New Ashes thread

[Cicjose]

and yet with England's best batsman having his worst series in years Australia still dont look like taking a result

[PowerBug]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fDZUOGsOXw

I reckon this is the best video. Not a dig at anyone, I'm simply highlighting the best Ashes series ever. Skip to 3:47 if you want to see the slower ball which has had the biggest impact on a game of cricket ever.

Got that video make me remember good cricket, everything is so boring these days. :'(

[me]

@cicjose not sure what series youve been watching...

Pretty sure Australia looked like taking a result at various stages of all the tests bar lords... cataclysmic batting collapses aside this woeful Australian team has been right in it most of the series

If you're referring to cook (too tired to figure it out) get more used to it, bowling attacks around the world have figured him out

[Bill Manspeaker]

wasting reviews kills me

[Nails]

Test 1: Michael Clarke captain - flowering useless
Test 2: Jimmy Anderson captain - useless
Test 3: Ando - Useless
Test 4: Ando - useless
Test 5: Harris - useless

I can't get my fantasy ashes captain right. That said leaving Ando captain for test 4 was an error as I was at work and forgot to change.

I could be ranked 1st if I got my captains right.

[me]

What a terrible end to a fairly uninspiring series ... England boring viewers to death with yet another super defensive negative style of play on a despicably slow dry pitch ... This mindset will always keep them from being anything other than a decent team and cooks captaincy will no doubt cost them test series in the future much like strauss's captaincy did ... On top of that they have started to provide some of the long time beleagured australians with belief such as Watson and smith here, which could prove to be a fatal mistake for next series

[henry]

Yeah it is very boring, anticlimactic end to the series. It's understandable, but england have nothing to lose by going for a result, they've already won the series and whether it's 3-0 or 3-1 doesn't really matter unless they are that concerned about raising the aussies cofidence which has already happened over the last 2 tests up. If Austrlaia was winning 3-0 can't see us playing in the same negative vein.

[Jukes]

Pissing down right now.

[Nails]

Test matches in England should go the way of games in Pakistan

i.e. non-existent

It rains too flowering much.

[stew42]

Why does anyone bother to play cricket in England at all?

[Bill Manspeaker]

Why does anyone bother to play cricket in England at all?

they should be made to put roofs on every one of their grounds

[elephants]

I am so keen for Summer, for actual Summer not this shower the poms call Summer.

[me]

Rain has always been an annoying part of the game ... They should have a reserve day, like a day 6, that can be used to catch up overs lost to rain ... I'd rather there be any result then a draw due to rain, such a waste of time for everbody

That said thank flower this series is nearly done ... One that will be remembered for a scourge of terrible umpiring, typically awful australian batting, slow dry wickets, and same old wet boring England weather and cricket team

[henry]

Rain has always been an annoying part of the game ... They should have a reserve day, like a day 6, that can be used to catch up overs lost to rain ... I'd rather there be any result then a draw due to rain, such a waste of time for everbody

That said thank flower this series is nearly done ... One that will be remembered for a scourge of terrible umpiring, typically awful australian batting, slow dry wickets, and same old wet boring England weather and cricket team

Even if there was another full day not convinced there would be a result especially the way england are batting. It is very annoying, although I reckon this game was heading for a draw since stumps on day 1.

[Jukes]

Rain has always been an annoying part of the game ... They should have a reserve day, like a day 6, that can be used to catch up overs lost to rain ... I'd rather there be any result then a draw due to rain, such a waste of time for everbody

That said thank flower this series is nearly done ... One that will be remembered for a scourge of terrible umpiring, typically awful australian batting, slow dry wickets, and same old wet boring England weather and cricket team

Even if there was another full day not convinced there would be a result especially the way england are batting. It is very annoying, although I reckon this game was heading for a draw since stumps on day 1.

Early draw call btw, sorry if I spoiled the game for anyone

Around lunch on day 1 :P