The Ashes 2009

Jagera

I was shocked to hear England have not won against Australia at Lords since 1934..

Link

Congratulations to England. A fine win to break the drought. Makes for a good series now, so come on the Aussies..!

purple_hatstand

Congrats to England!

Australia, who were outplayed for most of the match, were less disciplined with the bat than they were at Cardiff and will also feel aggrieved about a couple of dodgy decisions; but England bowled particularly well at times - taking 20 Australian wickets for 600ish is a fantastic effort! They are really going to miss Flintoff when he retires at the end of this series.

An unchanged England side for the 3rd Test will only add to the confidence levels...

Manuel

Could any of you advise how to go about getting one's hands on a day ticket for any of the three remaining test matches? Are they gold dust, especially now that the Poms are ahead?

Sorry if this has already been covered in the thread, I'm too lazy to read all 13 pages

Thanks,
/M.

Royale with Cheese

Series is interestingly poised now. Gotta think Australia will come back at England. When is Lee coming back?

The Nation

Suppose it helps when the umpires gift you 3 important wickets.

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The Nation wrote: »

Suppose it helps when the umpires gift you 3 important wickets.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting put it well

"It's all irrelevant. We've been beaten by over 100 runs in a Test."

dereko1969

KP is out of the rest of the Ashes after having had an operation on his achilles tendon. Think England may actually benefit from this, he wasn't batting particularly well and was seen as untouchable by the selectors, now Bell or who knows Morgan could get a call up, i know it won't be Morgan or Joyce, but this fascinating series gets even more interesting!

mike65

Wonder if they told him to have that op?

Royale with Cheese

It'll probably be Bell, although apparently Rob Key is making runs again. Whoever it is has a good chance of stealing the no.3 spot if Bopara continues to struggle.

The Nation

The South African traitor will be missed by England. Granted he wasnt in great form but he along with Freddie and maybe Strauss are the only players the Aussies fear. Bopara, Bell, Collingwood, Prior. Thats a fairly weak middle order.

legend73

Collingwood has a great record... and Prior has been smacking runs in the middle order like its a ODI. Can't enderistimate the English middle order.

dereko1969

Manuel wrote: »

Could any of you advise how to go about getting one's hands on a day ticket for any of the three remaining test matches? Are they gold dust, especially now that the Poms are ahead?

Sorry if this has already been covered in the thread, I'm too lazy to read all 13 pages

Thanks,
/M.

think the only day that there are tickets left for is the 5th day at headingly, go here
http://www.yorkshireccc.com/archive/ballot_and_ashes_ticket_update/index.html
actually might be 4th day tickets there too

D3PO

have to agree Colly and Prior both playing extremely well right now. To call that a weak middle order is doing them a disservice

d'Oracle

Thats a shame.

KP being a tool aside, its bad for the series.

legend73

now all the aussies need to is freddie to breakdown in a tearful display on the 1st day of the 3rd test! mwhahahahaha, couldnt happen to a nicer bloke either.

d'Oracle

I like Flintoff.

He is a good sportsman and is easy to relate to.

mike65

Some bitters on here

dereko1969

apparently some tickets left for 4th day at edgbaston and non-refundables for 5th day

super182

hope bell dosen get called up cant stand him, rob key be a good 1 but they dont have many great options, me tinks bopara gonna fire in next test:D

Washout

d'Oracle wrote: »

I like Flintoff.

He is a good sportsman and is easy to relate to.

Flintoff is a great character for the game. he plays hard but fair cricket

d'Oracle

super182 wrote: »

me tinks bopara gonna fire in next test:D

He'd want to be, in fairness.

legend73

flintoff is a big a problem as symonds was to australia, he's a known pisshead, given gifts beyond most and that aint bitter them's the facts.

break a leg as they say.... mwhahahaha. I would delight in such an occurence. Thats my god given right as an Aussie and a person who has never been a fan of the English, the Queen or warm beer.

come on Aussie come on.

simonrooneyzaga

you can almost smell the headline in 3 days time...

"Manou double ton levels ashes series"

legend73

Just good if Ponting breaks the Aussie record for most runs and gets on with playing the game. The shackles might come off!

Cant see a result in this test with rain forecast for Sat & Mon

legend73

what a disasterous start for the 2nd day if youre an Aussie, great start if youre an arse kissing queen lover. All the pressure of Watson and he can't make a dig of it.

Washout

legend73 wrote: »

Cant see a result in this test with rain forecast for Sat & Mon

cant believe 2 wickets first up

Big Vern

Onions and Anderson doing the business for England, 202 for 6 now. Bad second day for the Aussies....

Big Vern

202 for 7 now Anderson again!!! Johnson out for a duck...

legend73

One can only hope the umpires are as generous with their LBWs - Clarkes missing leg, Johnson over the top!

I thought lady luck was coming the Aussies way until the umpires sent her back to the English camp.

mike65

legend73, reading your comments, bitter much?