The Cricket Thread (for Whinging Poms and Aussie *******s only)

[Cidersomerset]

4th Test at Trent Bridge Nottingam ..........England lead 5 test series 2-1....

England win Toss conditions ideal for English
medium quick swing.......3 early Aussie ducks....






Australia 1st Innings

Total..(18.3 overs)..60 all out

Rogers...c Cook....b Broad 0

Warner..c Buttler..b Wood 0

Smith....c Root.....b Broad 6

S Marsh.c Bell......b Broad 0

Clarke...c Cook....b Broad 10

Voges...c Stokes..b Broad 1

Nevill....b Finn................ 2

Johnsonc Root.....b Broad 13

Starc....c Root.....b Broad 1

Hazlewood..not out..........4

Lyon....c Stokes...b Broad 9

Extras..3nb 0w 0b 11lb...14








Jim Maxwell

BBC Test Match Special


Australia fansAP
"This is one of the most embarrassing batting performances in Test history."





http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/32809885


Still early days Australia's best ploy maybe to get out quickly and have a go
at England before the sun comes out.........

[Cidersomerset]

100 for Joe Root

Eng 230-3




England 1st Innings

Total.....(65.00 overs)

274-for.....4wickets

Lyth......c Nevill.......b Starc 14

Cook....lbw.............b Starc 43

Bell.....lbw..............b Starc 1

Root...........Not out........109

Bairstow.lbw.b.Hazelwood 79

Extras....4nb 1w .............12


Eng 274-4 (lead by 214).....End of play day 1.....



Starc bowling heat-seeking in-duckers, Wood unmoved even when he gets the ball
to fine leg. Michael Clarke looks close to shedding a tear. One ball remains.

[Carmen]

Nah! Nah, no whinging Poms at the moment. Change name of thread?!

[Cidersomerset]

Nah! Nah, no whinging Poms at the moment. Change name of thread?!

Shocked Poms ...LOL...

[Cidersomerset]

In Stark contrast to his teammates Starc is performing......




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No second inning collapse so far..............

Australia 2nd Innings
Total..(14.0 overs)..70.. for0wickets

Rogers...not out...28

Warner...not out...35

Extras..1nb 0w 0b 6lb ...7

[Bill Ryan]

[araucaria]

This is perhaps an interesting example of the crazy times we live in. There’s got to be something strange going on when you read that the world’s slowest game is evolving almost by the month, or see the 5-day version playing out faster than a 20-over game, or find one side scoring a third of the other’s total in the space of one over. The whole thing is getting beyond freaky.

[Cidersomerset]

Aussie's starting to wobble in second innings...



Aus 175-5...Posted at 16:56



Michael Clarke

Chants of 'Sacked in the morning' rung around Trent Bridge as Clarke trooped
disconsolately off - it's an undignified end for a brilliant batsman who seems to
have suffered a terminal loss of mojo. Peter Nevill is the new batsman - he's
certainly capable of a gritty fifty but Australia need something of an altogether
different order here. Finn gets the ball hooping past the new man's outside edge.

[Cidersomerset]

Australia 2nd Innings...Total...(72.4 overs).....253 all out

Rogers..........c Root...................b Stokes 52

Warner.........c Broad.................b Stokes 64

Smith...........c Stokes................b Broad 5

S Marsh........c Root...................b Stokes 2

Clarke..........c Bell....................b Wood 13

Voges..........not out.............................51

Nevill...........lbw......................b Stokes 17

Johnson.......c Cook..................b Stokes 5

Starc...........c Bell....................b Stokes 0

Hazlewood...b Wood............................. 0

Lyon...........b Wood............................. 4

Extras.....3nb 1w 20b 16lb ......40


Aussie Capt. Michael Clarke announces his retirement from Test cricket after end of tour.

[Tesseract]

Congratulations England, the current team seems like a pretty decent group of people and I hope they enjoy their home-soil victory. I think this will create quite the build up for the next series in Australia in a couple of years.

[Heyoka_11]

To hell with the game!

[Mart]

Haha I was driving down the M6 homeward bound when they read your email , I thought hang on .. I know him and he is still not out

[Cidersomerset]

The fifth and final test at the ovel started Friday and after
Capt Cook won the toss and put the Aussies into bat. The
old cricket Empire has 'stormed' into a commanding lead
on day three. The game is slipping out of Englands grasp
rather to rapidly !!


Australia hit 431 in the first innings ....


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[Cidersomerset]

Its just as well the aussies shot themselves in the foot for three tests
because England were not a better team man for man but did play
a lot better than them in 3 of the 5 tests and conditions played
a big part in the resulting test series just coming to an end , with an
emphatic win fro the 'Baggy Greens'......




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15:18...Eng 273-9 (Aus need one wicket to win)

Peter Siddle, the lost man of this series, from the Vauxhall End - and he also
decides Finn needs some chin music. Finn fends off a single to fine leg, and the
Aussie drinks waiters - Shane Watson, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Shaun
Marsh - are having a whale of a time, laughing and joking by the boundary. Moeen
brings Finn back on strike, and another fortuitous edge brings England's number 11
a four through the slips. He has eight from 11 balls - very tidy for a number 11.


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WICKET

Moeen c Nevill b Siddle 35 (Eng 286 all out)

Posted at 15:27

And it's all over - a straightforward nick to the keeper ends Moeen's defiance and
gives Siddle his fourth wicket. Australia have wrapped up the win.



Jim Maxwell

BBC Test Match Special

"It was hard to imagine an Australia victory like this after the result at Trent Bridge."

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Farewell Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke

Retiring Australia captain Michael Clarke on Sky Sports: "Both Chris [Rogers] and I
made it very clear that this win wasn't about us, it was about showing that fight
and determination that is the Australian way. I've been really lucky to play with
some fantastic players who have given everything for the team and Chris is
definitely one of those. I might still wear the baggy green around the house!"