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Re: The Ashes
[Re: bockers]
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06/08/2015 13:44
06/08/2015 13:44
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 21,520 Aldershot
PeteP
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All out for 60 Can England do better?
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We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: The Ashes
[Re: Wishy]
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06/08/2015 14:12
06/08/2015 14:12
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Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 6,144 Southampton, Hants
Roadking
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I'm sure England can still snatch a defeat!
"RK's way seems the most sensible to me". ali_hire 16 Dec 2010
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Re: The Ashes
[Re: bockers]
#1546509
07/08/2015 00:17
07/08/2015 00:17
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Posts: 1,833 Brisbane, Australia
Boosted7
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My life on the forum
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Worst "batting" performance I've ever seen from Australia. Absolutely pathetic stuff.
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Re: The Ashes
[Re: Cooperman]
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07/08/2015 21:29
07/08/2015 21:29
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 16,817 Auld Reekie
Edinburgh
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Club President, member225
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So just 3 wickets in the morning and a nice long lunch a packet of crisps down the pub to watch re runs of the Aussies first innings ...a bit more accurate Cooperman
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Re: The Ashes
[Re: bockers]
#1546724
10/08/2015 13:23
10/08/2015 13:23
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Posts: 6,731 Surrey
Emjay
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Forum is my life
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It's been a series of (my) preconceptions being challenged.
Agree about Cook's captaincy. After months of frustration with "same old, same old", it just appears as if the shackles have been taken off and they have been given to act with a bit of flair (flair I didn't believe some of them had) even if that means failures en route - shades of 05 and KP being told to play it your way. Giving Woods and Stokes the chance to claim the final wicket was a genius captaincy move.
I have also really enjoyed the sportsmanship of this series (the gamesmanship of inviting the Aussies for a beer after Cardiff, was just about on the right side). No "broken arm" nonsense (I ended up feeling positively disposed toward Clarke and the grace he showed). NZ/McCullum should be given much of the credit.
I expected us to get absolutely tonked - and after seeing the carnage at Lords and the gulf in pace bowling on display there, put Cardiff down as an aberration. Delighted to have been proven wrong.
No way we would have won down-under, but I think one of the best things the series has done is given "belief" that we can do to others what we always fear/expect they will do to us.
Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing? (John 7:51)
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