[Cricket: Ashes] Someone throw in the towel

[yello]

England are being slaughtered in Cardiff. Can the ref stop the fight please?

 

[accountantpete]

Boys being paid Mens wages IMHO

 

[Renard]

It occurred to me that must be the case since the media has gone all quiet.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Have we won yet?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Ha - a draw!!

 

[yello]

Yep, and quite a sterling rearguard effort as it turned out. Not often you can rely on your last drop hanging around for any length of time.

 

[accountantpete]

The tail wagged - the convicts will be distraught!

 

[Mr Pig]

There's a man in Croydon who claims to have invented a game that in certain respects is a bit like cricket. What he doesn't know is that the England Cricket Team has been playing it for years.

 

[PaulB]

Blinkin' flip. There's them on 'ere who'd have chucked the flamin' towel in after Dunkirk and we'd all a bin speakin' flamin Krautish an' no mistake.

 

[yello]

Blinkin' flip. There's them on 'ere who'd have chucked the flamin' towel in after Dunkirk and we'd all a bin speakin' flamin Krautish an' no mistake.

Better than speaking Aussie!

Ponting should be upset. He managed to let England salvage a draw. His bowler selection was criticised before the game and he seems to have used them poorly during the game.

I like that Mr Pig! For many years now, I've been stunned at just how much of a let down the England team have been. Just when they seem to be out of the trough they hit another one.

 

[Aperitif]

It was a bit pathetic when the 'physio' lumbered up to the wicket and then struggled off immediately. That and a second replacement pair of gloves...
Sound performance by Collingwood cannot mask the lack of application in recognised batsmen - Australia applied themseles and played good, tough cricket.

 

[accountantpete]

Sound performance by Collingwood cannot mask the lack of application in recognised batsmen - Australia applied themseles and played good, tough cricket.

quite agree but Collingwood's dismissal was pathetic in the circs-they lack the discipline to be able to build an innings for themselves a la Boycott.

And the bowlers looked positively third rate compared to the Aussies - they will need conditions in their favour if they are going to bowl Australia out for under 500.

 

[swee'pea99]

quite agree but Collingwood's dismissal was pathetic in the circs-they lack the discipline to be able to build an innings for themselves a la Boycott.

And the bowlers looked positively third rate compared to the Aussies - they will need conditions in their favour if they are going to bowl Australia out for under 500.

Give Collingwood a break - he held his ground for almost six hours while team-mates tumbled before making a single error. I'd say that *was* 'a Boycott'.

As for the bowlers, it's hard to disagree, but think what a difference psychology can make. How different might things have been if the Aussies had lost a wicket to their very first ball of the series....and they very nearly did. We've all seen those given.

 

[PaulB]

Did the miracle of Istanbul teach nobody anything? It's not over till Dawn French has finished gargling.