Ashes Cricket

A dour Australian side has beaten an utterly woeful England 5-0. It wasn't the same England which played in England and this Australian side will probably hit a very hard wall in South Africa.
Full credit to Australia for beating England because that's what sport is about - not taking your foot off your opponent's throat, even if they're choking.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

At last we have something than can completely neutralise the Barmy Army, thank God!

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Ah no. The Red & Black Block comes close but the Barmy Army was forged during Atherton's fateful 3-1 tour. England fans know how to lose.

What to name this Australian Ashes winning team.
Unchangeables was mentioned by The Australian, but that sounded like a bunch of dirty laundry.
Then I thought of that Clint Eastwood film UNFORGIVEN about this bunch of bullies led by the evil Gene Hackman who beat up on a bunch of girls and left them with physical and mental scars. Yeah! perfect!!! I will regard Michael Clarke's team as the :UNFORGIVEABLES. It doesn't get any better than this, especially when the Poms rode into town and declared they were going to win the series 5-0.
Also enjoyed it when Johnson slowly counted out 5 on his fingers to the Barmy Army. Priceless!!

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

Also enjoyed it when Johnson slowly counted out 5 on his fingers to the Barmy Army. Priceless!!

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And the Barmy Army's reply? "We're shit and we know we are" to the tune of Go West.

Therein lies the difference between Barmy Army and Australian fans. The Barmy Army will still support England when they're rubbish; yet even when Australia were on the verge of beating Sri Lanka 3-0 just a year before, Day 4 of the Sydney Test was practically empty.

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Originally Posted by Rollo

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

Also enjoyed it when Johnson slowly counted out 5 on his fingers to the Barmy Army. Priceless!!

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And the Barmy Army's reply? "We're shit and we know we are" to the tune of Go West.

Therein lies the difference between Barmy Army and Australian fans. The Barmy Army will still support England when they're rubbish; yet even when Australia were on the verge of beating Sri Lanka 3-0 just a year before, Day 4 of the Sydney Test was practically empty.

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I thoroughly agree with you regarding the Barmy Army. The most loyal bunch of supporters I have ever witnessed in any sport. And extremely well behaved. Soccer fans worldwide can learn a lot from the Barmy Army on how to behave at sporting events.

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Originally Posted by journeyman racer

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Originally Posted by "Valve Bounce":15oka9sp

When you compare the two captains , Michael Clarke comes through as decisive, while Cook comes through as a ditherer blessed with interminable conferences to decide Field placements,

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Australian and English cricket cultures are different. Cook doesn't have the advantages Clarke has despite a lot of similarities in their careers.

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Lame excuses. England has had some very good, perceptive, decisive captains. Cook is not one of them. End of story.[/quote:15oka9sp]

Absolutely.

Well its not too bad now is it. We have played 11 matches and trail 10-1.

At least the women have managed to get some pride back. Well done Girls

Several articles in News.com; here's one: http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/en ... 6818650850
and this other article gives a more detailed history of this great cricketer who had issues with the teams he played in:http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket...-1226818436159

England appears to have discovered new batsmen in Ben Stokes, Eion Howard and Jos Buttler from what I have seen in the 20/20 Big Bash League here.

Somehow, I don't think that Captain Cook has discovered anything worthwhile down under; maybe he should step down as Captain to some guy more like Captain Bligh. :D

cook needs to cook up something good soon :)

Well, we are all still waiting for an answer from the ECB as to why KP was fired.
Here is an interesting article demanding answers: http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/con ... 16589.html

I for one will be happy not to see KP in the next England Ashes series, because that guy could really be very destructive to opposition bowlers, not to mention the scores he can put on the board.

The most reliable theory that I've heard thus far is that KP had a blow up at Andy Flower about the way that he was directing the side.
Once KP had gone and Flower resigned, it would appear that the King of Spain, Ashley Giles, didn't want KP in the squad because of KP's hotheadedness.

Aside: KP24 - it is Kevin Pietersen's Twitter handle - https://twitter.com/KP24
And a brand of head lice treatment - http://www.kp24.com.au/

Coincidence?