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That's what I mean, apart from someone who was worse than the captains between 1987 and Michael Vaughan who else is there to take the captaincy? I reckon had the pedalo incident not happened, Flintoff would have been made a captain of at least one of the sides.

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Cook has a fantastic record as captain, he doesn't need to be replaced and won't be.

I see the Aussies are not just bad losers, but bad winners as well. Michael Clarke telling Jimmy Anderson "get ready for a f****** hand". The convicts need reminding who has won the last 3 series.

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Jonathan Trott leaves Ashes tour of Australia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25085025

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Not surprised he has gone home, Aussies are bullies.

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Trotts problems are more long term and stress related and have nothing to do with the Australians being bullies Martin.

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Yeah just read the full story, would never of thought trott had such issues seems so composed. Just goes to highlight the fact that you can't take things at face value.

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Michael Clarke fined for 'broken arm' comment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25079621

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If the captain of Australia makes arm breaking threats on the field, the question should not be whether he's fined but whether he's captain of Australia anymore. Disgusting behaviour.

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And here is another idiot as well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25166475

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England battle for wickets against Australia on day one in Adelaide.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25122165

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Brad Haddin and Michael Clarke hit centuries in Australia's 570-9 declared.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25148357

Well now they must stand up and be counted in these next two days because if they don't then the ashes are lost l am afraid.

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Australia bat again after Mitchell Johnson takes 7-40 to bowl England out for 172.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25148365

And with this overnight performance you can kiss the ashes goodbye.:(:td:

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Yes, have to agree with you there. England seem to have no answer these days, we were lucky in the summer to keep the Ashes with a woeful Australian side. They seem to have worked hard since that loss and are determined to win again.

Someone in work yesterday was saying it is time for Cook to go as captain, but as I pointed out to them we have no-one good enough to replace him as captain. I certainly cannot see them giving it to KP.

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This English team has been a absolute shambles as it has been poorly led and is carrying too many players either out of form or relying on past glories.

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England reach 247-6 in their second innings to take the second Test into a final day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25148393

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Australia thrash England in Adelaide.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25295981

:(:(

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Australia, who lead the Ashes 2-0, bat first against England in Perth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25349160

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Steve Smith ton leads Australia recovery in Perth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25361453

Same old England in the end l am afraid with the same old result one fears.

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England continue their reply after dismissing Australia for 385 on day two of the third Test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25353681

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England falter after good start.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25378080

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Australia push their overall lead past 250.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25353684

They might as well come home now as at least that will save us from a 5-0 humiliation.:(:td:

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Australia build huge lead over England in Perth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25387485

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England chase an improbable 504 in Perth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25353687

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England face battle to save series in Perth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25396573

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Australia beat England to regain urn in Perth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25411805

Fully deserved as we can have no excuses at all as we have been a shambles from start to finish.

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Wonder how long before we have people calling for Cook to be replaced as captain. Might as well let him continue as we have nobody good enough to replace him.

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Cook ain't good enough as captain and never has been.:td:

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Wish we could have Michael Vaughan back as captain. The best one England have ever had imo. Shame that the captain has to be a player, Vaughan would be a perfect replacement as a non playing captain.

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Mike Brearley was a superb captain too despite his poor batting averages.

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I've only been following cricket since the days of Nasser Hussain as captain to be fair. So anyone pre Hussain would be totally unheard of to me, with the exception of Gooch onwards.

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Graeme Swann: England spinner retires from cricket during Ashes.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25481772


Well l have to say l am quite surprised that he has decided to retire so soon as l personally thought he had a few years in him yet.

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Kevin Pietersen struggles for runs after England lose Joe Root and Michael Carberry.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25468707

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England in trouble despite Pietersen defiance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25517572

Well not much has changed apart from Pietersen showing that there is a bit of steel to go with his big ego.

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England fight back after being bowled out for 255 by a Mitchell Johnson-inspired Australia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25468713

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England fight back against Australia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25524603

At last.:)

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England are bowled out for 179 to set Australia 231 to win the fourth Test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25469788

Typical England again.:td:

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Australia cruise to win over England.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25540136

Well there is only one way to describe this and that is shambolic and Cook should do the honourable thing and resign as captain forthwith.

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Replaced by who though? No one else is good enough apart from KP, and can't see him being made captain anytime soon.

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Well personally anybody is better then the third rate captain we have at the moment Mark.

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it's gonna be 5-0 the batting been absolutely disgraceful

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Yes the batting has been awful but we have also lacked leadership which can get the best out of players.

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Steve Smith leads Australia's fightback with a fine century on the first day of the final Test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25470869

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Australia extend their lead beyond 250 after bowling England out for 155 in the final Test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25471870

Sorry to say but l thought the last time we were whitewashed in Australia was bad enough but this lot has been a absolute shambles from start to finish and Cook as a captain could not organise a **** up at a brewery and many other players are not worthy of wearing the English shirt.

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Australia whitewash England, who collapse to 166 all out to lose the final Test by 281 runs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25471878

Pathetic , Shocking , humiliating.:td::td::(:(

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James Faulkner plays a stunning innings to lead Australia to a one-wicket win in the second ODI in Brisbane.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25703998

The sooner we get rid of Cook as captain the better as he is utterly clueless in all aspects.:td:

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England end a losing run of nine matches against Australia, winning the fourth one-day international by 57 runs in Perth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25863369

At last something to shout about.:cleader::cleader::cleader:

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Andy Flower reportedly axed.

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/...coach-position

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...Australia.html

Well something had to give after the unmitigated disaster of this Ashes series.

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England tour of Australia ends with T20 whitewash.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26005627

Well lets hope from the debris of disaster emerges a England team that we can be proud of.

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Kevin Pietersen England career over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26040475

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Sacking your best player after the worst tour ever is always a good idea...

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Typical England as they prefer yes men and robots to gifted cricketers.:(

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England collapse to West Indies defeat despite Michael Lumb's hundred.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...rt-of-comments

Well they can't blame Kevin Pietersen anymore.

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Broad and Bopara see England to tight win.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26410223

At last.:cleader:

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Andy Flower takes up new ECB role as technical director.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26422176

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Darren Sammy fires hosts to series win.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26537911

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England lose to India in warm-up match.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26654567

Sorry to say but the warm up games don't bode well for the World Twenty20 trophy.

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NZ beat England in storm-hit Chittagong.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26698482

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Alex Hales' unbeaten 116 off 64 balls helps England to an incredible six-wicket win over Sri Lanka.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26740557

Well done lads.:D

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England crash out as SA reach semis.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26802171

Sorry to say but normal service has resumed.:(

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Dismal England lose to Netherlands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26818265

Well they cannot make KP the scapegoat for their failings anymore.:(

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Peter Moores: Lancashire coach to get England job again.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27082681

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Chris Jordan stars as hosts win first ODI.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27507724

At last something we have not seen for a while.:cleader:

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All the newish youngsters performed well, lets hope the footy team can emulate them.:)

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Yes several of the younger players look very exciting but Cook as captain still worries me and when was the last time he got a big score for England.

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Another false dawn, currently 55 for 6. :rolleyes:

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Well they can't blame anybody else now can they.

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Anything England can do Sri Lanka can do better.:D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27425883

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Let's wait until England have batted first. ;)

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Well it would have to be the collapses of collapses if England don't win this.

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Was actually well batted by Bell and Cook, should prepare the same deck for the test matches.

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Here we go again.:rolleyes:

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First thing we need to do is get rid of Cook as one day opener as he is rubbish.:td:

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Over 20 overs without a boundary, very poor.:(

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In one day England are quite clueless compared to most of the other nations.:(

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Same old Cook same old England.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27782267

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Joe Root hits double century before tourists rally.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27840963

Lets hope we can take some early wickets today.

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Kumar Sangakkara century stalls hosts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27849959

Lets hope for better today.

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Gary Ballance ton gives hosts control.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27860064

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Well we nearly got there in the end.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27876414

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Stuart Broad hat-trick puts hosts on top.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27947500

That's more like it England.

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Sam Robson hits century before tourists rally.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27958464

It would be nice to get a few runs this morning to widen our lead.

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Tourists build useful lead in second Test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27967959

Well we certainly need a good day today or else we are in trouble.

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Well if plan A fails try plan A again and again and again.:(:td:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27968423

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What a shambles of a side this is with a captain who is as clueless as they come.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27968423

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They don't want to let the football team to be seen as the only totally incompetent and useless England team. :rolleyes:

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and now they cant blame KP what a shambles they are

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Cook should have fallen on his sword after the Ashes debacle but many including him shifted the blame onto KP who was then made the scapegoat for our troubles in Australia and now look where we are as we have a very very average captain and in the ECB we have people who basically are crickets equivalent of rugbys 57 old farts and a manager who is nothing more then a yes man and sadly now we are reaping what we sow.

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Sri Lanka beat England with one ball remaining in a thrilling second Test to win the series.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27988537

:(

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England lose six wickets in the afternoon session in reply to India's 457.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28257393

You reap what you sow.:(

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Hosts collapse in first Test at Trent Bridge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28271176

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Unexpected but nice.:)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28273830

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Seems Cook was picked for his bowling all along. :shocked::D

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He must have been copying Bob Willis.:D

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ICC charges England bowler with misconduct.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28319579

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Can England finish off the Indian tail without too much damage for once?

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Now that would be nice if we can limit them to under 200.

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I'd take under 250...:D

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The way we have bowled in this last half hour they will get to 300.:(

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I shouldn't have said anything in the first place...:dozey:

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On this form we have no chance of regaining the Ashes next year.:nono: