The Ashes . . .

[mythman69]

This just keeps getting better

38.4 Johnson to J Root, out Caught by S Smith!! What are you doing England? Just a few minutes to go for the Tea break and Root has thrown it away. Full and slanting across the right-hander, another of those deliveries that could have been easily left alone, instead Root drives away from the body and gets a healthy edge that flies to third slip. I think this is more about handling the nerves. J Root c S Smith b Johnson 2(7)

40.3 Johnson to Swann, out Caught by Bailey!! If you have invested in short-leg today, you have had a field day today. Good length delivery slightly shaping back into the right-hander, Swann tries to flick but only manages an inside edge, the ball goes straight to the fielder off the pad. Swann c Bailey b Johnson 0(5)

England lost 6 wickets for 9 runs in the last 10 overs.

8/91

Bwahahaha

Update: The ball Swann was dismissed was a no-ball, Johnson overstepped. Umpire Dharmasena missed it.

[itsnoteasy]

I never believed all the hype of an England walkover in Australia , if you look at ashes match in the summer they could easily have lost that, and that was on their own pitches , I think they will be lucky to draw this series could even lose it 3-1

[DandyA]

cricket is a silly game ... I never liked it ...

[mythman69]

Looks like England's rain dance is working . . .

[mythman69]

Gee. This thread has gone quiet.

Hmmmm, I wonder why.

[grimreaper]

One to the Aussies 4 to go.

[itsnoteasy]

I didn't see anything I wasn't expecting, childish behaviour by the Aussies , and poor batting by the England top order, who only average low twenties , apart from KP who just nudges 30 away from home against the top sides.

[DandyA]

Gee. This thread has gone quiet.

Hmmmm, I wonder why.

errr ... is there something going on down under? ... I've been too busy watching the excellent Champion of Champions snooker tournament to take any notice ...

[mythman69]

errr ... is there something going on down under? ... I've been too busy watching the excellent Champion of Champions snooker tournament to take any notice ...

I suppose you were too busy watching snooker to see the Rugby League match between England and New Zealand too.

Wow, what a game. That was one of the best I have ever seen.

Here is some commentary for you:

Fulltime This kick now, here we go.. to win it.. OVER YES YES YES!! THE KIWIS ARE IN THE GRAND FINAL!! WHAT A FINISH!! UNREAL!! YES! SHAUN JOHNSON YOU BEAUTY!

80 mins Last throw of the dice now, the Kiwis start a set 30 from their own line. 3rd tackle on halfway... fourth now, 30 out... PENALTY KIWIS!! Less than a minute to go, here come the Kiwis. Seconds remaining... 15 out! LUKE IS A METRE SHORT!! WHAT! JOHNSON NOW!! JOHNSON STEPS INSIDE JOHNSON OVER THE LINE JOHNSON YOU BEAUTY!! JOHNSON THE TRRRRRRRYYYYYY!! YYEEEEEESSS!! SHAUN JOHNSON THE HERO!! 18-18!!! WHAT A GAME PEOPLE!!

78 mins Still there! A metre out.. last tackle.. Foran kicks to the corner.. SBW rises LOSES IT! KNOCK ON! England have the ball back with two minutes remaining. So close!

76 mins Four minutes to go and NZ have it 10 short of halfway as they start a fresh set. Kick goes to the corner from the last tackle, up it goes, down it comes, kicked dead by England. Line dropout!!

72 mins Righto, the Kiwis need to make something happen. They've got it just on halfway. Johnson kicks over the top for himself but England regather and they have the ball back!

69 mins Burgess through a hole! uh-oh, BURGESS.. SAM BURGESS OVER THE LINE ENGLAND TRY!! ENGLAND TRY! ENGLAND IN FRONT!! Boom! Huge play!Sinfield converts it! 18-14!! Oh my!

Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-HIGHLIG...#ixzz2lbqxmxWk

[DandyA]

well I don't follow rugby of either persuasion but I was a bit worried about the cricket test the last time I saw the score a couple of days ago ...

how did England do? did we manage to bat out a draw or even a win?

[mythman69]

well I don't follow rugby of either persuasion but I was a bit worried about the cricket test the last time I saw the score a couple of days ago ...

how did England do? did we manage to bat out a draw or even a win?

381-run defeat

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricke...d-full-2813188

[DandyA]

381-run defeat

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricke...d-full-2813188

oh well, never mind ... at least the snooker has been good and the UK Championship starts in a couple of days :snooker:

[mythman69]

oh well, never mind ... at least the snooker has been good and the UK Championship starts in a couple of days :snooker:

Hopefully Australia can beat all comers here too.

[DandyA]

Hopefully Australia can beat all comers here too.

just to add, referring to the discussion we're having about streaming on the "Champion of Champions" thread, we don't get test cricket on our free-to-air channels ... the ECB decided a long time ago to sell the rights to Rupert Murdoch ...

probably a good decision ... us poms can simply ignore it if we're losing and go down the pub to watch it if we're winning

[mythman69]

just to add, referring to the discussion we're having about streaming on the "Champion of Champions" thread, we don't get test cricket on our free-to-air channels ... the ECB decided a long time ago to sell the rights to Rupert Murdoch ...

probably a good decision ... us poms can simply ignore it if we're losing and go down the pub to watch it if we're winning

We have the cricket on Channel 9 here in Australia. Free to air i.e. 1,000,000 adverts for KFC, Commonwealth Bank and whatever other crap shows are coming up on Channel 9. I just hate how the commentators start talking about some terrible show coming up on Channel 9 during the cricket. I tend to turn down the volume and listen on ABC radio. Much better commentary and no adverts.

They also sometimes decide to cut off the last 1/2 hour of the day's play so they can go to their awful news where they talk about the cricket. Then at the end of the news they say "oh by the way, England are all out and now here is A Current Affair."

Grrrr!