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Title: England retain the Ashes
Post by: gpwurzel 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.

Wurzel
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: Bruv119 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:
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: RTHolmes on December 29, 2010, 09:57:33 AM: (http://philip9876.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/ricky-ponting.jpg)

(I couldnt find a triple-facepalm ;))
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: shiv 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
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: Baggy 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
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: Dichotomy on December 29, 2010, 03:15:24 PM: okay GP explain to this ugly American exactly what 'retain the Ashes' means. :D
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: ROX 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?
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: RTHolmes 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:):

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6BOyuAtAqi9ZU6XROp-KeCMrcNCu1MHhGqGGhl1gRlIBKJl3E)

the ashes is basically a grudge match which has been running for 130 years :D
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: xbrit 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
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: ROX on December 29, 2010, 04:14:35 PM: Thanks Holmes.

That makes sense now.
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: xbrit on December 29, 2010, 04:16:36 PM: In fact the Ashes never actually leave Lords, if Australia win a replica goes with them.
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: Dichotomy 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

:bolt:
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: RTHolmes on January 07, 2011, 12:13:12 PM: (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50697000/jpg/_50697562_010960168-1.jpg)

3-1 :banana:

now lets see how good india and s.africa really are ... :D
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: Shuffler on January 07, 2011, 01:38:33 PM: Retain the ashes lol.

Glad someone explained that. Nice story.

130 years wow.... long rivalry.
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: phatzo on January 07, 2011, 04:15:03 PM: I just decided to show up so all you Poms have someone to bash about this.
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: Curval on January 07, 2011, 04:32:34 PM: This is so weird...a cricket thread and not one person saying how boring or stupid (or ghey) the game is.

Phatzo, do a post at FWs about the ashes...I'd like to test a theory. lol
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: phatzo on January 07, 2011, 04:40:33 PM: Beet1e will only gloat, I don't want to give him the opportunity

Edit: wth here goes.
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: B3YT on January 07, 2011, 05:34:01 PM: Quote from: Curval on January 07, 2011, 04:32:34 PM
This is so weird...a cricket thread and not one person saying how boring or stupid (or ghey) the game is.

Phatzo, do a post at FWs about the ashes...I'd like to test a theory. lol

Maybe because being hit by a solid cork ball travelling at over 130mph and then not crying even though you have no big thick padding over your body is well 'ard. plus the reaction time you have to have be able to hit or catch the ball.
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: Gh0stFT on January 08, 2011, 08:54:19 AM: i once saw cricket sport on eurosport tv... i was interested, because i dont know anything about it,
i tried but fell asleep, i really think you have to see it live, somehow it dont work on TV for a newbie.
its like paragliding (my hobby) its a cool sport, but dont work on TV. Anyway one day i will learn
the cricket rules ! ZzzZ ;)
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: B3YT on January 08, 2011, 09:40:08 AM: there are 11 men per-side. As bats men when your in your out on the wicket , when your out you go in to the pavilion. when you field you try to get the bat men out so that your fielding team can go in out on the field to bat while the batting team that are out go in before coming back out to field . simple :)
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: phatzo on January 08, 2011, 03:22:28 PM: Quote from: Curval on January 07, 2011, 04:32:34 PM
This is so weird...a cricket thread and not one person saying how boring or stupid (or ghey) the game is.

Phatzo, do a post at FWs about the ashes...I'd like to test a theory. lol
lol it made them talk about postage stamps.
Title: Re: England retain the Ashes
Post by: DREDger on January 08, 2011, 06:27:53 PM: And the Barmey Army was there I hear, singing 'We all shagged Matilda".....bunch of hooligans :cheers: