Cricket
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3 Ashes wins in a row… 10 years ago that would only have happened in the Fantasy Cricket thread!
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Oh dear. After a reasonable first day with the ball things went a bit shonky over night it would seem! Was pleased to see Broad bagging a decent amount of wickets and had high hopes for Carberry but didn't expect the domino effect from the middle order.
Roll on the second test…..
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The convicts fight back!
Pleased as I am with today's play, i cant forget that Australia's top order failed again in the first innings (with the exception perhaps of Warner). If it wasn't for Haddin and Johnson, our score would have been pretty similar to England's.
I'm hoping the second innings is better…Clarke, Smith, Watson, et.al. need to step up. Looking forward to the weekend....
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Good point from an Aussie on BBC:
Can't believe the English media and fans already writing their team off. I'm an Aussie and delighted to see us on top but this series has plenty of life left in it. There is a lot of quality in that England team and plenty of good cricket to come. Don't write your team off yet England.
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Ah, the media here does that kind of stuff too - quick to jump on or off the bandwagon.
I think England will come back in a big way, at least i hope so. I want Australia to win the series (of course), but i also want it to be close and hard fought.
I'm starting to like Broad. He was copping it from all directions during this match and he stood tall, took it all, and dished some out too. That's the kind of thing that makes ashes cricket special.
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Yeah, losing the Ashes is bad enough but the fact that we've offered no resistance whatsoever so far makes it even worse. A 5-0 drubbing wouldn't be so hard to take if they were closely contested matches with the advantage swinging back n forth throughout.
