The 2007/07 Cricket Ashes Thread

[Bleeding Me]

NZ are the only team that can challenge Australia consistently. They should have beaten us the othernight and they probably have the best captain in the world in Flemming and they also have imo, the best spinner in the world in Vetori, now Warneys gone. Bond and Oram are good, but apart from that they have no real superstars.

Thank god Australia are batting first today though.

[ragekornbizkit]

1/100 after 21 overs. NZ Spinners slowed things back a bit. Disapointting no Bond today but oh well. Should have a fair idea where tis is going by the 35-40 over mark. But we (NZ) badly need some inroads

[Leighton]

Dropping Hayden a million times doesn't help NZ. The guy is playing like shit and still makes a hundred. Fair dinkum this is a a drubbing in the making again. Should easily make 320+ from here.

[ragekornbizkit]

this damn rain better stop aslong as McCullum and Oram are in NZ are well in it. McCullum can hit like Oram too and so can Mills. Vincent got such a shit decision, good man for just taking it though

[Fadingtoblack]

Good job from Oram to get his 100, he earned that. Good match overall, it's nice to see someone put up a bit of a fight!


Looks like it will be these two teams in the finals unless there's a huge upset.

[ragekornbizkit]

well i'm not gonna say we would have definately won but the Vincent decision was a shocker and they rain break killed our momentum for the first couple of overs back on the park. Oh well as long as we beat the poms. Bring back Styris and Bond and we will be almost full strengh

[minus clover]

well i'm not gonna say we would have definately won but the Vincent decision was a shocker

yep, even the commentators said he was stiffed...

[Fadingtoblack]

well i'm not gonna say we would have definately won but the Vincent decision was a shocker and they rain break killed our momentum for the first couple of overs back on the park. Oh well as long as we beat the poms. Bring back Styris and Bond and we will be almost full strengh

You were definitely in with a chance that's for sure.

In fact I would've liked to have seen the match played out without the rain delay, it would've been interesting to see how much or if it all it might've changed the outcome!

I'm just happy that finally we had a bit of a match on our hands, I mean I don't want us to lose but you can only thrash everyone so many times before you end up spending more time watching the Federer match!


Oh and it is a shame about the decision, I didn't see it myself, but it sounds like a shocker. At least there hasn't been TOO many of those this summer, and none really critical, like say the 9/ decision at Edgebaston in 2005 - now that still hurts

[minus clover]

3/47 after 13 overs.... think we need to pull our fingers out or the poms just might have their first win for the summer...

[minus clover]

and why would cameron white be stupid enough to bat without a helmet on... damn, 5/137


disclaimer to my last post.... i'm not racist, i hate everyone equally...