06-01-2003 05:06									#1
	Another wicket falls. Another LBW. 4/93. Are England about to win?!? Inflate your Upload Space

Truly Shocking. 4 LBWs in a row, and Aussie still need 369 to win.

Will England actually win an Ashes test in Oz

	06-01-2003 05:11									#2
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No doubt England will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

	06-01-2003 05:14									#3
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If we lose from here I think that all of our players should have their bollocks removed and hung from Marble Arch.

Really ... I ain't kidding.

According to the commentators "the ball is violently misbehaving".
Bad Ball. Naughty Ball. In Your Bed!

	06-01-2003 05:14									#4
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Probably. A pretty expensive LBW for Hayden though, smashing the glass door at the SCG. IIRC it was a $2000 fix

	06-01-2003 05:16									#5
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I think they're letting us win. It can't be real.

	06-01-2003 05:17									#6
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet According to the commentators "the ball is violently misbehaving". Bad Ball. Naughty Ball. In Your Bed!

They aren't as funny as the Indian commentator over in NZ at the moment. Just all the stuff he says coupled with the Indian accent, it makes me laugh every time he says something.

"In times of prosper, the fattest pig goes to slaughter"

That was the funniest thus far. Not the words, just the way he said it

	06-01-2003 05:20									#7
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in your FACE steve waugh!!



99-5

	06-01-2003 05:21									#8
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ANOTHER ONE GOES?!

Steve Waugh for 6.

5/99, bowled Caddick.


Surely its over now.

	06-01-2003 05:30									#9
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A bad day at the stockmarket?

j/k

	06-01-2003 05:48									#10
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109-6

wutang! nice catch!

	06-01-2003 05:48									#11
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ANOTHER!!!!!

6/109, Damien Martyn for 21

	06-01-2003 06:18									#12
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no doubt we'll win it but only after letting them get to within 20 runs of victory. Our game plan will be to make them so tired they'll get run out trying to score

	06-01-2003 06:21									#13
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whee 139 for 7. go England! to win a test match again, not sure I can remember what I'm supposed to feel - it's been such a long time.

	06-01-2003 06:22									#14
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Its over folks!!! Love clean bowled



7/139

	06-01-2003 06:40									#15
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181 for 8

	06-01-2003 06:41									#16
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Gilchrist caught off a Caddick bowl

8/181

	06-01-2003 08:25									#17
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And that's game - England wins.

But something just as good - Michael Vaughn man of the match AND of the Series.

	06-01-2003 08:37									#18
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Well done England!

About time we had a match that wasn’t over by the 3rd day.

By the looks of it, the 2nd half of the One Day series might actually become interesting, with England showing some form (well, their test side at least) and Sri Lanka kicking Australia A around a bit.

If we are REALLY lucky, the world cup might not be a white wash after all....

	06-01-2003 09:12									#19
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quote: Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt But something just as good - Michael Vaughn man of the match AND of the Series.

Vaughan fully deserved that, IMO. Played some fantastic shots .

quote: By the looks of it, the 2nd half of the One Day series might actually become interesting, with England showing some form (well, their test side at least) and Sri Lanka kicking Australia A around a bit.

I hope it's more exiting that the India vs. NZ ODI series at the moment *cough*match fixing*cough cough*

	06-01-2003 09:12									#20
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Heh. Look at the updated ICC test rankings - SA is first, Oz second, then NZ in third (albeit by a fair margin). It's really hard to tell which teams will actually put up a good show. Now there're signs that England might, but we can't really be sure how the other world teams would fare against Oz. Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan seem to be utter pants from looking at how easily they are beaten, especially by SA and NZ. But does this mean SA and NZ are in Oz's league? Perhaps the subcontinent teams are just really REALLY bad, and NZ and SA don't hold a candle to Oz.

But then I remember last year's VB series and look forward to SA, Oz and NZ meeting in matches again...

	06-01-2003 09:20									#21
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I'd hate to say it, but India seem to be match-fixing. Shame really, because NZ actually look good going into the WC.

However, I'm not willing to take my money down the betting store just on those stats.

	06-01-2003 10:31									#22
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I was at the ground. So the series ends: Australia 4, Umpire Russell Tiffen 1.

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	06-01-2003 10:44									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I was at the ground. So the series ends: Australia 4, Umpire Warren Tiffen 1.

What're you complaining about? Aus still leads foreign teams in the "dodgy decisions" sweepstakes by a ratio of about 10:1.

	06-01-2003 10:55									#24
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Its just a shame Tiffen decided the game with dodgy LBWs'. Robbed everyone of a great finish.

Do they let him bring his guide dog into the ground?

	06-01-2003 13:46									#25
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Ever since the Aussie bowl, NZer's have hated them.

We only have a few good players, Aussie has a lot. I still think Ponting is their best player, is he in this year? I haven't been watching. I've only seen IND vs NZ, we won so easily, I don't know why they bothered playing.

	06-01-2003 15:54									#26
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Yes Ponting is in, and he's my personal fave Aussie cricketer as well.

Tiffen screwed England as well as Oz, just perhaps more Oz than England. I was personally very pissed off that he gave Vaughn out with such a blatantly wrong decision. After seeing the replay I was annoyed that Langer was dismissed the way he was too. He put on a great 170-odd at the MCG and you just hate to see such a great player screwed in such a way.

Did they use the third umpire in the entire last test?

	07-01-2003 04:56									#27
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Don't see how you can complain about the umpire AH when Vaughan was robbed on 183, and at the time it looked like no-one was capable of getting him out... out of the 4 lbws only Langer's was a bad decision, of the other three two were plum and the third was a good shout.

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Incidentally I think Vaughan is playing better than Hayden. Hayden has done fantastically well, but he hasn't had to face the best bowlers in the world (because they're in his own side!). Would be interesting to see if Hayden could manage 177 against McGrath, Warne, Lee and Gillespie...

	07-01-2003 04:58									#29
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Langer would have gone for under 50 anyway. The other 3 were definate outs/almost

	07-01-2003 05:22									#30
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Tiffen hurt both sides. Trescothick in Melbourne, Vaughn in Sydney. Tragedy - he should have got his double century.

Then he gives 3 ridiculous LBW against the Australians which basically ruins the end of a great test match. The man is a fool and shouldn't be umpiring at international level. Both the England and Australian experts agree on that.

But England played very well and deserved to win - I take nothing away from them.

Now if you make Vaughn captain you might have the makings of a cricket side.

As for you Lindley, I'm not going to explain the LBW rule to you. If you haven't got it by now you never will.