[Cricket] Fourth Ashes Test - England v Australia - Trent Bridge

[Daffy Duck]

I'm looking forward to a morning of TMS however, I think we'll take the three wickets quite quickly and I can't see us batting again. I believe we'll seal the victory at 11:40am.

Absolutely fantastic! Really wasn't expecting that at the start of the series.

Well predicted, Hugo.

Please can you let me have the winning lottery numbers for tonight?

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Kevin who.....?

Well done to England. We now have a nice mix of experienced and young players to build on this.

Interesting that Cook was quick to give credit to Peter Moores.

 

[TomandJerry]

We won!!!!

 

[Chicken Run]

http://youtu.be/90y8CPjE1a8

 

[Eeyore]

I think Adam Lyth will retain his place at The Oval for a last chance now. No wonder he's happy.

 

[pasty]

Clarke retiring after The Oval match.

 

[Titanic]

Clarke retiring after The Oval match.

Blubbing in post-match post-series post-career interview with Athers... poor chap

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Good to hear Cook giving credit to Peter Moores.

 

[El Turi]

I did feel a bit sorry for Clarke. Then I remembered what a dick he was during the last Ashes series. Take note Australia, that's how you win with class.

 

[alfredmizen]

 

[Titanic]

blah blah

if you tried your absolute hardest, I doubt you could find two people whose opinions I am less interested in at this moment

 

[alfredmizen]

if you tried your absolute hardest, I doubt you could find two people whose opinions I am less interested in at this moment

did you quote my shane warne post ??

 

[Triggaaar]

15 minutes until the start of Day 4, should be a good. Just going to make a cup of tea and get into the comfy chair.

 

[Eeyore]

15 minutes until the start of Day 4, should be a good. Just going to make a cup of tea and get into the comfy chair.

Yes. Perfect Sunday beckons. Must check the score. Haven't been around since Thursday.

 

[Triggaaar]

Yes. Perfect Sunday beckons. Must check the score. Haven't been around since Thursday.

I think it's rained off, there's some shit on about that tw@ Warne.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Two bang average sides who cannot play in each others conditions. If we played Down Under again this winter,we would lose 4-0 or 5-0 again.
England have opened with a rabbit and persisted with a struggling Bell, all series. They have lost early wickets all series and yet have won 3 out of 4 Tests. Australia have been truly awful. I suggest that it has been their worst performance in all their Test history.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Two bang average sides who cannot play in each others conditions. If we played Down Under again this winter,we would lose 4-0 or 5-0 again.
England have opened with a rabbit and persisted with a struggling Bell, all series. They have lost early wickets all series and yet have won 3 out of 4 Tests. Australia have been truly awful. I suggest that it has been their worst performance in all their Test history.

FFS, we were massive underdogs at the start of the series, but have performed brilliantly and won the Ashes. Several young players have broken through, several wizened pros have rolled back the years and upped their game.

The fielding has been brilliant. The team spirit has been fantastic. The attacking approach has transformed the team. Cook has captained brilliantly.

The Aussies were expected to be unbeatable, but have not performed as they hoped - and this has largely been down to how England have approached the game. There have been far worse teams representing Australia in the past, but they have been outplayed, out-thought and outfought.

Incredible that you can respond to what has been an uplifting and brilliantly unexpected sequence of performances with such negativity.

 

[Guinness Boy]

FFS, we were massive underdogs at the start of the series, but have performed brilliantly and won the Ashes. Several young players have broken through, several wizened pros have rolled back the years and upped their game.

The fielding has been brilliant. The team spirit has been fantastic. The attacking approach has transformed the team. Cook has captained brilliantly.

The Aussies were expected to be unbeatable, but have not performed as they hoped - and this has largely been down to how England have approached the game. There have been far worse teams representing Australia in the past, but they have been outplayed, out-thought and outfought.

Incredible that you can respond to what has been an uplifting and brilliantly unexpected sequence of performances with such negativity.

THIS!

As bad as Australia batted on Thursday morning you don't take 8 wickets in nearly as many overs without bowling a few decent deliveries. Stokes catch was outstanding, if that had been a goal of equivalent skill in the Premier League Sky would have Tommy Tanked themselves silly over it for a month. I was at Edgbaston and without Moen's batting cameo in our first innings followed by a truly superb, aggressive display of fast bowing by Finn we might have been in more trouble in that game, yet no one's going to call it Finn and Moen's Ashes.

Australia have a very decent bowling attack indeed when they perform but they didn't perform. Their batting has been woeful TBF, one match excepted but you still have to get them out.

The series against New Zealand was absolutely excellent cricket, two very well matched sides and we've kicked on from there. To say any different is just basically punching yourself in the face for the sake of it.

 

[alfredmizen]

Two bang average sides who cannot play in each others conditions. If we played Down Under again this winter,we would lose 4-0 or 5-0 again.
England have opened with a rabbit and persisted with a struggling Bell, all series. They have lost early wickets all series and yet have won 3 out of 4 Tests. Australia have been truly awful. I suggest that it has been their worst performance in all their Test history.

we won ffs ! and in the process have truly humiliated the old enemy , lighten up a bit !!

 

[knocky1]

if you tried your absolute hardest, I doubt you could find two people whose opinions I am less interested in at this moment

How did he appear on this thread?