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2 down 8 to go come on England

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l had a nap for 30 minutes and when l woke up a minute ago lol and behold we had got two wickets.:)

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4 now come on ashes coming home

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Well even a cricket pessimist like me can now get ready to celebrate.:D:D

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Even we (I say that as an England cricket team supporting Scotsman :shocked:) can't not win from here!!!!!!!

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Its all over. It was at about 11:30 yesterday!

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You have got to love the irony, England's fourth choice fast bowler takes a five for and Australia's fourth choice fast bowler was dropped. :D

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Australia still 90 runs behind!

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:D

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Name one Aussie who won't be out before lunch.
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Rolf Harris. :D

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Michael Clarke won't be as he is retire from test cricket.

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/crick...social_twitter

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England regain the Ashes.:cleader::cleader::hyper::hyper:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/33833833

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Oh dear , dear , dear.:(:td:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/32810425

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Who cares, its a dead rubber!

I have an Aussie mate who has tickets for days 4 and 5. Hes hoping it over by tomorrow so he gets a refund haha

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Lancshire, La,La,La, Lancashire, La, La , La. :cool:

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Fully deserved old chap.:)

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Wonderful footwork from Shane Watson there, :D

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He usually has problems with the ball which is nipping back.:D

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England making a complete Horlicks of this deciding match. :(

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Well at least we regained the Ashes old boy.:cleader::cleader:

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Farewell to a legend.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/34244820

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Yes a legend and a real hard nut fielding at short leg and being hit full pelt not even flinching

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l saw a picture earlier of his bruises after the day of cricket and he must have been in terrible pain because most people certainly would have been.

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And no helmets :shocked:

A bit short

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Well England almost pulled of an unbelievable win v Pakistan in a real dirge of a match.

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Sadly the umpires called them off due to bad light.:(

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Well after nearly pulling off an unlikely win in the first test, England only just failed to hang on for what would have been an amazing draw in the second. Poor first innings let them down. :(

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I like Jos Buttler as a cricketer, but hes not a test player. Let him concentrate on what hes good at and let someone else have a go. I think this team is close to being an excellent team but just need to be more consistent

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He is young enough to improve, Ian Bell is fast becoming the Wayne Rooney of the test team.:(

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As Cooky said if we had a couple more overs to score the runs in the first test the series would now be level.

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Regardless of his Man Utd form, Rooney is at least the national side's all time top scorer and Bell is never going to be anywhere near that. ;)

Bell is a good player who should have been dropped a while back to give him a chance to recover his form and confidence. Having said that he's probably had his best years for England so maybe it's time to move on.

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Looking at this test series, was it a case of England improved a lot to beat Australia or a case of Australia not being the powerhouse they once were?

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Home advantage is increasingly a even bigger factor in test cricket then it used to be and that certainly helped England as they could prepare pitches that suited them but alas when teams go away from home then they have to expect the same treatment with regards to the pitches being prepared for the home side.

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Looking so good at close of play yesterday , now England look like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. :rolleyes:

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Yes its rather disappointing that's for sure.

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RIP Tom Graveney, a true great who was never fully appreciated.:(

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Yes he certainly was a great and l also enjoyed his dulcet tones when he was a pundit when cricket was on the BBC all those years ago.

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Well, after getting hammered in the first ODI England have come back strongly and look poised to take the series 3-1. Buttler hits ODI record 100. :)

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Ian Botham would have been proud of Buttler's knock.:tu:

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Shaky start by England in the Test Match today. No way is Hales good enough to open, should have been Compton. Just as well for the rain, with Anderson injured I'd take a draw now.

Sack Cook too, he's rubbish at tosses.....

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Not too bad in the end then Mr K.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/34403765

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Do love a last wicket stand, but only if we're batting ! Disappointing morning but at 301-9 a reasonable score.

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Yes they have just lost their first wicket...

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Its not going too bad this morning either.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/34403767

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That's more like it chaps.:cleader::cleader:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/34403819

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Tactical genius Cook, always said so !

Steyn injured and Anderson back next Test. All looking good to beat the supposed no.1 side in the World on their own turf.

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SA are on a bit of a downer ATM and the 'unwritten' quota system of fielding at least 4 non whites means that players like Duminy who has been hopelessly out of form and even the captain Amla are getting picked because there are very few 'coloured' players who are good enough or fit right now.

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Well lets hope their poor form continues...

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Ben Stokes is extracting the urine. 130 in 2 hours even the great Sir Beefy Botham never batted like that

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A magnificent knock.:clap:

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Terrific best 2 hours of cricket I've seen for a long time

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Hopefully we can from this position go on to go 2-0 up in the series.

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Only blemish was dropping the No: 1 ranked test batsman when he was on 9, he is one player who can score double hundreds. :(

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Having seen Amla and AB batting its going to be hard to get them out twice. This morning session crucial;)

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Yes 3 or 4 wickets this morning would be very nice.

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England tried really hard to mess it up today. For a while it looked as though a side that had scored over 600 was going to lose! Amla has quit as SA capt., God knows why as SA seem to have the momentum going into the next test.

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Well we are still one test up so all the pressures are on South Africa.

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Broad on fire, England well on top. ;)

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:D:D

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Brilliant session of cricket. Some of the finest bowling you'll see.

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Some pretty stunning catching from Tiny Jim as well.:D

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South Africa all out for 83.:D:D

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Looks like England are determined to make sure this ODI series goes to the last game.:rolleyes:

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Personally it means more to me winning a test series rather then a one day series.

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England cricket once again redefining the phrase, 'late order collapse':rolleyes:

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A bit like 10 green bottles hanging on the wall as all of a sudden there are none there.:(

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Don't think England have a chance in the upcoming world T20. Very poor against SA. The captain is a liability. Best Owain could do is go back to Ireland and help them prepare for Test cricket, which it looks like they might have a chance to do under the proposed new 2 league Test structure. Hope they allow him to do that if the chance arises, I'm sure that's where his heart is.

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Personally l agree with you as England are still pretty naïve when it comes to one day cricket still.

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Sad news this morning from New Zealand about one of their greatest ever players.:(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/3...linkname=sport

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Really liked him :(

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Ireland get rolled over by Oman in world T20 . :)

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You obviously enjoyed that then old boy.;)

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Anyone can beat anyone on 20/20, England could even beat NZ tomorrow, unlikely though it may seem ;)

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The trouble is that you only have to lose two or three wickets quickly and then its pretty hard to turn it around.

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Yes, part of the reason i don't care for 20/20 or one day cricket really. Once one side gets on top it's all over. With Test Matches there can be many twists and turns and second chances.

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India making a complete Horlicks of their first match in the World T20.:D

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Well if they lose today and then to the Aussies then they are out.

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England might win today against SA today, anythings possible.... However I predict they'll go home early . They'll lose to to Afghanistan next week because that's the type of thing they do. Batting and bowling ain't good enough, apart from that they're a decent team !

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Its the bowling that worries me Mr K.

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Agreed.

We haven't got our best bowlers there, this is supposed to be for a World Cup. Where's Broad ? All we've got is 20/20 cannon fodder, and we seem to be relying on a couple of part time spinners.

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Oh dear me.:rolleyes:

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Heyup, Dale Steyn goes for 23 in his first over.:shocked:

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Well they simply have not learned their lesson it seems.:(

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Perhaps the wicket may have something to do with it given England's reply, just losing wickets to quickly for my liking but they are giving it a real go.

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And it's a great win for England!!!... :D

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-18/e...-cup-thriller/

Pity I can't find any highlights on TV.

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Well l certainly did not expect that.:D

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There are highlights on the BBC website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35843905

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Still prefer the 'proper' test match game but that was very enjoyable, typical of England to make us sweat for the last few balls, stunning win.:D

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Yes l prefer the 5 day game as well as it can have so many twists and turns and is a proper test for a cricketer.

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Ta for that - better to see 5 mins worth than nothing but a decent 1 hour show would've been great. :tu:

Still I suppose it's fitting that a cut down version of the game should have cut to highlights lol

It's odd because I was doing some searching earlier and found references to ITV supposedly showing the highlights so I'm not sure what went wrong there. :confused:

http://www.postnotebook.com/tag/itv-4/

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Ditto - test cricket has so many variables, twists and turns but sadly it's not really suited to the instant gratification generation.

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Extended highlights on Sky 3 at 10.30. I'm going to watch it again .��

Interesting to note that as much as England's bowlers got slated, they only conceded 4 extra's compared to SA's 26 and as 20 of those where wides it meant England had an extra 3.2 overs to score off.

Turns out that the Radio Times got the schedules wrong.:(

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Perhaps England weren't that good after all, a little tubby Afghan has just tonked 44 of his first 17 balls against SA. :D

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One must never underestimate these up and coming countries as we have found out before.

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England doing their best to throw this one away, Morgan leaves a straight ball first up then Stokes runs out Root. :rolleyes:

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Utter chaos yet again.....:(

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85 for 7, :shocked:

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142 from 20 overs in the end and if England get out of this mess they can count themselves lucky.

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They did get themselves out of it, but very lucky. Hopefully they'll keep playing Plunkett. Wonder if they dare drop Captain Morgan as he's not worth his place at the moment.

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thankfully we got the 'tubby Afghan' out early !

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I was in two minds about emailing the 'Ask the winning captain' feature, only one question really, why did you leave it.:rolleyes:

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In my opinion he would not be my captain of the one day side as l don't really see him as having the right captaincy traits and strengths which are needed in the one day game.

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Personally, I don't think England have had a good captain since Michael Vaughan.

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Of that l am in total agreement with you Mark.