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Woohoo we won the Ashes
mookaloid - 23/8/09 at 06:03 PM

Well done to the England boys

jacko - 23/8/09 at 06:05 PM


Well done

blakep82 - 23/8/09 at 06:06 PM

ah, sports most pathetic looking trophy

scootz - 23/8/09 at 06:08 PM

Bugger, does this mean it will be recorded in history in terms of '19-bloomin-66' and we'll never hear the end of it now!?

Oh, sod it... well done!

blakep82 - 23/8/09 at 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by scootz
Bugger, does this mean it will be recorded in history in terms of '19-bloomin-66' and we'll never hear the end of it now!?

Oh, sod it... well done!


well, apparently england won last year too...

scootz - 23/8/09 at 07:39 PM

Did they... as you can tell I have absolutely no interest in cricket whatsoever!

I can imagine the appeal of playing it, but watching it???

Even more boring than the Valencia F1 circuit!

coozer - 23/8/09 at 08:18 PM

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Originally posted by blakep82
ah, sports most pathetic looking trophy


Sports oldest, (127 years) most prestigious trophy.

I love it, once asked in an interview what my ideal job would be I answered 'England Batsman'

F1 is predictable, cricket twist and turns and is interesting from the first ball as long as you, unlike wor lass understand the game

I was flushed with pride to see an England team triumph. A great day.

Steve

Ivan - 23/8/09 at 08:30 PM

As a died in the wool South African I love to see the Ausies get beaten at sport so - WELL DONE England - Mind you, you made it hard for yourselves.

owelly - 23/8/09 at 08:51 PM

OK. So now we have some ashes. What now? I suppose they'll have to do it all again next year? Well I say, we've won them so we'll keep them, thank you very much. We've dicided who's the best so lets not bother next year. Same for football. Once we've found out the winners, just give them all a ball each next year so we don't have to have our tellies full of half naked men hugging each other.

02GF74 - 23/8/09 at 09:02 PM

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Originally posted by owelly
OK. So now we have some ashes. What now? I suppose they'll have to do it all again next year?


no we don't.

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The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of international cricket's most celebrated rivalries and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in Australia and England. Since cricket is a summer game, the venues being in opposite hemispheres means the break between series alternates between 18 and 30 months. A series of "The Ashes" usually comprises five Test matches (the number of matches has varied from 1 to 7, but is now generally expected to be 5), two innings per match, under the regular rules for international Test-match cricket. If a series is drawn then the country already holding the Ashes retains them.


... but woo bloody hoo ...not a big fan myself but with all the stick the England cricket team have been getting recenlty, it is nice to see a somewhat unexpected success!!!

WanchaiWarrior - 24/8/09 at 03:53 AM

Its been a great day so far in my office in Adelaide. Lets just say a few emails went out first thing and not many have been replied to. Me gloat ? nah not much.

David Jenkins - 24/8/09 at 07:47 AM

My daughter lives and works in Sydney... she's been having great fun today! Especially as NZ beat them in rugby too...

Guinness - 24/8/09 at 08:22 AM

Trophy's a bit small init?

David Jenkins - 24/8/09 at 09:41 AM

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Originally posted by Guinness
Trophy's a bit small init?


Well, size isn't everything!

blakep82 - 24/8/09 at 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by coozer
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
ah, sports most pathetic looking trophy


Sports oldest, (127 years) most prestigious trophy.



sports oldest trophy is actually the americas cup in sailing i believe