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Anyone watching? England vs Australia 10 for 3 after 8 balls  

Hieronymus wrote:Anyone watching? England vs Australia 10 for 3 after 8 balls  

Bloody hell!!!!!
Gerrin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 gone now - Broad has 3 wickets Wood has 1. At end of 4th over now.  21-4 

5 gone now!   Ben Stokes brilliant catch 

Broad 4 for 6, first ball of 5th over

21-5

Hieronymus wrote:5 gone now!   Ben Stokes brilliant catch 

Broad 4 for 6, first ball of 5th over

21-5

Top order collapse. 

Clarke gone now as well fr 10 runs. Australia 29-6. Broad 5 for 6 in 19 balls. Wood also has a wicket. 

Broad is the first bowler to get 5 wickets in a Test match before lunch since 1913.

This is amazing! I need to go and do stuff but cannot take my eyes off this! 

OMG! Went away for 20 mins and now it is 50-9, with Broad getting 2 more. My goodness will England be batting before lunch? And will they really want to if the wicket is this productive?

Hieronymus wrote:OMG! Went away for 20 mins and now it is 50-9, with Broad getting 2 more. My goodness will England be batting before lunch? And will they really want to if the wicket is this productive?

No need to worry H, Boycott says the Aussie batsmen are pathetic   He does like to sit on the fence! 

Australia all out for 60. Broad  8 for 15 in 9.3 overs Well done lad, what a performance. Now let's see our batting play as well please! 

All out for 60.
Hope we can put 300 on first innings. 

Come on England, please don't cock it up from here! 

suns out wicket easing up for the batsmen, looking good to post a great total that the aussies wont get.

Lovely cricket.....when was the last time a test player played football.
.Botham?

sunderpitt wrote:Lovely cricket.....when was the last time a test player played football.
.Botham?

Phil Neale of Worcester played football around the same time as Beefy!

Enjoy 

Couldn't happen to a nicer team. I've a VERY VERY close Kiwi friend who said they not only welcomed them last month but said how they thought they were the nicest people whom they played against since prep-school and had decided after the World Cup here in February that they wanted to play in the same respectful fashion.

You reap what you sow in life so suck it up Aussie!

That is it we have won back the Ashes.   

I am not one for gloating much but can I say to the Aussies, hard lines and well done for making our players look like worldbeaters, then Sunday players, then world beaters again, and again!

Oh and well done England and Durham's Mark Wood and Ben Stokes who have been brilliant. I know Stokes was born in Christchurch, so our Kiwi friends can take some of the credit!

Hieronymus wrote:That is it we have won back the Ashes.   

I am not one for gloating much but can I say to the Aussies, hard lines and well done for making our players look like worldbeaters, then Sunday players, then world beaters again, and again!

Oh and well done England and Durham's Mark Wood and Ben Stokes who have been brilliant. I know Stokes was born in Christchurch, so our Kiwi friends can take some of the credit!

I'm so happy I could kiss you! 

Somebody emailed the website commentary team saying, "I wish I knew an Australian!" Made me LOL

canary-dave wrote:Somebody emailed the website commentary team saying, "I wish I knew an Australian!" Made me LOL

There's an Aussie lad gets on not606 & we've had a great thread on there.
He's took all the baiting, piss taking & banter in great humor.
Great bloke, he gets knocked down but he gets up again.

Billy D wrote:

canary-dave wrote:Somebody emailed the website commentary team saying, "I wish I knew an Australian!" Made me LOL

There's an Aussie lad gets on not606 & we've had a great thread on there.
He's took all the baiting, piss taking & banter in great humor.
Great bloke, he gets knocked down but he gets up again.

Just been and had a look Billy, he does seem like a decent bloke, must have English parents! 

canary-dave wrote:

Billy D wrote:

canary-dave wrote:Somebody emailed the website commentary team saying, "I wish I knew an Australian!" Made me LOL

There's an Aussie lad gets on not606 & we've had a great thread on there.
He's took all the baiting, piss taking & banter in great humor.
Great bloke, he gets knocked down but he gets up again.

Just been and had a look Billy, he does seem like a decent bloke, must have English parents! 

If his great, great granfather had been a bit more elusive he might have been English. 

At least one good result happened today

Clark said to Cook first morning i dont know whether to bat or field? Cook replied why not do both.

A post script...young Stokes with Borthwick and a couple of others were at the golf club this morning.

I shoke his hand and said thank you Mr Stokes great bowling a nd a great catch....you have made a country very happy...Thanks he said...I replied ...Pity about your batting and he laughed