To all Aussies intrested in a proper sport ..

[stiz]

... job done!

 

[demorier]

So poms can play cricket after all...(just messing about). Congats

 

[Matt Wynn]

Of everyone in the Aussie team, it's the woman who irons their whites who spends longer at the crease....and there is no difference between an Aussie batsman and a Formula1 car, blink and you miss them both....

What’s the difference between Ricky Ponting and a phoenix?

--At the end of the ashes, the phoenix still has a future.

ok Job done, I'll get my coat was good to watch when i had the chance to, i miss the old days though when cricket was on Channel 4, and free to watch instead of having to pay <Insert Cable/Digital/Sattelite TV company here> to watch...

 

[wombat666]

A very fine game of cricket played by the England team, one which has given the ACB a severe reality check.

England played as a 'Team' and did everything asked of them, unfortunately our lot are in a state of transition and it showed.

And a PS: My only criticism of the "England" team is the use of players of South African origin, perhaps we should field a few New Zealanders and Indians under the "Australia" banner next test.

 

[Aviator32]

And a PS: My only criticism of the "England" team is the use of players of South African origin, perhaps we should field a few New Zealanders and Indians under the "Australia" banner next test.

Er, you did! - http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/215155.html

 

[cajj1]

I liked Michael Vaughan's joke on TMS last night

Q - What do you call a World class Australian cricketer?

A - Retired

If the Aussies had won at least we would have been spared this

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[wombat666]

Er, you did! - http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/215155.html

"Born in Pakistan, Usman Khawaja moved to Australia when he was a young boy and got closer to achieving his aim of becoming the first Muslim to play for the country when picked in the Test squad to face Pakistan in England. A fine left-handed batsman who was a national under-19 representative, Khawaja delivered on the rave reviews during his second and third seasons with New South Wales. He collected three Sheffield Shield centuries in 2009-10 in a haul of 698 runs, following a return of 554 at 42.61 the previous summer."

Well, perhaps he was born in Pakistan but Khawaja is an Australian citizen, unlike the 'Seth Efrikaans' in the current Pommie squad.

 

[Tako_Kichi]

Well, perhaps he was born in Pakistan but Khawaja is an Australian citizen, unlike the 'Seth Efrikaans' in the current Pommie squad.

Sorry Wombat but that statement is as wide of the mark as Mitchell Johnson's bowling is wide of the stumps (and we all know just how wide that is!)

There are NO 'Seth Efrikaans' in the current England squad.

Andrew Strauss - Born in SA to English parents.
Kevin Pietersen - Born in SA to an English mother.
Jonathan Trott - Born in SA to an English father.
Matt Prior - Born in SA to an English father.

All the above have a direct blood link to England and can therefore claim British Citizenship automatically. My daughter was born and has lived all her life in Canada but she can claim British Citizenship too as she has an English father (me). That's a bit different to Khawaja who just happened to live in Oz for a few years before being made an Aussie.

If anyone is playing 'ringers' it looks like the Aussies not England.