Simon Jones Is Not Playing At The Oval
 

"England's Simon Jones will miss the final Ashes Test after failing a fitness check on an injured right ankle which had developed a bony growth. England's Simon Jones will miss the final Ashes Test after failing a fitness check on an injured right ankle which had developed a bony growth. England's Simon Jones will miss the final Ashes Test after failing a fitness check on an injured right ankle which had developed a bony growth."

What a shame

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In that case, imo, it has to be Collingwood.

The match will almost certainly be rain affected (Fri & Sat BBC forecast shows 'heavy showers') and Australia will want to bat for 500+ and bowl England out twice to win. With an extra batsman we will hopefully be able to bat for at least a day in our first innings and frustrate the Aussies.

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Not long to go now.........
Winning the toss is going to be vital for either side come Thursday morning, if the Aussies get to bat first, England will have their work cut out imo, the Aussies have to win, so if they bat first, obviously a big score will be thier main aim.

Warne has already said that he will not feature in another Ashes series which I think is in 2009, so he will want to leave his mark at the Oval.

This is the biggest sporting event that has happened in this country for some time.

I am starting to get the jitters already.

Come on England !!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't give us another nailbiter please, I don't think I could stand it.

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I have a bet with a mate.
Does anyone know what the ashes are?

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England lost to the Aussies in 1892, a newpaper printed an obituary for English cricket. The next time England played Australia they won, the Aussies presented them a small trophy containing the Ashes of a burnt bail.

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What the hell have you bet.

Actually, scratch that - what the hell did you think they were?

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I thought I read in The Sun it was a ball. Looks like I lost the bet......:(

Bail Ball

You can see where I went wrong.
Gentleman bet lucky.

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Ah well, I hope you haven't lost a lot.

Anyway, if you ever need to know again, just remember that it's a lot more polite to scratch your bails in public :D

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Some people say it was a ball others say it was a veil.

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:rofl:
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So it could have been a ball? No one knows?

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Yep it could be.

Or a Veil..

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According to Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes_series - the urn contains the bails of the infamous defeat in 1882.

However - the prize is actually a waterford Crystal trophy, and the Urn itself is in the museum at lords, and has been for some time..

So depending on the wording of your bet - you may have a get-out clause, as the prize is neither ball nor bails, but a crystal trophy.

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The post from gazzae is as near to the truth as possible, no one has actually had the remains examined but they are very unlikely to be the bails from the Oval match that England lost in 1882.

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Good Luck England !!!!!!!

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Collinwood in, right decision, now win the toss Mikey.
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The Gods are with us, England win the toss, and will bat. :)