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Post by Armchairfan on Jul 31, 2023 17:55:25 GMT
Fantastic
Robbed of the prize by the weather. But, pride is well and truly held head high.
Player of the Series. Chris Woakes. Brilliant.
Good luck Stuart Broad. Talisman
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Post by Monkey Tennis on Jul 31, 2023 17:55:38 GMT
Great series, that - one of the best in my lifetime - brilliant.
If only Manchester could sort its fkn weather out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 18:08:36 GMT
What an amazing end to a career. Six with the last swish of the bat. Switch the bails again, wicket. Final wicket of the series with the final ball.
I was listening to it on the radio but decided to RELUCTANTLY leg it into a pub once we got Starc. Only one bloke watching it. By the end it was rammed and genuinely quite a weirdly emotional atmosphere.
STRANGE.
Still, it just shows how great it is. A good Ashes series certainly makes a summer, no matter the weather.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 18:19:45 GMT
A strange series. I am not sure if it was a good one?
I guess the best analogy I could come up with is it was like watching say a big fast serve and volleyer verses a base line player in tennis.
Probably the most stat busting series of all time. Some nutty stats being revealed all the way through the series.
Essentially due to them playing T20 cricket for large parts of it.
I thought Jimmy Anderson was like one of them players that doesn't want a leaving party, but he indicated that he isn't retiring. He should.
Interesting how the next ashes will look. Both teams will be without a lot of decent players who will surely retire prior to it.
Could be another obscure stat that it would have the least combined players making it from from the Oval to the Gabbatoir
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 18:44:41 GMT
Not that I know too much, but these were the key things IMO..
Leach absent. England winning all but the last tosses. England largely having the luckier time with the weather (apart from the last test wash out). Lyon getting injured. Woods and Woakes coming in.
Woakes achieved something that has only ever been done twice before in Ashes cricket according to TMS. It doesn't sound that big an achievement. I am sure it was that only two other English players have got 6 or more wickets in three consecutive Ashes tests. Bedser and Laker I am sure they said.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 19:14:14 GMT
It was definitely a good series. I don't care what anyone says.
When you factor in the weirdness of bouncing oblivion and other little quirks as well as the imbalance of balance across all of the matches then I would say that it was great.
Hereford United vs Morecambe playoff semi-final was a great match. I didn't see Messi or Scholes playing. That doesn't matter. Who cares?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 19:27:23 GMT
The thing is test cricket is possibly the best sport you can get?
Better than football I reckon.
The only thing that appears to get as near to perfect is the Ryder Cup. That can be brilliant.
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Post by Monkey Tennis on Jul 31, 2023 19:33:40 GMT
The thing is test cricket is possibly the best sport you can get? Better than football I reckon. The only thing that appears to get as near to perfect is the Ryder Cup. That can be brilliant. Golf is just a good walk spoiled.
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Post by Barney still in B-Block on Jul 31, 2023 21:16:31 GMT
The thing is test cricket is possibly the best sport you can get? Better than football I reckon. The only thing that appears to get as near to perfect is the Ryder Cup. That can be brilliant. Test cricket like this, yup, agree. And the Ryder Cup, the good ones, epic drama. I think however, that if Lord Southgate somehow gets the current, extremely likeable bunch across the line in the next few years, that might top things off.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2023 8:41:47 GMT
A quick public service announcement to say that the ODI World Cup has started.
Just in case people only use the internet to access this forum...
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Post by greekgod on Oct 5, 2023 10:07:16 GMT
You have not reached a very large audience with that public service announcement.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2023 11:34:04 GMT
Must be a big payday for the ticket touts. Why didn't they just hold it in a bigger stadium?
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Post by eggchaserbull on Oct 5, 2023 15:15:59 GMT
Wow! That was impressive. Well done New Zealand.
It was well worth the wait for a cricket world cup, I don't think we've had one since 2022.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2023 17:07:55 GMT
Sorry, that turned out to be more of a Public Nuisance announcement.
I'd didn't enjoy ignoring that match, that's for sure!
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Post by Monkey Tennis on Oct 5, 2023 19:27:47 GMT
Wow! That was impressive. Well done New Zealand. It was well worth the wait for a cricket world cup, I don't think we've had one since 2022. Was that when the current rugby world cup started?
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Post by Armchairfan on Oct 15, 2023 15:59:36 GMT
Well. That was remarkably poor. Well done Afghanistan!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2023 19:27:12 GMT
I thought Woakes had a good game.
Mork calling Mindy The seagulls always follow the trawler I told you three (3) years ago.
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Post by Armchairfan on Oct 15, 2023 19:31:45 GMT
I thought Woakes had a good game. Mork calling Mindy The seagulls always follow the trawler I told you three (3) years ago. you're a funny beggar!
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Post by GRL on Oct 21, 2023 11:06:59 GMT
Bye bye, Woaker.
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Post by Armchairfan on Oct 21, 2023 12:26:54 GMT
I don't think I've ever seen an England team suffer conditions quite as bad as this. Seems brutal
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