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RE: The Ashes 2009 - setter1000 - 14-07-2009 23:33 sethro Wrote:india were totally outplayed in the first test in 2007 they were 9 wickets down and if it were not for rain we would have won by I believe an innings. yet they came back and won the series. They were everybit as toothless and mediocre as we were in the first match of this series. They took heart from the fact they could play a lot better and came back beat us to the extent that we were lucky to draw the last match. As i mentioned before when you get beaten you obtain the neccessary ingredients for a better next performance, humility, knowledge and an over powering will to do yourself justice. I stand by this.setter1000 Wrote:I think that this result against australia was avery good result in more ways than one I did not say it was a good performance in any way what so ever. I said it was a good result. England were complacent,(Australias performance against the lions would not scare anyone) they will be like a wounded animal(as everyone knows a wounded animal is at his most dangerous)yet the score is still level in the series. The fact that we only took 6 wicktets they took 19 is insignificant in the context of the series the score is still 0-0. RE: The Ashes 2009 - seth - 14-07-2009 23:57 setter1000 Wrote:india were totally outplayed in the first test in 2007 they were 9 wickets down and if it were not for rain we would have won by I believe an innings. yet they came back and won the series. They were everybit as toothless and mediocre as we were in the first match of this series. They took heart from the fact they could play a lot better and came back beat us to the extent that we were lucky to draw the last match. As i mentioned before when you get beaten you obtain the neccessary ingredients for a better next performance, humility, knowledge and an over powering will to do yourself justice. I stand by this. Yeah I remember that test against India, when Monty Panesar was denied what looked like an obvious LBW, had it been allowed we'd have won the first test, instead It wasn't, then the rain came and the match was called off as a draw, the India went on to win the series 2-0. Still I don't think you can compare England to Australia. In that the aussies are mentally stronger, or that's how it seems the last 20 years or so. It's true they've also had the best players, but their batsmen do definately seem more up for it then ours. I think England are really going to struggle to take 20 wickets, because their bowling attack is average, I know Australia's isn't great either, but they appear to have better batsmen, they don't look like giving away their wicket away cheaply unlike England. And I'm not just basing it on this test, I'm going on a few tests in the last few years, where England have collapsed against New Zealand for 4-3, or something crazy like that, 86 all out against Sri Lanka, and 46 all out against the West Indies. You'd never see this with Australia in this day and age, but you often get the feeling that unless KP gets a big score or Collingwood sticks around for a few hours, England will get a below par score. Anyway you're right, it was a good result considering how terrible we played, and we probably will play better, still not convinced we'll be good enough to win the series though. RE: The Ashes 2009 - birdlime - 16-07-2009 19:36 Day 1 Lord's 2nd test England 364/6 in 90 overs England put on 196 for the first wicket Cook went for 95 but Strauss is unbeaten on 161. RE: The Ashes 2009 - birdlime - 17-07-2009 19:49 England were bowled out for 425 all out but Australia are struggling at 156/8 lovely stuff from England. RE: The Ashes 2009 - birdlime - 18-07-2009 19:59 Day 3 Lord's 2nd test Australia were 215 all out in 63 overs and England decided not to enforce the follow on so England made 311/6 in 71.2 overs which gives them a lead of 521 runs. RE: The Ashes 2009 - birdlime - 19-07-2009 19:35 Day 4 Lords 2nd test Australia 313/5 off 86 overs At one stage Austraila were struggling at 128/5 but Clarke and Haddin have put unbroken partnership of 185 runs still need another 209 runs to win this test. RE: The Ashes 2009 - 654321 - 20-07-2009 12:14 I'l b the 1st to say then..... 'MON ENGLAND!!! It took a poor batting display from Australia for us to win the match, so hopefully that's the only poor batting display from any1 this series which will mean we win the Ashes!! , having said that looking ahead SA away is the big fish, i just hope we can put up a good challenge unlike last year when they came over here RE: The Ashes 2009 - 654321 - 20-07-2009 12:26 (14-07-2009 23:57 )seth Wrote: Yeah I remember that test against India, when Monty Panesar was denied what looked like an obvious LBW, had it been allowed we'd have won the first test, instead It wasn't, then the rain came and the match was called off as a draw, the India went on to win the series 2-0. I remember that, i was at the game on the 4th day and India we unlucky cos they had some shoddy decisions, in particular Dravid was given out LBW when the ball hit him outside the line, india supporters wen crazy when they found out from the replays! lol, and if i remember correctly Tendulkar was given LBW as well and it was 50/50 as to if it was out, but we can't complain we got the benefits of the worst umpiring in history later on in the series when Mr MBE Colly got his 1st 2 test wickets. But hey-ho, we deserved to lose that series, we didn't play the swinging ball well, and where technically flawed. And also series was 1-0 p.s all this talk bout Clarke's innings being the best at Lords, wot bout Pieterson and Vaughan's against India 2007, when the pitch wasn't flat, ball was hooping round, and the boys got us in a position to push for victory RE: The Ashes 2009 - seth - 20-07-2009 16:00 (20-07-2009 12:14 )654321 Wrote: I'l b the 1st to say then..... I still think Australia and possibly India are bigger fish then SA. SA lost at home to Aus only a few months back, they remind me of England in 05 where they played brilliant cricket for a short time but couldn't sustain it. They are a good side, I'm still not convinced they're a great side. Australia are always tough to beat, I wouldn't write them off, this is the worst Aussie side for 20 years and with a bit more luck they could be 2-0 up. Also, I still think their batting line up is stronger then ours, it'll be interesting how England react if Australia bat first and put 550 - 600 on, as England have a habit of crumbling when big first innings scores are set against them. And don't forget, Pietersen and Flintoff may not play for the rest of the series, and Brett Lee and Stuart Clark could well come into the Australian bowling attack. RE: The Ashes 2009 - Rammyrascal - 31-07-2009 14:08 australia have totally collapsed today. they went from 126/1 to 263 all out |