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The Ashes, 1st Test at Cardiff
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shutup slippy. Just enjoy the England victory ffs
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lets all laugh at the silly convicts
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mugruza looking good
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Williams looks slow today maybe upset possible
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you guys sleeping
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I backed Muguruza at 6's
I expected Williams to be nervous and come out slow. The Grand Slam means a lot to her. She will probably win but I think it will be decided in the third and could go either way. Mugu is not scared of her and infact is reting to face her down right now playing some aggresive tennis. I might take an even green but really think the Spanish girl has a good chance. I expect the gruntometer to red line  as Serena is up against it! |
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draw goes from 1000's down to 40's in no time
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Worst thing that can happen for Australia now is for Watson to get a decent score and buy himself more time in the team.
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Haddin with another failure
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not really "the right brand of cricket" from australia today, is it?
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they'll be able to get a flight back to sydney 2nite by the looks of it
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Not much strategy required in this series. Starting position for every game = lay Australia
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I too am hoping Watson makes a score here!
Nice hold from Mugu from 15-40! Nowhere for this Aus team to go here. They are just going to have to close the book on this nightmare match and start again. Lords should benefit their bowlers but they have given England confidence and that will be hard to knock I don't think Marsh will make any difference. The middle order will continue to creak. If the nerves have got to MJ then Aus are in big trouble. Lords may offer more to bowlers but once it settles it is also stroke maker friendly and the England middle order is full of confidence and ability. Our bowlers look completely different in this match. Why wasn't Faulkner selected? I rate him as an all rounder. He could bat 6 if he improved and is more than useful as a 4th seamer. |
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Mitchell Marsh is a future number 3 bat for Australia. He is still very raw but the selectors need to at least given a chance. His bowling is a bit wayward at the moment but he needs to be given a chance, no point putting him in cotton wool and selecting muppets like Watson. This team needs some regeneration.
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Serena starting to get on top
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Set Serena
1 away from the SERENA SLAM |
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Is Watson the father of Stuart Broad? He uses as many reviews!
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Tactical that review. Who else are they gonna use it on?
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Squeaky bum time on Centre
Somebody has layed Mugu at 1000-1 for £14. Mugu has just broken back twice and is level in the second set! She is back down to 17.5! |
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I know Otis,
but the irony of it amuses me and it was umpires call too! |
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squeaky bum time for eng
200 8th wkt p/ship building |
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mitchell johnson showing his gutless teams how its done, he came here to fight and fight he shall
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yeah Johnson showing what you can do if you make bowlers work hard
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he not played a false shot this Johnson
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bit of a strange match tbf..lot of batsmen got themselves out from both teams
but now it will really be a good series even tho' they've greatly underperformed here they're surely too good a team not to be able to draw one of these tests so i don't see a whitewash 4-0 to england it is then |
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not really Johhny,
It never ceases to amaze me how one paced so many sportsmen can be. Not just club trudgers like me but these highly paid sports professionals. On a slow pitch it is hard to score fluently but easy to stay in unless you get a jaffa. Nudge and nurdle, twaite anything over pitched or short or wide. Keep the elbow high and the left hand in front of the right. The bottom line is don't give your wicket away. Not hard really is it?...but no! When |England picked the right cherry yesterday they were unplayable but today Aussie have hoisted the white flag but really they should be wearing dunces hats! |
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rain forecast tomorrow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2653822 |
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Pakistan showed how 377 can be chased down
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72 that last wkt put on
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1-0 England
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the rain will ease up by 1pm at the latest. the draw is still a lay imo.
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if you had said the 1st test would be won by 169 runs most pundits would've said..feasible but it's the 1st test,the aussies would take a bit of time to really get warmed up
had u said ..hold up i meant england most would have said..WTF u smoking,my man..give me some..no accounting for what can transpire in sport |
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Outbowled, out batted and outfielded.
'Mr Mainwaring, Mr Mainwaring! Don't panic, don't panic!!' The good thing for Australia is that Starc has one good ankle and 3 of their top 7 won't be 40 for a couple of years  |
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Tremendous team performance from England. Everybody contributed. Cook Captained well. I do think England can go on from here and dominate the series. Interesting to go back and look at some of our commenst prior to this match.
I was surprised at how well England bowled. Not surprised by England's top order which needs surgery who and when I cannot answer. I would like to see Rashid accomodated for Ballance in all likelihood although I was impressed with his pluck. Aussie have big problems. I am sure their attack will recover and maintain more menace at Lords but will they score enough runs? I am not so sure now. Clarke may be on the wain and maybe England know how to bowl at opposition. I am still of the opinion to lay Aus at odds on or close to evens if that train hasn't left. |
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the aussies did q well till they took the field!
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eng now 11/10 to win series from 5/1
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harris was a huge loss on a wicket like this.
starc did well, but they really are in trouble if he's unavailable for the next test. Hazlewood may have a little more joy at Lord's. agree with WD about their batting though. you have to be prepared to grind on these wickets if the opposition have scored runs, and that line-up is good enough to adapt, but completely failed to. so some bad luck with harris, but ultimately undone by iffy batting. that said, the same criticism could have been leveled at england in their second innings. |
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eng were somewhat flattered by the comrehensiveness of the result
their top order got away with underperforming because of root effectively don't rate ballance,not entirely convinced by lyth.bell has to step up to the plate and wasn't impressed by buttler's batting root and stokes look real players now and for the future we'll know a lot more after the Lord's test |
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Still weaknesses in the England batting & you always feel they will have a collapse or two before the series is out but the same cam be said of the aussies - some of them look a little long in the tooth now.
If Englands bowlers keep performing as they have done if this match they will be competitive throughout - Australia will struggle if Starc is out of the next test so England have to maintain a positive approach. If we can win the next test then the aussies might capitulate and there will be no way back for them. Winning the toss at Lords will be critical so I would hold on betting until then |