The Ashes 2010

[Buzzo]

Kp motm.

[Baracus]

Yep Easy KP, he browned sauced them o'right

[Buzzo]

Fair play to Ponting. He must be hurting, well done in getting out there and putting a brave face on it.

There has to be a backlash form the Aussies at some point.

[EwarWoo]

It's been coming for 2 and half days but still completely stunned.

Dunno if it can sink in that we've taken the series lead in Australia.

Fantastic days cricket from all the players and the fans.

Kerry O'keefe as spent the series giving the Aussie fans grief for not getting off their arse and supporting the team, reckons it's shameful we're able to outnumber 'em turn it into home fixtures.

Must give the lads a buzz getting that reaction on the opposite end of the world.

[Craig_H]

If the series is decided before the 5th test, do they still play the 5th test?

[EwarWoo]

Yes. All 5 play out no matter the results.

[Craig_H]

That seems awfully pointless

[Shaggy]

Cant believe shaggy's missed this It only lasted 90 mins.

As if I missed it. I just wasn't on here.

[Shaggy]

Where's Shaggy tonight?

Passed out on the sofa again?

Asleep on his couch no doubt. Expect a post round about 6 moaning he missed it.

He's such a lightweight.

As if.

I didn't post in the Villa match thread either but I saw that too.

I let the missus have the PC all night.

[Shaggy]

Anyway it was totally awesome. I didn't expect that, I thought we'd bowl them out in the afternoon session.

Hussey's was a very soft wicket to give away from their POV and I think they mentally packed in after that.

Great to see Anderson sending Haddin back to the hutch after their spats.

Totally faultless performance. Feel bad for Broad. I'd get Tremlett in on the bouncy wicket at Perth, unless he has a shocker in Melbourne.

While watching last night I tried to think of that random one-cap wonder who got called up a couple of years ago, took a wicket or two, then vanished without trace again. What was his name?

[PTP]

despite the 'early' finish i am ****ing knackered today...don't think i'll see much of the 3rd test.

Australia in real mess.....all the talk was that if we got the two wickets, we'd rip through their tail.....and we did....that must really hurt the aussies....they knew what was coming and just collapsed - in a real mess

I would expect some fight back but we just seem to be growing with confidence with bat and ball each day - i don't know where they can go...do they recall mitchell johnson?

also totally agree with the comment above - the 'home crowd' have just abandoned australia....that must really effect them too

[EwarWoo]

While watching last night I tried to think of that random one-cap wonder who got called up a couple of years ago, took a wicket or two, then vanished without trace again. What was his name?

Shaun Tait?

He had more than 1 cap but he couldn't cope with the long form of the game. Bowls a few overs like rockets then falls to pieces, so he sticks to the short form now.

2nd fastest ball in the world, behind Akhtar.

[Shaggy]

despite the 'early' finish i am ****ing knackered today...don't think i'll see much of the 3rd test.

Australia in real mess.....all the talk was that if we got the two wickets, we'd rip through their tail.....and we did....that must really hurt the aussies....they knew what was coming and just collapsed - in a real mess

I would expect some fight back but we just seem to be growing with confidence with bat and ball each day - i don't know where they can go...do they recall mitchell johnson?

also totally agree with the comment above - the 'home crowd' have just abandoned australia....that must really effect them too

Their 'crowds' are pitiful and it says a lot about them. Last night was embarrassing for them, again. 'Sing when you're winning' sort of supporters. When we've been in similar positions - like in Cardiff - the ground has been packed.

[Shaggy]

Shaun Tait?

He had more than 1 cap but he couldn't cope with the long form of the game. Bowls a few overs like rockets then falls to pieces, so he sticks to the short form now.

2nd fastest ball in the world, behind Akhtar.

I mean for England. Plays for Notts I think.

Anyone seen this?

LEGENDARY cricket enemies Sir Ian Botham and Ian Chappell had to be pulled apart after a furious dust-up in a car park after the fourth day of the Adelaide Test.

The England and Australia icons have a feud going back more than 30 years and squared up before their Sky and Channel 9 colleagues intervened.

Botham, who hasn't spoken to former Australia captain Chappell since 1980 despite them working in close proximity in cricket ground television booths around the globe, was waiting for his Sky transport to collect him outside the Adelaide Oval, the Daily Mail reported.

Chappell muttered something highly provocative as he went past.

A surprised Botham turned around to retort: 'What did you say?'

When Chappell made another incendiary remark, both of them dropped their bags and were at each others' throats before being quickly separated.

Channel 9 News reported tonight that Botham is disputing some elements of the Daily Mail report.

A Channel 9 source who works with Chappell said: 'They went for each other all right and it could have got very nasty if there hadn't been people on hand to keep them apart.

'They reacted quickly because we all know the history between these two. They might be aged 55 and 67, but neither of them are the type of people to give an inch in the face of conflict.'

The pair have a deep mutual resentment going back to 1977.

It started during the Centenary Test at Melbourne in March of that year when an uncapped 21-year-old Botham, playing club cricket in Australia, ended up in the same bar as Chappell next to the Hilton Hotel.

The fiercely patriotic Botham objected to the Pommie-bashing comments of passionate republican Chappell, who had recently retired.

According to Botham's version of events, he landed a punch on Chappell which sent him sprawling off his bar stool into a group of Aussie Rules footballers, scattering their drinks.

Chappell was then chased out of the bar by Botham, who hurdled a car bonnet to get at him.

The Australian's version is that Botham had goaded him about not wanting to tour England that year because 'too many blokes are looking to knock your block off' and that 'everyone's looking for you because you're a p****' before pushing him off his chair. Chappell says he then walked calmly out, pursued by a ranting Botham.

Since then the pair, despite working together for Channel 9 during the 1998-99 Ashes tour, have only traded insults.

[EwarWoo]

That seems awfully pointless

It as to be played for the rankings. No different to any other series for ICC, just a much bigger money earner due to that tiny urn. Lol.

Anyone seen this?

Yeah, funny in a way but you'd hope people that age would have a little more self control