| Ashes Winter thread 22:31 - Nov 6 with 47523 views | newgolddream |
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson faces a battle to be fit for the first Ashes Test in Brisbane on 21 November.
The 32-year-old sustained a hamstring injury while bowling in Australia's final one-day international against India last Saturday.
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| Ashes Winter thread on 00:12 - Jan 4 with 1312 views | daveB |
just when you think it can't get any worse, this is a shocking performance, they'll do well to avoid the follow on here.
Fair play to Johnson and Harris they are bowling magnificently and Clarke is setting attacking fields we can't score from, England have been outclassed in every area this winter |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 00:26 - Jan 4 with 1296 views | Nov77 |
17 overs and the grand total of 22 runs scored.
When oz were in trouble they attacked, we just try and survive. |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 00:29 - Jan 4 with 1288 views | loftboy |
| Ashes Winter thread on 00:26 - Jan 4 by Nov77 |
17 overs and the grand total of 22 runs scored.
When oz were in trouble they attacked, we just try and survive. |
23-5 time for bed. Useless kunts |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 00:29 - Jan 4 with 1287 views | Nov77 |
But of course we can't survive coz we're sh1t.
Well done bell end, should have been out first ball, gets 2 runs off 32 balls, congratulations, now go and pick up your wages. | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 00:33 - Jan 4 with 1283 views | CamberleyR |
| Ashes Winter thread on 00:12 - Jan 4 by daveB |
just when you think it can't get any worse, this is a shocking performance, they'll do well to avoid the follow on here.
Fair play to Johnson and Harris they are bowling magnificently and Clarke is setting attacking fields we can't score from, England have been outclassed in every area this winter |
Well Cook has certainly been "out-captained" by Clarke this series. Absolutely shocking. He constantly looks like a rabbit caught in the headlights. I'm beginning to think the tests we've won under him have been in spite of rather than because of his captaincy. |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 00:38 - Jan 4 with 1272 views | ted_hendrix |
Those Aussies fought us tooth and nail back last Summer when we won 3-0, how have we reacted to being under the cosh? by being like little suckling pigs squealing "ooh don't hit me with the ball"
What a bunch of embarrassing lame ducks, as long as they look good wearing their fcking designer sun glasses that's all that matters to these pricks.
I said well done to the Aussies earlier in this thread and I stand by that.
They've smashed us to bits and that includes the England backroom staff all 5000 of the useless bastards. |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 00:53 - Jan 4 with 1261 views | CamberleyR |
Get rid of the whole, f*cking useless lot of them bar Stokes and Broad. Not sure who Finn has upset to be the only player not to get even one test in this complete shambles of a tour. | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 00:55 - Jan 4 with 1260 views | stowmarketrange |
Please help me.I'm at work with nothing else to watch all night.
This is worse than Watford v QPR. |  | | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 01:42 - Jan 4 with 1236 views | ElHoop |
We are effectively 61-4 at lunch - we could still get a score here. Come on the youngsters.
The kids are alright? |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 02:07 - Jan 4 with 1233 views | ozranger |
Looks like lunch is the best thing that could have happened to this team - 5/61.. yeesh! I assume they are eating the shredded tatters of the upper order.
To Dave, Aussies never use the follow-on. They always bat their second inns. |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 02:17 - Jan 4 with 1226 views | stowmarketrange |
Why would they enforce the follow-on?
Its a big charity day tomorrow,and the Aussies want to make sure they pile on the misery to our so called batsmen. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 03:30 - Jan 4 with 1212 views | Hooparoo |
Now 7 for 111. Get in!  |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 03:35 - Jan 4 with 1208 views | Pommyhoop |
Can national cricket sides go into admin? |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 03:40 - Jan 4 with 1207 views | stowmarketrange |
| Ashes Winter thread on 03:30 - Jan 4 by Hooparoo |
Now 7 for 111. Get in! |
Now 112 for 8. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 03:40 - Jan 4 with 1207 views | Hooparoo |
| Ashes Winter thread on 03:30 - Jan 4 by Hooparoo |
Now 7 for 111. Get in! |
Make that 8.  | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 03:52 - Jan 4 with 1203 views | stowmarketrange |
| Ashes Winter thread on 03:40 - Jan 4 by Hooparoo |
Make that 8. |
What follow on?The comeback starts now.  | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 04:09 - Jan 4 with 1196 views | Nov77 |
Boyd Rankin has scored more runs in this innings than ,cook, carberry, bell and Pieterson combined! | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 08:30 - Jan 4 with 1170 views | kropotkin41 |
With the best will in the world i can't see how Cook can survive this. Our shortcomings were pretty evident last summer in England, but this is shocking. |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 09:00 - Jan 4 with 1157 views | daveB |
who will replace Cook? Not many other options for captain, i'd give him another year and see how he recovers from this | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 11:24 - Jan 4 with 1126 views | qprmick |
| Ashes Winter thread on 09:00 - Jan 4 by daveB |
who will replace Cook? Not many other options for captain, i'd give him another year and see how he recovers from this |
We a new coach or a coach at all. A motivator like Boof. P*** off Gooch, Flower and all the other poor excuses for coaches. Might as well call get that Piers bloke to open the batting. For the first time in my life I couldn't watch the England innings and I lived through some dire team over my 68 years. I felt truly sick to the stomach, and I have never ever felt that before. Root got lucky getting dropped, the is the last one I would have dropped, at least he has youth on his side. [Post edited 4 Jan 2014 11:37]
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| Ashes Winter thread on 13:00 - Jan 4 with 1083 views | CHUBBS |
| Ashes Winter thread on 09:00 - Jan 4 by daveB |
who will replace Cook? Not many other options for captain, i'd give him another year and see how he recovers from this |
He's got to be replaced,the scars of this dreadful tour will take a long time to heal.
His lack of positive decision making has been evident for a while continually taking the safe option rather than being proactive.
Even his ability to bat has been severely affected by the added pressure of captaincy.
This team is Finished and needs replacing starting with the captain. |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 13:42 - Jan 4 with 1061 views | CamberleyR |
| Ashes Winter thread on 13:00 - Jan 4 by CHUBBS |
He's got to be replaced,the scars of this dreadful tour will take a long time to heal.
His lack of positive decision making has been evident for a while continually taking the safe option rather than being proactive.
Even his ability to bat has been severely affected by the added pressure of captaincy.
This team is Finished and needs replacing starting with the captain. |
Totally agree Cook's got to go. His lack of leadership skills are all too evident. We've won in spite of and not because of him previously. I'd keep him as a player for now though. As for the others I'd stick with: Root, Stokes, Broad, Anderson.
Carberry, Bairstow, Bresnan; not good enough, never will be. Long service thanks but goodbye to Pietersen, Bell, Prior and Panesar
So that's pretty much half a team we need to find. [Post edited 4 Jan 2014 16:04]
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| Ashes Winter thread on 14:22 - Jan 4 with 1041 views | derbyhoop |
End of the tour cannot come soon enough. Confidence shot to pieces. Outfought, outthought and outplayed.
The only lights have been Broad and Stokes. |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 15:44 - Jan 4 with 1021 views | newgolddream |
How can England go from a predicted whitewash in the UK to a real one in Oz but in the other direction? Other than turncoats running away from Oz, why did we get so bad so quickly? | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 16:02 - Jan 4 with 1194 views | Cornish_oooRRRR |
| Ashes Winter thread on 15:44 - Jan 4 by newgolddream |
How can England go from a predicted whitewash in the UK to a real one in Oz but in the other direction? Other than turncoats running away from Oz, why did we get so bad so quickly? |
The Australians were better than we gave them credit for and but for a few sessions the Ashes tour last summer could have been quite different.
The 1st 2 tosses really did it for us this time round followed by a complete collapse in confidence. You sometimes only need one or 2 players to really stand out and win you a test but that never happened for us. |  |
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