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job to know which way the series goes from here. England just haven't fired as a unit in the way they were in 2004. More application from the batsmen, particularly in the first innings of the last matches, would put pressure on SA and make the bowlers job easier. In the second test Strauss, Trescothick, and Thorpe all showed it and England nearly came away with a win. At Cape Town no English batsman made 50, and thats how to loose.
You have less worries about your captains form than England do.
Just have to wait and see how England respond to the loss. I don't think they're much more than a good kick up the arse needed, and they've had that now. Trouble is SA have improved a lot from PE, and they now have the momentum.
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7/1/2005, 8:41
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What the hell are the umpires playing at with the bad light calls. If I'd payed to watch that and was sat in the evening sunshine when the game had been called off for bad light I'd have been bloody livid.
I know from experience that fielding can be harder than batting in bad light, but the rules say bad light is on offer to the batting side, and I don't think Vaughn wanted to come off.
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15/1/2005, 8:56
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By the way, just how bright is Herschel Gibbs?
Sledging the oppositions opening bowler, who might not be having a great series with the ball but still gets to bowl quick at him this morning. Not the brightest move. Especially when Harmison is averaging more than Gibbs with the bat this series.
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15/1/2005, 9:01
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Both teams start to look tired in the field very quickly if the batsmen get on top. Wonder how much those back to back tests have taken out of them, particularly Durban.
I think this winters test series has shown the test rankings to be pretty accurate. Although England have made progress they have been flattered last year by a weak Windies team and an injury hit NZ. Australia are well out in front, but England, SA, India, Pakistan, NZ and Sri Lanka are all reasonably close together.
From form in the current test series probably only Kallis would get into the Aussie team from either team. Strauss would get good consideration, but not sure Australia would swap Langer or Hayden for him quite yet. The other real top class Englishmen, Vaughn, Flintoff and Harmison, just haven't fired up this series.
England need to be much more consistant from 1 to 11 if we aren't going to get rolled over in the summers ashes series, if not the rest of this one.
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16/1/2005, 8:53
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17/1/2005, 23:51
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Have to say I haven't watched any of the odi's, not even highlights.
Was absolutely riveted by the test series, so I don't know why I switched off.
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14/2/2005, 14:16
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The attraction always was play then go to the pub.
As a batsman, some of my performances sounded a whole lot better after a few pints. 
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17/2/2005, 8:50
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cricket, cricket, cricket.
What the hell is going on with International teams.. South Africa,England,Pakistan,West Indies, India, England wake up to your selves.
They are playing school grade cricket. Doesnt any Nation take pride in the teams that are representing them??? Shame, Shame, Shame I say!!
You guys have nothing on the First Class Australian team. Come on world wake up and start playing some competitive cricket..
How about all the other International teams pick a world side Vs Australia. See how much the Aussies would kick there butts by!!! 
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8/3/2005, 1:00
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I reakon to make cricket more entertaining the rules should be changed to "tippity runs"
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29/3/2005, 13:43
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quote:
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cricket, cricket, cricket.
What the hell is going on with International teams.. South Africa,England,Pakistan,West Indies, India, England wake up to your selves.
They are playing school grade cricket. Doesnt any Nation take pride in the teams that are representing them??? Shame, Shame, Shame I say!!
You guys have nothing on the First Class Australian team. Come on world wake up and start playing some competitive cricket..
How about all the other International teams pick a world side Vs Australia. See how much the Aussies would kick there butts by!!!
The mighty Aussies are having a tough time at the start of their Ashes tour, first beaten by a county side(Somerset I think,) then the greatest upset in the history of the one day game beaten by the minnows Bangladesh - talk about David and Goliath - then taken apart today by a South African born pom!
What's happening Craigalea?
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19/6/2005, 20:19
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well the consensuos at a BBq held here yesterday is the that a) they oaght to get off the turps,b) too arrogant and full of themselves c) they play too much cricket and are burnt out.
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19/6/2005, 21:31
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But for one exceptional innings Australia would have won, so lets not get excited yet. If Australia had won the first couple of games heads might have gone down, and the press would have got on Englands backs, so the first blows have been psycological rather than terminal.
Big bonus for me was Harmison's bowling. He is one of the real keys to the tests later in the season. If he can unsettle the top order then England do have a chance.
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20/6/2005, 15:13
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Draw in the one 50 over 'final' keeps things nicely on the boil in the run-up to the ashes.
Both teams bowled themselves into winning positions, neither could close the game out and let their oponents back in.
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3/7/2005, 18:29
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And it was bloody good to watch
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4/7/2005, 17:35
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Like to thank Smous and the South Africans for the loan of their captain.
Outstanding performance as a leader and a batsman to win the twenty twenty cup with the cidermen against a Lancashire side that looked way superior on paper.
Thankyou Mr Smith.
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1/8/2005, 10:49
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Im tipping us to win 
