , rubbish , its test cricket if they wana bowl at your head and chest , DUCK .. when they tire smash them then ...

 

[ger147]

When does the 2nd test start?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Karma for Broad's cheating

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Yawn
*rubs eyes*

Wtf?

That was my reaction this morning. I'm not much into Cricket but like to keep up to date with most sports. My tired brain had a hard time computing "Australia 28 for 0, 2nd innings, lead by 187 runs" at 6:30 this morning. I was at very least expecting us to still be batting!

 

[In_The_Rough]

Think it will be a lot closer this time around. I still do not know how we managed to win 3-0 in the last series TBH the Lords test apart they were all pretty close and the rain saved us on another occasion. Odds on to go 1 down here and in Perth we never do well at so it could well be a struggle.