Comments on: After the Ashes

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Whodathought it, the Aussies down to two decent bowlers? (One of the commentators mentioned two words the other day that just brought back this rush of primal fear: Merv Hughes. He was an animal.) And us up to five? Crazy stuff.

Still grinning.

By: raven

raven — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

He’s the dude from Bodyline?! Nice find, sepoy.

By: Baraka

Baraka — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

How about Agent Smith as drag queen? :)

An unlikely & mindbending journey from queen to agent to elf.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0109045/

By: thabet

thabet — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s taken ten years (one my earliest memories of an Ashes Test is Allan Border destroying England at Headingley with a double century; they racked up 600 in that innings), and finally I’ve seen an England cricket team win the Ashes.

I think Pakistan are coming here next year too for some tests and limited overs matches. I’d better make plans to go see a few games at Lords and the Oval.

And if Simon Jones’ words brought a smile to your face, you should have seen Flintoff’s interview after the match. It went something like this:

Commentator: “What will you now?”
Flintoff: “I’ll probably get hammered and think about it tomorrow.”

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Safe to say he got hammered. Great clips of them coming out of the hotel on the way to the bus: Pieterson waving this huge jug of beer, Freddy nearly falling over and grinning sheepishly at the camera. 'Twere grand. http://sport.guardian.co.uk/ashes2005/story/0,15993,1568998,00.html

By: Umar

Umar — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Despite all these heroics from the English side, Australia could so easily have won the Ashes again… lets not forget that the second test was decided by just two runs… it would only have taken one boundary… a half-volley put away by a tailender, a Chinese cut to fine leg, Geraint Jones messing up the catch down leg which sealed the match… An undeserved series victory it would’ve been, but a victory nonetheless…

Congrats to England on a job well done…

As far as Pakistan’s pace attack is concerned, the promising Umar Gul just made his comeback against Australia A, and Woolmer will, sooner or later, make a test match bowler out of Rana Naved-ul-Hasan… and why not… he has some decent pace in addition to control, reverse swings the ball, and is a real workhorse…