Cricket - The Ashes

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Cricket - The Ashes

The ashes test series starts today.... just thought I'd make a thread about it... England stand a good chance against the Aussies this year.

Re: Cricket - The Ashes

Originally posted by §P0oONY
England stand a good chance against the Aussies this year.

yeah, it should hopefully be a really tight series. the Aussies will come out on top though (i hope)!

i am in no way suprised that the Aussies decided to bat first.

I think that England have a better chance than what they have had for the past couple of years.

But i think that Australia will be to strong and will win the ashes.

The 1st innings is a good way through now... the Australians were batted out for 190 and england are being torn apart by Glen McGrath

ur right 35-5 lol

can i ask what the appeal of crickit is? i'm not going to slag it off, because i know many people like it... but i've never found out why.... just curious

Originally posted by darth_royke
can i ask what the appeal of crickit is? i'm not going to slag it off, because i know many people like it... but i've never found out why.... just curious

I find it quite fun to watch while doing other things.... because you don't need to watch ever ball...

well i am addicted to cricket.. ashes is gonna be 1 hell of a series

because this time england has somewhat of a team. but McGrath proving again that he is a fantastic bowler, bowling 13 overs in a row and getting 5 batsmen out. still i think aussies are too good for england

Originally posted by alic88
well i am addicted to cricket.. ashes is gonna be 1 hell of a series

because this time england has somewhat of a team. but McGrath proving again that he is a fantastic bowler, bowling 13 overs in a row and getting 5 batsmen out. still i think aussies are too good for england

After the truly entertaining ODIs even though the new rules sucked I;m sceptical over the Aussies greatness

After the truly entertaining ODIs even though the new rules sucked I;m sceptical over the Aussies greatness

but the Aussies have always been a stronger test side then in the one-dayers.

17 wickets lost in one day. who would have seen that comin? hopefully the Aussies will settle down in their second innings and bat for a solid day at the least.

well done to Glenn McGrath joinin the 500 club.

Originally posted by flee the evil 1
but the Aussies have always been a stronger test side then in the one-dayers.

17 wickets lost in one day. who would have seen that comin? hopefully the Aussies will settle down in their second innings and bat for a solid day at the least.

well done to Glenn McGrath joinin the 500 club.

Yeah that is true... McGrath was amazing day 1.

Hpefully both teams start treating this like a test series rather the ODI or even Twenty20

I never liked cricket, the officers in the army kept spamming me to play it for some reason. I never understood the rules apart from hitting the ball and running up and down etc.

Here´s a few questions, maybe someone could explain.

1. What are "overs"
2. what does "y won by x wickets" I thought the runs were the deciding factor.
3. How can a game be a draw when one team has more runs than the other?

Originally posted by Bicnarok
I never liked cricket, the officers in the army kept spamming me to play it for some reason. I never understood the rules apart from hitting the ball and running up and down etc.

Here´s a few questions, maybe someone could explain.

1. What are "overs"
2. what does "y won by x wickets" I thought the runs were the deciding factor.
3. How can a game be a draw when one team has more runs than the other?

An over is a series of six consecutive balls bowled by a single bowler.

Runs are the deciding factor if on team was bowled out for 200 and the other got to 200 with only losing say 7 wickets... then they had 3 more wickets... so they win by 3 wickets.

Because a game may be stopped due to bad light, rain or simply then end of play before the other team manages to complete their innings then it is called a draw, or no result

Big cricket fan here, but had no idea there were others out here, lol.

Australia currently on top with a lead of over 300, three wickets in hand.

the only good england player right now is peterson.. that guy is awesome.
but australia really ripped england apart in the second innings. face it people, aussies are too good for england. even though they got off to a slow start in the natwest series, they are pretty stable now.
its a lost cause for england now, but still i have to say they have put on a good fight against the best side in the world. warne bowled fantastically today. and Lee was absolutely energetic. did any1 c that catch he took off straus

Yep, that was awesome. I still think the Poms can turn it around later in the series, but this match looks pretty gone to me. With Pieterson still there, and if he gets support, who knows though.

Originally posted by vvvrulz
Yep, that was awesome. I still think the Poms can turn it around later in the series, but this match looks pretty gone to me. With Pieterson still there, and if he gets support, who knows though.

We've lost live 5 wickets and soon we will be into the bowlers... and we still need a large amounts of runs... I think it will be close...

Originally posted by alic88
the only good england player right now is peterson.. that guy is awesome.
but australia really ripped england apart in the second innings. face it people, aussies are too good for england. even though they got off to a slow start in the natwest series, they are pretty stable now.
its a lost cause for england now, but still i have to say they have put on a good fight against the best side in the world. warne bowled fantastically today. and Lee was absolutely energetic. did any1 c that catch he took off straus

Peterson is a bit of a risky player.. sometimes he hits out and gets himself into trouble... all be it a great batsman... he has dropped a good few catches though.

We have a good few seamer's as well... Harmisson, Hoggard.. Even Flintoff(who is a pretty good all rounder.) and Trescothick and Straus did get a tidy no. of runs for opening batsmen

Lee's catch was great.

just flicked to the SBS coverage an found out that rain has stopped the first session. even if there are only two sessions of play, the Aussies should be able to rap it up today.

do u think the english wicket keeper (sorry i forget his name) will be picked for the next test?

Yeah... Geraint Jones will stay

Pieterson deffinently did enough to cement a spot in the second test. im not so sure about Gillespie for the Australian's though.