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fucking yes

England lifts the Ashes after an absence of 16 years and 29 days



thats a fair amount of waiting!!

well done to the poms

hahahahahahahahahaahahahahaahahahahahaha





ohhhh poor ponting





next time pull ur fingers out boiz (if there is a next time for u lot

haha go the poms!

"Crikey, that guy at SCG was right, my mums caserole really does taste of shit"


rabbit in headlights

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Originally posted by THE_Chris England have now OFFICIALLY won the ashes. This means - Australia have been OFFICIALLY owned. You dont need me to tell you that anymore. Realitys a bitch, huh.

lmao @ an irishman talking about getting owned by the english!

im just glad its all over congrats to england, now get the fvck off my tv.

and ian, youre quite magnanimous in victory. respect

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Originally posted by 00soups00 England lifts the Ashes after an absence of 16 years and 29 days thats a fair amount of waiting!!

first the poms, then st kilda. dont you worry bout that soup-da-loop.

fuck what a series. i no shit was on the edge of my seat for every warne delivery. there wasnt a ball where he didnt threaten to take a wicket, when he did, it was a matter when the next one came. pieterson needed that, as much a talent that he is, he needed to show more ticker in pressure situations espesh in this series. that innings should shape his career. and did anyone see the fine group of lasses in the richie benaud fan club?! blimey they were all up for the beige coat alright - the beige coat of richies juices all over their faces. err yeh bring on the world XI.

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Originally posted by George Smiley Probably my favourite quote on TranceAddict!!! Anyone know who won the Rugby World Cup?

yeah I was owned I must say though greatest series of all time. Australia didn't deserve to win and if it wasn't for Warne with both ball and bat, it would have looked really ugly.

Shake up is definitely required. I mean even most of our A side is 30+! while guys like Hussey and Hodge deserve their chance, I dont think they are long term solutions.

Martyn and Katich out.
Hussey and James Hopes in. Phil Jacques should definitely be the next opener(just carried his bat in an Aus A game).

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Originally posted by jizza blimey they were all up for the beige coat alright - the beige coat of richies juices all over their faces.

I worry about what goes on in some people's heads!!!

haha leave him alone, his name's Jizza - what did you expect!

Good series, pity we couldn't hang on but as others have mentioned if it wasn't for Warne and Lee it would have been a hammering. Looking forward to having the Poms back in Australia next summer. We need to get the new blood in now so they are right to go.

and as for Shane Warne, the best bowler of all time? Absolute legend.

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Originally posted by Ghostface Good series, pity we couldn't hang on

i hope you are particularly disappointed

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Originally posted by Ghostface and as for Shane Warne, the best bowler of all time? Absolute legend.

Id say yes. It was funny. Everytime the others were bowling, we could more or less guarantee to get runs. When Warne was bowling, everyone was scared Especially during that run chase of ~130. Absolutly nuts that was.

Fair do's to Warne, pity the rest of the team was shit though

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN and ian, youre quite magnanimous in victory. respect

I love the game, I've grown up on it (my dads a grade 2 umpire here, which means county 2nd XIs and the youth leagues) and it'd be going against the general spirits of the game to rub it in. You only have to look at the exchanges between Lee & Flintoff, or Warne & Pietersen to see that. Result aside, the whole spirit the series was played in was so refreshing, from the fans, the players & everyone involved.


On another note, from the poms side, it's goodbye to a legend of our screens, the face of cricket and probably the first guy who I associated cricket on tv with, Mr Benaud.

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Benaud bids farewell to England September 13, 2005 KEVIN Pietersen's marvellous effort upstaged all Australians at The Oval today, even Richie Benaud's fond farewell to English television audiences. After 42 years in English commentary boxes, the former Australian captain signed off from his last stint on air in England as the home team closed in on Ashes glory. But just as he signed off on Channel Four with "and it's been great fun", he had to add "but not for the batsman" after Pietersen was finally bowled by Glenn McGrath for his Ashes winning knock of 158. Benaud, 74, made his debut for the BBC in 1963 and went on to commentate on 235 Tests. He was overwhelmingly voted England's favourite cricket commentator earlier this year and received a standing ovation from the crowd and the players at The Oval today. While the crowd paid tribute to Benaud, he lauded the current standard of cricket. "The last two years have been the best I've watched and commentated on in 57 years," he said. "It's been exciting, skilful, there's been some wonderful fielding." Before Pietersen interrupted Benaud's goodbye, he had delivered his farewell speech. "Thank you for having me," he said. "It's been absolutely marvellous. I've loved every moment of it. "It's been a privilege to be going into everyone's living room." He will remain behind a microphone in Australia, however, as he recently signed a new three-year deal with Channel Nine.

this man was classy, never showed any bias for anyone, and had some great one liners, especially this series when Flintoff had hit warne for a huge six straight down the ground, camera pans to warnes head watching it and stays on it, and richie pipes up "it's gone son" pure legend

Is it all over yet? I want myth busters back for goooood

richie is a true legend but its good to see that he is still gonna kick on with channel 9.

im over the moon that england won like i said they would 6months ago and what a big star kevin pietersen is going to be in the future.

oh noes!
i lasted till 2:30 am, then i had to accept defeat and then we bowled them out finally not long after!! dammit hehe. far out what a series though, awesome matches, i was yelling and screaming all the time watching it in the middle of the night, yelling come on warney!! lol. you can't say test match cricket is boring after seeing this. well done to the poms though. it was great seeing all the people watching from the roofs and stuff, crazy! i was looking on www.cricinfo.org about richie, they did an article to find out who has seen the most tests, he's witnessed in one form or another over 400 of 1600 tests! a quarter of all the test matches ever played! thats nuts!

thats an amazing statistic. but i agree with ya there. after this english summer of onedayers and test matches you definately cannot say cricket is boring cause ive never bitten my nails this short before hehe.

glad England won, it's very boring when one country has dominion over a sport for too long a period zZzZ

Well done England.

WOW

Amazing series. Everything went right for England, and they made the most of it. They have been planning for a while for this i suspect, and it showed. Nice even batting wickets, with a good solid batting lineup. The bowlers to extract some awesome movement through the air, not off the pitch. Even the tosses landed right for them.


I just wish I could stay up later than 2-3am and still function at work. I went to bed bout an hour after lunch on the last day. That period straight after lunch was where it slipped out of our reach (if not when Warne dropped that catch). Lee was still trying to give it short to Pietersen, but he got right on top of it. After the best over of the series imo, Lee hitting him in the ribs, armpit and the next one nearly making him fall on his stumps just before lunch. it could have gone either way after the break, but fair play to KP, really made us pay. He wont have to play an innings as important as that for a while, maybe till next ashes series .

Though it's fair to say England played all over us, in the end 2 runs and 3 wickets were the differences in 2 games. Hope this re energises cricket in the UK, making me feel better about the whole thing really, and already can't wait for the next time we play you guys.

Agree with you Ian regarding your assessments of the players. Katich really looked to be getting the better of your blokes after a while, especially the 59 in the fourth, before being given out with the worst decision of Dar's career. Crucial timing, that really hurt. i think it spurred me to make a series of silly posts in this thread . Looked purposeful at the crease, which is more i can say for most of the others (cept maybe Lee!).

Was underwhelmed with Pontings captaincy, and the majority of his batting. Always looked edgy/nervous when at the crease, though had every right to be Started off too aggressive, and ended too defensive field-wise. Just couldn't come up with the answers. Clarke looked the goods on occasion, just needs to tighten his technique a little. Did play some silly shots, and at silly times in the context of the match.

Who would have predicted the complete absence of Gilly and Martyn...I would like to see Hayden go, replaced by Katich, and someone given a shot in his old spot. The majority of batsmen favoured by selectors to come in are all 30 anyway, maybe a Hodge or Hussey, though neither set my world on fire.

I've got a feeling you guys might be seeing more of one S. Warne in around 15 months? time. He still manages to perform, and still put batsmen off their game. What can you say about the man that hasn't bene said 10 times before. Still got amazing turn off custom made (i won't say doctored :stongue anti-spin pitches.

Lee may give away runs, but i've got a lot of time for this kid. Clearly holds nothing back, and can really put them under the pump when he's on song. took some great wickets

Not sure McGrath will be making the distance though. These injuries are just going to keep coming from here on in i'm afraid....certainly don't want to jinx him though, first English innings of the ashes showed what he is capable of when fit. Will be remembered as one of the best ever.

Gillespie's career is most likely over, unless he dominates Pura Cup...Was great for Australia, sad to see him go that way, but handled a tough situation like a true champion.

For England i would be pretty happy with the whole teams effort. All conributed at times, and went about their business well. The top order all made runs, though Vaughan might be a little disappointed with his series. Of the bowlers obviously Flintoff, Jones, Hoggard, Harmison early....well that's all of them isn't it. All were impressive. Even Giles. At times. That's hard to type for me. Only real problems were the baptism of fire for Belloutfornought, which he will take a lot from, the guy behind the stumps who waves his hands at the ball, and Pieterson, who couldn't catch cold. Tell you what, I would have traded a few of those for Warney catching him on 15.

Also the toss at the start of the match at the Oval was the best one to win since cricket began. My hopes went down a lot after that

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