The 2007/07 Cricket Ashes Thread

[Leighton]

Very busy lately, mate. Massive new job is really cool. First pay day was Thursday.... Etc...

Anyway, more rain. Australia 5/79 and rain hits. 16.2 overs gone. Only 3.4 to go before an absolute arse kicking. Congrats Punter!!

[minus clover]

hmmm 8/140 and its trying to rain again... guess adelaide oval can be booked for something else for tuesday...

[Fadingtoblack]

We're screwed, even by the DL we're screwed!

[minus clover]

^^ yep, sure looks that way... people are leaving in droves...

[Leighton]

Fuck, how embarrassing. Another loss to England for a Punter "lead" team. He's only ever any good when the opposition is a steaming pile of shit.

[Fadingtoblack]

So it was all Ponting's fault again? Damn that guy works hard, doing the work of 11!


Seriously though that was an embarassing collapse by what's supposed to be the worlds best team - I guess the only positive thing to come from this is we might get some Brits posting in this thread again!

[Snow]

Well although I am not a huge Cricket fan I have to say that the one dayers weren't any better than the Ashes themselves, except for the last 4 or 5 matches we took part in.

I agree that Australia should be the number one side in the world, but to be humbled in the 2 finals the way they were was disgraceful really, total capitulation in the first and the rain definatlty helped in the second, but again your top order, world class batsmen threw their wickets away too cheaply.

If nothing else it will make the World Cup interesting to watch!

Bring on Canada!!!

[Leighton]

So it was all Ponting's fault again? Damn that guy works hard, doing the work of 11!

If he's gonna ride the wave as captain, he has to cop it. His comments after the game were bizarre to me. Blaming everything but his on-field decisions is not leadership. Remember his Ashes tirade over replacement fielders in 2005? Like that would cause an actual loss of a game. He just needs to get over himself. Bowling Watson over Bracken in game 1 is another mistake he made that I forgot to mention.

Congrats to him on getting those medals, though. That's what it's all about... With Roy out for the WC he's probably got the next set in the bag too. Let's all rejoice!

As for our batting line-up, I'd like to see a massive change. Gilchrist isn't working as the shock and awe guy he used to be. Whack Watson up there and tell Hayden to get a move-on or drop him for Hussey. Let Gilchrist have a rest (especially if we're batting second) and have him come in at 5 or whatever the chase dictates.

[Leighton]

Holy jesus! Australia's worst ever ODI loss and the captain is away from the team with his feet up. Way to go, Ricky!

[therainmaker]

Holy jesus! Australia's worst ever ODI loss and the captain is away from the team with his feet up. Way to go, Ricky!

Was a nice win for us Kiwis wasnt it


if Aussie loose the second game, and the series tomorrow night, they wont be the 1st ranked team in the world, under the ICC rankings that will go to South Africa,