The Ashes - Fifth Test, The Oval

[Mr Redknapp]

They need to carry the initiative down under this winter and remember what made them so successful in them last few hours.

 

[Discopants91]

Shit the bed, been bricking it all afternoon cos I didn't stick £2 on England at 200/1.

 

[lenshack]

Great watching the Aussies squirm

Well at least we didn't have to watch the sad baskets resort to under-armers.

 

[davoak]

This. He was billy bollocks and then when it turned sour, his arse went the Aussie ****.

get shane warne on now the moaning twisty old sod, ask him about it he wouldve called cook worse than shite if he had went on like that. he was like a spoilt school kid grrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Mainze]

Shit the bed, been bricking it all afternoon cos I didn't stick £2 on England at 200/1.

Thats unlucky that mate.

 

[King Kareoke]

They need to carry the initiative down under this winter and remember what made them so successful in them last few hours.

Love the picture in your Avatar Mr R

 

[Mr Redknapp]

Love the picture in your Avatar Mr R

ta abit random but I take that

 

[andy78]

That was a complete shambles. That last day was a great advert for the game but to then finish like that...

 

[King Kareoke]

Yet very random - it was either that or slag of ICC so I went for the more positive post

 

[Chappers]

Clarke is like midds on here. Everyone thinks he is canny, but we all know deep down he is a ****.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

Clarke is like midds on here. Everyone thinks he is canny, but we all know deep down he is a ****.

Midds has not just lost a series 3 (and was in a gnats wing of losing 4) - 0

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Midds has not just lost a series 3 (and was in a gnats wing of losing 4) - 0

No

It was 0-3

 

[Mr Redknapp]

Sounds like Flower is off.

 

[MagicRat]

Sounds like Flower is off.

He wasn't too committal was he

 

[chelt_mackem]

Warney still bitter as fuck. 3-0 flattered Australia, should have been 4-0

 

[Mr Redknapp]

He wasn't too committal was he

fair enough

will be interesting to see how comes in if he does go, Giles?

 

[MagicRat]

fair enough

will be interesting to see how comes in if he does go, Giles?

Fcukin hope not

 

[Arkle]

Warney still bitter as fuck. 3-0 flattered Australia, should have been 4-0

He's right though. Weather saved us at Old Trafford and today would have been a dull draw if it had been early in the series. Only Lords was completely one sided but England got big performances at key times at Trent Bridge and the Riverside.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

He's right though. Weather saved us at Old Trafford and today would have been a dull draw if it had been early in the series. Only Lords was completely one sided but England got big performances at key times at Trent Bridge and the Riverside.

the weather did save England in Manchester but England have won all the key battles and thats what Ashes winners do.

 

[chelt_mackem]

He's right though. Weather saved us at Old Trafford and today would have been a dull draw if it had been early in the series. Only Lords was completely one sided but England got big performances at key times at Trent Bridge and the Riverside.

I'd counter that big performances from Australia at key points in the Trent Bridge and CLS tests made them look closer than they were. Had it not been for 2 freak 10th wicket partnerships at Trent Bridge we would have won by 150+. At CLS we did everything right, set them 300 to win and it was comfortably enough, a strong 1st wicket stand gave Australia hope, but they couldn't build on it. So I'd say we fully deserved to win the 3 tests we did, the weather intervening at Old Trafford is just one of those things that can happen in test cricket, maybe we would have played the day out, maybe we wouldn't. And the weather at the Oval meant that, by rights, a result should never have been on.