The Ashes
 

Australia is off to a great start in the first test. England all out for 157 in the first innings after chasing a hefty lead of over 600 set by the Aussies.

What say you pomms???

I have absolutely no idea what you just said.

Hubby says, "that's why the US is never going to be a civilized country. Even the Canadians play cricket, albeit fairly badly."

She said "blah blah blah blah....pomms".

But yeah, we are certainly rocking, we had a few beers at work whilst watching the cricket yesterday.

I spent the day clicking on baggygreen.com to get updates. It was well worth it.

Do you have a Boonie?

I spent the arvo at the springnats, hence my sunburned bits.

Why, when you get a heap of drunk men and cars in the same vicinity, do they(the drunk men, not the cars) think "show us your tits" appropriate conversation?

No...don't have a boonie. Can't stand VB.

Ummm...I''m not sure about that, but it could be a bit like when I ask Jay to 'show us ya guns' earlier today.

How'd that go for ya?

Hold on? Jay = ???

Fielding chart printed and stuck to the sun visor in the car, radio locked on.

Now all we need is some decent competition...

Why do you have a fielding chart on your visor and what is one?

lol...yeah Jay. He made a lewd comment a few days ago, so I was just going on with it.

Check out the something thread. I'll find out which one. Hang on.

Hmmm...could have been my imagination...but I know he wants me. :D

and so he should!!!!

he'd be mad if he didnt

You flatter me! lol don't stop

hmf

Cricket....God I hate cricket. Cricket= Sundays at Gran's house, bored shitless and silent on a green leather sofa whilst Dad and Gran stare intently at the screen.

Even the sound of a cricket ball hitting the bat makes me depressed.....tennis too....and snooker.

I'll have you know that I live down the street from The Philadelphia Cricket Club!

(I think they stopped playing cricket there in the mid-1920s)

(Okay, their website says they've started it up again, but it's a very exclusive private club, and they don't let the riff-raff from down the street on the property just to watch nice young men in white sweaters)

Ohhh yeah, I'm with you Dana.

'cept its my parents place, with my Dad going "SHOOOOSH". Wtf does he need us to shoosh why he's watching cricket??? not like he's gonna miss any important commentary!!!

I dont mind tennis though (mainly 'coz Andy Roddick is a bit of alright to look at but I do drool when he actually speaks).

Wolf - the riff-raff wouldnt be wanting to watch the nice young men play cricket anyways would they?? There's other stuff to do isnt there?

Yeah....whatever happened to drink and drugs?

Just a little diagram of all the fielding positions. I still get my "Long-on's" confused with my "Long-off's"!

My favorite position is *silly mid on/off*

No - thats not a sexual position either...well..i guess it could be, but I havent come across it.

We call that position 'fucking stupid mid on/off' in our house.

Looks like the poms are going down with a resounding bang before lunch today. Imagine losing a test match by more than 500 runs. What a thrashing. :D

Well it's all over! (before lunch)...

I hope there's a bit more competition in the next test.

youre a big meanie Ali

yeah...I am. :)

omg

I don't drink, VB, or anything else, don't play cricket, and even I want a Boonie!

What's the point of having a boonie if you don't watch cricket? Do you even know what one is???

Well, the Aussies took out the second test in amazing style after a strong start by the poms. Pity they dropped their bundle in the second innings, but I guess that's just the pommies for you. ;)

Puts the pressure on them now though. The third test should be a ripper!

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!!

That went from being the most boring test match ever to being one of the most exciting. I heard the TV ratings earlier today: Three million viewers in Australia.

I was watching it with my kids. It was very exciting. Did you get a chance to have a peek?

Yup, I was lucky enough to be at home doing "paperwork" and saw about the last two hours!

Really? What sort of paperwork? lol

The last couple of hours were the best couple, since we were batting. I got to watch the full days play, so I considered myself quite fortunate as it all unfolded. :)

WoooooHoooooooooooo!!!!!

Australia has won back the ashes!

Better luck next time you pommies. ;)

Memo to England: Test matches are meant to go for FIVE days.

Oh Geez - where are the mods??? this is obviously mistakenly placed in the Sports Forum.

It's neither Current, nor an Event, and there's no Home Base in cricket, despite their calling that funny looking thing a "bat." I looked in the rules.

So it stays here, until we can come up with something better.

Thinking ...

no. Entertainment doesn't work either.

If they would talk about what to have during the tea interval, I'd think about moving it to food and drink, but neither Vegemite nor Marmite are food so ...

Like I said. It stays here.

Who removed my post suggesting that some people simply have no class and why was it removed?

Nobody and cos it wasn't?

It was there UT...unless there was some glitch in the system, however, it did appear on the screen after I clicked the post quick reply button.

Oh well, doesn't matter. You lot will never understand the finer nuances of the sport anyway. :)

As cricket lover of years and years standing (I used to book my holidays to coincide with tests) this has been a depressing few weeks, but the Aussie team have been outstanding. I guess England didn't stand a chance when the Aussies are on such wonderful form.

Respect to them. Cancel the open top bus....

Better luck next time Czin. ;) At least Warne wont be in the side. :(

I understand he is coming here to play for Hampshire...? But definitely one of the greatest ever, hero material, and lovely thighs...:blush:

He's been playing there for a few seasons now I believe. Can't say I'm very enamoured of him as a man, but as a cricketer he's brilliant. Actually, as a man, I think he's a pathetic example.