The Ashes

[Cardie]

Cricket is the new football.

 

And last year Rugby was the new football yet it dissapeared into obscurity (relatively speaking) once the world cup was over.

 

If anything Cricket is the new Rugby.

[Nick Leeson]

Cricket is not a sport. Any event which has fat people in it, when there is no advantage to be gained from being fat, such as sumo wrestling, is not a sport. Cricket has fat people in it who are only fat because they booze and can't be arsed training.

 

Darts in not a sport. It's a game. Snooker is not a sport. It's a game. Football is not a game.

[cochcaer]

325 - 7 Jones having a mare behind the stumps

[MLB]

Fucking hell, this is some dramatic shit.

[Spy Bee]

I can't hardly watch. Fucking what a series!

[Stouffer]

Cricket is not a sport. Any event which has fat people in it, when there is no advantage to be gained from being fat, such as sumo wrestling, is not a sport. Cricket has fat people in it who are only fat because they booze and can't be arsed training.

 

Darts in not a sport. It's a game. Snooker is not a sport. It's a game. Football is not a game.

 

I bet your one of those blokes who loves really fat birds aren't you skeet? Your defiance is soo tell-tale! ;)

[Spy Bee]

4 runs - come on!

[Stouffer]

Come on you fooking beauty!

[cochcaer]

I wish Gilcrest would feck off with his 'c'mon warney' 'nice one shane' bollix. Hear his feckin voice all day.

[Stouffer]

GET IN! might have meself a couple of beers now

[cochcaer]

Get in!

[Stouffer]

I wish Gilcrest would feck off with his 'c'mon warney' 'nice one shane' bollix. Hear his feckin voice all day.

 

Bet he feels a right prick now. Aussie twat! :yes:

[Stouffer]

Piece of piss (hic)

 

All we need is for it to piss down for the final test and the ashes are ours! :party:

[cochcaer]

Fully deserved that and now to finish the job off.

[Kopite]

Crims have to win the 5th test or The Ashes are ours.

 

Get in, f*cking superb. Got my England shirt (Cricket) on now.

[MLB]

Gilchrist does my head in. Why doesn't he just bum Warne and get it over with.

[Dirk]

Gilchrist does my head in. Why doesn't he just bum Warne and get it over with.

 

I wish he would fuck off with his 'Well bowled Warner' and the strangled 'Nice ball Shine'

[Kopite]

Gilchrist does my head in. Why doesn't he just bum Warne and get it over with.

 

Maybe we should buy Gillespie a new caravan and get him to take Gilchrist with him.

[cochcaer]

Maybe we should buy Gillespie a new caravan and get him to take Gilchrist with him.

 

Norty, you know how hurtful that is too poor ol Dizzy.

 

It's a shame SGE doesn't take note of what a youthful hungry team can do rather than clinging to Captain Becks.

 

PS, Despite the win I'd drop Ian Bell if he doesn't start digging in soon.

[barosrocks]

Yer only jealous coz the Irish cricket team got beat by Scotland...

 

Kind of proves my point, if Scotland can beat someone at it, it can't be a real sport!! :tease:

[Vincent Vega]

Message to the Paddies and Norgies, if you don't like cricket then please ignore it, after all you don't hear us limeys whingeing about hurling, gaelic football and snow related shite.

 

I've been a cricket fan since I was a kid and I've watched defeat after defeat watching the England team. Now after years of suffering, I'm watching the world's best bowling attack (England) take the piss out of our nemisis. Psychologically we have found it extremely difficult to get over the line in all the matches we have played against the Aussies, but that is the hold they have over us. We are dominant and in compete control, but because we are playing the Aussies we always have a mountain to climb even when we are well on top. They are an aging team and without Warne and McGrath I see nothing to fear.

 

A question for the cricket fans, Gerraint Jones or Chris Read? For me it's Jones all way, despite the fumbles, the runs he can contribute get my backing.

[cochcaer]

A question for the cricket fans, Gerraint Jones or Chris Read? For me it's Jones all way, despite the fumbles, the runs he can contribute get my backing.

 

Chris Read, only this week the Aussie head of our academy was bigging him up. But I'm more concerned about Bell and his inability to link the openers and the two middle order big hitters. Be tempted to give Collingwood a shout.

 

But as we won best maintaining team spirit with an unchanged side - should Jones be fit.

[Vincent Vega]

Chris Read, only this week the Aussie head of our academy was bigging him up. But I'm more concerned about Bell and his inability to link the openers and the two middle order big hitters. Be tempted to give Collingwood a shout.

 

But as we won best maintaining team spirit with an unchanged side - should Jones be fit.

 

I agree about Collingwood deserving his chance cochaer, and also about the fact that sticking with a a winnining team is the right thing to do. I'd deffo go with Jones over Read though, I think he contributes more to our results than Read would.

 

Gotta love watching bleached blonde knobs get the treatment from our quicks.

[cochcaer]

Gotta love watching bleached blonde knobs get the treatment from our quicks.

 

Even better reading the Aussie press as they wheel out accusations of ball-tampering, homer refs and 'super subs'.

 

But in truth it's an aged squad and the marathon might be too much for them. Still be glad when Warne finally retires.

[liver bird]

only other time I took any sort of interest in the england cricket team was when they played south africa in 1998 was it ? ever since then not took one iota of interest but this ashes series has been fantastic and the last 15 runs were nailbiting stuff I felt as nervous as I do with football ,edge of the stuff for me ,cracking stuff it was and anyone who didn't think so must not have watched it .