England set off to Australia to retain Ashes tonight.

LOL

James

Mark . . . you're gloating <gasp again>

Well since you're best in the world now, I'm going to bed. Enjoy your day of celebration, English brothers!

Steve

You've got to allow us a bit of a gloat just this once .

Goodnight, Steve.


ps. Sorry!

Mark

FUNNY ISNT IT! AFTER WAITING ALL THIS TIME - IT JUST DOESNT FEEL RIGHT SOMEHOW TO CELEBRATE ACTUALLY WINNING A GAME ! HAPPY FOR FREDDY THOUGH.

Don't they say you're only as good as your last performance.

Unsettlingly, it may be that you are in fact only as good as your next performance...

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Originally posted by JWM:
Unsettlingly, it may be that you are in fact only as good as your next performance...

True and what do you know - it's another victory: this winning is becoming a habit.

I thought the pre-match interviews with some sections of the Gabba crowd were surprising - a couple of Australians said that NZ were the second best team in the competition; I thought it was a bit unpatriotic that they put their own squad last because I happen to think Australia has quite a reasonable side. I think they'll give us a tough match in the final, but I'm quietly confident.

Get that open top bus ready

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Originally posted by ROTF:

quote:

Originally posted by JWM:
Unsettlingly, it may be that you are in fact only as good as your next performance...

True and what do you know - it's another victory: this winning is becoming a habit.

I thought the pre-match interviews with some sections of the Gabba crowd were surprising - a couple of Australians said that NZ were the second best team in the competition; I thought it was a bit unpatriotic that they put their own squad last because I happen to think Australia has quite a reasonable side. I think they'll give us a tough match in the final, but I'm quietly confident.

Get that open top bus ready

Could it be?!!

Mark, I'm going to be a bad sport and deny you the pleasure by posting it myself:

I always knew we'd get the hang of this one day cricket sooner on later - I can't believe it: Blair out and Paul Collingwood for PM, wouldn't it be great to have somebody who has done something worthwhile in charge.

And now the bad news....it's the best of three!

Well, it's on again tomorrow, and it's clear what the Aussies need to do, they have to upgrade their 252.

552 might be too much of a stretch, and 282 wouldn't be good enough, so somewhere in between, and then downgrade the Poms to a 202 or thereabouts, that should do nicely.

102 from Collingwood, 92 from Bell, 72 from Flintoff and 52 from Nixon should do the trick!

Could the unthinkable be about to happen?!!!

It just has! A 2-0 series win in the final for England!

Steve I'll let you do the honours!

Mark

No I don't want to its not fair!

It has - remarkable.

P D Collingwood - man of the series IMO.

And all this without Vaughan and Pietersen.

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Originally posted by Yo-yo Master:
No I don't want to its not fair!

Come on now, Steve!

Just finished a big bowl of ice cream and I feel better now

Good on ya Steve.

At last England can take something positive from this tour and can go in to the World Cup with some hope in a young team who have performed well in recent games.

Well done to the Aussies for a huge lesson in test cricket - they have clearly shown that they are the best in the world by some distance. And maybe the experience of a long, hard series has been character building for the England players and will teach them that it is one thing to beat the Aussies at home in familiar surroundings, but it is quite another to achieve any sort of result in their own back yard.

And next time you beat them, don't celebrate by getting pissed on telly!

Mark

Damn good show.