The Ashes 2009 thread

who?

some aussie. Hayden?

Haha fuckin' losers.. bring back Boon!

some aussie. Hayden?

He's a Queenslander though, and they are retarded.

right superb day so far for england.....but we all know that an england collapse is on the cards just to keep it interesting...please prove me wrong!

i think this game will be tight. i can't see us getting anywhere near 350-400 on this pitch.
be nice if more than one batman gets over 50 though.

not to put a dampener on everyone's fun, but this is the weather forecast for Brum

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/2102?count=10

Could have done without those last 40 odd runs. Hope Johnson sprays it around a bit like he has all series.
I agree that 400 will be unlikely with this movement. Lose early wickets and the batting line up doesn't inspire confidence.

Hope he sprays it around enough for there to be sufficient danger of knocking some stupid English heads off.

:)

Could have done without those last 40 odd runs. Hope Johnson sprays it around a bit like he has all series.
I agree that 400 will be unlikely with this movement. Lose early wickets and the batting line up doesn't inspire confidence.

yeah we lost a bit of momentum with the last wicket partnership.

a lot depends on whether the ball continues to move around like it did when england were reaking havoc with the Oz batsmen

oops.

1-1

ulp

uh oh

looks like the game is on

It must be really zinging around. Has anyone got pictures?

here we go :(

Yup, I'm worried by our batting line-up. Bopara has looked really poor technically so far, Bell whilst he did ok in the last Ashes series has been out the team for a while. Then our middle order is lightweight to say the least.

Im more worried by our age old ability to collapse. whenever England get in to bat i get the heeby-jeebies

It must be really zinging around. Has anyone got pictures?

No it's not, Cook is just shit.

It must be really zinging around. Has anyone got pictures?

It's not moving as much as it did for the english bowlers.

They must've been on drugs. ;p

...and picking the seam.

the coke bottle top on one side and zinc cream on the other.

they cheat... and smell like cod.

Graham F*cking Taylor. Get that man away from the ground, he is a curse on success.