Cricket - The Ashes

[zba78]

Any comments on the ashes. As expected or a woeful attempt at defending the urn

Oh I'm english by the way.

For those who haven't got a cluse what I'm on about this MAY help (probably not): http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2006-07/ENG_IN_AUS/

[kameshee17]

Flintoff said this will be the best cricket series ever and he is right . It will take England another 40 years to win back the Ashes and then there will be a lot of hype about how the Ashes is the best rivalry in world cricket and then probably England wont win for another 80 years .
Sorry, if any body here is an English cricket fan, but this a true lesson not to over hype anything. Probably Oxford will add the synonym for over hype as THE ASHES in their 2007 dictionary ( in India they have done so).

[the bassinvader]

c'mon !!

who really thought that we could keep the ashes anyway!?
The loss of vaughn was a big nail in the conffin before we even started and Flintoff should never have been captain in the first palce. Theres too much pressure on his shoulders as there is and then to add the captancy!!

THen add trescothic's problems!

But at least our strategy is now clear.....learn to bat (our openers have been woefull)
learn to bowl and learn to bat again!!!

But at least we can rely on the Rugby Union team.....oh wait a minute.......

[fingal]

We're great at inventing games in this country ... and then losing them and agonising about it ever after. Maybe it's lack of confidence. I don't think it's a lack of raw talent or determination: we have plenty of that over here. But something seems to be missing.

[netstrider]

I'm south african...Aussies just purely have talent to the bone when it comes to basically ANY sport! That includes rugby, cricket, swimming and a whole lot of other Olympic games...

[smolloy]

But at least we can rely on the Rugby Union team.....oh wait a minute.......

As an Irishman, I'm really looking forward to this years 6 nations.

But I digress....

[zba78]

I must say I predicted 3-1 to the Aussies but based on the indifferent performances since the last Ashes I'm not surprised by the 5-0.

Australia were brilliant. Even with Vaughan, Jones etc. I still think Australia would have won, just not by 5-0 (or at least not so comfortably)

[Roxoff]

Flintoff said this will be the best cricket series ever and he is right . It will take England another 40 years to win back the Ashes and then there will be a lot of hype about how the Ashes is the best rivalry in world cricket and then probably England wont win for another 80 years .
Sorry, if any body here is an English cricket fan, but this a true lesson not to over hype anything. Probably Oxford will add the synonym for over hype as THE ASHES in their 2007 dictionary ( in India they have done so).

The English people didn't over-hype the series, I knew we had no chance, most cricket fans here thought we had no chance - personally, i'd have been surprised if England had won one of the games, but I did expect them to at least hold out for a draw a couple of times.

The only hyping-up of this series was carried out by Sky and their need to sell satelllite TV systems.

All together now...

"we're **** and we know we are, we're **** and we know we are..."

[kameshee17]

The English people didn't over-hype the series, I knew we had no chance, most cricket fans here thought we had no chance - personally, i'd have been surprised if England had won one of the games, but I did expect them to at least hold out for a draw a couple of times.

The only hyping-up of this series was carried out by Sky and their need to sell satelllite TV systems.

All together now...

"we're **** and we know we are, we're **** and we know we are..."

When I said The Ashes was over hyped I obviously meant the media. Here in India ESPN-star sports shows us feed from both sky and channel 9 and the hype almost made me sick(it's the same with the EPL too). Any body with some good cricket knowledge knew what the result would be. I don't know how people in the UK can bear your media. Any way the best team by far won.

[Roxoff]

...I don't know how people in the UK can bear your media. Any way the best team by far won.

Personally, I bloody hate our media. I stopped reading any kind of tabloid papers a long while ago. I've even given up watching TV, since we had no Sky TV at our house, we're not subject to crap journalism and US-style news-hype.

Having said that, I do enjoy much of the quality journalism that the BBC like to put together, not the headline grabbing stuff, but the in-depth stuff.

And you're right about the best team. I dont think, in terms of pure skill, the Aussies are 5-0 better than England, but the big advantage they have over everyone else is between their ears - they have so much more belief in their own ability than anyone else, something their sports academies have drummed it into them for years. You'd think some of the English and British sporting teams would have cottoned on by now, wuncha.