Still trying!

has it started pissing down yet?? (wheres a fingers crossed icon when you need one )

We're not gonna win but its been a hell of a last day. Good stuff.

Might still be MJ! And Chris Gayle said Test cricket is boring! The doyle!

My arse is twitching like a rabbit's nose.

Told youse it was a nailed-on draw!

Great final day. I thought we'd blown it when Colly went but Jimmy & Monty saw it through.

Told yer we'd draw... long live the optomists.... mind you those specialists didn't do much again.. thank fuck for the Durham Lad..(maybe we need more Durham Lads in for the next test)


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fookin that was arse twitchin time

Yes another example of boring test cricket

By the way Pontings captaincy was garbage in that last hour, why did he bowl Marcus North when Hilfenhaus hadn't bowled for ages? To get the overs in? I don't think Monty would have played him with as much ease as he bowled straight all game. Johnson was also very poor with the new ball and bowled for far too long.

I don't reckon there's a greater site in World sport than Ricky Ponting's gutted face.

There's nothing like XXXX the aussies .Good ol blighty i say ,snort guffaw .

At 17 for 2 I predicted it would be over for tea today. I'm delighted I was wrong and hope that this has wound the Ozzy's down a bit and wound England up. At least England aren't one down in the series which is a bloody miracle.

Hallelujah to that.

It felt like a win in the end. Their bowlers should have finished the job, but weren't up to it. The Aussies will be deflated at not winning.

Lets just hope our batsmens actually do their job from now on


for Collingwood, Anderson and Monty.

Ok then, my team for Lords;

Strauss
Cook
Bopara
Pietersen
Collingwood
Prior
Flintoff
Swann
Anderson
Harmison
Onions

I'd go with that happily. I'd have a lot more confidence in that lot getting 20 wickets than our current 5

Concurring.

But there are too many Northerners in there, the stuffed suits would never sanction it.

it really was a superb draw!!
does feel like a win!

I thought we were done when swann went, ditto Collingwood.
unbelievabla rearguard action that,

I take it back, it could well be "THE ASHES II - THIS TIME ITS... [insert excitable hypey expression here]"

In future I'm going to try my utmost to keep away from jelly fish. They must be tough little fookers with spines on them like that

Credit where it's due, they did bloody well to hang on.
Well chuffed to see Ponting's dignified seethings afterwards.

Well he was whinging soon after! I thought we were the moaning Poms?

I've just heard him whining about us sending out the 12th man late on. Apparently we sent out a new pair of gloves for Jimmy with a drink when he put the new pair of gloves on the 12th man 'accidently' spilt the drink on them So more had to brought next over, and the physio came out as well Going off it he was getting on his high horse about 'spirit of the game' and such like as if the Aussies are fooking angels.

Was it in the spirit of the game earlier when Siddle was abusing Swann? Was it? I love Pontings sour grapes, he looks like a slightly more retarded version of George W Bush every day.

What is his problem with our 12th men? Bring back Gary Pratt I say, that would really boil his piss.

Was it in the 'spirit of the game' when he tried to claim a catch, after the LBW was turned down, that didn't go anywhere near the bat.

Exactly, the way he goes on you'd think they were whiter than white.

I tell you what was in the spirit of the game Ricky, you giving Marcus North the ball late on What would you rather face Monty, someone hurling it down at 90MPH or a part time off spinner, it's a tough one

Maybe that's the answer, he was feeling sorry for us, and let us have the draw, to make the series more interesting.

I don't think so.

The only ones that showed any backbone were Collingwood, Pannasar and Swann. And two of them showed no backbone at all with the ball.

And the other is a genuinely over rated player.

I wouldnt worry too much about the jellyfish just yet.

We lost 19 wickets on what will probably be the easiest batting track all summer, and yet you all seem happy to keep the top six.

And that was against the worst aussie bowling attack in donkeys years.

Thank fook it rained on saturday.

What alterations would you make to the top 6 then Dibbs. You wouldn't touch Pietersen or Colly. Bopara deserves his chance after the winter. Strauss is the captain and also in good form in the winter. Prior is the only wickie in England who can hold a bat, he also had a decent knock in the first innings. I can't think of a suitable replacement for Cook. So...what is it?

I would go for Boycott, Atherton, Tavare, and Randall.

OK it would be boring, but at least they wouldnt get out.

Seriously................No idea.

I just think the aussie batsman showed up our batsmans lack of professionalism. And Bottle.

Joe Denly possibly stephen moore in for Cook, Harmison in for Panesar. Maybe put in onions for broad but id give him another go. What about steven davies as a wicketkeeper replacement for prior?

Changing the whole spine of the team what you are asking for isnt going to happen and shouldnt. We have a better middle order and people who can actually do the buisness especially with flintoff at 7. We will be ok with the current 6 at the top of the order, they just need to stop playing stupid shots without a straight bat in the next test.

Harmo's the only addition to the squad but its looking bad for Freddy (maybe they're tryingto ensure Durham lose at the weekend):shock:

http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/about-ecb/medi ... 86,EN.html

Ronnie Irani is surely one of the biggest arseholes breathing.

An absolute plumsack, how he has a job in broadcasting is completely beyond me. Could he honestly say he's never played in a team that's done the same because I'd be amazed if he hasn't. Has he never done an extra bit of gardening to make sure the clocked ticked over another minute? Of course he fooking has the tool.

I'd completely disregard anything he says on the matter as;

a) he's a prick
b) Ponting is his mate
c) did I mention that he's a prick?

He should be sent to the tower

Can't believe Harmison will only play if Flintoff is not fit. Drop Broad!

Anyone else hear Michael Parkinson's comments on the cricket (and golf) on the today programme this morning. I thought he was getting to be a bit of an old duffer but he was shihit hot with relevant comments especially as regards whinging ossies and underarm bowling tactics against New Zealand.

What a poof.

Not you MJ, Flintoff.

That's a bit of a shock isn't it. I thought he would have had a couple of more years of cricket left in him.

There is, It's test cricket he's be quitting is how I read it. I don't think he's quitting entirely.

yep, he's gonna 'concentrate' on 20/20 and one day shizzle - the div

Can't let the physical demands of test cricket possibly endanger his fitness for the IPL again.

They've been debating on Talk Sport who's better; Flintoff or Botham. Fucking ridiculous. I wish we'd get over what happened in 2005- it's getting on my tits now.

Is it Flintoff?

I don't think that's the case at all Broad has been named in the Notts 13 to play Durham as have Onions and Harmison for Durham so I don't think Broad is nailed on to play in the slightest.

KP has now been passed fit. He was rated as 50/50 this morning/

Broad in the Notts squad? Don't think so.

TalkSport said this was the case earlier. They also said Ian Bell had been released from the squad.

Well unless another SCJ Broad plays for Notts he's in the 13, as are Harmison and Onions for Durham...

http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket20 ... 82945.html

Yes but he is not playing! Harmy will ONLY play if Freddie is unfit!

He could play though if he isn't in Englands eleven.

He could bat tomorrow and bowl in the Durhams second innings if England don't pick him Notts will just have to sub one player out of the eleven.

This has been the case with released England players for a few years. On the same hand Durham could bin off Claydon and play Harmison or Onions in the same way.

It is also something I don't agree with. You should have to stick with the 11 players you start with. If you miss out because of England duty - tough.

I now understand PJ!