The Ashes

[Tigerdon]

Vince did his job. Giving the slips catching practice again. Bring Root in just before lunch.

 

[hobbo]

mitch Marsh dropped his ice cream

:laughing:

 

[Tigerdon]

nasty fast bowling now. the Pom's are crapping themselves here. batters 9,10 & 11 were seen jumping into cabs and leaving the WACCA. Aussie can smell blood.

 

[hobbo]

nasty fast bowling now. the Pom's are crapping themselves here. batters 9,10 & 11 were seen jumping into cabs and leaving the WACCA. Aussie can smell blood.

It's WACA !

Stop trying to be an Aussie you bloody Pom .
:mrgreen:

 

[Geo]

KP go home to Soff Africa please..

 

[hobbo]

KP go home to Soff Africa please..

Do you a deal … I'll get rid of KP , you get rid of Clarke !

 

[Munk]

Certainly Englands day. We have a test match in Perth!

 

[Tacky]

Warner and Smith are gonna need to have a big day with the bat tomorrow

 

[Munk]

Warner and Smith are gonna need to have a big day with the bat tomorrow

Well considering the dunderheaded selectors dropped a specialist batsman for this game, its entirely possible we'll need a couple of big hundreds just to compete. The new blokes need to pull their weight. Cant always expect Smith to wipe their bums for them.

 

[Tacky]

Warner and Smith are gonna need to have a big day with the bat tomorrow

Well considering the dunderheaded selectors dropped a specialist batsman for this game, its entirely possible we'll need a couple of big hundreds just to compete. The new blokes need to pull their weight. Cant always expect Smith to wipe their bums for them.

The only other players I can see posting big totals tomorrow are Khawaja and Shaun Marsh. Still can't believe that Mitch Marsh was selected. He really hasn't repaid the faith so far.

 

[Munk]

How good is that documentary forged in fire?
Listening to the ex-players from both sides talk about that 74/75 Aussie side was one of the greatest laughs ive had in a long time. Thommo was hillarious.

 

[happy_tiger]

How good is that documentary forged in fire?
Listening to the ex-players from both sides talk about that 74/75 Aussie side was one of the greatest laughs ive had in a long time. Thommo was hillarious.

I know 74-75 series gets people talking , but even as a young lad I can still remember the 75-76 series v the Windies

Lot of Windies superstars were just breaking into the side and we were the top side in the world

If people enjoy a good read the book "The Happy Hooker" is well worth it , covers the series in detail

Roy Fredericks 169 v Lillee ,Thomson etc in Perth is arguably the best inning I ever saw ever

 

[jadtiger]

How good is that documentary forged in fire?
Listening to the ex-players from both sides talk about that 74/75 Aussie side was one of the greatest laughs ive had in a long time. Thommo was hillarious.

I know 74-75 series gets people talking , but even as a young lad I can still remember the 75-76 series v the Windies

Lot of Windies superstars were just breaking into the side and we were the top side in the world

If people enjoy a good read the book "The Happy Hooker" is well worth it , covers the series in detail

Roy Fredericks 169 v Lillee ,Thomson etc in Perth is arguably the best inning I ever saw ever

Fredericks and Stackpole were 2 of the most aggresive and enjoyable openers i have been lucky enough to have watched.What a wonderful contrast they were compared to barnacles like Boycott and Lawry .

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

How good is that documentary forged in fire?
Listening to the ex-players from both sides talk about that 74/75 Aussie side was one of the greatest laughs ive had in a long time. Thommo was hillarious.

I met Thommo at an industry do last year where he was the guest speaker. He is deadset one of the funniest blokes I have ever met, and really down to earth as well.

Spins a good yarn.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Malan and Bill Burr will be looking to kick on this morning, we'll need a big first 20 overs from our quicks and try to despatch them as quickly as possible.

 

[Munk]

How good is that documentary forged in fire?
Listening to the ex-players from both sides talk about that 74/75 Aussie side was one of the greatest laughs ive had in a long time. Thommo was hillarious.

I know 74-75 series gets people talking , but even as a young lad I can still remember the 75-76 series v the Windies

Lot of Windies superstars were just breaking into the side and we were the top side in the world

If people enjoy a good read the book "The Happy Hooker" is well worth it , covers the series in detail

Roy Fredericks 169 v Lillee ,Thomson etc in Perth is arguably the best inning I ever saw ever

That may be true but i was talking about the surprise element of unleashing Thommo and a rejuvenated Lillee upon the unsuspecting poms. The story about when Thommo hit bumble in the nuts and also peppering a 41 year old Cowdrey who was covered head to toe in pads with towels stuffed down his pants had me rolling. Very funny stories.

 

[Tigerdon]

good bowling today by the Aussies. Once Lyon and Starc got the two set middle order batters out, the tail once again put up nothing.

 

[Munk]

Smith giving a masterclass
Khawaja struggling but records a fighting 50
Aussie bowlers stole a good 100 runs from the poms this morning.

 

[supercoach]

Smith giving a masterclass
Khawaja struggling but records a fighting 50
Aussie bowlers stole a good 100 runs from the poms this morning.

Daylight between Smith and the rest of the batters in this ashes series. I just wonder how he would have gone against a real class attack, but I guess he seems to be able to do it against all the attacks running around these days, so maybe he would also have some success against a West Indies class attack.

One thing for sure, the Poms lack a spinning option, even if it is just to add some variety.

 

[Geo]

Another Century for Smudge…

Dips Cap..