Cricket

[Chris Little]

Come to think of it.... haven't seen any of our English friends mention the wonderful sport of cricket for a while

 

Wonder why   ;)

[Guest joshdonlan]

hows the porridge?

[Guest ShaneGate]

I`m english Chris,you can`t say that about many playing for england,just hope we get rubbed 5-0,like last time in australia,funny ain`t it ,all they show you is our lucky win over here 7-8 years ago,selective memory i call it,just like the dross they call england football now.

[Tony C]

We’ve got the Aussie’s on the back foot, now its just a matter of pressing home our advantage ;D ;D ;D

[grizzal]

We’ve got the Aussie’s on the back foot, now its just a matter of pressing home our advantage ;D ;D ;D

 

with a little help from the [rain]

;D ;D

[steve d]

Come to think of it.... haven't seen any of our English friends mention the wonderful sport of cricket for a while

 

Wonder why   ;)

 

Maybe the same reason you Jocks dont talk about the football world cup :P :P

 

What do you call a scotsman in the 2nd round of the world cup??????????........the referee. ;) ;) :P :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Chris Little]

Oooh touchy

 

Football World Cup...... what's that ;D ;D

[Guest mick bowler]

Trouble is to those that don't (or did'nt) play cricket they think its just about hitting the ball as many times as you can.

 

Although this outwardly looks like the Aussies are fair superior, this game was always going to be won on the spin of the toss. The drying pitch made for a run feast, but with the damp weather returning its turned it back to a bowling pitch, very hard to bat against!

 

Only mistake England made was batting first!!

[Guest Owen]

mick bowler

I bow to your superior knowledge. Could you answer why the Aussies seem to bowl on a bowler's pitch and bat on a batsman's pitch most of the time?

[Guest mick bowler]

mick bowler

I bow to your superior knowledge. Could you answer why the Aussies seem to bowl on a bowler's pitch and bat on a batsman's pitch most of the time?

 

Superior knowledge? did i say that, i was just pointng out why Ozzies can hit 600 + then we struggle to get thru a day batting in the next innings.

 

As for your question, without a doubt they are the best cricket team in the world with the best players, always making the best of the wicket. But as a nation that has virtually made cricket their national sport, apart from rugby, with national academies etc , (funded by the government)for the last 20 odd years would you expect anything else. They raised the bar and so far no one has come anywhere near matching it when it comes to development of players.

 

 

[Roland]

Oooh touchy

 

Football World Cup...... what's that ;D ;D

 

True Chris.... you lot are whinging that we didnae use any of you playing fields (Stadiums down here lol)

Mind understanable I guess.... After all the nearest you'll ever get to a world cup I guess. ;D ;D ;D

[Fair Play]

Hieroglyphics  ;D ;D ;D

[Roland]

Of course I was refering to the 1966 World cup...

[Roland]

But we drew with the Aussies then.

Think they are relieved that there was some rain eh! lol ;D ;D

[frank-123]

great fighting spirit from collingwood

if kp and freddie don't get the finger out i can see the aussie's winning easily

[Guest]

From someone born and bred in Wales but of English 50% ( I think), Welsh 33% and Irish 17% breeding, I love cricket and as a psuedo Welshman I was very proud to captain a team in The Huddersfield league until I was 50! I was very proud of the performance today, no doubt the Aussies stuffed us for most of the match but they weren't good enough to finish it. We played poor, if we get our act together and play well we can beat this lot.

How's the curling going Chris,?

[Chris Little]

Curling is coming on a treat, might even impress the winter olympic selectors

 

England showed some determination today, the Aussies were by far the better side but as you say couldn't finish it off.