Fifth test
Trust England to make it hard.
Another cracking up and down day but I reckon you'd have to say Australia would have settled for 31whatever for 7 at the end of today. Mind you talk about a one man side (Warne).
Less than, I don't know, 360, and we'll really be hoping for rain. Something more like 400 needed really. It only needs one Ozzie batsman to play himself in and anthing under 400 is going to look fairly easy IMHO.
Bloody Collingwood.
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Collingwood was really unlucky. It's a shame England tends to have a couple of players batting well, while the rest fall around them; particularly as it's rarely the same players who bat well. Still, looking back at the start of this innings it could have been a lot worse.
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If we can get to the 400 mark we should be in safe water. Mind you the Ozzie's know how to pu up one heck of a fight.
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Well, that tends to be the case with most big scores, a couple of batsmen will play themselves in and post a 100 or more, and the rest are down in the 30s. I think its a promising sign that its not the same players getting the big scores each time, it means most of them are a threat cough except Bell coughIt's a shame England tends to have a couple of players batting well, while the rest fall around them; particularly as it's rarely the same players who bat well
If. And only safeish, although probably there won't be time for the Ozzies to post a huge score and bowl England out again and get any top up runs needed, I grant you.If we can get to the 400 mark we should be in safe water
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What we need is Gilchrist promoted to 3 or 4 and to smash a ton and a half of 80 or 90 balls. Plus the rest of the recognised batsmen to perform accordingly.
I Just hope they make a game of it.
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Warne is a powerhouse and really impresses. Involved in seven of the wickets for England's first innings, the Australian team as it stands would be nothing without him. If they retain the Ashes then it will be solely down to Warne.
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He's had one hell of a series, indeed. Australia's at 96-0 at the moment, which doesn't bode well for England.
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Well I don't necessarily agree with that statement. Yes he is a great player, but he does need "some" help to win a game.If they retain the Ashes then it will be solely down to Warne.
Bet the poms are praying for rain now! Bloody miserable English weather!
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Give that man a prize!Originally Posted by Slyspy
I've got a feeling in my bones he's gunna skittle us out for 150 and retain the ashes....
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Bah it's going to rain out.
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It's like you guys aren't speaking English.
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.It's like you guys aren't speaking English.
Or is it that they're speaking too much English?
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Wow. Australia went from 281-3 to 367 all out, six runs behind England's first innings score of 373. That's quite a comeback for England. Hooray!
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Oh yeah. It was great to watch, particularly Hoggy when he finally got his well-deserved wickets.
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Yep, it's quite remarkable really. Hopefully the comeback will raise confidence and improve batting in the second innings.
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Hooray for bad light. Warne was looking tricky. What will they do when he retires?
Mind you scheduling a test this late in the year is nuts.
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Maybe it was the night dance not the rain dance all us Englishmen were doing, we certainly had a good day of it light wise. Greatly helped us when bowling and then clearly when batting too.
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I just love the way both teams got pretty much equal runs after the first innings, and are left with the last day and 98 overs. It's basically come down to a one day match. And I'll be at school...
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I don't want to intrude, but this is the fifth test already - when is the real match going to begin?
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Test cricket on Wikipedia.
Hope it helps.
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we need to bat out 2 sessions, which will put us 250-300 in front.
But I've just got a horrible feeling about that man warne....
tbh though, if we only lose 1 or 2 wickets in the morning session, we're safe
Anyone listen to it on the radio today? When they went off for bad light, they were all sat around telling Rodney Marsh stories, nearly every one of which ended with Marsh saying to someone in the crowd "do that again mate, and I'll knock yer block off!"
And I'm off work tomorrow!Tho if it gets a bit nervy...
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Senator Augustus Verginius
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Thanks a bundle, Geoffrey. I think I have got the hang of it now: player hits ball, runs, repeat five days in a row.
Is it the audience that is being tested? Be honest now.
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Is it the audience that is being tested? Be honest now.
It's an aquired taste. The tests can get quite mundane, though a series as historical as this one is always the exception. Australia Vs the Poms is always (was about to say a hard fought battle, but this is the first time for MANY years the English have actually even come close putting up a challenge, let alone winning) a closely followed match.
One day cricket is much more user/audience friendly. 50 overs each to make as much runs as possible.
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I see, a bit like fresh goat's milk or fried caterpillars?
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I have a litre of goats milk in the fridge at home... good in coffee, not so great with cereal.
Can't say I have tried Fried Caterpillars, good food must be getting sparse in the EU... poor Europeans even their truffles are dying out... and Australian Wine outsells French Wine in the UK... so these Fried Caterpillars... Monarch butterfly caterpillars for the imperialists? What for the republicans?
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As anyone familiar with 1917 could tell you, Red Admirals.Monarch butterfly caterpillars for the imperialists? What for the republicans?
Back to the cricket. Absolutely NO work will be done in the City today, so if any crafty foreigner would like to rig the London stock market now is the day. I just hope the BBC and the Guardian have enough bandwidth.
The ashes hingeing on a day's play, blimey. I BET England are skittled out for about 250 shortly after lunch and the chase will be on.
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I saw some pictures of a team and according to their shirt prints they played for Vodafone. Where is Vodafone? It is Welsh?
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Hoggy is playing cricket also!?
That guy is very talented.
His models and skins are of beauty beyond belief.
(Lately he works on walls)
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Well on that basis according to my Kent one day shirt Kent play for Spitfire bitter.
Which, come to think of it, is pretty much what the spectators are there for, anyway.
Now stop mucking about, find a beer, and some live coverage on line, ( http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/...556045,00.html) and take this chance to discover the very pinnacle of sporting excellence, if not civilisation itself.
Breaking cloud over London today, cricket fans, I reckon we'll get a full day's play.
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No offense, but I'd have a quick bowl of fried caterpillars and be done with it rather than watch a man named Rodney knocking peoples' block off for five days.
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