I can't wait. Going to try and juggle a job, a family and the fact they are being shown through the night

 

Yep

Not sure we have as much chance as some people are trying to suggest, but it should be less of a walkover than the Aussies are trying to suggest, i hope!!

 

I think we are going to get taught a lesson. Would love to get proved wrong, however I have a BAD feeling!.

 

We have one hope - And that is that Harmison and Flintoff are on top form. Harmison is a bit of a liability, you never know which version of him is going to turn up. Batting wise I think we are ok, even without Trescothick - However, Warne and how our batsmen play him will obviously be a massive factor. If we can get a draw in the first series and not be beaten badly, we may get the confidence needed to do well.

Notwithstanding the above, My prediction - a 3-1 win for Australia.

 

I'm looking forward to it a lot, just not having high expectations...

 

Nope. Not wishing to troll but IMO cricket is sheeite and all this hype for a game interupted by tea and scones that happens every chuffin year!!
It's hardly the football world cup...
After all that overhype and ludicrous hyper patriotism last year!! I really hope that the ossies snot us good and proper. Perhaps then cricket can be left to the people sad enough to need an excuse to sit out in the rain in fancy dress and drink beer each summer (oops! sorry! I mean the real handful of true fans who go week in week out supporting their local village)
IMO cricket is as much a sport as housework is and so should be treated with equal contempt...
I feel so much better for that now! Thanks

 

hugely. can't wait!

the two biggest problems are to be missing vaughan's sublime captaincy and jonesy's deadly accuracy/reverse swing. might be a little too much pressure on freddie but we'll see. he may do a botham and end up producing more heat than light if the going gets tough.

we only have to square the series.

if we're bowling first, watch the very first delivery. if it's a rank loosener then that's a bad sign. if it's a fiery bodyline delivery - preferably ricocheting off the faceguard, then it's gonna be to the death. and the right harmison will have turned up.

 

I am and I have this collection of songs if it's any help :

Are you ever gonna wash, pommie?
Tune: Rock DJ, Robbie Williams

How come you never wash pommie?
Is there a shower in your hostel?
When's it gonna stop, pommie?
We're so sick of that bloody smell.

How come you never wash pommie?
Is there a shower in your hostel?
When's it gonna stop, pommie?
We're so sick of that bloody smell.



Monty Panesar's Useless

Tune: My old mans a dustman

Monty Panesar useless, a poor old English chap
& when he's not spin bowling, he's visiting the quack.

He's useless in the covers, he's useless in the slips
And when he straps the pads on, he'll pass out with the yips



Cheer Up, Michael Vaughan

Tune: Daydream Believer

Cheer up Michael Vaughan
How bad must it be?
To be a - poor pommie person
Now you're watching on TV.



A Marvellous day for a moontan

Tune: Moondance, Van Morrison

It's a marvellous day for a moon tan
With white Reeboks & track suit pants
A fantabulous day for that moon tan
Matches your buck teeth & combi vans
Ever find that
Aussie women seem to run away
From your
Body odour & your tooth decay?



Mathew Hayden

Tune: Father Abraham

Matty Hayden had many fans
& many fans loved Matty Hayden
I am one of them & so are you
So lets all turn around
Drinking arm (repeat with actions for right arm)
(Repeat) batting arm (repeat with actions for left arm)
(repeat) dancing leg (repeat with actions for right leg)
padding leg, (repeat with actions)
fielding pose (repeat with actions)



Brett Lee

Tune: Can't take my eyes off of you

You're just too good to be true,
Can't take the ball off of you,
We love your fiery spells,
You bowl like Lillee not Nel
And when we're drunk at the bars,
We can't believe that you're ours,
You're just to good to be true,
Can't take that ball off of you...
do do do do (etc)



Marcus Tresscothick

Tune: Twist & Shout

You're stressing out Marcus now
(repeat) Stressing out Marcus
Stresscothick,
(repeat) Stresscothick,
Come on, come on, come, come on Marcus now
Come on Marcus now
Come on and work it on out
Work it on out

You know that stress is no good
Stress no good
You know you stress so bad
Stress so bad
We'll help you stress a little longer now
Stress a little longer
Can't get us out of your mind
(repeat) Well sweat it, sweat it, sweat it, Marcus now
Do do do do etc.



Dermot Reeve

Tune: Lola

He's got bad hair and an OBE,
Snorts white powder & got dropped from TV,
Our mate Dermie
whoa whoa whoa Dermie

Ode to a British girlfriend

Tune: Living Doll, Cliff Richard

Got myself a yawning, boring, pasty, nagging, whinging pom
Got to do your best to leave her just cause she's a whinging pom
She's got a lazy eye & big fat thighs from all those chips & pies
She's not the only boring, pasty, nagging, whinging pom

 

Can never bring myself to watch more than 10 mins of a cricket match !

Still, I hope that england do it, although I'm not optimistic !

(And yes, I am Scottish !)

 

I think the Aussies are.

Plus having sold their souls to Sky they'll lose what little support they did have (England) .

 

Well I woke up at 5 this morning and turned on Radio 4 World Service for the News and they didn't even give the score!! (good job too I suppose )

 

I did and oh dear!. wider than an RS Turbo driver living in the east end of london.

 

Yes it is of very great interest to me and I shall watch it whenever I can. I very much hope our team can do it even though they have lost Trescothick which is a real blow.

I wish them all the luck.

Les

 

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frankly it was the rankest delivery i've ever seen.