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3rd Test - Australia v England @ Old Trafford

Jordan

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Katich bowled by Freddy F*ckoff... we are in serious trouble...... I'm starting to get this bad feeling that England just may win the Ashes..
 

Jordan

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This is terrible... let's hope Gilchrist can produce something special.

Michael Clarke just arrived at the ground..they showed him walking in and he didn't appear to be moving too freely..
 

lyon is a saint

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Can you hear the the Aussies sing... no!!.. no!!
Can you hear the Aussies sing... no!!....no!!

Can you hear the Aussies sing..... i can't hear a fooking thing.. no!!.. no!!.. no!!!... no!!!

Fat Warne is betting well at the minute!
 

azza

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Can someone tell me what the F**K kind of batting that was? Have these guys any notion of protecting their wicket? It's not one day cricket FFS. Drop Hayden for Hussey IMO, and WTF was Ponting's dismissal all about??

Morons!
 

Tommy Smith

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Im so happy right now!

So Glenn, hows that prediction of 5 nil going? LOLOLOLOL You arrogant merkin...karma is biting you on the ass you long streak of donkey piss.

Do you want to know what i reckon the difference is? Australia havent faced a good bowling attack since 99 when Amrbose and Walsh were still around. Since that time they've developed this reckless attitude towards their batting which they have previously been getting away with.

People have called it taking the game to a new level and how the Aussies are awesome bully boys with the bat. But IMO they have just taken advantage of batting against the likes of Marlon Black, Merv Dillon, Kyle Mills, Nicky Boje, Robert Croft, Dominick Cork, Andy Caddick, Ashish Nera, etc etc etc. for a good 5 years.

Now, all of a sudden they have had to come up against a true world class bowling attack. The first time in over half a decade. And unfortunately for Australia over 5 years of batting bad habits, smashing nuffies all over the park, is coming back to bite them on the ass.

They no longer know how to grind it out. Infact only once has that happened, Justin Langers 82 in the last test.

How good is England's bowling attack though. Jones the 3rd change! And then Gilo the king of Spain then comes on to rip through the Aussies!
 

Tommy Smith

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Then i have something in common with Australia's batting.

Fact is, the Aussies havent showed enough respect to England. When Vaughan has put men on the boundaries, Australia havent known what to do. Normally it wouldnt matter because they would be facing crap bowling, allowing Hayden to take those casual trips two or three steps down the wicket to smash Vasbert Drakes or some other hack for six.

But England's bowling is in a different class. And all of a sudden with the men on the boundaries, the runs are drying up and the Aussie batsmen are being strangled into making mistakes they dont have to make. As Dean Jones said, whats wrong with scoring a 100 with 100 singles? Or more realistically putting the cue in the rack for a session and accumulate instead of doing what langer did, racing down the wicket to Giles and getting caught.
 

aussies1st

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Ponting should follow Vaughan's lead or reuse the plan they used in India. They need to defend once the ball isn't doing much.
 

wittyfan

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Well, hasn't the tide turned?! Very interesting times ahead for Australian cricket. The batting at the moment is incredibly fragile and lacks confidence. They're all getting some sort of a start but are lacking the ability to go on with it.
 

aussies1st

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All it would take is for one of the batsmen to kick on. Then the confidence may start to come back.
 

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