2015 Ashes

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:39 pm

salute the root!!

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:42 pm

applaud the broad!!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:44 pm

Living through the day with The Guardian's commentary (which is pretty good any how), I'm now getting ready to make a big hot mug of tea and an almond round before purring with delight at a full hour of Channel 5 highlights and a Root master class.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:49 pm

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:50 pm

The perfect day for England. Don't think it gets any better than that.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:59 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:

am nicking that!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:01 pm

What a contrast in styles: Joe Root, bat on the deck, watching like a hawk. Johnny Bairstowe, bat on his shoulder, for all the world like Morgyn the mighty with Clicky-ba.

Great show from both. What a cracking day's cricket.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:16 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:What a contrast in styles: Joe Root, bat on the deck, watching like a hawk. Johnny Bairstowe, bat on his shoulder, for all the world like Morgyn the mighty with Clicky-ba. Great show from both. What a cracking day's cricket.

Sky showed one of these thingies whereby it showed the point at which the Aussies made contact with the ball and where Joe Root did. The Aussies pretty much came forward onto everything whereas Root played off of the back foot and dealt with everything as it came to him. Aussies 60 all out. Root 100+ odd not out.

Nicko58 · Post by **Nicko58** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:29 pm

I've just watched the highlights and I'm not having it that the delivery that got Bell out was hitting leg stump.

I don't care what Hawkeye says.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:37 pm

Nicko58 wrote:I've just watched the highlights and I'm not having it that the delivery that got Bell out was hitting leg stump.

I don't care what Hawkeye says.

I thought exactly the same. I think it's got done by it hitting his front pad first. Just not having it.

Ahem...that could be the difference at the end

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Though I feel this could be Gareth Farrelly's deflection all over again.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:02 pm

Nicko58 wrote:I've just watched the highlights and I'm not having it that the delivery that got Bell out was hitting leg stump.

I don't care what Hawkeye says.

that was very much their take on TMS...

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:04 pm

Nicko58 wrote:I've just watched the highlights and I'm not having it that the delivery that got Bell out was hitting leg stump.
I don't care what Hawkeye says.

I really expected a not-out. It was a cracking delivery, but the appeal was for L.B.W...and it just wasn't. Umpire got it wrong. It happens but it was harsh on Bell.

KeyserSoze · Post by **KeyserSoze** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:34 pm

wickets with aussie commentary (and bumble and vaughn too)

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/ashes-vi ... 2015-08-06" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:40 pm

KeyserSoze wrote:wickets with aussie commentary (and bumble and vaughn too)

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/ashes-vi ... 2015-08-06" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks - that worked well. It looked like the whole team was playing in the slips at times.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:46 pm

Come on Dujon, we're waiting.....

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:07 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Come on Dujon, we're waiting.....

Give him a chance - he's abed now.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:23 am

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Come on Dujon, we're waiting.....
Give him a chance - he's abed now.

He might remember he's not actually Australian....

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:56 am

Worthy4England wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Come on Dujon, we're waiting.....
Give him a chance - he's abed now.
He might remember he's not actually Australian....

To be fair he has always tried to tread a neutral line...

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:50 am

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Come on Dujon, we're waiting.....
Give him a chance - he's abed now.
He might remember he's not actually Australian....
To be fair he has always tried to tread a neutral line...

Okay - it's lunch time in Sydney now - no more excuses, Dujon!

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:45 am

Oh, I say, chaps, what a jolly old day was yesterday's visit to the green swards of England. Well, it was for one of the teams. As a strictly neutral observer in thes titanic struggles (thanks, Monty) for the 'possession' of the wee urn I was astounded to turn on my little bed-side -radio (I'd been reading and had forgotten about the cricket) to find that England was 0 for 13 runs - or something similar - at lunch ,which brought forth the inevitable unvoiced comment "Bloomin' rain".

I was disabused of that idea rather sharply when the commentators finally reverted to informing their listeners of the true situation. It seems that it's all been said, so there is little I can add is there?

My apologies are offered for this delayed response. A preordained appointment with an eye specialist got in the way.

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