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*Official* Ashes Build Up
- Thread starter Neil Pickup
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onemangang
Banned
I believe it will be much closer than that, England have a very good test side if they put up a decent total then anything can happen.
English batters gotta play Warne well, and Gough/Jones/Hoggard will really have to perform well to get Aussies out twice.
It will be a close series!
TendulkarMark2
Banned
I guess the Uncle would be getter richer!
The Argonaut
State Vice-Captain
Marc -
I have a bet with my Uncle that it won't finish 5-0 - should succeed in that
Yes it will probably rain enough in one of the tests that it will force a draw.
Looks like Mark Waugh will survive as Lehmann didn't get enough runs on the weekend. Clarke is not ready for test cricket yet. He needs a good full season. Maher and Love should be higher on the pecking order behind Lehmann.
I have a bet with my Uncle that it won't finish 5-0 - should succeed in that
Yes it will probably rain enough in one of the tests that it will force a draw.
Looks like Mark Waugh will survive as Lehmann didn't get enough runs on the weekend. Clarke is not ready for test cricket yet. He needs a good full season. Maher and Love should be higher on the pecking order behind Lehmann.
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
Waugh is dropped, looking good for the win
Paid The Umpire
All Time Legend
WA 6-178
looks grim for england.
looks grim for england.
avalanche_fan
Cricket Spectator
7 wides consecutively.....:frog::frog::frog::frog::frog:
that's worse than agarkar....agarkar and harmison should prob. play for Namibia...
that's worse than agarkar....agarkar and harmison should prob. play for Namibia...
Anil
Hall of Fame Member
I don't agree. Agarkar has sucked big time in tests for the better part of the last 5 years in tests while Harmison has played only one or two so farOriginally posted by avalanche_fan
7 wides consecutively.....:frog::frog::frog::frog::frog:
that's worse than agarkar....agarkar and harmison should prob. play for Namibia...
. It's quite unfair to compare him to Agarkar at this stage of his career.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Added to that, it was a one day game, so his natural line was likely to get penalised.Originally posted by anilramavarma
I don't agree. Agarkar has sucked big time in tests for the better part of the last 5 years in tests while Harmison has played only one or two so farOriginally posted by avalanche_fan
7 wides consecutively.....:frog::frog::frog::frog::frog:
that's worse than agarkar....agarkar and harmison should prob. play for Namibia...
Also, he'd just nearly knocked himself out.
He only played one test, but acquitted himself well in it IMO.
Umpire Money
State Vice-Captain
I was at the WACA yesterday
Hussein played himself into some form.
Crawley looked good
but the bottom order didnt look so good.
The england team had these spots of 20 runs in 5 balls or something then nothing for 8 overs. They did that all day.
Hussein played himself into some form.
Crawley looked good
but the bottom order didnt look so good.
The england team had these spots of 20 runs in 5 balls or something then nothing for 8 overs. They did that all day.
Rik
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah Jones was impressive and to draw only 5 runs from victory with enough wickets in hand basically constitutes to a win really so now the pom bashing can finish for now please...
One other thing why does Hussey average loads in England and do crap in Australia...it can't be the bowling attacks as he just got out for 0 and 14 against England...
One other thing why does Hussey average loads in England and do crap in Australia...it can't be the bowling attacks as he just got out for 0 and 14 against England...
Yeah was a good all-round performance from the team, it's good to see the young fast bowlers doing well and another exciting knock from R.Key (had to get that in :P )
As for your comment on Hussey, maybe it's the same problem as the English batsman, he is so used to the English pitches now and he also needs to have a couple of inngs to get bad into the swing of the quicker pitches, afterall it would have been 7 months from the last time he played at home.
Also you have to remember that Hussey has been batting against all the counties bowlers (Div 2 as well) whereas today he was batting against the best our country has to offer, it's always going to be harder.
[Edited on 30/10/02 by Rich2001]
Rik
Cricketer Of The Year
Thats why there's an extra day in Test Matches...and we might actually have bowled them out if good for nothing Giles was in the team...0 when batting and he has a strange aversion to taking more than one wicket against even State teams all over the world...When will England dump him? I mean Tuffers went for 178 and only picked up one wicket on a flatbed Oval pitch against the Aussies...but earlier at Edgebaston Giles took only 1 for 128 or sommit and yet he goes on the tours in the winter...not much difference between the 2 but like...Giles has been very inimpressive for a while and its really getting to the point of please please please God when will they dump him...The selectors don't seem to understand that a bowler taking 1-54 can still loose you a game while a bowler who takes 5-100 can win you one...the game is based on getting wickets...not keeping the runs down, and in ODIs where Giles should be effective because he keeps the runs down...he's been a bit of a failure too...
