The Official Ashes 2009 Thread
01 August 2009, 01:04 AM
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I agree, anything between 450 and 500 and then hope the rain doesn't descend !!
Fell asleep on the sofa with 9 wickets down woke up at 5 in the morning hearing Macgill saying they were off for bad light!!
And yes it was swinging all over the shop, I love it when it gets like that you just know wickets will tumble.
Light rain forecast until 16:00 on saturday and heavy Rain on Sunday
Fell asleep on the sofa with 9 wickets down woke up at 5 in the morning hearing Macgill saying they were off for bad light!!
And yes it was swinging all over the shop, I love it when it gets like that you just know wickets will tumble.
Light rain forecast until 16:00 on saturday and heavy Rain on Sunday
03 August 2009, 11:17 PM
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Technically because the weather changed on the final day there was no swing, I guess if it had been like that for 5 days it could have been a different outcome.
Only 3 days to wait for Headingley, scene of some great victories down the years
Only 3 days to wait for Headingley, scene of some great victories down the years
04 August 2009, 10:15 AM
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05 August 2009, 10:13 AM
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05 August 2009, 11:53 AM
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Jokers....
Headingley cracks down on louts amid concern over Ashes crowd - Times Online
The Western terrace is superb at test matches. it's all good natured banter whenever I've been there. Plenty of laughs and everybody enjoying the cricket. They need to wake up and realise that it's part of what makes these games special.
Headingley cracks down on louts amid concern over Ashes crowd - Times Online
“The reputation that Headingley has got has been built up over many years,” Stewart Regan, the Yorkshire chief executive, said yesterday. “The West Stand has a reputation as a party area and we’ve got to break that. We’ve put together a series of measures to ensure that those people who want to watch the cricket are not disrupted by those who are simply there to have a good time.”
06 August 2009, 01:09 AM
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So according to Stewart Regan, watching cricket is not about having a good time
Headingley's West Stand, when the crowd are in full swing, is one of the best places in the world to watch a Test from
And that's from a lifelong Lancashire man*
*Until Dad reads this, then I suspect I'll be disowned and excommunicated
06 August 2009, 03:57 PM
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Who else thinks that we'll probably screw this one up and it'll all come down to the last day of the Oval test?
PS: anyone know why they keep changing the start days? We've recently had Wednesday, Thursday and now Friday. Why can't they just leave it at Thursday, so we all know where we are and that 5th day tickets will always be for skivers on a Monday?
PS: anyone know why they keep changing the start days? We've recently had Wednesday, Thursday and now Friday. Why can't they just leave it at Thursday, so we all know where we are and that 5th day tickets will always be for skivers on a Monday?
07 August 2009, 01:22 AM
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Mates back home tell me to get on the draw because the weather is still crap !!
I know where you're coming from T2, I had that feeling, I just think they may pick Freddie come what may and he'll break down leaving us exposed, if Harmison's feet are better why not bring him in, the Aussies look like they're going with 4 quicks, I think we should follow suit.
I know where you're coming from T2, I had that feeling, I just think they may pick Freddie come what may and he'll break down leaving us exposed, if Harmison's feet are better why not bring him in, the Aussies look like they're going with 4 quicks, I think we should follow suit.
07 August 2009, 12:17 PM
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Can we make 200 
Total **** up this morning, decision should have been made yesterday on Freddie, When will they learn about playing football ?? Strauss is all over the shop right now!
Total **** up this morning, decision should have been made yesterday on Freddie, When will they learn about playing football ?? Strauss is all over the shop right now!
07 August 2009, 12:35 PM
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I reckon we'll be all out for a hundred-odd and game over by Sunday evening. Why didn't we bowl first on muggy morning like this? Ponting couldn't have believed his luck when Strauss opted to bat. Maybe they thought that Prior needed a day off to recover!
07 August 2009, 12:48 PM
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Choose an extra bowler instead of a batsman and then Bat first. WTF!
We are going to struggle to see much past lunch, definitely all out by end of play today. Will be sunny tomorrow and Ponting will get 500+
We are going to struggle to see much past lunch, definitely all out by end of play today. Will be sunny tomorrow and Ponting will get 500+
