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Brilliant!

Those Aussies and their 5-0 whitewash predictions...

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I must admit that at 47/3 on Day 1 I feared the worst. Happy that it proved to be wrong. Can we make it 2-0 at Lords on Thursday?

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Well the Australians are a boastful lot at the best of times well lets see how much bottle they have now.

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England's record at Lords is not the best TBH, especially against Australia.

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Well the optimism did not last for long old boy.:D

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Had a look at their record at Lords in the Ashes since the 2001 series.

01 - Australia by 8 wickets
05 - Australia by 239 runs
09 - England by 115 runs
13 - England by 347 runs
15 - ???

I predict an Aussie win this week, but only because of the pattern that there has been this Century. Naturally, I want an England win this week.

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I'm going to Lords on Thursday, every time I've been to see England play we've won so hopefully that run continues! :D

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Oh, we know who to blame then if Aussies do win. ;) :D :p:

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Yes if we don't win then l hope they lock you up in the famous Lords dungeons.;)

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http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...ond-test-lords

Still ranks as their best away ground.

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Love this. :D

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I always feel that LBW decisions should be automatically reviewed anyway. But yes it is funny to take the mickey out of the Aussies.

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Fall in Sky Ashes viewing figures leaves English cricket facing stark choices.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blo...stralia-ecb-tv

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But with the nice weather we have had over the last week, who is staying indoors to watch cricket? I bet a lot of people were in a pub watching it, or round a mates house to watch it. Can't really read much into that, we need to compare the figures for a Test match when it was not so nice weather.

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And there was minor tennis tournament on somewhere. ;)

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True. The only part of Wimbledon I watched was the Federer Murray match, women's final and the women's doubles final.

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Did watch a bit on Saturday though between finals.

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I just flicked over to the tennis between overs and drinks, lunch and tea breaks.

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Ominous start from Aussies. Between 1886 and 2009 England won just one Ashes test at Lords. :shocked:

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Come on old boy get that chin off the floor now.

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104/1, Australia at lunch.

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Where is your chin ATM. :(

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Still up old boy but l have to say that Lords should be ashamed of the test pitch it has produced.:td:

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Will have to reserve judgement on the pitch until after England have batted on it. :(

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Whoever won the toss were inevitably going to bat first on this featherbed.

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should have been same as pitch they used against New Zealand that was a great pitch batsmen and bowlers both had a good chance on that one

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Worst days cricket I have ever been to!! Sorry guys! haha

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And that must have cost you a arm and a leg to watch such tedious rubbish.

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I was in the cheap seats denphone, so it wasn't too bad! Its always worth going to Lords in my opinion, always a great experience. Just a shame the wicket was awful and so were England!

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back to normal again

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What's the betting on England not reaching 300 in first innings?

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I would think the question should be what odds Aussies get an innings plus victory over us here?

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My my you are a bunch of pessimists.:)

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I think the word you are looking for Den is realists.;)

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typical out second ball shocking

see the usually brilliant start for England 30-3

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FFS 4 down now

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Better than 2 for 4 against RSA.

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It seems the pessimists were right to be pessimistic.:(

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Well it looks like England may just sneak past the 300 I predicted on first innings.:(

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Dreadful from England today :(

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Lets hope it rains tomorrow.

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I think it might well be a draw

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Only if it pours or the Aussies are struck down with chicken pox overnight

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everyone need to do a rain dance here our only hope

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Very poor, at least Scotland are doing well in the Davis Cup.:)

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l think it needs to be more a monsoon dance looking at the latest score.:(

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Just think of the carnage if this wasn't a supposed featherbed.:shocked:

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What is going to be the third bit of bad sports news today? England lose the cricket, Murray wins all 3 rubbers in the Davis Cup, what next?

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See this is the thing for me? Regularly we hear when one team is batting, invariably not England, that it's a flat wicket and they rack up the runs. Then before you know it England are 58/6 :(:confused:

There's the ninth down, an utter embarrassment :(

That God I'm Scottish, yay Andy ;)

I do support England at cricket though

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Inept , cowardly and spineless are three word's that come to mind.

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a young Irish amateur wins the Open. :D

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back to normal

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Lets hope not.

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Well, I did say that it should be an Aussie win if it followed the pattern set already this century. But I never expected to see a defeat quite this big.

I've heard people say that Bell should be dropped, and Ali moved from 8th batting to 3rd.

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Root should be moved up to number 3 whilst bell should go down to 5 with Lyth and Balance dropped.

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Just turned TV on to watch on VM and for some reason the HD feed from Sky seems to have swapped over. HD is on C503 and standard broadcast is on C513, ???

All the HD channels seem to have moved to the start of the Sky Sports channels, when did that happen?

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Early yesterday morning old bean.

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...g-page-69.html

Post 1030 by Media Boy for a list of changes.

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Its annoying me, I keep on forgetting :sleep:

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I know, just as you get used to something it gets changed.

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Don't worry you ain't the only one.:)

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Well switching channels seems to have perked England up.:D

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Lets hope they can make the most of it.

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At this rate and with this wicket I wouldn't be surprised if the Aussies are batting again late this evening!

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By heck you are pessimistic.:D

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now England can you please bat properly

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Well l am just praying we can reach 250 then we might have a chance.

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Stupid shot from Bell.

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Why oh why oh why as we had them on the ropes.:(

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They're still on the ropes.

Good job we lost the toss this morning!!

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Was curious about the record of wins/losses/draws at Edgbaston since the 1981 series.

1981 - England won by 29 runs
1985 - England won by an innings and 118 runs
1989 - Drawn
1993 - Australia won by 8 wickets
1997 - England won by 7 wickets
2001 - Australia won by an innings and 118 runs
2005 - England won by 2 runs
2009 - Drawn
2013 - Not played

So an overall record (1981 to current day) of 4 England wins, 2 Australia wins and 2 draws. So hopefully this can be a 5th England win since 1981 at Edgbaston. Certainly hoping it can be. Hoping weather holds out for England. Although if it looks like England are going to lose then a lengthy rain delay is welcome!

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Well we have not started too well this morning have we?.:(

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Such a pessimistic chappy.....

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It could have been so much better though don't you think?.

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Might just Finn ish them off tonight. :)

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Yes this next hour and a half is crucial.

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As Fred Trueman would have said " I nearly bloody had him that time " :D

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Oh this is nice!! :D

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Indeed.:hyper::hyper:

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Get in there.:cleader:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/32809784

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1 more win and ashes will be coming home come on England do it next test

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Steady Dave as there is a long way to go yet old boy.

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Anderson will be a massive loss if he can't play.

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He has already been ruled out. Massive loss, it will have to be some performance from England to win without him imo.

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Well he is out of the series so its up to others to come forward and prove that they can do it in the heat of a Ashes battle.

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Is it the whole series? I heard he was going to miss the 4th Test and hopefully be fit again for the 5th. If out for the rest, then England are screwed. Although we will deserve to lose the Ashes if we lose the last 2 Tests. Don't think anyone has come from 2-1 down to win before.

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Personally as Ian Botham said he is being wildly optimistic.

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Good toss to win, excellent start from Broad.:cool:

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My eyes can quite believe what its seeing here.:D

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Anderson, who's he?:D

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Well at this rate, is there going to be room for Anderson in the 5th Test if he is fit?

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Just hope this doesn't mean England will be the same when they bat. At this rate, England could be batting before lunch!

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What a bloody amazing catch.:shocked:

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29/6! So want to swear here. This is the stuff of dreams.

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l simply don't believe it.:D

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Australia all out for 60, top scorer - Extras.

Now to see England all gone for 59?! Or even 10, force to follow on and gone for 40.
One day test match.

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Waits for den to post about how the English team could have done better...... :D

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No for once l am speechless and still trying to take it all in.:shocked::D

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'

:cleader::cleader::cleader:

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Easy.

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Was working today so only watching the highlights just now. Amazing day, delighted for Broad especially as the Aussies hate him :D Surely England must win back the ashes now

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I suspect England will collapse to 300 all out tomorrow, Aussies make 450 in their second innings, thanks to a double century from Mitchell Johnson, leaving England 210 to win which they'll just fall short of. England will then to win the 5th Test and Ashes though, it's a funny old game...