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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Good god this is a cracking test match though. You could not have asked for a more unpredictable, dramatic chain of events in the opening two days. Delicately poised too.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Yeah. So much... Never write off an Australian side ever. Never, ever, ever gone.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Anyone drawing the comparison with brisbane last series should stop to save themselves the heartache. That aussie side last time comprised the worst attack ever assembled. Crocked Hilfenhaus, crocked Bollinger, Xavier Doherty, random cameo from Michael Beer, and the leader of the attack....bowls...
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    They look like a couple of bowlers getting accustomed to new conditions really. Still think the Starc selection is a poor one though.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Neither Starc nor Pattinson has gotten out of second gear yet.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Australia's attack hasn't even gotten going yet. Not sure what to make of this game.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    About even stevens so far. Bowling making things look tougher than they are imo, very good stuff from the quicks, and early signs good from Agar. This is a 400 wicket I reckon
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Not to mention Tasmania and NT Argue otherwise if you're that sure. I'm just saying what's held to be common knowledge. There are other "big" series, but the Ashes is the "biggest" and a test championship should usurp it.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Hilfenhaus's back is ****ed. Robbed him of the venom and late swing he once had. The last time he was in any sort of nick was the 09 ashes. Tragic story is hilf, he was an elite talent.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    You can say that, and that's great. But players over the years have suggested otherwise. I've not suggested international fans care more about the ashes than anything else - that's absurd. But the ashes is the only series that captures global interest.
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    KP has played 94 tests? Where the **** has the time gone
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Like if we're being honest (no disrespect to other the nations), the world only really watches when the ashes are on. Like, the world cup is big, but if we're calling test cricket the ultimate, the Ashes is the ultimate of the ultimate. It is the original cricket contest. I have always found it...
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    The guy does raise an important issue though - there is some degree of danger in Australian cricket's current predicament, in that if it is the start of something more permanent, the game could lose the ashes as a centrepiece contest. That would be a hammer blow to test cricket. Cricket has...
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    Um, because it wasn't born in a superpower nation that culturally shaped and exported things to much of the planet at a formative stage? Also that's not necessarily my view of the game, it is how the game is considered by the wider populace, hence its extreme popularity across much of the...
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    As I've said before, the trouble is the uniqueness of Australian rules football as a product. There is no equivalent situation anywhere else in the world. It steals athletes of all types, from all sports, and is a stunning spectator sport (though they're doing their best to hurt it with dumb...
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    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge

    England will win the toss and bat, be 5/50 after a slice of alright from patto_man
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Pattinson, Harris and BIrd as the frontline quicks is a risk on evidence, all three having broken down of late and one, we know, needing to manage a chronic injury. If Harris goes down mid-test, a workhorse to pick up overs would be a huge help. But preparing for a rainy day ahead of fielding...
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    *Official* Warm up Matches Discussion

    Look, clearly you're bitter. Whatever. Kid'll be fine as his body finishes developing and will have a great career.
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    *Official* Warm up Matches Discussion

    Yeah he travelled with the team as a non-playing member, then took part in a couple of lower div matches with...Ireland I think? Last I heard he pulled up well and is back in Australia now to continue whatever program they've got him on. Edit: from his twitter - "Going to miss Northern Ireland...
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    *Official* Warm up Matches Discussion

    Cummins is not short of fitness. He is short of maturity. There is a substantial difference. Tait struggled for fitness, and that is why his body broke down so tremendously often - soft tissue, ligaments, weight problems - to go with bowling stress. Cummins is a superb athlete. He is simply...
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