The Ashes 2015.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

First test starts tomorrow in Cardiff. :dance:

Ryan Harris has retired within the last few days so he won't be playing.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

3-1 win for the tourists

[Syn]

itll be close. Root's series, this. Expect huge scores from him.

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2-2 I reckon. :(

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England 343-7 after day one.

Century for Root.

Syn. :bow:

[LDG]

Put on another 90-odd this morning.

Aussies just shy of 200 at the expense of Warner, Smith and Rogers. We need a couple more tonight.....

[LDG]

Moeen gets Clarke! C&B

Australia now 207-4

Another one before close would be lovely.

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Aussies 264-5.

Poor old Old Man Rogers, out on 95. :lol:

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Aussies were bowled out for 308.

England bowled out in the second innings for 289 meaning Australia are set 412 to win. :lol:

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Ponting is part of Sky's team?

This is weird seeing him act like a human being.

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Root drops one.

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97-2 in reply, Moeen got Warner on 52 just before lunch.

Non-turning delivieries getting LBW. :bow:

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101-3, Broad got Smith. :bow:

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106-4, Broad gets Clarke!

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106-5, Wood gets Voges!

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122-6, Moeen got Haddin. :lol:

[Maestro]

awesome shit this

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151-7, Wood gets Watson.

LBW again. :haha:

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Root with the golden arm gets Starc. Cook parries the ball, Lythe takes the catch.

223-8. :popcorn:

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242-9, off goes Johnson for 77! Root with another wicket.

:dance:

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England win and lead 1-0 in the series!!!! 169 runs is the margin.

:bow:

Aussies. :haha:

[LDG]

England win and lead 1-0 in the series!!!! 169 runs is the margin.

:bow:

Aussies. :haha:


:scarf:

Get in! :woohoo:

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Second test:

Aussies 337-1 after the first day.

Bell dropped Smith on 50. :doh:

Roger and Smith both got centuries.

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Australia 566-8 Dec

215 for Smith, Fucking Root got him out.

England 85-4, not content with dropping Smith on 50, Bell contributed a massive 1. The berk.

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Warner nearly fell over the boundary rope. :lol:

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Stokes gets his fifty. :bow:

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Five byes from Johnson. :haha:

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175-5, Stokes chops on to his stumps!

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Hopefully Cook can grind it out.

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210-6, not given out yet Butter walks, basically back in the Pavilion before the appeals had ended.

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Cook on to 96!

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Cook chops on to his stumps for 96. :doh:

266-7.

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England all out for 312.

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Rogers is quite dazed.

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Smith is out there now as Rogers retired hurt.

151-0.

This is depressing.

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165-1, off goes Warner.

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210-2, Ali gets Smith, though he had moved on to 58.

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England are 43-3. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

64-6 :doh:

No wait, 64-7.

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64-7. :haha:

Stokes especilally embarrasing himself earlier with his run out.

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101-8, off goes our top scorer Broad. :wave:

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101-9, Root goes for 17.

This is Classic England.

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Australia win by a measly 405 runs. :haha:

[LDG]

Come on England :scarf:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Australia win the toss and bat

That's 2-1 Australia then

[Syn]

James Anderson needs to do something useful. It's been a while.

[Syn]

Right on cue.

[LDG]

34-3 :scarf:

Finn got Smith and Clarke. Anderson had previously dismissed Warner as Syn suggested above.

Come on England. Tank 'em.

[LDG]

And the rain comes down :(

[PGFC]

Rain :yawn:

[Syn]

Anderson's turned up. Overcast. Swinging away at 85mph. He fancies this.

Aus 84-5. Anderson 3-15.

[LDG]

As soon as we get Rogers, we'll skittle the rest for 50-odd.

[Syn]

World class. Incredible bowler.

[LDG]

Perhaps we don't need Rogers' wicket :lol:

Jimmy :bow:

86-6

[PGFC]

:cloud9:

[Syn]

Finn's provided good support at the other end. England still have a lot of work to do, the tail will wag. Get them out for under 180 and it's a top effort.

[Syn]

Good hold by Stokes. More difficult than it looked. Really should've put a fiver on an Anderson 5fer. Knew it'd happen.

On comes Broad to offer some pies.

[Syn]

Rain. Fuck, guess I better do some work. Done nuffin all day.

[LDG]

I love it when Mitchell Johnson trudges off.

[PGFC]

Be better if he limped off, but hey...

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110-8! Broad gets Old Man Rogers!

[Syn]

Rogers gone. 110-8. Extra zip from broad.

[LDG]

:dance:

[LDG]

Broady!! :bow:

119-9, Starc goes!!!

[Syn]

Fantastic from Anderson. Different class.

Last chance for Lyth and Bell at the top order. Will be tough, I suspect Starc will tear England up.

[Syn]

if Bell scores a hundred, Maccy had said he'll resign as Goonersweb mod. And he will because Bell is still England's best batsman.

[Syn]

A beautiful Ian Bell cover drive and he moves on to 28 off 24 balls. Maccy is absolutely cacking it. His GW modship is in real danger. Bell is the only batsman worth watching for England. Root gets runs but he doesn't look as good as Bell while getting them. Ozil V Lampard debate tbf. Bell plays the beautiful game.

[LDG]

Bell went for 53.

England finish the day 133-3

Hopefully we can stick another 200 on the board tomorrow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bell. :haha:

Never change. And on his homeground. :doh:

Still, his 100 against Bangladesh/West Indies/Pakistan will be coming soon.

In more important news;

Aussies. :haha:

England. :bow:

[LDG]

Nice sunny day.

Bat 'em up!

300 at least please England.

[LDG]

Oh dear.

[LDG]

Shit. Root just gave his wicket away.

182-6

We've let 'em back in.

[LDG]

Buttler :doh:

190-7

:rose:

[LDG]

221-7 at Lunch

This could have been a bit better :(

Oh well.

[Syn]

Fine innings by Moeen.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lahy2wDgBy1qz8tj3.jpg

[LDG]

He's whacking them all over the place! :bow:

:dance:

277-7

Aussies :haha:

[LDG]

Shit. Spoke too soon :(

Broad gets sent on his way :(

277-8

[Syn]

Moeen gone, caught at third man.

278-9.

Probably enough on the board but need to get Warner early.

[LDG]

All out for 281.

Bugger.

[LDG]

This could be all over by tomorrow lunch time :lol:

[Syn]

Might need to be. Saturday forecast is terrible.

Hate how Rogers bats. Plodding about like a fat Chanderpaul. Never plays a shot.

[LDG]

Warner off like a rocket.

[LDG]

Broad sends Rogers on his way.

17-1

[PGFC]

Rogers :wave:


15 seconds? 1-out, 2-out, 3-out...

[LDG]

Warner looks in ominous form :(

[LDG]

Finn gets Smith!! Caught by Buttler

62-2

[Syn]

Unplayable from Finn.

Aus 77-4

[LDG]

:woohoo:

[Syn]

Finn cleans up Marsh. What incredibly poor technique. Could drive a bus through bat and pad.

[LDG]

Batting :lol:

I remember those days.

[LDG]

Once Warner goes. It's all over.

[Syn]

anderson gets him.

Could be be over today! :haha:

[LDG]

Jimmy you fucking ledge! :dance:

[LDG]

168-7 at close.

Aussies lead by 23 runs.

Should really be over by lunch tomorrow.

[Syn]

England about to win by 8 wickets. Bell top total run scorer in the match. Two classy fifties from him under pressure. Match ultimately won by Anderson and Finn though.

Probably no Anderson for the rest of the series though - has a brilliant record at Trent Bridge so will be missed by England.

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8 balls into the Australian innings and they've lost 3 wickets. :blink:

10/3.

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15/4. Broad gets his 3rd.

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What a catch by Ben Stokes! Best I've seen in a long time.

4 for Broad.

21/5.

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That was the most outrageous catch I've ever seen :bow:

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLuB48jXAAAedOU.png

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLuB4uXW8AAo07X.png

:lol:

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Clarke gone.

29/6. Broad has 5.

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29-6 wow! Australia's soon to be ex-captain is out.

[Syn]

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Finn gets Nevill

33-7.

[PGFC]

lol 33-7

[LDG]

:haha:

Ashes is coming home :dance:

[LDG]

46-8

Starc goes :lol:

[Syn]

47-9.

Broad 7-11.

[PGFC]

:haha: Stop it! it hurts now...

[LDG]

:haha:

[LDG]

Jesus. I only just tuned in expecting to get a lunch time (ish) update.

I didn't expect us to have (pretty much) bowled them out in 90mins :lol:

[Syn]

Huge ironic cheers as Australia reach 50. :lol:

[PGFC]

:clap: 60 all out, wow.

[LDG]

:haha:

[Nozza!]

Oi, plebs, 'oos this geezer Extras? After top scoring I reckon he should be moved up the order...

[Letters]

:clap: 60 all out, wow.

Wenger Out!

[Marc Overmars]

Is that the lowest Ashes innings ever?

[Letters]

I would 60 to be an Aussie fan right now.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Is that the lowest Ashes innings ever?

Don't think so, but you'd going back probably before the Second World War

I remember being off ill from work when Australia were bowled out for 47 against the Saffas, bit of a recovery from 23-9 if I remember ha ha

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

They have Big weakness with seam movement, just like we have big issue with the short bouncer

[Heisenberg]

What a morning :haha:

[PGFC]

Oi, plebs, 'oos this geezer Extras? After top scoring I reckon he should be moved up the order...

Rumour has it he's going to replace Clarke as captain for the last test.

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Aussies. :haha:

What a trainwreck.

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32-1 Lyth just dropped the Ashes.

[Letters]

Are they Tottenham in disguise?

[Syn]

Root's on to 75 with minimal fuss. Some lovely striking through the off-side.

174-3.

[Syn]

http://t.co/CpI2fkkXLE

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Hopefully we bat sensibly, no reason for us to go into bat again

That said Bairstow obviously isn't enjoying being at the crease, trying every possible way to get himself out.

[Syn]

Have seen Bairstow bat a few times now. Fuck knows how he's averaging about 100 in county cricket. An absolute chancer, all bottom hand. But he's on 70 so he's got the job done.

249-3. Should end with a lead of 200. Feel sorry for those buying day 4 tickets.

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269-4 Bairstow went for 74.

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Great to have a 200 + run lead end of day one, but I honestly think we need to try and push on (putting in a night watchman is a positive sign that we want to build on this innings).

400+, I'm sure as I can be we won't be batting again.

[LDG]

Still :haha:

Broad :bow:

Root :bow:

Ponting :haha:

Warne :haha:

Bradman :haha:

Waugh (what is he good for) :haha:

Johnson :haha:

Ponting :haha:

Ponting :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'd have seen more of the Ashes series in Australia than this one. :doh:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

That's working office hours for you

So far live I've only seen Day four of the first test and bits of day two of the third test

All courtesy of drinking in pubs

[Letters]

269-4 Bairstow went for 74.

He did better than...Australia then. :d

[LDG]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/32809888

Racist BBC

@ 10.42

"Doing The Broady"

AOC is mixed up with Kieran Gibbs

:haha:

EDIT: They've changed it rather hastily :lol:

[LDG]

Mark Wood (as night watchman) already has more runs than any Aussie batsman in their 1st Innings :lol:

[Syn]

Something Sherwood-esque about him.

[LDG]

Root goes for 130.

301-5

[LDG]

Wood goes.

319-6

[Syn]

Groundsmen have wrecked the pitch overnight :haha:

this will be over today.

[LDG]

We've kinda taken our eye off the game now. We should have posted up 400 really.

Meh. They can't bat against any kind of movement, so wouldn't expect us to bat again anyway....

333-8

[LDG]

I say that, and then Broad and Moeen rock up to the party. Whack!

381-8

[LDG]

Moeen is out.

I'm putting the Maccys on them.

390-9

[Syn]

Imagine declaring in the second innings of a match before lunch on day 2. #decent wumming from Cook.

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4 leg byes to start the innings. Extras off to a flyer again.

[LDG]

:lol:

[LDG]

Is he called Bruce Extras?

[LDG]

FINALLY

Stokes gets Rogers courtesy of a Root catch.

113-1

Let the collapse commence! (please)

[LDG]

It's happening! :haha:

Stokes gets Warner :wave:

Stokes gets Marsh :wave:

Broad gets Smith :wave:

Come on Clarke, try and smack through that moving ball again :haha:

[PGFC]

:)


:wave: Clarke

[LDG]

:haha:

Captaincy :rose:

[Syn]

If Anderson was fit this would've been over in record time. Voges, Neville etc. - there's no real quality in this Aussie line up apart from Smith and Clarke, and they're both struggling for form. You can't let Ben Stokes take three wickets, that's just silly.

[LDG]

Smith



:lol:

Come on sin. If you can't bat on anything but a fairweather wicket, you ain't that great.

Much as I'd love to take the piss out of Clarke, I really do rate him. No idea why he's trying to hit everything though.

[Syn]

His record's too good to ignore - has got runs away at all places. But he does need to prove he can sustain it.

Race for England to win the ashes before football starts. They have until 12.45 to take 3 wickets. And then it's time to laugh at Man Utd or Tottenham (or both).

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I remember the last day of the fifth test at the Oval (which would be ten years ago next month).

Warne and McGrath making me brick it as they tore into us in the morning session (was freshly out of uni so was a jobless bum back then so watching it on channel 4), then taking my then girlfriend back to her place during the afternoon who was in a huff with me for no reason whatsoever (it's called being a woman, she's engaged to some other poor sod now so that's his problem ha ha). Part of me wanted to be apologetic, part of me cared more about whether Pietersen was still at the crease.
And then the farce of the Australians coming out to bat for an over or so which I caught round hers, before the umpires lifting the bales off to end the greatest test series of all time in the most anti climatic way possible.

Won't be the same fanfare this time you'd suspect, given that we've won three ashes series back to back since that time.

It will be sweet though given that they were the huge favourites, and Joe Root and the last stand cameos from our tail Enders aside our batting is abject and has been for about three years now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Skittle them out please.

:popcorn:

[Syn]

Apparently, a statement from Cricket Australia is expected shortly. Rumours that Michael Clarke will announce his retirement.

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242-8, off goes Starc for a duck!

Stokes with six-for now.

[Syn]

Cook should have a bowl.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cook needs to stay away from the ball after his circus act in the slips yesterday.

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How come it's the tailenders that are learning not to chase after wide ones?

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243-9, Hazlewood castled by Wood!

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Voges gets his half century.

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Lyon is going to summon the spirit of Agar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England regain the Ashes!!!

:bow:

Aussies. :haha:

England. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Is that Ponting commentating on my dodgy stream?

"....Well done England" :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah, that's Sky's commentary.

He has been interesting to listen to. Still a dick though.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I thought it would be over within the Morning session, but within fourty minutes and with the addition of only 12 runs.

Was it ten overs or less? Will the celebrating crowd also get their money back?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

British Bulldog and Macho Man have turned up I think.

:unsure:

[LDG]

:scarf:

[Syn]

There's a kid (Sam Curran) who's only just turned 17 for Surrey who bowls 85 mph+ and is taking wickets for Surrey. Should play him in the 5th test. Would be the greatest work experience placement since Oxford showed he had bigger balls than Ramsey and Ozil combined.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

There's a kid (Sam Curran) who's only just turned 17 for Surrey who bowls 85 mph+ and is taking wickets for Surrey. Should play him in the 5th test. Would be the greatest work experience placement since Oxford showed he had bigger balls than Ramsey and Ozil combined.

That wouldn't be saying a lot.

[Syn]

#Decent start to the weekend.

http://s15.postimg.org/pml343lbf/IMG_0572.png

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

#Decent start to the weekend.

http://s15.postimg.org/pml343lbf/IMG_0572.png

You need to charge your phone

Is that just a one test series?....or more to follow?

And to be fair India are awful at the moment

[Syn]

3 tests, Sri Lanka 1-0 up atm. Sangakarra's retired. Great player.

I'm going to the Oval tomorrow. There's a protest about the state of cricket at 10 am tomorrow outside the ground. As if any one's going to turn up an hour early for a day of test match cricket lasting 8 hours to observe a 3 minute silence. Idiots.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Fucking Lyth, about as useful as a hip replacement made from Lego

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn's no ball on Smith. :haha:

He was miles over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England all out for 149.

Aussies enforce the follow-on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Warne and Holding have turned in to aliens now. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England still haven't scored a run in this second innings. :sarcy:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

19-1, Lyth goes for a stunning 10. :rolleyes:

England have scored 19 runs in 12 overs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bell edges, drops short of Clarke.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 153-5, Cook is trying to grind it out but I don't really see the point, nobody else is batting around him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

175-5 now, Cook is on 79.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

203-6, Cook goes for 83.

And the close of play. A test match getting to the fourth day. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Australia win by an innings and 46 runs, England win the series 3-2.

The Ashes. :bow:

Welcome back.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Strange series, Australia scored more runs and took more wickets than we did

Our batting been a big problem for years, Cook used to be a century making machine but just lost his edge

Inconsistent really....Joe Root player of the series

Lack of real drama in any of the matches.....not one going to a fifth day....is this the way Test Cricket is going?

[Syn]

Lack of real drama in any of the matches.....not one going to a fifth day....is this the way Test Cricket is going?

Test Cricket isn't going any particular way, apart from down. run rates are a bit faster now, and scored a little higher - all to do with flatter pitches and better bats. Shot selection was more important when you couldn't top edge a short ball for six.

Off to the Oval now to watch Surrey in the old benson and hedges. Looking forward to a good knock from sangakarra and good bowling by the curran brothers.

[Syn]

Glos beat Surrey in the RLODC final. Epic match, last over victory from a seemingly impossible situation. Sam Curran is a helluva player. Barely17 years old, bowls like Anderson and bats like Pieterson.