The Ashes Thread.

[Wally Dorian Raffles]

Amazing feat to reach 200 by Smith :clapping:

Time to amp it up and declare with an hour or so to spare

[kingwilly]

500 up. Wont be long before the poms will need to bat. Bring on 20 wickets.

Just hope our bowling gets more life out of the wicket than theirs. Would rather not see a draw.

[chassamui]

Smith will be taking over not long from now - even sooner than we all thought if Clarke does not find form. It's too early yet to call it but he has actually been looking a bit 'old' so who knows - I quite like Joe Burns and think he is a near future top order batsman for us

Is this the same Clarke whose praises you were singing this morning Wally? Your loyalty is as stable as a legged dining table.

Well done Smudger.

[reddog]

Was hoping Smith got past Bradmans 254, but not to be,then i thought Nevill would make 50 on debut and Clarke would declare but Nevill out on 45 and they are still batting. like to see the poms in today and lose a couple.

[cyrille]

How hammered was botham at tea?

[cyrille]

4-83 for Broad.
Terrific performance in the circumstances.
Have you part timer oldsters gone to bed again?

[Wally Dorian Raffles]

Nice line and length from Mitchell Hazelwood

Nice effort from Mitch Lyon on the boundry

England 21-1

[klong toey]

Yesterday prediction i made was wrong Cook got some runs this bloke A Lyth got the duck.

[klong toey]

Day 2: (In Play) Australia lead by 534 runs
England 32 for 4 (12.0 overs)
Feck off.

[klong toey]

The Joy of : great England batting collapses

183 for two to 194 all out, v West Indies, World Cup final, Lord's, 23 June 1979

The English have never had much compunction about tarnishing the grandest occasions with demonstrations of their failings: there are drunken punch-ups at weddings, the Queen's speech, and this very special World Cup final collapse. When it started England were 183 for two chasing 287, but a ponderous opening partnership between Mike Brearley and Geoff Boycott had ultimately left them needing to score 104 runs from 13 overs: fine in this Twenty20 age; a minor miracle back then. Especially in the gloaming, with Joel Garner's yorker from hell coming seemingly from the heavens.
Rob Smyth on English cricket's greatest batting collapses | Sport | The Guardian

[chassamui]

Poor start even allowing for Johnsons illegal throwing action.

[klong toey]

Will give a link to the cricket club i used to play for.
Believe it or not when sober enough i played cricket, made it to captain also sat on the committee.

Lewes Priory CC

[cyrille]

Jeez - MJ can bowl.

[chassamui]

Jeez - MJ can bowl.

Abo spear chucker.

[pseudolus]

oh look at me!!! My name is pseudolus and i waste my time using simple stupid picture and text online software because i am too retarted to think of my own sledge ... der, de der fucking deeer...

Beefy sucked Viv Richard's cock in the spa-bath. He is also a 2 faced wanker. Live with it ...

Genius. That was brilliant. Never have I been "sledged" so hard in all my life, including the time your hooker sister gave me and the lads a buy 1 get one free offer when she was short of a dime for a bag of crack.

[kingwilly]

Poor start even allowing for Johnsons illegal throwing action.

Where have all the poms gone? I think ya missed a couple more wickets.

[kingwilly]

4-83 for Broad.
Terrific performance in the circumstances.
Have you part timer oldsters gone to bed again?

Not too bad. Poor Jimmy, stuck on 99. Didn't he tell Cook that he didn't wanna bowl any more?

[pseudolus]

Poor start even allowing for Johnsons illegal throwing action.

Where have all the poms gone? I think ya missed a couple more wickets.

Down the pub to drown our sorrows?

I did predict at the start we would have to follow on to lose early doors.

[chassamui]

Australia, under their magnificent skipper, decided early in their first innings to play for a draw. Given the weather and Clarke's judgement they are likely to get their wish.

[Loy Toy]

I guess the Aussie cricket side spoke for me yesterday but tomorrow's first session is crucial.

[pseudolus]

They certainly did. England batting really needed, after a couple loitering around on their feet, to block, leave, block, leave, block until the next morning when they had had a rest. Aus bowlers set the trap and they fell right into it. Great Aussie bowling performance turning a sows ear of a wicket into a silk purse.

[harrybarracuda]

I hope you have money on it pseudopuss.

I had to do a double take this morning.

WtF!?

[cyrille]

The follow on is rarely enforced these days anyway.
Still 16 wickets needed. Hopefully England can show a bit more durability today.

[Bruce Bayliss]

The follow on is rarely enforced these days anyway.

Yep...nobody wants to bat last...anywhere

[pseudolus]

The follow on is rarely enforced these days anyway.

Yep...nobody wants to bat last...anywhere

Indeed but at this rate they won't have to bat.