Ashes 2005 Edgbaston Test

[TheRey]

The beauty of test cricket. You only have to look back to Headingley last year

Yup. It's why, for me, it's the best sport in the world. And I say that as someone who went four years without missing a Palace game, home or away.

This series was the start of my love affair with the game
Christ Clarke was even a whiney little bitch back then
BBC cricket having a subtle little dig here...

"
Flintoff and Clarke are having words. Is Clarke unhappy with the full tosses? Nothing wrong with that surely?! It would have hit his shin and I think that's what Flintoff is saying.
Clarke wouldn't be worried about getting a broken arm, would he?"

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1259176808848687106

Get out

 

[TheRey]

Love the way Bob thinks it's already won, bless him

 

[chelt_mackem]

Love the way Bob thinks it's already won, bless him

He was right to be fair

 

[TheRey]

He was right to be fair

Well we won, but it wasn't the absolute walk in the park Bob predicted!

 

[chelt_mackem]

Well we won, but it wasn't the absolute walk in the park Bob predicted!

I think most of us thought it would be easier than it was. But it just made it all the sweeter when Billy Bowden raised his finger for a howler of a decision

 

[TheRey]

I think most of us thought it would be easier than it was. But it just made it all the sweeter when Billy Bowden raised his finger for a howler of a decision

Good ol' Billie had a shocking test match

 

[Wise Man Says]

I think most of us thought it would be easier than it was. But it just made it all the sweeter when Billy Bowden raised his finger for a howler of a decision

Not sure it was a howler. A slightly obscure rule in relation to an incident that happened very quickly in real time. I don’t think Kasprowicz even contemplated that he may not be out. The biggest issue seemed to be if the catch carried (which clearly it did).

 

[Up the BR]

I have a sneaky suspicion this is going to be a tight finish

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Not sure it was a howler. A slightly obscure rule in relation to an incident that happened very quickly in real time. I don’t think Kasprowicz even contemplated that he may not be out. The biggest issue seemed to be if the catch carried (which clearly it did).

if I remember correctly Benaud only spotted it on comms a couple of minutes after the finger went up.

 

[Scotty 1978]

Watch a long starting on sky cricket channel

 

[box2box]

Watch along works really well, Shane and KP good banter

 

[chelt_mackem]

Really enjoyed the watchalong, great banter between KP and Shane.

I never realised how much shit Ponting got for putting us in, especially from his own teammates.

 

[TopCat]

That was brilliant. Never heard a second of the TMS commentary as I was in the caribbean. Watched endless repeats of the Ch4 coverage of course, but to hear the live commentary was an absolute treat. Brilliant

 

[The Hesford Diet]

Given the view Bowden had, he made the correct call. There is zero chance that he could see one hand off the bat. Even Richie Benaud praised Bowden afterwards, saying it was the only decision he could honestly give, and that not out would have been pure guesswork.