06-07-2009, 04:20 PM
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- Any dropped catch will be compared to Warne shelling KP on the final day at The Oval.
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07-07-2009, 02:37 PM
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Cricket Web - Ashes HQ: Freddie's Ashes - The Sequel
Can't hold back the Freddie love any longer, his time is now (again)
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07-07-2009, 07:00 PM
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07-07-2009, 10:22 PM
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Is there any way I can stop getting ****tons of emails about this thing a day? Would be greatly appreciated, as I don't care.
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47.3 W Coppinger to Heads
Smacked the ball straight into the groin of Iwuajoku who has fallen over,
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08-07-2009, 07:48 AM
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08-07-2009, 08:26 AM
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 Called it. Nasser showed a montage of Warney's wickets & went for "he'll be here with us for the rest of the week" this time. |
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08-07-2009, 02:18 PM
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England had two fall to play ons today...think i only remember one maybe two inside edges past the stumps..not a great ratio given how much you see chinese cuts happen in cricket these days. Similarly i only remember a couple at most edges short of a fielder.
Thought Australia bowled well in periods but also at times bowled poorly...wouldn't say they were the better team by a country mile. They went missing for the whole of the middle session and had a very poor spell around the second new ball before coming back at the end.
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08-07-2009, 02:23 PM
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Yep agree with this, and they (the Aussies) didn't actually look like taking a wicket at first until Cook did one of his trademark prods. Think there were massive periods of the game when we were comfortably on top and the Crims looked clueless. but it's a game of opinions I suppose...
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08-07-2009, 02:40 PM
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Yeah, think UC watching a different game to me. At least twice (with KP/Colly and Fred/Prior going) we were in the driving seat and then handed the initiative back with daft shots.
Australian fielding would get a pass mark at best too. Clarke shelled a difficult chance from KP, overthrows were conceded because of no backing up and twice Hughes allowed boundaries he might've stopped. |
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08-07-2009, 05:08 PM
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08-07-2009, 05:13 PM
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More to the point though, I'd say England played poorly because there's not a single contribution you'd be particularly happy with. Cook? Let's not go there. Strauss? Didn't score enough runs. Bopara? Looked like getting out, then got out. Colly looked solid, then lost his concentration when he could have been on for a big one. KP looked worse than I've ever seen him, but did well to get into the 60s before playing the most horrendous shot I've ever seen. You really want something more substantial from Prior and Flintoff. Anyhow, I can only call it as I see it, and Australia definitely looked the better side to me. So it's a bit surprising to look at the scoreboard at the end of the day and see England in such a strong position. |
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