The Ashes 2010/11 in Australia

Though that article was pure rotten , I found a fanstastic comment by someone in there

Bryan Pashby of Terrigal. Posted at 6:26 PM Today
Sack Ponting, cricket's Ricky Stuart, cranky,angry "littte" man, Clarke & all the bowlers & start again . As a Captain, on a scale of 1 to 10 Steve Waugh was 9, Mark Taylor 8 & the Bourbon & Beefsteak kid, angry Ponting minus 9

Originally posted by Max Power A brilliant end to a brilliant series. I really enjoyed that! Well played England, thoroughly deserved. Now we've got 7 ODI's to look forward to  Australia have got some real searching to do now, what's not going to make things any easier is not having a test until August! Will we see Ponting again in a test? Only time will tell. It just didn't seem right that he wasn't there at the end to take to the field with the rest of the team.

This ones for milkman

Originally posted by kirankri Originally posted by Clobber Originally posted by sam_ahmed  what matters more is some of the bigger tournaments/series coming up in the next couple of months.   Nice try, but England v Australia is the biggest series in Test match cricket, and therefore the biggest thing in world cricket. How can a series/tournament bigger without Pakistan/Bangladesh Clobs? You have got it wrong here

Darren Gough is an imbecile and nothing he ever says should be listened to

The best part in India is , here we take sides. This time it's like some 20% supported Aussies and 80% English. It's fun, no bitter feeling even if your supporting team loses.

Originally posted by Clobber Darren Gough is an imbecile and nothing he ever says should be listened to

 

Originally posted by sam_ahmed I had said this for most of the indians who are cheering for ENG Clobs. i'm sure once ENG comes close to or takes the top spot, the same people will start cheering for AUS (in an Ashes series) automatically...

What is the problem  if an Indian cheers for Australia.It is just a matter of personal choice. Both Aus and Eng are neutrals for us.I used to support Aussies till 2000, then after Ricky took over somehow I wanted them to lose.

Originally posted by sam_ahmed Originally posted by Clobber Darren Gough is an imbecile and nothing he ever says should be listened to   I had said this for most of the indians who are cheering for ENG Clobs. i'm sure once ENG comes close to or takes the top spot, the same people will start cheering for AUS (in an Ashes series) automatically...

there is a natural inclination to support an underdog in most case - in this instance maybe Australia weren't top dog as such before the series, but they had been so dominant for so long, a lot of neutrals will have enjoyed seeing them taken down a few pegs, and the same would be true if it were any other side who had ruled the world for so long.

I guess i'll have too much too post here.  I for one didn't think that England would win the Ashes so big some months ago.  Coming closer to the build up, it then started to appear more and more that Australia won't do as well as I thought (losing to Sri Lanka did it for me).  I still thought that England won't win at the Gabba, which happened and I fancied England best chances to be at Sydney and Adelaide because of Swann.  Well, Swann was the poorest of the bowlers and Anderson was the best and I thought he would have been the worse (after the morning sessions ofcourse, there is plenty help for swing bowlers in Aussie when it's fresh).  Well, for folks out there, Anderson might be the top one but Tremlett impressed me the most.  Watch tight bowling with excellent bounce and movement off the seam both ways.  Bresnan backed up superbly as well.  Steven Finn would have to carry drinks for a while.  Broad will have to up his bowling as well if Bresnan keeps on backing up like this.

Happy New Year folks , hope it was as good for you as it was for me!   I'm finally back on SA time after 7 fantastic weeks (well , bar Perth) and it's back to work and the old routine.
             I've caught up with the last 3 pages of this topic , so will just try and add something a little different.
              Firstly , winning 3-1 wasn't that much of a surprise , but winning those three by innings's definitely was!  No luck involved at all , Australia were blown away.
              The England attack never took their foot of the Aussie batsmen's throats throughout. The reverse swing was remarkable - the shine on one side against the roughness of the other was amazing - Cook really looked after that ball!  Ay no time did the Aussies look threatening with the old ball - England looked likely to get a wicket all the time.
                Alistair Cook had a dream tour - 766 runs at 127 was surreal and must give him great confidence in the Summer series against India and Sri Lanka.  Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott were almost as impressive and the skipper showed flashes of real class. KP had an iffy series with that one fantastic knock - he needs to be more consistent and leave as well as Cook did.
                 Jimmy Anderson was brilliant throughout the tour and troubled every Aussie out there.  His control was remarkable and he beat the bat so many times I lost count.  If not for Cook's efforts he would have been player of the series. 
                Tremlett and Bresnan really surprised , both with their pace and their wicket taking ability. In fact all the seamers outbowled their Aussie counterparts - pick an attack from both sides and no Aussie would feature.
                 The English fielding and catching was out of the top drawer and they sustained that for all 5 tests and through every session. Even on the last morning they were chasing everything to the fence in attempting to save a run - just brilliant!  The energy they showed far exceeded anything I saw at Newlands at any time in the test here - England are the finest fielding/catching side in world cricket today.

             So hearty congratulations to the lads - all that hard graft has paid off. Andy Flower must be delighted that his ideas and work ethic have paid off so handsomely.

            What now for Australia?   A lot of heartache for some time methinks. Getting 20 wickets will be the hardest to achieve - their attack is ordinary and Johnson's head is still scrambled , even after that Perth effort.  Ponting might well be asked to stay on as a batsman and break with tradition , but will it make much difference?  I think not , his berst days are behind him and this hammering will live long in his memory.
               Have they the talent to recover?  The youngster did okay at number 3 , but I didn't see something seriously special - just a decent player with a sound defensive technique.  Smith is ordinary and his batting is so unorthodox , mixed with so many crossbatted shots that he'll be a walking wicket for any decent seamer unless he addresses it.
                  Hussey saved his career at the Gabba and did really well throughout , but he can't have long left. Haddin also shone at times , but he always gives the bowlers a chance.  Watson got starts in every innings and just doesn't go on to a big one - is that a lack of fitness or lack of concentration or a combination of both?  Just 3 centuries against 9 showed that the Aussie batsmen aren't good enough - none of the top 4 scored a hundred and that's something I didn't foresee. Average batting and excellent bowling must be the reason.

                 3-1 - it still feels good and the celebrations won't stop until we've beaten them out of sight in the one dayers and then taken India in the WC final!

Exactly Clobs , the lad looked okay , but hardly the next Tendulkar !

That's right zuhair , but the way the Channel 9 commentators carried on you'd think him the next Bradman!

Well, I saw highlights of a ton the guy made, me could understand where the hype is coming from.  Kid got some class for sure but as per usual, time does tell the men from the boys!

Originally posted by sam_ahmed I still haven't seen Khawaja bat...