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This is the headline from cricket.com.au, official site of Cricket Australia


Really stupid IMHO



"Aussies dominate day one in Dominica"


First Test First day





Ummm..... 3 for 85 is not a dominating position




Better headline here from Cricinfo


"Edge with Australia after 13-wicket day"


Cricinfo







I like this story from Cricinfo regarding Flintoff at Edgbaston in 2005



'It's 1-1, you Aussie bastard'





And this bastard is just asking for it if he keeps talking like this!!



Kohli unimpressed by "pampering" Aussies





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here ya go Bazz....22 years on.

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/crick...04-ghh5kw.html

So, England were turned over by the Kiwis. Aggers points out the England flaws that are still all too apparent, no further comment needed. Its 5 weeks till the first Ashes Test. Why couldn’t at least one more Test have been played against the Kiwis to balance the series? Fair enough playing only two Tests against the likes of Bangladesh as its going to be a one horse race. Maybe England nick it by a short head?

Aussies v. WIndies. I always like watching the WIndies play Test Match cricket as there’s no telling what will happen. 200 for 1 they will probably be 230 all out. 70 for 5 and they could make 400. There’s absolutely no consistency in anything they do.

As I write the Windies are 216/8. They could make 350 or all out for 230.


As long as the Aussies, batting last on this wicket, don't have to chase more that 100 we should be ok






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All out for 216 - Aussies won with 1 for 47 :toot:

1 down ...... 6 to go





dancing

I was a bit concerned about the England cricket team


Then I seen where Ballance and Stokes were born



It's all good


Long Live the Empire!!



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Any one have any ideas?

Baz you may be able to access Sky Sports by subscribing to Sky Go. Sky Go sends programmes over the internet and is free to all Sky subscribers i.e. those that have a dish installed. Can’t see them sending an engineer out to Pattaya to hook you up, but maybe if you e-mailed Sky and said you only wanted to access Sky Go they may be willing to do a deal.

After looking at the Sky Go website it seems it’s only available to Sky subscribers. But I did have Sky installed but knocked it on the head. Of course the bastards never give up and kept pestering me to join back up and they did mention solely using and subscribing to Sky Go, so it seems to be available. Got to be worth a shot as they can only say no.

Here’s the link. http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sky-go/

Bazza - Go and ask Dennis at the metro how he gets the cricket - I'm sure he streams it over the internet.

First one dayer against the Kiwis on Tuesday, day night match so will be evening start in LOS

I've lost an hours overtime to get in to watch the kiwi's try to chase this one down

More chance of Bazz having a happy time tonight then the Kiwis getting 400

Warner fails again.

Glad we've got Smithy.

Saving himself for the Poms





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That's me sorted for 4th day of 3rd test at edgebaston

4th day?

Bit optimistic. I wouldn't bother packing a lunch. :out:

I've come to the conclusion this could be the day we win the series

Didn't realise that you were Australian!!



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Or are you another Pommy optimist in the same mould as Captain Jack



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dancing

I think I was in my 20's the last time Australia won the ashes here .. I'd just turned 30 actually 14 years ago

Nearly as much as I paid to see Duran Duran in December dancing

I was at the 5th ODI against New Zealand last week at Durham. Great finish to a game that was threatened by 2 hours rain

I just hope we can take that sort of team spirit into the Ashes

At least George Bailey playing for a decent team now

Things are looking up Essex giving the convicts a hard time

Yep they did. Got to within 169 runs of us with two men down.


Happy to see Starc & Hazelwood settling in ok. Both are big, strong, fast and now coming on as class Test bowlers.












And if they don't get you, this bloke is looking forward to reacquainting himself again. He lubs Pommy batsmen










It will be interesting to see how they all go in England under Test match conditions




Roll on Wednesday!!!




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Johnson ok in Australia, last time here he got clobbered all over the country. I'd have Starc as top wicket taker not Johnson

Good days cricket that I'd put it about even but our tails must be up after that start England need some sunshine to speed that pitch up

Dry but cloudy forecast tomorrow but a warm sunny day for Friday, which is handy as that's when my tickets for :thumbsup:

Just remember it's the England & Wales cricket board

Don't have a nationalist moment and shout for the Australians

Told you Johnson wouldn't be any good

Still pretty even for me couple of early wickets tomorrow (Watson and haddin) might put us in the box seat

Bazz still in Cherry tonight drowning his sorrows, hasn't noticed the 50 SML bills Hammers put in his bin either

Good start. Roasting in Cardiff and I forgot to bring sun cream so if there's a red glow coming from the corner of the river end later on that'll be me.

Did you forget your camera :photo: ?

Didn't bring one mate, don't have a long enough lens to do it justice. Besides, keeps my hands free for the Stowford Press :thumbsup:

Won't last 3 days at this rate

Well the Convicts need 412 runs to win, in 2 days, on a wicket that is starting to deteriorate and showing signs of variable bounce. Could get very difficult by tomorrow afternoon. Always think it’s a massive psychological advantage when a side has to score more runs in their Second Innings than they achieved in their First. It’s England in the driving seat now.

Thought the coverage was good on Sky especially with Ricky Ponting (cunt) being the Tourist teams commentator. He gave some great insights and excellent analysis.

Just started raining in Cardiff, be interesting to see the difference it makes to the pitch tomorrow as it was looking dust bowl dry this afternoon.

The Ashes puzzle explained


Ever wondered why we are having 3 Ashes series within 2 years? I did and asked everybody I talked to about cricket but nobody knew the answer.

Now I do and here it is.



Historically Ashes series are held 4 years apart in each country

In England in the last 20 years, this was 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 & 2013

These were followed in Australia about 14 months later with the First Test starting in November usually in Brisbane. 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 & 2010.

All was going well until when the 2014 series was due in Australia. Australia was awarded the World Cup for early 2015. That made it near impossible to schedule in a 5 match Test series before the World Cup so the powers that be brought it forward one year to November 2013.

November 2013 became the new benchmark and future tours to Australia will be held in 2017,2021 etc etc

With the benchmark now set, the Ashes series in England should have been started about 16 months beforehand. The problem is that means the next English Ashes series would have been held starting July 2016 clashing with European Football Championships, Olympics etc. As the cricket authorities did not want that clash, they brought the Ashes series in England forward a year.

Thus we are playing cricket right now and 2015 is the new benchmark for English Ashes series. Future England series will be held in 2019, 2023 etc etc




Clear as mud I know but I think I understand it.


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More like there are very few test matches that make money now so they've added more in and if they're not careful they will kill it off , used to be great waiting for 4 years for revenge as there was the W.Indies , India, Pakistan etc and some good cricket but now it seems 1 day rules the roost