England in Australia
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That was great. Man, it's gonna be sad in Sydney. Saying goodbye to the greatest bowler ever. 
I think we will all miss Warne. Even sad saying goodbye to the Ashes. It came so quick and is over even quicker. 2009 is ages away, and without the same Aussie personal, there is no way it'll be as good.
So whos MOTM. Symonds with his 156 or Warney with his 7?
It's a tough choice. I want Warney to get it but perhaps Symonds deserves it.
I think we will all miss Warne. Even sad saying goodbye to the Ashes. It came so quick and is over even quicker. 2009 is ages away, and without the same Aussie personal, there is no way it'll be as good.So whos MOTM. Symonds with his 156 or Warney with his 7?
It's a tough choice. I want Warney to get it but perhaps Symonds deserves it.
Symo should get it.
Ouch. This isn't good.
So, why are England gettin walloped? I've found the following reasons:
1) Poor Selection
2) Poor Captaincy
3) Lack of match practice
4) Lack of a decent fourth seamer to back up Hoggy, Harmy and Freddie.
5) Just plain stupid batting
Did I miss anything?
Ouch. This isn't good.
So, why are England gettin walloped? I've found the following reasons:
1) Poor Selection
2) Poor Captaincy
3) Lack of match practice
4) Lack of a decent fourth seamer to back up Hoggy, Harmy and Freddie.
5) Just plain stupid batting
Did I miss anything?
genghis_khan
International Cricketer
Good to see Brett Lee finally contribute something to the series, because apart from a few loose shots from Freddie, Lee hasnt done much. And hopefully this gets him into a bit of form for the ODI series.
Mahmood does not bowl rubbish at all. The problem he has is the transitions mainly. From Tests to ODIs which means he's forever altering his lines and lengths, similar to the problems that Harmison has. Sure Mahmood may go for a few, but he's shown in this Test that when he gets a few overs under his belt he's a good bowler.
evertonfan
Chairman of Selectors
Couldn't even make Australia bat twice; Pathetic.
wolf
International Cricketer
evertonfan said:
That just about hits the nail on the head. No need to say anymore.
Is big Glenn McGrath going to redeem himself with the 5-0 call? Isn't the forecast for rain EVERY day for the 5th test??
I gotta say England have taken some massive steps backwards this year. Not what their supporters deserved after basically knighting and worshipping the lot for winning two games of cricket. How would you feel if you're an English supporter who's busted out a ridiculous number of pounds to make it for the final 2 tests. You arrive and the ashes are already lost....you get 3 lousy days in Melbourne with the most annoying singing pounding in your ears, drinking mid-strength beer whilst watching your team capitulate worse than they did 10 years previously, when you swore you'd never do another ashes tour again....then to rock up in Sydney knowing that you've got a better chance of running into Paris Hilton than getting to see any cricket?? Sweet!
Rudi was insanely bad this test. Symonds was dead plumb to Panesar and Flintoff, Hayden plumb twice to Hoggard, Cook plumb to McGrath...then the ones he gave were extremely border line at best.
How long does it take for a hawkeye to be processed? Can't they just have a guy that radios it down asap from the media box to the umpire??
Or I reckon another way they could do it is implement a system like they use in the olympic boxing. You'd need something like Umpire Cam - stick a cam on the umpires head or something - have 3 umpires up in the media box watching this view on tv, then when an appeal goes up they have to hit an OUT or NOT OUT button within say 3 seconds of the appeal. If 2/3 say OUT it's OUT, then the decision is speedily relayed to the players. If they could cut this down to a few seconds it'd be worth a shot. Get a bit of cyclops action for the no-balls, then really why do we need umpires on the ground? To check the ball and light?? Surely we could get a robot to carry out these measly tasks. And whack that umpire cam on the robot's head while you're there to make sure it actually captures the ball hitting the pad - god if you strapped a camera to an umpire's head you'd be looking at the bird in the second row or the hot food van all day.
We have to stamp out pathetic umpiring. I said it before the series started that the one thing Australia could count on is the support of the umpires at home...just as England enjoyed it last year and just as any team that can pack a stadium will enjoy. The likes of Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor crucify the Australians away from home, then magically become like a 12th player for us when we're at home. It sure would be interesting to see how some tests would've panned out if the umpires got it spot on.
I gotta say England have taken some massive steps backwards this year. Not what their supporters deserved after basically knighting and worshipping the lot for winning two games of cricket. How would you feel if you're an English supporter who's busted out a ridiculous number of pounds to make it for the final 2 tests. You arrive and the ashes are already lost....you get 3 lousy days in Melbourne with the most annoying singing pounding in your ears, drinking mid-strength beer whilst watching your team capitulate worse than they did 10 years previously, when you swore you'd never do another ashes tour again....then to rock up in Sydney knowing that you've got a better chance of running into Paris Hilton than getting to see any cricket?? Sweet!
aussie1st said:
Rudi was insanely bad this test. Symonds was dead plumb to Panesar and Flintoff, Hayden plumb twice to Hoggard, Cook plumb to McGrath...then the ones he gave were extremely border line at best.
How long does it take for a hawkeye to be processed? Can't they just have a guy that radios it down asap from the media box to the umpire??
Or I reckon another way they could do it is implement a system like they use in the olympic boxing. You'd need something like Umpire Cam - stick a cam on the umpires head or something - have 3 umpires up in the media box watching this view on tv, then when an appeal goes up they have to hit an OUT or NOT OUT button within say 3 seconds of the appeal. If 2/3 say OUT it's OUT, then the decision is speedily relayed to the players. If they could cut this down to a few seconds it'd be worth a shot. Get a bit of cyclops action for the no-balls, then really why do we need umpires on the ground? To check the ball and light?? Surely we could get a robot to carry out these measly tasks. And whack that umpire cam on the robot's head while you're there to make sure it actually captures the ball hitting the pad - god if you strapped a camera to an umpire's head you'd be looking at the bird in the second row or the hot food van all day.
We have to stamp out pathetic umpiring. I said it before the series started that the one thing Australia could count on is the support of the umpires at home...just as England enjoyed it last year and just as any team that can pack a stadium will enjoy. The likes of Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor crucify the Australians away from home, then magically become like a 12th player for us when we're at home. It sure would be interesting to see how some tests would've panned out if the umpires got it spot on.
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symonds_sixes
Club Cricketer
Don't forget the 2 plumb lbws against Collingwood and the one against Strauss in the first innings (that one would of been tough to give out though although hawkeye showed that it was out). He seemed to only give right handers out from lbws.valvolux said:
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