Ashes
starts thursday . Can't wait , should be a great series. Go you ball scratching Aussies
Started: 30th Jul 2019 at 09:19
Last edited by aussie94: 30th Jul 2019 at 09:23:10
Very hard to call this one...completely different attitude to the white ball game...just hope England know how to “dig in”
Replied: 30th Jul 2019 at 10:49
I agree roylew , hard to call . IF our fast bowlers live up to their reputations , then we should win. IF
Replied: 30th Jul 2019 at 10:58
go, go, england, thrash the ball scratchers !!
Replied: 30th Jul 2019 at 11:24
As Australia are notorious cheats let us hope that both onfield and TV umpires keep a careful eye on proceedings.
Aussie94 - a Brit shouting for Australia - hang your head in shame. They still have hanging for treason Lord Haw Haw.
Replied: 30th Jul 2019 at 16:32
builderboy,well said.
Replied: 30th Jul 2019 at 18:16
I think when I was playing,most ball scratchers fielded in the slips Tony j 😀😀
Replied: 30th Jul 2019 at 20:35
reet there bill
Replied: 30th Jul 2019 at 21:25
Douglas Jardine the biggest thug ever to play cricket. hated Don Bradman , so he set out to maim him. Worst captain ever. Toff from upper class Englandr
Replied: 31st Jul 2019 at 06:59
Last edited by aussie94: 31st Jul 2019 at 07:02:30
who would have believed aussies moaning about douglas jardine.
he choose a away to beat his opponents, the aussies where not good enough to adapt to his tactics.
whinging poms indeed.
winners do not have to be popular.
Replied: 31st Jul 2019 at 09:41
Harold Larwood who could not return to England after jardine and who lived out his life in Aussie . Told people Jardine was a bastard an english Toff I hate the C--t
Replied: 31st Jul 2019 at 10:50
Harold Larwood retired from cricket in 1939 and went to work as a market gardener. In 1946 he bought a toffee shop in Blackpool were he stayed till 1950, when he emigrated to Australia.
Replied: 31st Jul 2019 at 12:29
Last edited by fordie: 31st Jul 2019 at 12:37:37
Sorry, but I see nothing but an Aussie whitewash...
Replied: 31st Jul 2019 at 19:49
Is there any sport this gent isn't an expert on?
Replied: 31st Jul 2019 at 20:34
Shut up jarvo...you know nothing bout cricket
Replied: 1st Aug 2019 at 19:48
what a superb knock by smith,credit where it's due.
Replied: 1st Aug 2019 at 20:32
tony j i agree with you one of the best Innings i have seen in Ashes Tests. Well done Steve.
Replied: 2nd Aug 2019 at 05:40
A fine display of batting and some brilliant support from the tail end Charlies.
Still a cheat............
Replied: 2nd Aug 2019 at 08:31
His past will haunt him , but that was brilliant best Aussie batsman I have seen. met him he is a very humbke guy. Not a bragster
Replied: 2nd Aug 2019 at 09:53
A cheat is a cheat .Is a cheat .
End of .
Replied: 2nd Aug 2019 at 12:57
grimsaw people in glass houses
Replied: 3rd Aug 2019 at 08:51
If we can bat past 450 today we shouldn’t lose the game and the Aussies will be on the back foot....I know Smith had a great innings but that Siddle is a thorn in Englands side
Replied: 3rd Aug 2019 at 09:04
What a joke these umpires are . giving players out when they are not Not , Giving them out when they are. A raft of bad decisions for both sides .
Replied: 3rd Aug 2019 at 09:27
Last edited by aussie94: 3rd Aug 2019 at 09:29:12
I hope the weather stays good for the last day. Should be a great day.
Replied: 5th Aug 2019 at 06:16
Hear hear to that Aussie.
Replied: 5th Aug 2019 at 09:26
The quality of umpiring in the first test has been very close to shocking. Joel Wilson only recently elected to the elite panel is not good enough to officiate in matches of this status in my opinion,
The second of the two reviews this morning against Joe Root indicated that the umpire was incompetent as the contact off Roots bat was square on to his pad and visible without the replay,even the mrs saw it!!!
Replied: 5th Aug 2019 at 12:26
Dead right fossil.
Replied: 5th Aug 2019 at 12:35
It’s not only the umpires who are awful this morning
Replied: 5th Aug 2019 at 12:42
Fifth day pitch and classy bowling from Lyon makes it very difficult to survive for England.
Lyon is putting a lot more effort into his bowling than Ali did on a helpful pitch yesterday.That and Smith is the difference.
Replied: 5th Aug 2019 at 13:18
Nathan Lyon bowled superbly .
Replied: 5th Aug 2019 at 17:24
Your boys ain't doing bad Aussie
Replied: 23rd Aug 2019 at 20:34
that england batting today was a disgrace .
Replied: 24th Aug 2019 at 00:24
See Jarvo’s comment of 31st July. The sporting know all.
Replied: 25th Aug 2019 at 17:27
broady i seem to remember somebody crowing about trafford being unbeaten pre season.
Replied: 25th Aug 2019 at 18:01
May I propose Sir Benjamin in the New Years honours.
Cannot wait for Old Trafford although weather forecast is a bit of a drizzle on first day
Replied: 25th Aug 2019 at 19:14
Were they unbeaten?? When did stating a fact amount to crowing? I don't intend to exchange comments on all that cra* you post with you. There are plenty more on here who wipe the floor with you as it is. Just for the record why not give us YOUR forecast of the top four in the PL this season.
Replied: 25th Aug 2019 at 20:18
i never thought i,d see another botham innings again in my lifetime but that from ben stokes was the best iv,e seen . considering he was down to the last man & get another 70+ runs to win it . just remarkable & he,s pure box office.
Replied: 26th Aug 2019 at 00:19
Great knock by the basher Ben Stokes. Terrible umpires , poor Aussie fielding gave England a chance. And they took it. These two turkeys standing as Umpires are the worst I have seen in 60 years of watching Cricket
Replied: 27th Aug 2019 at 06:19
A terrible referral near the end too, you threw it away Aussie still it sets up a great finish to the series
Replied: 27th Aug 2019 at 08:12
Don’t forget Leach....he was outstanding....it’s so difficult to prop up one end....😂😂I remember scoring 4 not out in a partnership of 146....although it wasn’t a last wicket partnership
Replied: 27th Aug 2019 at 08:32
quite right roylew & lets not forget the misfield at the end .
Replied: 27th Aug 2019 at 12:31
I agree Aussie fielding was poor . Steve Smith should be back and a few changes needed . I cant understand why Mitchell Starc is not in the side. If he is fit he should be there bowling at speed around the heads of Englands batsmen
Replied: 28th Aug 2019 at 09:14
Last edited by aussie94: 28th Aug 2019 at 09:15:40
Well we may have Mitchell Starc in the side at last. About time we gave back Joffra his serving bouncers . Go Mitch take their heads off.
Replied: 3rd Sep 2019 at 12:51
Last edited by aussie94: 3rd Sep 2019 at 12:54:37
shades of dougie jardine
Replied: 3rd Sep 2019 at 22:15
No he was a toff with an attitude who used up Harold Larwood. we need a bowler who can liven up the contest. Should be a great match
Replied: 4th Sep 2019 at 07:44
balls starting to get hot , starting time not far away . who will have the balls at the end
Replied: 4th Sep 2019 at 09:22
Rerrible start
Replied: 4th Sep 2019 at 11:24
Great Manchester weather
Replied: 5th Sep 2019 at 06:53
Smithy bats on
Replied: 5th Sep 2019 at 12:21
Another century from the greatest Aussie batsman since Sir Donald Bradman. Has to be the best in the world, or is he
Replied: 5th Sep 2019 at 13:20
yes he is aussie, without a doubt, he makes it look so easy. he is one helluva player
Replied: 5th Sep 2019 at 15:18
Stand above the rest i just wish he was not such a fidge. Drives you mad his antics
Replied: 6th Sep 2019 at 07:47
I feel that it's slipping away from us.
Replied: 6th Sep 2019 at 10:57
can basher Ben do it again
Replied: 8th Sep 2019 at 10:26
no
Replied: 8th Sep 2019 at 12:06
spot on tony j a great win
Replied: 9th Sep 2019 at 07:48
well done aussie, best team won, but having said that, they were two ordinary teams in my opinion, the difference being the superb smith,what a player.
Replied: 9th Sep 2019 at 12:23
tony j I agree with you . Our bowling was good , but other than Steve Smith our batting very ordinary. And that was probably true for both sides . Too much white ball cricket and the tip and run rubbish
Replied: 11th Sep 2019 at 08:12
What a stuff up , why did Paine not bat and then our fielding was terrible . Well done England and joffra what a star he is turning out to be . Chief Cheat Warner should get the big A. Feel for our great bowlers , Unless Smith fire we are rubbish .
Replied: 14th Sep 2019 at 08:35
Englamd should win this one
Replied: 14th Sep 2019 at 12:29
should do aussie, but it means nowt, job done, aussies just want to get back whom after a long tour.
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 09:15
tony j Yes I agree with you
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 09:37
aussie, a while back on the people message forum, you mentioned kevin murphy at john fisher, i replied to it, did you go there ?
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 09:51
tony j yes from 1959 to 1962
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 10:08
i left dec 1960
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 10:11
tony j do you remembber Mr lawson , garrick rowlands , Myers , Walsh , Porter and gannon tough school
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 10:37
remember them all aussie,it sure was. what is your surname ?don't need to tell me if you so wish
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 11:47
tony n j a school to remember . My surname Ratcliffe
Replied: 15th Sep 2019 at 11:52