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Bloody Hell !!!

Pointing run out, was playing so well. He was slow to get off the blocks.

Warney cannot believe it.
 
Aus extremely unlucky.

Clarke run out!
 
Gabbar Singh said:
Flintoff's selection here is purely sentimental.

He's not even fit.
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hehe

I've never seen anything like that last ten minutes in cricket, never. the captain and the vice-captain run out. surely, surely now, they are coming home.
 
63.6 Harmison to Hussey, OUT, lovely nudged off his hips to mid-on. But hang on - Flintoff's got a rocket arm and he throws down Ponting's stumps! He's gone! Flintoff celebrates before the replays, down on one knee, arms outstretched ala Lord's. Flintoff has done it for England

RT Ponting run out 66 (103b 10x4 0x6) SR: 64.07

64.5 Swann to Clarke, OUT, turns this to leg - or tries to. It ricochets to Strauss at first slip who flicks it onto the stumps! Is Clarke's bat back in time? The bail appears to be lifted and the bat's not quite over the line, but it's so hard to tell from these replays. Another huge moment here as we wait for the umpire's decision! And he's out! He's been given out. Clarke trudges off scarcely able to believe his fate, nor that of his team

MJ Clarke run out 0 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
 
WOWOWOWO ! ! !
What a moment. Ponting was looking so so good. Flintoff the impact player !
Big mometn this and Clarke gone as well.

England so so so close now come onnnnnnnnnnnnn !
 
Prior stumps North!

Aus in serious trouble now!

236-5
 
North stumped
Aus 236-5 after 72.2 overs - trail by 310 runs

72.2 Swann to North, OUT, gone! Sharp piece of work here from Prior, North takes an enormous stride down and tries to sweep, misses the ball and his foot looks to be on the line as Prior whips the bails off. Billy Bowden doesn't require the third umpire

Probably the right decision (going by BBC) but no call to Third umpire by Bowden. Whoever is on BBC is very confused how this was not sent to third umpire
 
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2 run outs and a stumping, england have taken 3 good chances to take wickets here!

They should regain the ashes now!
 
12thMan said:
Probably the right decision (going by BBC) but no call to Third umpire by Bowden
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10 secs after being stumped - his foot still wasnt over the line.

Great decison!
 
Fortune favours the Brave

England have taken half chances

Flintoff Brilliant in his last test and he will soon get to hold the ashes
 
New Ball taken. Harmisson not bowling but ball given to Anderson
Hussey on 93 - was dropped on 55 by Collingwood
Aus 283-5 - trail by 263
 
Michael Hussey has to be saluted even if Australia goes on to lose this test. What an innings under so much pressure from all corners! Unbelievable knock
 
Usman Chadda said:
Michael Hussey has to be saluted even if Australia goes on to lose this test. What an innings under so much pressure from all corners! Unbelievable knock
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Agreed!!!
Atleast both ponting and hussey (class acts) have answered their critics today
 
Haddin dropped! Simple catch off Anderson.

Think it was Onion man!
 
3 balls to Haddin - 3 potential catches!

Hes living a charmed life!
 
Just looking at his attitude- hes not done- hes nowhere near done
 
Doubt it will happen but 385/5 or there abouts at close will make for an interesting final day.
 
saeed-sohail said:
Is it just me or hussy has similar technique to taufiq Umar.
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its just you ;)

Haddin still scoring in boundaries
 
Time for Hussey and Haddin to do a Langer and Gilly, and then some more.
 
Man if it hadn't been for those runouts we could have been in for one hell of final day.
 
Botham and the other sky boys are allready talking about the celebrations/parades etc - hope it doesnt come back and bite them in the a$$,
 
McBoom said:
Time for Hussey and Haddin to do a Langer and Gilly, and then some more.
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guess not :|
 
M Johnson out ct at seond slip off Harmisson
337-7
Eng can take extra 30 minutes today
 
Great, great fight shown by Australia especially Ponting and Hussey. This is why they were the best team in the world for such a long, long time. Total domination.

Times have changed now but you can still see glimpses of what made Australia so great.

I did however feel yesterday that England seemed to get complacent once the lead was past 400 and lost wickets rather quickly after that. I was also surprised to see them declare at 9 down instead of batting out the innings, getting an extra 15 to 20 runs and more importantly wearing the pitch down a little bit more.
 
The Aussie's are more than likely to lose this. It's just a matter of time. But my worry is they are going to be so pissed off at losing the Ashes that they'll be looking to thump the next team they meet at test level. And thats Pakistan :42:
 
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
Hussey out - didn't like the decision - bat & pad to shortleg
Aus 348 all out - lose by 198 runs
 
Ponting on BBC - I don't want to complain about the pitch as both teams played on it but it was a poor test match pitch
(If I heard this right)
come on. there were 3 scores of 300+ here. He did say that in hindsight team selection was not right
 
few boos for Ponting while he is speaking and then some cheer and now some clapping. I guess people can hear him but I don't know what he said

The BBC guy said he gave the same answers as he game me - pitch is poor and got boos for that.

Clarke who got Australian player of series - when asked did you have a chance today when Ponting and Hussey were batting? and he says if you ask me I will say we have a chance when Hilfy and Huss were batting but England played well and deserved the victory
 
Juggernaut said:
The Aussie's are more than likely to lose this. It's just a matter of time. But my worry is they are going to be so pissed off at losing the Ashes that they'll be looking to thump the next team they meet at test level. And thats Pakistan :42:
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Aedki (this time around) Pakistan is going to take them to the cleaners Inshaallah.
 
Random Aussie, OZGOD, Fish where are you guys?

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Momo said:
Aedki (this time around) Pakistan is going to take them to the cleaners Inshaallah.
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Fear not. :afridi
 
Must say that the Aussies totally got pwnd in this match. A loss by 197 runs is HUGE.
 
Nope, i dont think this Pakistani team is going to beat Australia, i mean the April series proved that the Aussies can still handle pressure better than the current Pakistani team even if they dont have the same players as earlier. What did we do against Sri Lanka?

You think someone with the half hearted technique of Misbah is going to give nightmares to Siddle, Johnson?
 
England v Australia, 5th npower Test, The Oval, 4th day

England v Australia, 5th npower Test, The Oval, 4th day

Hurt Ponting may return to England

Alex Brown at The Oval

August 23, 2009

So acute is the pain of a second Ashes defeat that Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, has declared himself amenable to the idea of a fifth tour of England in 2013. Ponting, who on Sunday became the first Australian captain since Billy Murdoch to twice lead Australia to Ashes series defeats in England, said the prospect of atoning for losses in 2005 and 2009 could convince him to return for one final campaign at the age of 38.

"We'll see how I'm going in four years," Ponting said. "Hopefully I'll have another chance to play another Ashes series back in Australia, but it would be nice, with everything I've done in my career and the games I've played, to have some good memories from this ground. I might have to come back next time and find some.

"With a loss, I'm more determined than ever to be a better player and leader than I am at the moment. I don't really know what to expect when I get back. Hopefully most of the questions will be from journalists, not from people above. But we'll see. I've felt I've given myself the best opportunity and done a good job as a captain and leader in this series. Leaders are always looked upon on their results on their team. Unfortunately for me and the rest of the guys we haven't got the results we would have liked. Ultimately it is my responsibility to get the best out of the guys and to win series. I felt I ticked most of those boxed, other than making a few more runs myself."

Ponting cut a forlorn figure at Sunday's post-match press conference, having watched his side squander a shot at a world record run-chase with two run-outs - one of which cost him his wicket - in the space of six deliveries. First innings collapses at Lord's, Edgbaston and The Oval, coupled with the failure to extract England's final wicket at Cardiff, contributed heavily to Australia's 2-1 series defeat; the same margin by which they lost in 2005.

Ponting said the sting of defeat at The Oval on Sunday was every bit as painful as that he felt at the same ground four years ago. "I don't think you can get any more disappointed than I am right now," he said. "Looking back at 2005, I was feeling exactly the same back then. We all spoke about it and built the series up so much...but we've come up short. I'm obviously hurting, the rest of the guys are hurting as well.

"For me, the leader, the captain, the most experienced player, it's difficult for me to accept. It's just as difficult for the rest of the guys. We couldn't have done anything else, we have given ourselves the best opportunity. Just a couple of really bad sessions during the course of five Tests have cost us the series. When we were been good we were exceptional, when we were bad we were very poor. We need to become more consistent in our performances across the board."

Australia have won just six of their past 16 Tests, during which they have suffered series defeats to India (away), South Africa (home) and now England. Sunday's loss at The Oval has ensured their Test ranking has plummeted from first to fourth, marking the first time since 2003 the Australians have not held the top spot.

Despite their slide, Ponting insisted his current squad should be persisted with for future series. "I think there are a lot of Test wins in this series of players," he said. "In a couple of years there are going to be a couple of guys coming in and going out with a couple of us getting a bit long in the tooth. They will win a lot of Test matches for Australia in the future. They will learn from their mistakes in this series."

Andrew Strauss, Ponting's conqueror in 2009, warned that Australia's youthful squad would learn from the Ashes defeat and return a motivated unit for the return clash in Australia in two years' time.

"The fact that they didn't have the aura is because they have a lot of guys at the start of their career," Strauss said. "If you think about it logically, they're going to get better and better. Those guys are going to have experienced a huge amount in this series and they're probably going to be more determined and hungry to make sure it doesn't happen again. The last thing you'd ever say is that Australian cricket is in a bad place, because it's far from it. They will continue getting better over the coming years."

Alex Brown is deputy editor of Cricinfo
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Link: http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/current/story/421865.html

Comments: Good luck to him, he is no mood for resigning or retiring. He is struggling to adjust to life with his main star players but seriously i dont think Michael Clarke or anyone else can do any better than him. I dont think anyone is better than him as far as captaincy is concerned right now.
 
Savak said:
Random Aussie, OZGOD, Fish where are you guys?

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Those of us in Australia would have been asleep.

Well played and congratulations to England on winning the Ashes.

We played well in parts but a few horrendous sessions cost us dearly.

We look forward to beating the snot out of England at home in 18 months time.
 
Congrats to ***** for winning the ashes. well it may be time for new captain for aussie. i missed the last wickets and the celebration so wud like to see the highlights of it.
 
Gratz to England, we basically lost the Ashes in that madcap session on Day 2 when Broad ran through our batting lineup to get fifer. If we'd managed to get an extra 200-odd runs from that it may have been different. But it was not to be.

For us, the rebuilding continues.
 
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