The Ashes

[Chazza]

Got this one day **** sorted then.

Lets hope the Bayliss piss up training camp gets the test team fired up.

[Shaggy]

How good was that tonight? Can't remember the last T20 game I watched in full but I made a point of sitting down and watching this from start to finish. Amazing. What a team we look to have. NZ are top quality, been fantastic playing them.

[captainfog]

A great spirit between the two sides. That will go out the window when the Aussies come to town. They wouldn't know fair play if it bit on them on the ****ing nose.

[Shaggy]

Yeah totally agree. NZ have got it spot on. Hard but fair.

[EwarWoo]

We'll go into the Ashes absolutely buzzing then the wet blanket that is Cook will descend like the Arbinger of doom and we'll get flogged.

[captainfog]

Yeah totally agree. NZ have got it spot on. Hard but fair.

It comes from the top, Brendan is completely uncompromising with his approach to the game and couldn't be more aggressive with the way he plays and captains but he's also one of the nicest characters in the sport.

[captainfog]

Chris Rodgers banned from ashes after being caught flogging his lords tickets.

[Alex]

Not played for Australia for 6 months or so has he?

[captainfog]

Who opens with Warner these days then?

[Alex]

Shaun Marsh played against the West Indies the other week, both tests I think.

[captainfog]

Misread the guardian headline anyway. He's banned from.selling tickets not for selling tickets.

[captainfog]

This is hilarious.

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[Alex]

England Squad for the first test:

Alastair Cook (Essex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Mark Wood (Durham)

Glad Rashid has gotten in after the ODIs. Doubt he will play first test, but its good to be around.

[Alex]

Also renamed the thread due to there being quite a lot of Aussies around on this site.

[RichC]

Good to see Rashid making the 13