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A good win in the final test all down to superior bowling from England, but it wasn't the same without Wally & William.

Good on you all.
It has been fun following The Series here as a neutral.
Thru your comments, it was like being there.

Down to Strauss' captaincy in the end. Ponting took more than a smack in the gob. Although there were a few decent individual Englnd performances, most of them just did the job they were paid for.
Ponting lost it and Strauss won it.
Well done England
What time does the pissed up open top bus tour start?

Originally Posted by daveboy

Waltzing Matilda, Barry Humphries, Rolf Harris, Les Hiddins, Steve Erwin, The Lizard of Aus, Jason Donavan, David Campese, Kyle & Dannni Minogue, Skippy the Kangaroo, Flipper the Dolphin & Harold Bishop your boys have taken one hell of a beating

Dave boy, simply brilliant mate.

Stuart Broad = Man of the Match

Great final test and a deserved victory in the end.

Another excellent Ashes series and hats off to both sides for playing it in the right spirit and confirming it as still one of the greatest sporting events on the planet.

How good does that last wicket stand by Monty and Anderson in the first test look now???

Originally Posted by chassamui

Down to Strauss' captaincy in the end. Ponting took more than a smack in the gob. Although there were a few decent individual Englnd performances, most of them just did the job they were paid for.
Ponting lost it and Strauss won it.
Well done England
What time does the pissed up open top bus tour start?

Originally Posted by daveboy

Waltzing Matilda, Barry Humphries, Rolf Harris, Les Hiddins, Steve Erwin, The Lizard of Aus, Jason Donavan, David Campese, Kyle & Dannni Minogue, Skippy the Kangaroo, Flipper the Dolphin & Harold Bishop your boys have taken one hell of a beating

Dave boy, simply brilliant mate.

Man of the series for me as well.

Well in Straussy lad.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Congratulations and a well deserved ashes victory!

Take care of the little urn and we will surely take it back next series.

I will pass out greens to all the Poms who participated on this great thread!

By the way if I miss anyone let me know.

Very humble mate, fair play.

An excellant series, done enough to rekindle the interest in cricket with some youngsters, I hope. Got the one dayers to come next. This thread shows that the Brits and the Aussies can take the piss out of each other with no animosity.

Well done to all contributors.

Well done, in the end on more than one occaision england showed that desperation? Drive? Whereas the aussies were content to let things slide, down to the 110percenters
Totally deserved win, great cricket, shows that the long form of the game remains king

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Way off topic. Fok off 12call

Who took the bung again ? Extra day off I suppose to prepare for the Jocks.

monty panesar man of the series

but seriously ricky ponting showed real grace and maturity today well done

I sat and watched the last day with an unknown Aussie. He was still hoping, then wishing, then, even in abject misery he turned to me and said, "Well played mate, fair result".

So i bought him another beer and changed the subject.

Originally Posted by chassamui

I sat and watched the last day with an unknown Aussie. He was still hoping, then wishing, then, even in abject misery he turned to me and said, "Well played mate, fair result".

So i bought him another beer and changed the subject.

Today is the last day , Aussies just never made it.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Stuart Broad = Man of the Match

Kangaroo-eater . . . sigh

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Well done, in the end on more than one occaision england showed that desperation? Drive? Whereas the aussies were content to let things slide, down to the 110percenters

Yes, usually adjectives reserved for Australian teams . . . good on the Poms for a good series . . .

Remarkable to win a series with such a poor middle order, the area funnily enough where Australia are always so strong.

Nice to have it done and dusted with a victory, but now we gotta start thinking about going there in 2011.....

Is still feel that if Lee had been fit (I don't rate Lee that highly, but on his day he's the best bowler in either side) and Johnson had performed to the standard he is capable of that the result would have been different.......

Purely and simply the Aussies failed to handle pitched up straight bowling and hence the number of LBW decisions against them.

Lee, whilst being a good bowler who could of made a difference should never have been on tour because he was crook before he even left Australia. Selectors issue.

The Aussies tried to blast the English batsman out with short pitched aggressive bowling and failed. They lost their heads and with that the first test.

The Poms changed their bowling strategy after the first test and one the day.

The net result............Good for cricket and eventually good for Australian cricket as well.

The great success story...........I would have to say Broad who when he gets older with more cunning bowling experience will become a world class allrounder if he is not one already. Good for England and with the retirement of Freddy.

Originally Posted by brixtonbwoy

but seriously ricky ponting showed real grace and maturity today well done

I thought so too.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Good for England and with the retirement of Freddy.

retirement, bollucks, he'll be over into the IPL mad dash for cash quicker than a brett lee beamer.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

retirement, bollucks, he'll be over into the IPL mad dash for cash quicker than a brett lee beamer.

Retirement from test cricket Yes or No? Bollocks or not?

England have found a good allrounder replacement and I thought his batting mostly was superb.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Harbajan is now on 299 test wickets.

Shame Symonds isn't there to be his 300th.

Harbhajan Singh was born into a middle class Indian Wealth......you MUST respect her.

drink or drugs?

I"ll have one of both please...


Well done to the Poms...a deserved win...

^ Pretty easy mate and don't think too much!

They lost!

Major tsunami now on Aus media.

Blame blame blame.

Ricky wants to stay, good on him.

Searching for excuses.