The Ashes 2009 thread

can't wait for the excuses and blaming the upires/grounsdsmen/weather/to follow, nearly as entertaining as the cricket

ricky seemed quite happy with his little medallion!

but a poor loser with some of the comments he just made

what's that skippy?

sorry didn't quite catch that?

oh you overestimated your abilities and underestimated the opposition. oh well.

*The result means Ricky Ponting has become the first Australian captain in 119 years to lose two Ashes series in England.

The defeat also means Australia lose their No.1 Test ranking and could slip as low as fourth spot if Sri Lanka defeat New Zealand in this week's Test in Colombo. *

So, shittest team ever.

hippy that is a bit unfair, this australian team has some great players, and played better over five test matches.. remember that when you hand out the medicine as often as australia, sometimes you have to take it. that is why you have great sportmen and women..

michael clarke will be captain one day.. north, haddin etc will all have great careers..

i grew up watching the west indies dominate in the late seventies and most of the eighties.. and i fell in love with cricket because of the likes of viv richards, michael holding, gary sobers, even chanderpaul, ambrose and lara.. nothing to do with being half sri lankan..

both teams need to improve if they are going to win away from home.

hippy that is a bit unfair, this australian team has some great players, and played better over five test matches..

funny how people keep saying they played the better cricket, they clearly didn't.

they had some extremely strong sessions, and dominated the whole game at headingly, no more than that really

One of my friends just claimed on his facebook profile that Stuart Broad deserves a knighthood as much as (if not more than) Chris Hoy.

Proven best in the world at what he does > team player who has so far contributed one great performance in an ashes series

both teams need to improve if they are going to win away from home.

+1

funny how people keep saying they played the better cricket, they clearly didn't.

they had some extremely strong sessions, and dominated the whole game at headingly, no more than that really

that last wicket in the first test has proven costly.

well done chaps, see you next christmas.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/07/glenn-mcgrath-ashes-australia-england

hippy that is a bit unfair, this australian team has some great players, and played better over five test matches.. remember that when you hand out the medicine as often as australia, sometimes you have to take it. that is why you have great sportmen and women..

michael clarke will be captain one day.. north, haddin etc will all have great careers..

i grew up watching the west indies dominate in the late seventies and most of the eighties.. and i fell in love with cricket because of the likes of viv richards, michael holding, gary sobers, even chanderpaul, ambrose and lara.. nothing to do with being half sri lankan..

We have great sportsmen and women because coach potatos like me work hard at calling them useless shitebags when they don't win. "I tried my best" doesn't gel with Joe 24-Pack. Win or start gooling "seppuku".. :)

I'm only half joking about this too. They'll get ripped at home for losing.

Bring back Boon!

you have highly achieving sportsmen/women (i refuse to use the word 'great' as that suggests some humility and lack of conceit) because australia has little else to be proud of. no culture and little of achievement outside sport. what culture it does have is not supported as the indigenous people and their culture has been suppressed, most of the cultural and literal intelligentsia have the foresight to leave to achieve recognition and success, i'm still trying to figure out what talents the resident forum antipodeans are trying to export to the mother country?

Sir Les Patterson is fucking funny though!

you have highly achieving sportsmen/women (i refuse to use the word 'great' as that suggests some humility and lack of conceit) because australia has little else to be proud of. no culture and little of achievement outside sport.

what culture it does have is not supported as the indigenous people and their culture has been suppressed, most of the cultural and literal intelligentsia have the foresight to leave to achieve recognition and success, i'm still trying to figure out what talents the resident forum antipodeans are trying to export to the mother country?

Fuck off, you've never even been there.

Need I remind you that it was the English that "suppressed the indigenous people", where suppressed is more like "wholesale slaughtered".

Actually fuck right off. I'm not even bothering with this shit.

...and that's it, he's got him! he's gone..
Smythe bowls one just outside off with a hint of swing back into the batsman, Hippy went straight for the drive but mis-timed it and spooned that one right into the hands of the waiting feildsman..what a soft way to end the Australian innings..

bingo! i knew it wouldn't take long :-)

...and that's it, he's got him! he's gone..
Smythe bowls one just outside off with a hint of swing back into the batsman, Hippy went straight for the drive but mis-timed it and spooned that one right into the hands of the waiting fieldsman..what a soft way to end the Australian innings..

ok, judging by the description, which field placing is likely to have taken the catch?

prize for the 1st correct answer.

2nd slip?

edit: actually if it's spooned then it's not an edge - misread

mid off

correct!

have a biscuit:

I love a good rich tea

Well done. Deserved win.

this is actually quite funny, the whinging hasn't taken long :

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25970937-5001505,00.html

*After England's latest South African-born hero Jonathan Trott made 119 on debut in the fifth Test, it seems the Rainbow Nation is more of a factor than the Mother Country in this Ashes. *
*Statistics don't lie and the three ex-South Africans - captain Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen and Trott - sit on top of England's batting averages in the series. *
*Strauss is the Ashes top run-scorer and has averaged 52.6, injured Pietersen averaged 38 after the first two Tests and Trott averages 80 after his debut Test. And another former South African, wicketkeeper Matt Prior, isn't far away with an Ashes average of 32.62. *
*Between them the four South Africans have made 1048 runs this series - more than 40 per cent of England's total. *
*To further twist the knife, Trott, speaking in a strong South African accent, poked fun at Australia by claiming he could not understand its sledging at The Oval. *
*Trott had brought back bad old memories of how Pietersen batted England to Ashes glory in the final Ashes Test in 2005. *
*Like the brash Pietersen, Trott is happy to fight fire with fire against Australia. *
*He laughed as he insisted he could not understand Australia's verbal barrage. "There were a few things said, but that's fine. I didn't really understand it anyway," Trott said. *

there is a bit at the end about Trott's connection to another Trott who represented england and australia and how he was saying "ask my grandad about him" only they fail to mention he lives in Kent, yet the english media didn't edit that sentence out :-)

*The result means Ricky Ponting has become the first Australian captain in 119 years to lose two Ashes series in England.

The defeat also means Australia lose their No.1 Test ranking and could slip as low as fourth spot if Sri Lanka defeat New Zealand in this week's Test in Colombo. *

So, shittest team ever.

LOSERS....................... ;o))))

this is actually quite funny, the whinging hasn't taken long :

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25970937-5001505,00.html

*After England's latest South African-born hero Jonathan Trott made 119 on debut in the fifth Test, it seems the Rainbow Nation is more of a factor than the Mother Country in this Ashes. *
*Statistics don't lie and the three ex-South Africans - captain Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen and Trott - sit on top of England's batting averages in the series. *
*Strauss is the Ashes top run-scorer and has averaged 52.6, injured Pietersen averaged 38 after the first two Tests and Trott averages 80 after his debut Test. And another former South African, wicketkeeper Matt Prior, isn't far away with an Ashes average of 32.62. *
*Between them the four South Africans have made 1048 runs this series - more than 40 per cent of England's total. *
*To further twist the knife, Trott, speaking in a strong South African accent, poked fun at Australia by claiming he could not understand its sledging at The Oval. *
*Trott had brought back bad old memories of how Pietersen batted England to Ashes glory in the final Ashes Test in 2005. *
*Like the brash Pietersen, Trott is happy to fight fire with fire against Australia. *
*He laughed as he insisted he could not understand Australia's verbal barrage. "There were a few things said, but that's fine. I didn't really understand it anyway," Trott said. *

there is a bit at the end about Trott's connection to another Trott who represented england and australia and how he was saying "ask my grandad about him" only they fail to mention he lives in Kent, yet the english media didn't edit that sentence out :-)

why are they so worried about south africans anyway? didn't they beat them to become the best in the world? maybe a nation that is inherently racist has a problem with all this, but I've never heard anyone here moan that an aus/kiwi/saffer batsman was born elsewhere. And what of our players with pakistani/indian origins? are they also under scrutiny? no, I thought not.

Anyone know if there's going to be an open top bus? I'm more than keen for some flag waving and high jinx in Trafalgar Square if so