Congrats Australia on winning Ashes 2nd Test - Adelaide ( + Day 5 comments )

[Rob H]

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[Amir]

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There you have it folks. English fans have now gone insane and relate to constant laughing. Though they are nto sure what they are laughing at, they do it anyway.

 

[OZGOD]

4-151, 17 to get in 7 overs. Harmy on now.

 

[OZGOD]

Harmy gives away a wide.

 

[OZGOD]

Hussey gets his half ton. So far this bloke has answered all the questions asked of him. He needs to guide us home now.

 

[161]

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[zulfiqar]

wow... what the hell happened?? How did the English get out so quickly!!

 

[OZGOD]

Willow has gone down again. How can these snapperheads charge $100 for the series when their service goes down more often than Traci Lords?

 

[161]

wow... what the hell happened?? How did the English get out so quickly!!

good morning Zulfiqar - plz refer to Rob's last post

 

[161]

"29.2 Harmison to Hussey, 1 wide, when the going gets tough, the tough bowl a wide. Not in the Brisbane class, but still wide enough"

 

[zulfiqar]

hahhaha... this is madness! Although I've arrived near the end I can't believe I missed this one !! Just 10 runs to win!

 

[OZGOD]

2 runs an over to win.

 

[kablooee87]

I have to say. After all this time I am rarely surprised at how far Australia can come and win a test match, but I'm surprised at this.

 

[161]

cricnfo commentators having some fun at the expense of the english ..

"Ian Botham in full rant> "People are asking questions," he says. "I'm asking questions." He doesn't actually tell us what the question is though."

 

[asifp]

I have to say. After all this time I am rarely surprised at how far Australia can come and win a test match, but I'm surprised at this.

Aussies do what they do best , play positive Cricket , this was more of a case of England folding up and playing negative cricket.

 

[kablooee87]

Aussies do what they do best , play positive Cricket , this was more of a case of England folding up and playing negative cricket.

It's funny how it's always the teams facing Australia that tend to fold up.

 

[OZGOD]

4-160, 8 to win.

 

[OZGOD]

It's funny how it's always the teams facing Australia that tend to fold up.

England walked out this morning looking like they had to save the Test, while the OZ went out to win it I think. Though Warney said they didn't start to seriously think they could win until he got KP out so soon after Bell was run out. The momentum built from there. Once the OZ scented the slightest fear and hesitation from England they seized on it, particularly Warney.

 

[OZGOD]

I have to say. After all this time I am rarely surprised at how far Australia can come and win a test match, but I'm surprised at this.

I'm pretty surprised myself. I usually have faith and quiet confidence in my team, but I thought we were goners after we were 3-70 in reply to 551 declared.

 

[OZGOD]

44444444444444444 for Hussey. 2 to get.

 

[OZGOD]

yesssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zulfiqar]

England will soon be out of this misery..

 

[Hash]

yesssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

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5-0!

 

[OZGOD]

Amazing victory, set up by some great bowling from Warne and Lee (I'm a quarter eating humble pie) and a spectacular implosion from the England top and middle order. I would've given them 30-1 odds to win after Day 3, particularly after Ponting didn't declare at 450.

 

[OZGOD]

This will be a devastating blow for England, to lose a match like this after posting 553-6 declared. I feel for Freddie, Hoggy and Collywobble, they gave it their all but they couldn't seize the moment this morning.

 

[zulfiqar]

I don't think England will be able to recover.. I predict one draw and one Aussie win in the next 2 games which will win them the series, and England winning the last rubber match to lose the series 1-3.

Awesome bowling from Lee & Warne!

 

[infamous9383]

Only England can screw up a match this badly. The ashes have been ruined like it or not but total credit to the aussies once again. You give them a sniff at victory and they'll take it.

 

[Easa]

Wow, England just got owned. Bunch of chokers, they are.

 

[in_cutter]

my god, I have just checked the score

 

[Uzzy]

I woke up this morning at around 7:30 thinking the cricket had finished and assumed it meandered into a draw. I turn on Sky Sports and i couldn't believe the scorecard!

Australia needed like 20 runs from 7 overs. I thought, my god England must have had the mother of all collapses.

 

[Uzzy]

TBH i feel bad for Flintoff. He gave it his all and is a great cricketer. Shame he had to end up on the losing side.

 

[shan]

TBH i feel bad for Flintoff. He gave it his all and is a great cricketer. Shame he had to end up on the losing side.

was he crying?

 

[OZGOD]

was he crying?

He was close to it after KP gave away four overthrows after Clarke had taken 3 runs off the last ball of what would've been a maiden over, which ended up costing 7.

 

[the Great Khan]

this is why freddy shouldnt be captain...the man needs to get some inspiration or give up that arm band..what a sissy...wheres all that bluster from 2005?? blown away in Pakistan and then smashed to pieces by jayasuria and co...damn the aussies should thank us subcontinentals..every series where we have played them before the ashes we've brought them down a notch or two only to watch the aussies pound em!!...loll..lol..

 

[OZGOD]

tdamn the aussies should thank us subcontinentals..every series where we have played them before the ashes we've brought them down a notch or two only to watch the aussies pound em!!...loll..lol..

Shades of 2001, eh?

The fear. The Australians have seen it before in the eyes of England's batsmen. And they weren't even playing them at the time.

It was June 2001 and Australia had recently arrived in the country when England reached tea on the last day of the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford two wickets down and odds on to achieve the draw that would give them their fifth successive series win and a handy pre-Ashes pep-up. They duly lost eight wickets in a session and with it the game. Steve Waugh chuckled knowingly. A couple of months later Australia handed out another Ashes thrashing.

England's mistake in Manchester was to play for a draw before they needed to. Pakistan had begun the day worrying about defeat, but instead sensed the hesitation and went in for the kill, unburdened by any thought of defeat. It was a lesson learned the harsh way.

Or so we thought. Then, this morning, Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell poked and prodded their way to 10 runs off the first 10 overs. Unlike Old Trafford, England had next to no chance of winning this game at the start of the day. But they could not have chosen a clearer way of signalling their worries to Australia than this. Back then, Pakistan attacked with Waqar Younis and Saqlain Mushtaq; now, Australia moved in with Brett Lee and Shane Warne. Then, as now, England propped forward and kept an anxious eye on the clock. Grim stuff and utterly self-defeating.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/ashes2006-07/story/0,,1964279,00.html

 

[Rob H]

Well i don't normally have such a go at the umpires but the decisions to Strauss and Harmison were disgusting. Strauss missed the ball by at least 3/4 inches and yet he was given out caught bat pad. Harmison's was just as bad because one again the umpire give into the theory "the batsman has left it, he must be out". The ball was going 7 inches over the stumps ffs. It hit him on the kneeroll and he's a 6ft 4 guy.

In all though australia deserved to win. Can't complain when you're team are a bunch of morons who cannot bat to the situation (apart from Paul Collingwood, the only man with his head screwed on).

Pietersen - Ridiculous lap shot

Flintoff - again out fishing to a reall wide ball

Jones - The ball was off the crease and yet he still manage to hit it to gully. It's not an ODI, you can leave the ball!

 

[Somali Pirate]

I really feel for fred. He is a top lad and this must surely hurt as a captain and as a player. His voice almost cracked at the presentation ceremony

 

[Easa]

I agree those were two wrong decisions, but do you think the game would have changed that much? One of them was Harmison, and I doubt he was going to last for too long. You could argue about Strauss, though.

In the end, Australia were the better side and deserved to win. England played some atrocious shots, especially Pietersen! Why the hell would you want to play a lap sweep against somebody you can dominate? Ridiculous stuff.

 

[Rob H]

I agree those were two wrong decisions, but do you think the game would have changed that much? One of them was Harmison, and I doubt he was going to last for too long. You could argue about Strauss, though.

In the end, Australia were the better side and deserved to win. England played some atrocious shots, especially Pietersen! Why the hell would you want to play a lap sweep against somebody you can dominate? Ridiculous stuff.

Not the fact it was Harmison as we were losing then but the way he was giving out. The rule shouldnt be lbw as it isn't but "left the ball". I think that hawkeye needs to be brought it for these decisions. As soon as the batsman leaves it and it's hits the pad the finger is raised regardless of where it has hit him and the height. Shocking umpiring.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

What a stunner.....Well done AUS!

 

[Easa]

Not the fact it was Harmison as we were losing then but the way he was giving out. The rule shouldnt be lbw as it isn't but "left the ball". I think that hawkeye needs to be brought it for these decisions. As soon as the batsman leaves it and it's hits the pad the finger is raised regardless of where it has hit him and the height. Shocking umpiring.

Good point, I agree with you. Who was the umpire, anyways? At least you lot know that it was a human mistake.. not a fat umpire who wants to demoralize the **** out of you.

 

[OZGOD]

Good point, I agree with you. Who was the umpire, anyways? At least you lot know that it was a human mistake.. not a fat umpire who wants to demoralize the **** out of you.

Bucknor for the first (Strauss), Koertzen for the second (Harmy). It was bloody tough on the umpires in that period just after the Strauss dismissal though to close, they had to make about 10 or 11 correct LBW and other calls in quick succession and they got most of them right, bar one LBW for Colly which looked plumb (which didn't really change the result) but it was tough for them. The pressure was immense with Warney and McGrath rapping the pads and beating the bat consistently and appealing constantly for tight decisions. The pressure was intense, not just on England but on the umps.

 

[TurkishCricketFan]

What can you say? One day people write Warne off and declare that Pieterson 'owns' him.

Next day the wizard clean bowls KP first ball around his legs.. and Aussies win a match no one thought they could after the first 2 days.

Warne is simply a genius.

 

[12thMan]

a great victory for Aus and even a better 5th day to watch. congrats OZ. Warne was great and Lee was doing some really good bowling after lunch. I hardly see him swinging the ball like that

 

[Amir]

Not the fact it was Harmison as we were losing then but the way he was giving out. The rule shouldnt be lbw as it isn't but "left the ball". I think that hawkeye needs to be brought it for these decisions. As soon as the batsman leaves it and it's hits the pad the finger is raised regardless of where it has hit him and the height. Shocking umpiring.

Ahhhh I gotta admit a part of me is loving this Now you know what we went through last summer.

 

[isr]

Ozgod, you there?

All I can say is ... wow!