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Anyone else watch the second test? What a climax - was like watching a penalty shootout over two hours! Englands win by two runs is the second narrowest in history. Did anyone see the banner in the crowd?:
"You say f-off. We say flintoff" :lol:
.:SpIcYsPy:.
08-08-2005, 11:05
My dad loves The Ashes but mum tells him off lol for watching the TV too long... can't a dad watch TV in peace?!
i hate cricket!! dave and connor sit glued to it!!
Not a fan of cricket. But come on England its about time we beat the Auzzies!!!
Wish I had tickets to the Old Trafford test. I'll be glued to the TV tomorrow.
.:SpIcYsPy:.
12-08-2005, 17:56
I thought I post it here as its Cricket...
It's top golfer Tiger Woods carved out of butter!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40684000/jpg/_40684048_tiger_woods_butter_ap.jpg
Thought it was a bit :rotfl: and yet :thumbsup:
di marco
14-08-2005, 19:12
cricket bores me to tears! it goes on far too long
blondelilangel
14-08-2005, 23:57
Urgh, its sooooooooo boring. Dad tries to get me to watch it, but it just goes on for so long, just hitting a ball over and over and running. How can people watch it for a few days, im sorry all you people who enjoy watching it.. i just can't see the novelty myself. I like playing it but watching it, groan
di marco
15-08-2005, 07:14
yeh playing its alright but watching it is so dull, its like watching paint dry!
.:SpIcYsPy:.
15-08-2005, 15:26
Cricket is not that bad is it?! I find it Ok not boring much or anything.. I don't play it but sometimes its ok to watch.. with my dad all the time watching it, I find it ok lol
it was good yeaterday. I was glued at the end. I was dissapointed hollyoaks wasnt on though.
di marco
16-08-2005, 14:53
I was dissapointed hollyoaks wasnt on though.
me too!!! :angry:
lol. The ashes doesnt return for the fourth test till 25th august so we wont have to worry about hollyoaks being rescheduled.
di marco
16-08-2005, 14:58
its annoying as i dont know if ill be able to see it at 6 :(
I just can't believe it ended up a draw though Ponting couldn't really do any wrong - luck was on his side for definite!!
kevin peitersen can bat but not catch! Lets bring the ashes home!
Its about time they came home again!!
i love cricket. i couldn't watch it all day- i listen to it instead. i so wanted to go to old trafford on the 5th day, but i was in france. had i not, it would have just been around the corner from me!
I don't think I can take anymore of this. What a match. Credit to the Aussies for never giving up, but England should have batted with their heads.
Roll on The Oval
i can't wait. watching today was so tense, it can't have been good for me! but i thought england were going to lose, the way shane warne was getting them out
I hope it rains every day from the 8-12th September!!!!!!!!
noooooo that would be unfair! mind you, would it mean that england won the ashes because we are 2-1 ahead?
lollymay
29-08-2005, 10:04
all im saying is go Freddie Flintoff. i do know that is not his real name though.
Its probably Fred or Frederick
Shane Waugh was bowling his socks off though - fair play to him, and none of them gave up. I thought we were going to lose all of our wickets with the 2 runs still remaining - I though we were done for once Flintoff was out. Lets just see if we can finally do it!!
Flintoff's first name is Andrew.
yeah. he was bowling his sockes off. it seems success has come late on in his career though!
Whos watching it today then??? Lets bring em home!
im not really interested in cricket but there was something on the radio this morning urging all english people to bycott all aussie products
lol - they're also urging all to sing jerusalem in support!! I so hope we win. I'm not majorly into cricket, but my son is, so will have to let him know what happens once he gets home from school..
Today is cricket day. I'm routing for an England victory.
Yeah i heard that too - they had people singing on GMTV this morning to see how many people actually knew the words
Today is cricket day. I'm routing for an England victory.Can we do it - I have high hopes. Anything that will put last night to even more shame!! Do you think we will carry it off NB??
Yeah i heard that too - they had people singing on GMTV this morning to see how many people actually knew the wordsI know, I couldn't even remember the song!!! lol
Can we do it - I have high hopes. Anything that will put last night to even more shame!! Do you think we will carry it off NB??
I think we will.
Last night was a disgrace. Sack the Swede now!
brenda1971
08-09-2005, 10:52
England are batting first because they won the toss
yay! end of first day... 7 people out. maybe not as good as hoped, but its a decent score so far... lets keep routing for england!
I'm slowly getting that sinking feeling, that we aren't going to do it, but i'm still routing for us!!
yeah, so do i... can't warne break him ankle or something??
.:SpIcYsPy:.
09-09-2005, 18:57
Rain has stopped play in the final Test of the Ashes series between England and Australia at The Oval ground in London.
England were finally all out for 373 runs on Friday morning, with Australian bowler Shane Warne taking six of the wickets. Play had started on Thursday.
Australia have started their innings, scoring 106 runs without losing a wicket before the rain came down.
If the bad weather continues, the match could finish in a draw, which would mean that England win the Ashes.
England lead the five-match series 2-1, and only need to avoid defeat to win an Ashes series for the first time in 18 years.
Behemoth
12-09-2005, 19:43
Well Done England!
:cheer: Go England :cheer: Well done lads!!!
I have to admit, I honestly didn't think we'd do it, but WE DID!!!! It was a long time coming, but we did it!!
yeah, on the first few days it was a bit like damn, we lost. but we did it!!
england!! england well done lads!! maybe the footballers can do it now!! (but i doubt it)
highly unlikely football could, but maybe its in a line- rugby, cricket then football + tennis etc
.:SpIcYsPy:.
13-09-2005, 08:24
:D Go on England :D Well done Boys :D
Debbie Meadows
13-09-2005, 11:15
Well done to England they were brilliant especially Freddie Flintoff!!!
What's Glenn McGrath and the Aussies got to say now after predicting a 5-0 whitewash at the start
Did anyone see GMTV this morning - they were talking about the Ashes and spoke to an Aussie journalist - apparently the Aussies are slating the ages of the team, and said that it was hardly surprising they didn't win and that the first sign of a problem should have been Shane Warnes bald spot!!!! He had a total of 40 wickets!! For an "old" guy, I don't think that was bad going really do you?! Sour Grapes.....
yeah, they don't do losing if you haven't guessed! one aussie guy was glad he didn't have any english friends, because apparently, we are celebrating too much!
Yep well the SNP mentioned that fact in the Scottish parliment!
I am fine about the game being on Scottish TV, and I am fine about it being mentioned on the news - I mean great good job well done etc etc etc.
However, the coverage has been at saturation level now for days! There are more important things going on in the world!
The Ashes were just incredible and I reckon the English team deserve the coverage they are getting. Lets not forget, when the Aussies beat England they make it a national celebration as well. Pom bashing is common in Australia.
And there's Alan Border's words of wisdom as he handed over the captaincy: "You can do pretty much what you want. Just don't lose to the poms"
There has been too much coverage on the news. N'Awlins, murders etc have been pushed back to make English crikcet the top story. Surely it should be covered in sports news, with a feel good piece at the end of the programme.
One thing to remember is that the national news is not the English news!
My husband loves watching cricket, and both my boys play as the local club is just round the corner from here. they enjoyed watching the game, but really the English (yes you lot) go totally OTT when ever you win anything.
pookie1968uk
16-09-2005, 14:04
we dont win that much so we have to make a fuss when we do! im not into cricket myself but that was a great achievement england winning the ashes. theyre better than the england football team at the moment anyway!
di marco
16-09-2005, 20:41
There has been too much coverage on the news. N'Awlins, murders etc have been pushed back to make English crikcet the top story. Surely it should be covered in sports news, with a feel good piece at the end of the programme.
One thing to remember is that the national news is not the English news!
My husband loves watching cricket, and both my boys play as the local club is just round the corner from here. they enjoyed watching the game, but really the English (yes you lot) go totally OTT when ever you win anything.
new orleans had loads of coverage, i mean for how many days can you watch the same pictures and be shown the same reporter talking to the same people?
and english people have the right to celebrate when we win something, im sure you scots would do the same
if they went mad on celebrations if we win the next ashes, then that ould be a little OTT, but the ashes areback with us!!
new orleans had loads of coverage, i mean for how many days can you watch the same pictures and be shown the same reporter talking to the same people?
and english people have the right to celebrate when we win something, im sure you scots would do the same
Yes, we would - but it wouldn't be shown on National TV! (Except maybe a 2 minute fell good piece at the end of the news)
Scottish = Scottish TV
English = National TV
No wonder people get fed up!
di marco
19-09-2005, 06:05
Yes, we would - but it wouldn't be shown on National TV! (Except maybe a 2 minute fell good piece at the end of the news)
Scottish = Scottish TV
English = National TV
No wonder people get fed up!
well, and i dont know much about this, but for the regional news, is there only one for the whole of scotland or lots of different ones, cos if they put the cricket on the regional news it would be the same thing on all the different ones across england and cos its not local news, thats prob why it was on the main one
There are 3 or 4 regional tv stations in Scotland - Borders, Grampian, Scottish - I think that is all.
I think that your argument is one for a National Scottish news programme, campaigners call it the Scottish 6 - so that we can opt out of the BBC and ITV 'British' (read English) news.
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