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1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Whos been watching this gripping series between England and Australia?
I hated cricket for years but got into it properly a couple of summers ago and have loved the game ever since. This years ashes has been the most exciting competition I've watched so far and I was a bit suprised to not have seen any threads on it considering the large Aussie and English membership.
So, can England hold on for the win? Will Australia pull something out of the bag to get them back?
Your thoughts ladies and gents
addict
669 posts
Location: Lancashire, UK
I'm not usually a fan of cricket, but it's been edge-of-your-seat stuff...
119-4 now, looks like it's gonna go to the wire...
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
I hated cricket until I watched the third test. I'm hooked too.
Still confused at the rules though... as I can see it, Australia have no chance of winning, but apparently it's to the wire? :|:|
Willy - is bad for your health...
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Australia better win!
But we won't.
Pfft as if I watch cricket. I don't even get the whole, one day, test match stuff.
It's fun to play but I can't stand watching it! On the radio the other day, the people were treating it as if it was a natural disaster if England win, they were talking to an aussie guy who was in england saying that he's been copping heaps from english people.
'So...what's the evacuation plan for the aussies to get out of England if England win?'
'Well we're actually planning to seek refuge in *insert pub name here*'
'And will there be...security to keep the englishmen out?'
'Yes I believe so'
Ahh it was funny at the time.
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
i heard that the only time anyone other than the english can win at cricket is if they play it wrong - since the english invented it, if they lose it must be because their opponents have not entered into the proper spirit of the game...
that's why they are called test matches - they are merely tests to see if our colonial cousins understand the rules of the game properly yet.
and besides, we get to keep the ashes whatever happens today - i'm pretty sure they have never left the country so it doesn't really matter who wins anyway!
but yes, we are going to win today
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,276 posts
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire, United Kingdom
I dont like it... maybe because i dont understand it... maybe because im being forced to listen to it in my office.... xxx
tHeReS gOoD aNd EvIl iN EaCh InDiViDuAl fIrE, iDeNtIfIeS nEeDs AnD fEeDs OuR dEsIrEs.
2,865 posts
Location: Lake District UK
we will win!!!!
*hopes for rain*
Remember.........YOU LOSE!!!
889 posts
Location: away with the faeries
its not looking a good performance from the english but i'm confident they will play out for a draw today they need to stay in for just over an hour and its all in the bag i reckon
freddy flintoff has been the star of the series great bowling and some brilliant batting (although not so today)
best test series i've ever seen
finland finland finland
the country where i want to be
pony trekking or camping
or just watching tv
179 posts
Location: Oxford
When I went to India this summer my friend who I went with (who is obsessed with cricket) insisted on explaining the game to me (because Indians seem to love cricket even more than us english)...and now, although I'm a bit confused by it all, I have actually quite enjoyed watching this series, it's been rather exciting!
And it's about bloody time we won! Lets see what happens....
Practice as if your hair was on fire...
co-director of A.C.B.I.S.H.A.
761 posts
Location: in the corner beside the filing cabinets, 2nd floo...
'THE ASHES' what do the ashes refer to?? or does anyone know?
There's no place like 127.0.0.1, There's no place like 127.0.0.1, There's no place like 127.0.0.1,
"in most of our friends we're the hippies. but we have hippie friends of our own.. its like a dog having its own pet" - H. Sinoquet 19-03-2005
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
someone knows
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Yup, right on the money Mr. Cole-
Oietersen hasn't been my favourite player this series, far too many dropped catches and shoddy hair dos, but give a man his dues, hes played brilliantly today, scoring his first century in the biggest test match in years.
England look to be in a strong position from here, BUT never underestimate the Aussies.
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
this is all apparently quite important to some people! I'm being treated to a play by play of the reactions coming from downstairs of a friend of mine
Ok, ok, its most amsuing, but man guys, i don't understand the scoring!
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Well we've pretty much got it in the bag- the ashes return to England after 16 years
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
like i said, they never truly left...
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
addict
498 posts
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
We are the champions my friend
We'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers cause
We are the champions!
o yes! England regain the ashes! (sorry australia....no wait...IT'S ABOUT TIME!)
Thoughts arrive like butterflies...
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
16? i was under the impression it was like 24 or more?
but congrats guys!
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
I must be one of the few people who took time off work today and didn't watch cricket
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
I still don't care...
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
HOORAY!
old hand
1,092 posts
Location: In a van, United Kingdom
yeah we won!! whooo
passing through, this world still lives.
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
But its still cricket and its still Yawnsville!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
Who cares? We won!
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Skully
Take your non cricket vibes elsewhere
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
About time too! man, am I going to rip into the guys at work.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
We won! We won!
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
(What? I watched like 5 days when I was in the UK, that counts right?
) Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
everyone over here is whinging that we lost and watching the english get pissed in our pubs.
I couldnt care less... on yer brits!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
3 posts
Location: Brisbane, qld, Ausralia
we lost but it was still a damn good game
jesus this moses that, abraham hit me with a wiffel bat.
889 posts
Location: away with the faeries
its over 20 years since we won an ashes series but once you hold the ashes you only have to draw the series to keep them.
so we only got to draw next time yay
finland finland finland
the country where i want to be
pony trekking or camping
or just watching tv
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
screech it's been 18 years sheesh.
....we won. well done england. now lets watch a game that doesn't require a week off work to see...... perhaps the national beardy man slapping ... in dorset next weekend. A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
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But its still cricket and its still Yawnsville!
I so agree with you lol
How dare my nightly simpons viewing be interrupted!
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
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