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Offline gpwurzel

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England retain the Ashes
« on: December 28, 2010, 07:53:29 PM »
Awesome Job by the English Cricket Team - retaining the Ashes in Australia (took us 24 years to do mind)

Great team effort, bowled out Australia nice and early (all out for 98), ran up a score over 500, then bowled Australia out again to win by an innings and runs  :D

Apologies to my antipodean friends - just makes a change for English cricket to actually play well and win something.

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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2010, 09:15:37 AM »
watched the highlights last night but I guess they finished them off.

Is a bit odd watching Aussies getting beat down hard on their own turf.     :neener:
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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2010, 09:57:33 AM »


(I couldnt find a triple-facepalm ;))
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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2010, 09:59:37 AM »
English cricket, wtg.  Always makes me think of this BA spot:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrMaN0DAV44
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Offline Baggy

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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2010, 03:13:39 PM »
It will be nice to finish it off with a win in the last test. I was jumping up and down when Pietersen caught Siddle! Happy days! :lol
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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2010, 03:15:24 PM »
okay GP explain to this ugly American exactly what 'retain the Ashes' means. :D
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Offline ROX

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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2010, 03:58:37 PM »
Quote from: Dichotomy on December 29, 2010, 03:15:24 PM
okay GP explain to this ugly American exactly what 'retain the Ashes' means. :D


Me no understand either.

Cans U 'splain for us non-cricket folk?
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2010, 04:12:43 PM »
australia beat england in england for the first time ever in ?1882. the Times ran an obituary saying that english cricket was dead and the aussies had cremated its body and taken it home to australia. next year we played in australia and won, somebody burnt one the bales from one of the matches, put the ashes in a little urn and presented it to the english team.

this is what we play for (and yes that is the actual size :confused:):




the ashes is basically a grudge match which has been running for 130 years :D
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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2010, 04:13:25 PM »
Quote from: Dichotomy on December 29, 2010, 03:15:24 PM
okay GP explain to this ugly American exactly what 'retain the Ashes' means. :D

Here you go with a wiki on the Ashes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes
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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2010, 04:14:35 PM »
Thanks Holmes.

That makes sense now.

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Offline xbrit

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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2010, 04:16:36 PM »
In fact the Ashes never actually leave Lords, if Australia win a replica goes with them.
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Offline Dichotomy

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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2010, 05:04:16 PM »
they take home replicas of ashes in a cup?

couldn't you just scoop some out of a fireplace or out of a barristers wig and send them home with real ones?

:D

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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2011, 12:13:12 PM »


3-1 :banana:


now lets see how good india and s.africa really are ... :D
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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2011, 01:38:33 PM »
Retain the ashes  lol.

Glad someone explained that. Nice story.

130 years wow.... long rivalry.
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Re: England retain the Ashes
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2011, 04:15:03 PM »
I just decided to show up so all you Poms have someone to bash about this.
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