jonycarr Posted 18 January 2011 Posted 18 January 2011 The Ashes cricket series played between England and Australia since 1882. Currently England regain the Ashes series beating Australia in 5 test match series with 3-1 in year 2010-11. It's first ever Ashes defeat at home since 1986.
Alexikokopops Posted 18 January 2011 Posted 18 January 2011 there'll probably be another T20 WC arranged there soon. Draws galore on the flattest pitches you're ever likely to see, suppose their is plenty of other things to occupy your time in the Windies though. Last time we were there, I remember a ground with a fake beach and a massive pool. I intend to spend a day sitting in a pool with an oversize and ridiculously camp cocktail, occasionally glancing up to look at the cricket.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 Cracking ODI tonite the pub was going off 8-140 we had no chance great effort to get to 230 then bowl you lot out for just less than 200. Who needs tests anyway
FoxyPV Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 Listened to the game during work cheered me up rightly (until the unfortunate event) Got to love KP going for a duck
Alexikokopops Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 I'm currently watching Match Of The Day (Sky +). If I watch the Football League show I have a horrible feeling I'll end up watching all the ODI
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 I'm currently watching Match Of The Day (Sky +). If I watch the Football League show I have a horrible feeling I'll end up watching all the ODI Do it should be another good game, i've backed the poms i reckon they will win this one
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Didn't take us long to become shit at Cricket again did it... or is this just a well planned rouse to make people think just that before blowing all teams out of the water at the Cricket World Cup? (Oh, and how many Cricket World Cup's are there these days and why do they happen every year?)
Brainy Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 remember we were mauled in the 09 ODI's versus Australia before doing really well in the Champions Trophy.. dont know what it is though but I have no confidence in us winning any of these ODI games..
ScouseFox Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Just seen Prior's review, about as out as you can be
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 26 January 2011 Posted 26 January 2011 Good dig by Trott batted well again and more importantly I backed him for most runs in the England innings @ 11/2
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 26 January 2011 Posted 26 January 2011 Also can some one please tell me what has happened to Craig Kisswetter I thought he was rated as one of the best keppers to come out of England (South Africa) for 20 odd years.
Corky Posted 26 January 2011 Posted 26 January 2011 Hurray, no whitewash. And Kieswetter has a back injury I believe.
FoxyPV Posted 26 January 2011 Posted 26 January 2011 Adds a wee bit of bite to the series now. Well played England.
ScouseFox Posted 26 January 2011 Posted 26 January 2011 Lovely from Trott, they didn't realistically look like reaching their target. No whitewash, phew.
Alexikokopops Posted 28 January 2011 Posted 28 January 2011 Back to back series in 2013? http://m.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-set-for-ashes-glut-20110128-1a8h0.html
Fosse Boy Posted 28 January 2011 Posted 28 January 2011 Could work well depending on the outcome of the series in England. Shame there'll be such a long wait after that though.
Alexikokopops Posted 28 January 2011 Posted 28 January 2011 Could work well depending on the outcome of the series in England. Shame there'll be such a long wait after that though. I don't like the idea. From an entirely selfish point of view I'd rather our cricketers spend 5 months in Australia in 2014/15 then have two Ashes series in the same year
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 30 January 2011 Posted 30 January 2011 Some Nice bowling by Johhny Hastings should win this. I'm a big fan of Woakes i think he is going to be a good bowler in all 3 forms of the game and be a handy batsmen. The advantage England has over Australian cricket is that you have 18 domestic teams and play so many games although having so many teams dilutes the talent pool and means the teams are weaker but it also means there is more room for young players to play more competitive matches. Where we only have 6 teams that don't play as much cricket it means there is less room for these young players to come thru.
Footballscoutaustralia Posted 31 January 2011 Posted 31 January 2011 Some Nice bowling by Johhny Hastings should win this. I'm a big fan of Woakes i think he is going to be a good bowler in all 3 forms of the game and be a handy batsmen. The advantage England has over Australian cricket is that you have 18 domestic teams and play so many games although having so many teams dilutes the talent pool and means the teams are weaker but it also means there is more room for young players to play more competitive matches. Where we only have 6 teams that don't play as much cricket it means there is less room for these young players to come thru. The same situation applies to football when you compare the UK /Europe to Australia.. My experience is that for young players (where the A-League is only in its 6th season, and the A-League youth competition in its 2nd - and not every A-League team even fielding a youth team), you will find good talented youngsters scattered all over the place with no other place to go. Many are quite good at ages 10-16, but once they hit 17 years old they are squeezed out with no place to develop through the vital stage of transferring junior talent into high level seniors. And with the limited resources available to the Talent ID system, it is very difficult to "rationalize" introducing a late bloomer youth player (that was not part of the system), into the system. It seems that it is much better to persist with the players that were identified at age 10-14, rather than admit any mistakes in the original ID process. Simply because it shows a waste of those precious limited resources already spent.
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