Thread: The Ashes Tour

^History, will also remember the World Cup winner.(Limited over cricket has only been around for close to 50 years...)

If you call less than 40 (I'm scraping the barrel here), close to 50 then yes....

Anyway, I can't even tell you who won the last World Cup cos I'm not interested....

^From Wiki

History

One-day cricket began between English county teams on 2 May 1962. Leicestershire beat Derbyshire and Northamptonshire beat Nottinghamshire over 65 overs in the "Midlands Knock-Out Cup", which Northamptonshire went on to win a week later. The following year, the first full-scale one-day competition between first-class teams was played, the knock-out Gillette Cup, won by Sussex. League one-day cricket also began in England, when the John Player Sunday League was started in 1969. Both these competitions have continued every season since inauguration, though the sponsorship has changed. The knock-out cup is now the Friends Provident Trophy. The league is not exclusive to Sundays, with the competition now over 40 overs. It is now called the Natwest Pro40.
The first Limited Overs International (LOI) or One-Day International (ODI) match was played in Melbourne in 1971, and the quadrennial cricket World Cup began in 1975. Many of the "packaging" innovations, such as coloured clothing, were as a result of World Series Cricket, a "rebel" series set up outside the cricketing establishment by Australian entrepreneur Kerry Packer. For more details, see History of cricket.
Twenty20, a curtailed form of one-day cricket with 20 overs per side, was first played in England in 2003. It has proven very popular, and several Twenty20 matches have been played between national teams. It makes several changes to the usual laws of cricket, including the addition of a "bowl-out" (similar to a penalty shoot-out in football) to decide the result of tied matches, which was subsequently dispensed in favour of a Super Over.

First International One Day Cricket was played in 1971....39 years +, hell clubs always played one day cricket....

Still MacDonalds cricket, I mean who can remember what series was won by who?

Just to refresh your memory, Australia has won the last three World Cups. As well as 1987.

How many have England won ?

None I think....relevance to anything?

No, hang on, I thought they won the last one day world cup

I'm not concerned about England being 3-0 down, they're obviously giving a lot of people try outs (although with limited success). I'd be more concerned going into a world cup with a 7-0 defeat behind me. They need to settle on a side and win won, preferably the last.

I think that was always going to be the plan in this series, although I don't think losing the first three was part of it.

Ooo, tomorrow, Adelaide, in case anyone was wondering.

^^ Nope

Australia have won it 4 times and The West Indies twice and India, Paakistan and Sri Lanka one each

The big ones been won already.
You guys are welcome to the Mickey Mouse games

So England didn't win the last one day world cup tournament that was played then?

My bad.....I thought I remember hearing that they did..... just not that interested....

Originally Posted by Bobcock

So England didn't win the last one day world cup tournament that was played then?

My bad.....I thought I remember hearing that they did..... just not that interested....

No, they didn't. They won the T20. One day cricket is 50ovs, hence the usual abbreviation of ODI.

I think even you are clutching at straws here.

How desperate can a nation get - gloating over a one-day series. How the mighty have fallen...

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

How desperate can a nation get - gloating over a one-day series. How the mighty have fallen...

Haven't seen any real gloating over this series, more desperate relief if anything.

The point HB is the statement that England are good at one form of cricket.....

Of the three forms it seems they are good at two.....although I admit one of the forms they are good at and one of the forms they are apparently not good at are irrelevant as forms of cricket.

seems the Australians blabbing on about this waste of space series are the ones clutching at straws, we sir are clutching the fuckin' Ashes....555555555

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'd be more concerned going into a world cup with a 7-0 defeat behind me.

Agreed
but likely
Don't rate their chances in the Subcontinent

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'd be more concerned going into a world cup with a 7-0 defeat behind me.

Agreed
but likely
Don't rate their chances in the Subcontinent

I don't based on the previous three games, but they can and will play better.

4th ODI shortly
England have an extra batsman
Pietersen back and Anderson to play
Australia unchanged
England to bat

Let us see if England can perform better

after 19 overs England are 116/1

falling like nine pins

Collingwood becomes the first Englishman to pass 5,000 ODI runs.

A fitting end to a splendid England career.

At least 300 is a healthy target, even if it is a batter's wicket.

competative score
but not enough these days

will need early wickets to apply pressure

Two early wickets as requested 2/38.