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3rd test - Headingley

If we did the miracle and won 3-2 it would become the greatest series ever from our perspective.
Australia are better than us, but if we win tomorrow how will it effect them mentality?
A lot of expectation back home to crush us, and they have talked the talk a lot as well.
 

zebediah said:
If we did the miracle and won 3-2 it would become the greatest series ever from our perspective.
Australia are better than us, but if we win tomorrow how will it effect them mentality?
A lot of expectation back home to crush us, and they have talked the talk a lot as well.
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Was thinking that earlier mate, if England can win this series it's up there with 2005.. not that anyone talks about that series anymore 😉
 
Mr Redknapp said:
Was thinking that earlier mate, if England can win this series it's up there with 2005.. not that anyone talks about that series anymore 😉
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Has it ever been done before?

For some reason I keep thinking about the Red Sox 2004, I went to see them live by chance in 2000, so figured they would be "my team".
They Made the world series in 2004 and I was doing a job in New York mid series when they went 3-0 down (best of 7).
I remember popping into a sports shop at JFK airport on way home and looking at a Sox cap, the owner chuckled (obviously a Yankee), I didn't really care that much and said "you never know".
Sox came back to win 4-3 (first time ever done) and break a 80 plus year hoodoo

It's weird cos I haven't though about that for so so long (I didn't buy the cap).
 
smoker said:
People are getting carried away by a glimmer of hope.
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This. We very much should win today, but we still then need to win two out of the next two and have to be more or less flawless to do so. A lot of variables between now and any metaphorical then. All it takes is one bad call at the toss, one inspired innings from an Aussie or one England collapse* and our goose is cooked.

Australia are 3/1 on Paddy Power and that in my view is outstanding value.

*including today :o
 
Got a horrible feeling Cummins will do Cummins things.Anytime we have the better of them they always come back with a bang in the next session.
 
As long as the weather holds for the next 2 days england will win
My fear is they will look at the weather forecast and go baz ball
No need to,play sensibly and it’s 2-1
 
brandon said:
This. We very much should win today, but we still then need to win two out of the next two and have to be more or less flawless to do so. A lot of variables between now and any metaphorical then. All it takes is one bad call at the toss, one inspired innings from an Aussie or one England collapse* and our goose is cooked.

Australia are 3/1 on Paddy Power and that in my view is outstanding value.

*including today :eek:
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3/1 super price imo, for anyone of these teams in the final innings of a test match in a two horse race when the other team is needing 250 to win.

That said could not bring myself to back them as desperate for us to win to keep the series alive and think we will do it.
 
looking forward to this later. i think (hope) england will win although you never know, we're always a collapse waiting to happen.
just an observation but from what i see (as someone who only really listens/watches england play cricket so not really an expert) all the talk from australia before the series about not getting drawn into this new way of playing test cricket by england and playing their own game hasn't really been true so far. they've been drawn into it and tbh it's been very exciting from both sides.
 
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