the ashes 2010
 

how enjoyable to watch the result of this and the australians poor performance. still they put up a fight for a bunch of colonists.

Nobody gives a toss about the Ashes despite the media's attempts to big it up. The only interesting thing to come out of it was Horny Warnie's one night stand with Liz Hurley.

yeah but it is wonderful to see that england haven't won the ashes, they have only retained them for the first time in 24 years, there is still one test to go so the poms may wine the series. It really is about time that Australia's dominance in world cricket came to an end, I was getting bored by watching Australia play without any competition.

It was really odd seeing Australia trying to dig in with their middle-order and nightwatchmen from the backfoot - they'll usually stick a good tonne and a half on in that situation after a good first innings, but this time it made you realise that, finally, Australia have a few weaknesses. It's a shame to say that, as this is one of the best performances our boys have put on, and I think this is the best side we've had since (at least) Freddie's golden days... but you wonder if it'd be the same result if Warne was five years younger.

Fair play the lads, looking forward to the next one. Would be nice to cement it properly.

You are right Glice, the top order have been batting like turd, Haddin and Hussey have had to try and save every single innings for Australia. The team lineup isn't bad per se they are just playing really really badly. Noone is really leading the bowling lineup either, although Siddle has been trying. In the end England have a great team and I think they would have beaten us even playing at our best.

Australian cricket was not completely
destroyed in reputation,
unlike some small aussie neighbour
New Zealand, who is having real bad news
with the thrashing by Bangladesh in the
one day series, ...and never recovered reputation since.

I think Aussie could recover from this, someone had to
win.

got me back into playing Stick Cricket for the first time in ages. But work have now blocked it. fuckers

It doesnt feel like christmas without cricket!

youve never struck me as a cricket fan Glice, where did all that come from?

It hasnt been the same since it was moved to Sky. the 2005 series on Channel 4 was fantastic not just for the drama etc but the universality of terrestrial telly. The silver lining is ive discovered the charms of Test Match Special which really is as avuncular as everyone says it is.
I have to say i still like Ponting, he's like the angry uncle you try and avoid at Christmas, and Siddle's like his son who's yet to really learn how crushing life can be. Dont get me started on Johnson, he's the Gary Neville of Cricket.

Pretty average series from Australia. I had to endure being at the great MCG when we got bowled out for 98. :(

Hopefully Khwaja plays good on his home ground in his first match and Beer slams the down (pun intened) in his first match and gets some wickets.

Which means then hopefully we can go into the Sydney test and come out with a win an a series draw, which wouldn't look as bad as a series loss considering the "thrashed" us this series.

I'm currently a bit pissed off at Australia operating on stupid time. I think I prefer the tighter games. We're looking pretty good out there, dealing with the new ball nicely, but it's 'all to play for' and that sort of fare. Nice to see Bell doing his thing. Always been one of my favourite batsmen, him.

If you wanted to watch it here in England you had to get up early, while shane warne just got up hurley..

Boom boom!

bang bang!

A sport as boring as jonboy.

poor old genteel death. hasn't got anything better to do with his time than this of an evening.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:c.../elton.jpg&t=1

What a boring reply. You don't even know what I've been doing until now. Certainly not watching boring sports.

yawn.

surely theres an ample supply of cricket porn to sustain even the most steadfast cynic?

No, there's only jonboy's steady supply of boring interests.

Silly mid off
Googly
Short leg

Its like Mills and Boon for men

for someone you find so boring you sure like responding to posts here at 2.20 in the morning.

so we are all out for 644, see if they can come back from that.

I have not succeeded in turning this thread away from arguements and towards cheap double-entendres about cricket have i? Im beginning to wonder why i go with this whole internet thing

a boy stood on a burning deck playing a game of cricket, a spark flew down his trouser leg and...

I'm so pleased to see Bell get a tonne. He's one of my favourites. In our darkest days, he was there just about saving us from utter humiliation, while Pieterson was flouncing about like a tosser. And now he's there, being awesome. Some very good umpiring last night as well, some exceptionally close calls for Cook. I hear Collers is retiring from test cricket, which is a shame. Here's to a swift drubbing tonight.

PAH! Should've been out for 67 the little bloody rat!

Every match that has been won so far this series has been by at least an innings. This match is heading that way also. :(

The India vs South Africa is more exciting ATM!

That's it, get the bitter accusations in early.

its quite funny i saw some of the australian press as they desperately try to look for some kind of positive. bell is fantastic and i am almost kinda sad to see collingwood go, even though he was kinda shit and he has ginger forearms.

Bit difficult to take positives when their best scorer in the second innings was clubbing away like an animal. Well done the lads.

it's good to lose occasionally, it has been along time a coming for australia to be absolutely hammered like the poms hammered us, just far far too outclassed.

what do you call an australian with a bottle of champagne? a waiter.

What do you call an Australian who can hold a catch? A fisherman.

Have you ever slept with a person who's not white? Strongly doubt, Mr I'm Not Racist. I mean, you're the sort of person who would never live in a country where they don't speak English. As you once told me.

have you phoned your mum today?

She phoned me, as it happens. We spoke in a language that wasn't English. On the phone. We are both a bit black. Do you feel comfortable with that?

go and look at your vagina in a hand mirror.

so the ashes, 3-1 for the series and that seems generous to the australians.

First team since the WIndies of legend to beat them by an innings with each victory. I'm hoping that says more about us than Australia. Might put us in the number 2 slot for test rankings. Good times for us.

The Pom's will be the number 1 team in the world by the end of the year.

this one might actually be funny if it wasn't for the fact that australia makes some of the finest wines in the world and has some of the finest vignerons.

i always found australian wines to be too bitter.