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play starts at 4:00

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Originally posted by Freddie2004
play starts at 4:00
Lets hope England bowl out Australia quickly and efficiently - so we can win this test.

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if Australia gets out of this with a draw, tie or win, I swear I will never again curse this accursed English weather...

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Originally posted by dfm65
if Australia gets out of this with a draw, tie or win, I swear I will never again curse this accursed English weather...
What's this? Aussies praying for rain in a game against England?
How times have changed...
Rain was always predicted for Saturday so the draw was always likely. I didn't expect England to be on top quite so much though!

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Simon Jones gets Warne out....YES!!!

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Memories... of the cherry tree wicket on a balmy summer afternoon. Snow bowls to Sobers..... he hooks...he edges it ...brilliantly caught by Knott and so ends the West Indies Test Series England Triumph.

Ahhhh to be a kid again. Cricket does that!!!

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Originally posted by Varg
Rain was always predicted for Saturday so the draw was always likely. I didn't expect England to be on top quite so much though!
The Aussies have always been good for a scrap, though. Will he won't he? No! As I write, Shane pulls Jones and caught in the deep for 90. Aus are 287/8 and Warnie remains the highest scoring Test batsman without a century.

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England have declared. We're now chasing 423.

Hmmmmmm.

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Originally posted by dyl
England have declared. We're now chasing 423.

Hmmmmmm.
I've never enjoyed cricket this much. I hated it at school but this test series is the most enjoyable match i've ever followed. It'll be a tall order to win the ashes though, even if England win this test. Australia will no doubt raise their game, i guess it all rests on how much.

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Originally posted by Tirau Dan
Memories... of the cherry tree wicket on a balmy summer afternoon. Snow bowls to Sobers..... he hooks...he edges it ...brilliantly caught by Knott and so ends the West Indies Test Series England Triumph.

Ahhhh to be a kid again. Cricket does that!!!
We wouldn't be having all these missed stumpings and dropped catches if Knotty was behind the stumps.

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Originally posted by Varg
We wouldn't be having all these missed stumpings and dropped catches if Knotty was behind the stumps.
i want to say he was the best of his generation, but i just can't bring myself to relegate Rod 'Bacchus' Marsh to second spot...

'caught Marsh bowled Lillee' - music to Aussie ears...

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Originally posted by dfm65
i want to say he was the best of his generation, but i just can't bring myself to relegate Rod 'Bacchus' Marsh to second spot...

'caught Marsh bowled Lillee' - music to Aussie ears...
But the Jack Russell is still the best!

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DRAW

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England have done well and should go 2 - 1 up tommorow.
This is a real chanced to win back the Ashes after some 20 years.
It seems that over the current series the way forward is to attack from the off in a similar fashion to the one day matches.
This makes for entertaining cricket and I believe would make the sport more popular.
Perhaps the days of grinding out at innings like Atherton and Boycott used to do are gone

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Originally posted by Chess Moose
But the Jack Russell is still the best!
Ian Healy was the best keeper I 've seen. England should have Matty Prior behind the sticks now (although Sussex would lose out). He is a better keeper and batsman than G Jones.