2005 Ashes Tour

[Christabella]

Bloody POMS win the second Test by 2 measely runs.

There are two ways we could look at this ... we should never have let their last partnership so many runs, or we can applaud our number 9 and 11 for outscoring them.
The way the top order played it is amazing we got anywhere near the target.

[Buzz]

I'll let the sour grapes poke through here for a minute and give a deserved BOO HISS to Billy Bowden who let an absolute PLUM decision go by. If he'd actually have given that decision (below the knee and middle stump) we would have (by the final score line) have won by 10-15 runs.

Kudos to Warney, Lee and Kasper for getting so close. Boo to Flintoff - possibly the most single match-winning effort I have ever seen. Boo to Ponto for NOT batting first up! What were you thinking? Boo to the tool that left the cricket ball lying around where Pigeon was going to run! Kudos to the English cricket fans for making the cricket sound like a soccer match.

Two runs - oh so close. What an unbelievable match.

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

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Boo to Ponto for NOT batting first up! What were you thinking? Boo to the tool that left the cricket ball lying around where Pigeon was going to run! Kudos to the English cricket fans for making the cricket sound like a soccer match.

Two runs - oh so close. What an unbelievable match.

Yea we should of batted first especially considering what happened to McGarth.

[Stormwarning[c]]

Yea we should of batted first especially considering what happened to McGarth.

That happen after the toss.

Now lets see, you win the toss and send us in, you play touch footy and leave cricket balls lying around to injure your own players, you get us out for under 200 in the second innings and you can't give credit where credit is due for us not dropping our heads (like we use to) and winning the game.

Gee, hate to see what you'll say when you lose the series

Emprie 1
Convicts 1

Bring on the rest of the series

[Surandy]

Congrats to both sides for playing a compelling and nail biting game.

Buzz, I noticed Billy Bowden rarely gave LBW's in that match. But he was consistant to both sides.

[Lord Reynoldson]

England have actually won an ashes match in a LIVE series.....but I thought they could only win once the series was decided. Isn't this a first in the last 12 years or so?

Congrats England.

Australia, the batsman should hang their heads in shame and get batting advice off of Brett Lee!

A series the Aussies could possibly lose....how......weird.

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

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Yea we should of batted first especially considering what happened to McGarth.

That happen after the toss.

Bring on the rest of the series[/quote]

We are lucky then that we could replace him then.

Yep the rest of the series should be really interesting.

[Allykat]

I don't get cricket too confusing but at work yesterday some guy with a pommy accent started giving me shit on the phone and i was like "????"

[Stormwarning[c]]

We are lucky then that we could replace him then.

Yes it was a VERY good replacement wasn't it?

Get give us those sort of replacements and I'll have to place a beat on 4-1 to us and not 3-2 that I have at the moment.

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

Yay McGrath is playing in the third Test
Yay Lee made the Early Breakthrough
Boo many missed chances
Yay Warne got his 600th

TBC

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

To many Boos to go on with.

Batsman How out Fielder Bowler R B 4s 6s FoW
Trescothick, ME CGT Gilchrist, AC Warne, SK 63 117 9 0 2-163
Strauss, AJ BWD Lee, B 6 28 0 0 1-26
Vaughan, MP CGT McGrath, GD Katich, SM 166 215 20 1 3-290
Bell, IR CGT Gilchrist, AC Lee, B 59 155 8 0 6-346
Pietersen, KP CSB Lee, B 21 28 1 0 4-333
Hoggard, MJ BWD Lee, B 4 10 1 0 5-341
Flintoff, A CGT Langer, JL Warne, SK 46 67 7 0 7-433
Jones, GO BWD Gillespie, JN 42 51 6 0 8-434
Giles, AF CGT Hayden, ML Warne, SK 0 6 0 0 9-438
Harmison, SJ N.O 10 11 1 0
Jones, SP BWD Warne, SK 0 4 0 0 10-444
Extras: (b4, lb5, wd3, nb15) 27
Total: (all out, 113.2 overs) 444

Bowler O M R W
McGrath, GD 25 6 86 0 (4nb)
Lee, B 27 6 100 4 (2w,5nb)
Gillespie, JN 19 2 114 1 (1w,2nb)
Warne, SK 33.2 5 99 4 (2nb)
Katich, SM 9 1 36 1

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

Not many Yays here either. Warnie (or another member of the Tail) Top scores again.

Batsman How out Fielder Bowler R B 4s 6s FoW
Langer, JL CGT Bell, IR Giles, AF 31 50 4 0 1-58
Hayden, ML LBW Giles, AF 34 71 5 0 3-82
Ponting, RT CGT Bell, IR Jones, SP 7 12 1 0 2-73
Martyn, DR BWD Giles, AF 20 41 2 0 5-129
Katich, SM BWD Flintoff, A 17 28 1 0 4-115
Gilchrist, AC CGT Jones, GO Jones, SP 30 49 4 0 6-182
Warne, SK N.O 45 61 6 1
Clarke, MJ CGT Flintoff, A Jones, SP 7 18 0 0 7-197
Gillespie, JN N.O 4 11 0 0

Extras: (b4, lb5, wd2, nb4) 15
Total: (7 wickets, 56 overs) 210

[Surandy]

All the Aussie batsmen need to hang their heads in shame. Imagine allowing a bowler to top score for the team!!!

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

All the Aussie batsmen need to hang their heads in shame. Imagine allowing a bowler to top score for the team!!!

Not one but 2 or thre times so far.

Warne 78
Gilliespie 7

Total: (7 wickets, 70 overs) 264

The Ozzies have just avioded the Follow on.

The only hope is weather and/or English stupidity.

(so we still have a chance )

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

3rdtest ended in a draw.....

Thus making it 1-1.