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catefrances

theserialthrilla wrote:

ive watched the highlights 3 times now .... well the first 1/2 of the day

the highlight for me was switching channels to watch the sydney to hobart yacht race.

The Juggler

catefrances wrote:

theserialthrilla wrote:

ive watched the highlights 3 times now .... well the first 1/2 of the day

the highlight for me was switching channels to watch the sydney to hobart yacht race.

that was awesome.

pjfan31

The highlight for me was Pietersen dropping watson then clutching at his fingers then the ball bouncing in front of swann and him clutching at his fingers....

Sad day

theserialthrilla

England won the toss and elected to bowl AUSTRALIA - First innings
S Watson c Pietersen b Tremlett 5
P Hughes c Pietersen b Bresnan 16
R Ponting* c Swann b Tremlett 10
M Clarke c Prior b Anderson 20
M Hussey c Prior b Anderson 8
S Smith c Prior b Anderson 6
B Haddin c Strauss b Bresnan 5
M Johnson c Prior b Anderson 0
R Harris not out 10
P Siddle c Prior b Tremlett 11
B Hilfenhaus c Prior b Tremlett 0
Extras 2lb, 5nb 7
Total (All out, 42,5 overs) 98
Fall: 1-15, 2-37, 3-37, 4-58, 5-66, 6-77, 7-77, 8-77, 9-92, 10-98.
Bowling: Anderson 16-4-44-4, Tremlett 11.5-5-26-4, Bresnan 13-6-25-2 , Swann 2-1-1-0.

love those bowling figures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke ... ds-newsxml

pjfan31

At least we got an early break though....

Siddle doing well, he deserved it

pjfan31

Well in a sense, Australia's non-inclusion of a spinner has been somewhat justified this morning. As it was either Beer or Siddle, and they chose Siddle. He was Australia's 3rd highest scorer and has been the best bowler.

threefish10

Oh my fucking god, did anyone just see that vodafone ad that said "how can we give the poms more of a chance?"

And had ponting batting blindfolded. And then said "maybe this will help"

Who's fucking stupid idea was it to actually make that ad, let alone air it after punter has failed to even score anything in years and after the poms have been teaching us a lesson? In all honesty we were very lucky to win the last test, and the only thing that won it was very good bowling from 2 people. Nothing else.

threefish10

nuffingman wrote:

Has there ever been a test match where the bowling team has gone past the opening team in one day without losing a wicket?

They just said it is only the second time ever in the history of the world that it has ever happened.

pjfan31

Yeh, not a great record to hold....

pjfan31

For Australia that is ^^^^^

catefrances

threefish10 wrote:

nuffingman wrote:

Has there ever been a test match where the bowling team has gone past the opening team in one day without losing a wicket?

They just said it is only the second time ever in the history of the world that it has ever happened.

ever in the history of the world. classic.


dont bother coming to sydney.. save us some pain will ya.

nuffingman

Yes I liked the history of the world bit as well. What they goin' to do, bat until they're all out or do they have a total in mind?

pjfan31

Yeh, probably bat... I mean, there is 3 days left. They lead by what 350? If they get a lead of 450, 550, Australia will struggle to get that, plus if they do England still have a second innings. SO they would at most have to chase less than 100

chime

So for those of us wake up to check what has been happening over night ... what did Ponting do to get the fine? Was it deserved? ... I'm guessing frustration played a part :oops: :oops:

pjfan31

He was out of order....

THere was an appeal for caught behind off pietersen. Haddin was the only one who went up and was convinced that the ball hit Pietersens inside edge. He told Ponting to challenge and he did.

On replay there was a hot spot mark, but not where the ball came passed the bat (but to determine that needed a hundred more replays than what was shown). THe bat had not hit anything else so why was it there?

He went up to the umpires basically saying that there was a hot spot, how is that not out. The umpire was saying hot spot wasn't where the ball passed the bat. And Ponting was quite animated and adamant. Then he went up to the other umpire...

I guess he is just so passionate, and when he was convinced (wrongly) that he was out. And when there is so much at stake, that is what can happen...

theserialthrilla

to me thats is the low point of the ashes .he should be ashamed..


shut up ponting.your the captain you do not ever do that an umpire..and not one who's one of the best in the world.

hang you head in shame..


good did i piss myself at that no-ball from johnson and ponting face after...

the umpires have ot got much wrong at all...and when they have the 3rd umpire has always sorted it out.

ponting is not finishing his test career the way he should.he might even get dropped for this behaviour.

pjfan31

Yeah, he's not going to be happy with what happened that's for sure... He will be regretting it now for sure.

Just shows how much passion, emotion and frustration he has in him. And the way he filtered these things was wrong.

theserialthrilla

this might all be over this time tomorrow ...well almost..lol

finish off on morning of day 4 at the latest..

pjfan31

theserialthrilla wrote:

this might all be over this time tomorrow ...well almost..lol

finish off on morning of day 4 at the latest..

Oi.... That's enough out of you

nuffingman

I hope they don't make too much of the Ponting issue. Plenty of sportsters get themselves a bit hot under the collar over decisions and he won't be the last.

The BBC website had a new definition of MCG - Muted Cricket Ground.
Hope I can stay awake tonight for a reasonable amount.

theserialthrilla

40% match fee fine that crap....sorry what message does that give out .

nuffingman

Ponting has just been interviewed and he's sorry about the way he behaved. I think we need to forget it as he like a lot of sports people get over passionate about the situation. I used to play squash at a good local level, nowhere need county level but I used to lose my rag at times and I'm a fairly placid person. God knows what I 'd have been like if I played at a high level. I used to feel quite ashamed.

I think we need to concentrate on the cricket.

catefrances

nuffingman wrote:

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I think we need to concentrate on the cricket.

i dont wanna. :(

nuffingman

catefrances wrote:

nuffingman wrote:

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I think we need to concentrate on the cricket.

i dont wanna. :(

Take a shovel, dig a hole in the garden, put head in hole and scoop earth back over head. Stay there for 3 days.

pjfan31

On the cricket this morning the commentators including Mark Nicholas and TOny Grieg suggested it actually was out. They said there was an angle which suggested he hit it, and that because mcg is such a big ground, that the hot spot probably did not pick up a faint edge....

Of course it does not justify what Ponting did.

Also I agree, there are so many worst things that sportsman do, if this is the worst then so be it. It's not like he is pissing in an atm (mark o'meley), getting caught with hookers (Rooney), is on drugs (insert track and field star's name here), cheating on his wife with several women (tiger woods) Pulling a gun on a team mate (Gilbert Arenas) anyway you get the picture.

pjfan31

If Australia was an animal, they would have been put down long ago...

Thoughts_Arrive

Oh well, what is there left to say other than congratulations to the South African team that beat the N.S.W team to retain the Ashes.

Thoughts_Arrive

pjfan31 wrote:

On the cricket this morning the commentators including Mark Nicholas and TOny Grieg suggested it actually was out. They said there was an angle which suggested he hit it, and that because mcg is such a big ground, that the hot spot probably did not pick up a faint edge....

Of course it does not justify what Ponting did.

Also I agree, there are so many worst things that sportsman do, if this is the worst then so be it. It's not like he is pissing in an atm (mark o'meley), getting caught with hookers (Rooney), is on drugs (insert track and field star's name here), cheating on his wife with several women (tiger woods) Pulling a gun on a team mate (Gilbert Arenas) anyway you get the picture.

It was out, the ball changed it's line when it brushed the edge of the bat.

theserialthrilla

its all over ...owww and who said we will have this all over with on morning of day 4..hmmmmmmmoww yeah me

theserialthrilla

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

pjfan31 wrote:

On the cricket this morning the commentators including Mark Nicholas and TOny Grieg suggested it actually was out. They said there was an angle which suggested he hit it, and that because mcg is such a big ground, that the hot spot probably did not pick up a faint edge....

Of course it does not justify what Ponting did.

Also I agree, there are so many worst things that sportsman do, if this is the worst then so be it. It's not like he is pissing in an atm (mark o'meley), getting caught with hookers (Rooney), is on drugs (insert track and field star's name here), cheating on his wife with several women (tiger woods) Pulling a gun on a team mate (Gilbert Arenas) anyway you get the picture.

It was out, the ball changed it's line when it brushed the edge of the bat.