Can England do it.. We're doing garbage at Football..

I hope Anderson gets the nod, I don't reckon Collywobble is up to much :D

COME ON ENGLAND :D

Oh I posted in another thread about this 5th test, LOL

Anyway my comments are in the 4th ashes test thread.

But yes WE WANT TO WIN

Well maybe if we behave the Mods will merge us into one Super Ashes thread :D

But I'm gonna back England to do this.. If not to wipe that smug grin of 'Shaney'

Its Collingwood

England win the toss and elect to bat.

Originally posted by Guderian
England win the toss and elect to bat.


Thank you :rolleyes:

1-0 to England :hihi:

Does anyone know if there's anywhere you can download the C4 adverts for the Ashes?!

BRIIINGIIITTTONNN!!!

:clap: :clap: :clap:

EDIT: Just got the screensaver off the C4 website. Class.

38 - 0 ok at moment.

Originally posted by willman
38 - 0 ok at moment. 39-0 :hihi:

It looks a good wicket to bat on as well.

Come on where is the rain / snow / earthquakes

76-0 we don't need rain to beat Australia :clap:
82-1 :suspect:
94-1 :)

As much as i'd like us to win. :)
I just can't see it happening......last hurdle and all that. :rolleyes:

104-3............... on the slide already :gag:

Originally posted by the_rudeboy
104-3............... on the slide already :gag: time to make it rain people everyone go do one of these

Leave your car sunroof open.

Plan a barbecue

Greet a stranger with the phrase "Ooh, lovely weather we're having, isn't it?"

Dress in tissue paper

Hang your washing out

Take a day out at the seaside

Have a picnic

Get the lawnmower out

:heyhey:

Originally posted by Jon
time to make it rain people everyone go do one of these

Leave your car sunroof open.

Plan a barbecue

Greet a stranger with the phrase "Ooh, lovely weather we're having, isn't it?"

Dress in tissue paper

Hang your washing out

Take a day out at the seaside

Have a picnic

Get the lawnmower out

:heyhey:

Just been in the car park doing a rain dance. :D

115-3 :huh:

COME ON!

133-4 oh dear -we need a good stand by flintoff and straussd here to get us out of serious trouble!!! the ball seems to be moving loads- pity jones isn't in :(

Originally posted by the_rudeboy
Just been in the car park doing a rain dance. :D

It's worked.......in the car park any road. :clap:

originally posted by Scottf
we need a good stand by flintoff and straussd here to get us out of serious trouble

Well they must have heard you, Strauss and ever reliable Flintoff putting a good partnership together.

Originally posted by the_rudeboy
It's worked.......in the car park any road. :clap:

Looking at the weather this morning (9/9) I think you can stop dancing now:rant:

Nice contribution by Giles.

Come on England! :clap:

373 all out, nice to see the tail-enders hit a few runs, poor Lee got 12 wacked off him by Harmison.

Originally posted by peter41
373 all out, nice to see the tail-enders hit a few runs, poor Lee got 12 wacked off him by Harmison.

Poor Lee.

LMAO

:D

Anyone seen this by the way?

click on flights for runs (http://www.britishairways.com/travel/askbainter/public/en_gb?p_search_text=ashes)

more rain plaese.....................

Well we are fighting back again, wickets falling and falling, and the Grand Prix is also on the same time, what does one watch

Should England have taken the light? ..... or do you agree with Mike Atherton that it was unsporting?

They should have taken the light.

If the role was reversed and I am sure Australia would have done the same, we are on the brink of a momentus ashes win.

unsporting? They would have done the same in the same position. you face a 90 mph Brett Lee when you can't see the ball. Same with Warne. how can you judge something you can't clearly see?

Absolutely, get in!! Looks doubtful if any play tonight but still a day to go tomorrow. Here's hoping but 'not counting any chickens etc etc if and until...... ;)

Originally posted by Debk
Should England have taken the light? ..... or do you agree with Mike Atherton that it was unsporting?

Mr Atherton never said it was unsporting, he simply said the umpires made the wrong decision..

Australia took the bad light and to be honest, it wasn't really that dull..

No rules have been broken, this has simply played to Englands Advantage, although I would have preferred an all out playing battle :D :clap:

Vaughan gone, Bell gone to a golden duck, going to be a long, painful day:help:

Originally posted by Dot
Vaughan gone, Bell gone to a golden duck, going to be a long, painful day:help:

Why on earth did Bell play the shot?!

Also, Warne's ball a minute ago....holy cr@p!!

:shocked:

didn't see shot, listening to radio at work

trescothick gone as well, I know this is unpatriotic but I can see us chucking the ashes away:confused:

Originally posted by Dot
didn't see shot, listening to radio at work

trescothick gone as well, I know this is unpatriotic but I can see us chucking the ashes away:confused:

It reminds me of how I felt at half time when I was in Istanbul for the Champion's league final.

It's not nice.

BUT Freddy will be revved up to go at them now, he will not be happy.

We can still do it.

BELIEVE

Im not alone in thinking the hopes are fading fast but I wish we'd not take risks, just play defensive and stay in for GODS SAKE! :rant:

127 for 5 at lunch. Our hopes lie with Pieterson, Collingwood and Jones, maybe a bit of help from Giles, Hoggy and Harmison :help: :help: :help: :help:

It's so English to 'grab defeat from the jaws of victory'. Reminds me of the penalty shoot-outs for the England football team!! :(

Originally posted by Cardinal
It's so English to 'grab defeat from the jaws of victory'. Reminds me of the penalty shoot-outs for the England football team!! :(

Lets have a bit of optimism!

We're still scoring at an ok rate. A few more hours at the crease (minimum) and the Aussies will have their work cut out for them.

BELIEVE!

No no no, it's better to be pessimistic - then at least you're not let down!! ;)

So much for Freddy - gave his wicket up with that shot!!

check out the ashes log on the Beeb site - some funny stuff there!!

Oh dear this is gonna be another nail biting match, 173-5

I can hardly watch it, if Petersen stays in we could get a good score, but you can sense it is gonna be close, hope not.

where is this rain ??????

Cripes. This is incredibly tense. 200-7 – the entire series comes down to what happens in the next hour.

Gulp. :sad:

Originally posted by Greenback
Cripes. This is incredibly tense. 200-7 – the entire series comes down to what happens in the next hour.

Gulp. :sad:

I really hope KP gets his ton.

So deserved.

Get in the young South African!! ;)

Originally posted by Cardinal
Get in the young South African!! ;)

Will you get on with your bleedin' work so we can go home and watch the culmination!!!

:rant:

Originally posted by peter41
where is this rain ??????

Haha what rain, come on England so close, just bat it down to 30 overs with a lead of 285 and then just give the ball a thumping, doesn't matter if we get bowled out then. I feel we could even get a few Aussie wickets before the end of the day.

I think we are there now, overs are going now for the aussies

261-7 still batting.

Originally posted by peter41
I think we are there now, overs are going now for the aussies

I wouldn't feel comfy until we hit a few more runs and there are about 30 overs left.

Originally posted by duffman
I wouldn't feel comfy until we hit a few more runs and there are about 30 overs left.

I don't think I'll be sure until it's over!

But still- party tonight I think! :headbang:

KP for Prime Minister :clap: :clap: :clap:

Freddie for President. :P :D ;) :thumbsup:

Sir Freddy,Sir Kevin I no lest make the whole team sir
:clap: :clap:

Originally posted by owdlad
KP for Prime Minister :clap: :clap: :clap:

Freddie for President. :P :D ;) :thumbsup:

President isn't quite good enough for Freddie. Lord of the Universe has a nice ring to it though. :clap:

297 for 7 and just over 30 overs to go.

I think we should all head down to Walkabout tonight and rub with those lovely aussies that work in there!!!!

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
297 for 7 and just over 30 overs to go.

I think we should all head down to Walkabout tonight and rub with those lovely aussies that work in there!!!!

Haha, I wonder how many have thought of that one ;) Big shout to Giles for his staying power, we could have lost the remaining wickets. D'oh! just as I write this KP is bowled, Great sportsmanship by warne to go up to him and shake his hand :thumbsup:

Sad to hear Richie Benau give his farewell, what a great commentator.

Oh by the way Dick dastrdly, I work sometimes with an Aussi, a very lovely one at that, now do I rub it in that we won or what ;)

At 4:18 I said it was all over, 17:05 and it is definately all over, well Pietersen brill innings in quick time, and Giles is just as good, we were in trouble when he came in, but not anymore.

Yes sad to see Richie saying his farewells, and also C4 loosing the cricket.

Its been an amazing series, and all the players deserve an OBE, they have been brilliant, all of them, its very much a team effort.

Wayhey Giles scores 50 :clap: Lovely stuff lads

I will be sad to see the end of Benaud, he is surely one of the giants of the game, however the same was said of Arlott, and Johnson when they retired yet another great commentator pops up.........who will replace Benaud?

YESS WE ONE :clap: :clap: :clap: START THE PARTY

ENGLAND have Won the ashes....YEAH:clap: :clap: :clap:

Totally deserve it as well! :) :)

wahoo...well done England....!!

:clap:

Top :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: well done. Might get some work dones this week now it's all over!:D

YEEEEEEESSSSSSS! C'mon England Let the party begin :clap: :clap: :clap:

:clap: :clap: :clap: ENGLAND :clap: :clap: :clap:
Ricky Ponting Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating

To Paul my Austalian brother ner ner :P

We lose Richie Benaud :( but we are still stuck with Geoff (I'm amazing) Boycott :mad: !!!!!!

Is there no bloody justice in this world?

Well done the lads and I just hope that the footballing prima-donnas have taken note of what 'commitment', 'sportsmanship', 'endurance', 'pride' and 'guts' looks like - and is responded to by the English public.

And a big well done to the Umpires as well.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Jon
To Paul my Austalian brother ner ner :P [/B]

Haha I can't wait to get back to work and see my Aussie friend, i'm sure she'll enjoy the banter ;)

4ookin brilliant well done England :clap: :clap: My work can come back up my list of interests now and my life back to normal.... :partyhat: :banana:

I had a gut feeling that they were going to do it this time, let's hope they can continue to get better and become the true world champions that they could be.

Originally posted by saxon51
We lose Richie Benaud :( but we are still stuck with Geoff (I'm amazing) Boycott :mad: !!!!!!

Is there no bloody justice in this world?

Well done the lads and I just hope that the footballing prima-donnas have taken note of what 'commitment', 'sportsmanship', 'endurance', 'pride' and 'guts' looks like - and is responded to by the English public.

And a big well done to the Umpires as well.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I like Boycott though, his xenaphobia can be very amusing.

Did anyone else notice they kept him off the the commentary once it became clear we would win?!

:hihi:

I said before this test series that I wouldn't be surprised if England won it. What I didn't expect was the manner in which they bounced back from that first defeat at Lords, continuously rescuing what seemed - at various points - lost causes.

Time and again, this England side found something that has been lacking - when one batsman failed, another gave the innings of his life. The 'tail wagged' (Giles hit 59 for crying out loud!), we have a decent middle order in Pietersen and Freddie and we have a bowling attack which, at least with the fast bowlers is very strong (Freddie, Simon Jones, the dependable Hoggard and Harmison).

And we have a captain who is calm, knows what he is doing and who has the full respect of his team. (He also showed that when you are up against it, you don't lose your rag like Ricky Ponting did.)

To me, the winner was cricket. I've watched England since the mid to late 70s and this was by far the most entertaining, gripping and at times, painful series I have ever watched.

But the spirit in which it was played and the way in which the Aussies have gracefully accepted defeat is what won it for me. This cricket was played with smiling faces and today is a day to be proud to be English and possibly a good opportunity for football to take a good look at itself.

Well played Vaughan and the lads.

:clap:

I just love this post on the ABC cricket forum yesterday, from yes the Administrator!!!!!!!!!!

Hayden and Langer have just be offered and accepted the light to go off. You weak gutless mongrels, you couldn't even go down in this series with a fight.

You two pricks sicken me and I'm embarassed to call myself an Aussie.

I'll volunteer to lead the lynch mob awaiting your return you gutless bloody wonders.

My 'other family', Australian cousins and 2nd cousins appear to have taken their phones off the hook and aren't responding to emails either, hah hah. What goes around comes around :hihi:

Great for the country and great for the game too:thumbsup:

paul hogan, errol flynn, ned kelly, rolf harris, mel gibson, muriel off of muriel's wedding, steve irwin - can you hear me steve irwin? your guys took a hell of a beating.

Originally posted by liencam
It reminds me of how I felt at half time when I was in Istanbul for the Champion's league final.

It's not nice.

BUT Freddy will be revved up to go at them now, he will not be happy.

We can still do it.

BELIEVE

Told yers!!!

:clap: :clap: :clap: :partyhat: :partyhat: :partyhat: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Sorry for not believing liencam, great series and great players from both sides :clap: :wow: :banana:

Originally posted by liencam
Did anyone else notice they kept him off the the commentary once it became clear we would win?!

Amen, the most irritating voice in Cricket..

ENGERLAAAAAAND ENGERLAAAAAAND :clap:

Originally posted by D2J
Amen, the most irritating voice in Cricket..

ENGERLAAAAAAND ENGERLAAAAAAND :clap:

My point being he may well have ended up being charged with causing racial tension!

God bless 'im - there's (ahem) nowt wrong wi gi'in the Aussies some stick. :D

Fantastic stuff... not usually into cricket (although will often watch England if there's nothing else on), but have been rivited to this Ashes series right through.

Great series, great cricket and a well deserved win for England!

Congrats to all the lads - you've done us proud. :clap:

Originally posted by Ousetunes
I said before this test series that I wouldn't be surprised if England won it. What I didn't expect was the manner in which they bounced back from that first defeat at Lords, continuously rescuing what seemed - at various points - lost causes.

Time and again, this England side found something that has been lacking - when one batsman failed, another gave the innings of his life. The 'tail wagged' (Giles hit 59 for crying out loud!), we have a decent middle order in Pietersen and Freddie and we have a bowling attack which, at least with the fast bowlers is very strong (Freddie, Simon Jones, the dependable Hoggard and Harmison).

And we have a captain who is calm, knows what he is doing and who has the full respect of his team. (He also showed that when you are up against it, you don't lose your rag like Ricky Ponting did.)

To me, the winner was cricket. I've watched England since the mid to late 70s and this was by far the most entertaining, gripping and at times, painful series I have ever watched.

But the spirit in which it was played and the way in which the Aussies have gracefully accepted defeat is what won it for me. This cricket was played with smiling faces and today is a day to be proud to be English and possibly a good opportunity for football to take a good look at itself.

Well played Vaughan and the lads.

:clap:

Couldn't Have Put It Better Myself,Ousetunes.:thumbsup:

As I was coming home on the bus I saw in Stannington park a group of kids about 13 years old playing cricket, I have not seen that since I played it there with my mates when we were 14/15 that was 8 years ago :thumbsup:

Originally posted by duffman
As I was coming home on the bus I saw in Stannington park a group of kids about 13 years old playing cricket, I have not seen that since I played it there with my mates when we were 14/15 that was 8 years ago :thumbsup:

Its been a summer of Cricket fever..

Much better than the over hyped, over priced players of that crap sport we call football :gag:

How I chortled with mirth this morning

When I read in this morning's paper that the GPO are issuing a set of cricketing stamps to celebrate the historic England Cricket Ashes Victory.

I nearly spilled my morning Vodka when I read further that the 68p stamp, needed to send a letter to Australia would be a significant part of the set.
With Australia still in their period of mourning, I find this incredibly insensitive, talk about pouring a litre of battery acid into a gaping fresh wound.

GOOD :clap:

Sport isn't that important, but it's almost tragic that after all he's done for Australia in general, and in this series in particular, the Ashes were lost because of a fairly easy slip catch fumbled by Shane Warne.

A fair result though, overall - we outplayed them session for session for most of the series after Lord's. The achievement is even better when you remember that the last time we won the Ashes it was against an Australian team still weakened by the fallout from the Packer 'rebellion' (if I remember rightly).

Originally posted by muddycoffee
When I read in this morning's paper that the GPO are issuing a set of cricketing stamps to celebrate the historic England Cricket Ashes Victory.

I nearly spilled my morning Vodka when I read further that the 68p stamp, needed to send a letter to Australia would be a significant part of the set.
With Australia still in their period of mourning, I find this incredibly insensitive, talk about pouring a litre of battery acid into a gaping fresh wound.

GOOD :clap:

My sentiments exactly.

We dont need to be taking the **** in this country- yes we have won the ashes, imagine what the aussies are going to be like next year if they win it back- which they probably will- if we take the **** out of them now- after winning the ashes once in x amount of years, they will give it us back tenfold next year if they win.