4th. Ashes Test at Headingley

Embarrassing.

One of the most inept performances I've seen for a long time. Thinking that me getting re-connected to Home Cable to watch the cricket was a big mistake.

Certainly England need Flintoff available for the next Test.
Surely Bopara must go.....replace him with that young guy Moores who hit a century against the Aussies earlier in the season and bat Strauss at no.3 ?
Failing that,its maybe recall Key but he's hardly set the world alight before and is a cumbersome fielder.
Both Collingwood and Anderson have had shockers this match but I'd retain them as with Swann instead of Panesar.
If Flintoff is back then its between Onions and Harmison for the last bowling place.
Really England havent got too many options have they !
Only Prior and Broad have played anything like this match.....Priors had a pretty good series really.

If u look at another statistic Bob, , i think it sums up what most the the last 4 posts have all stated.

Drop him, retain him, etc

The numbers on their shirts represent how many people have tests etc

Eng are up to 630 odd , so thats how many have played for England, the Aussies creeping up to 400.

Indicates not just a poor season for someone, or an injury.

It shows ( IMO ) that the entire selection process , cricketing academy, county standards, all contributing to not having a good squad, capable of staying together for 5 years etc.....

Try him, knee jerk selection to a poor tour ,

Hussain when as Captain summed it up years ago , when he broke his finger and couldnt play the next test and nobody wanted to step in as skipper, they had Stewart, Atherton, all in the side from memory. Steve Waugh stated, if he broke his finger, 10 others would crawl over his back for the chance.

England 199-7....unbeaten partnership of 79 between Broad and Swann.
Broad 52* off only 42 balls.
If only these two can put on another 400 we've a chance

And Broad sneaks the Man of the Match award.

Remember 1981....England still needing 95 to avoid an innings defeat and 7 wickets down.
Botham makes 149,Dilley 56 and I think even Willis made 20 ?
Aussies set just 131 to win all out for 111.....Willis 8-42.
I bet wazza still remembers those cricketing days with a fondness !

Bob what r u on ? I wondering what sort of bacon to get with my free breakfast. At chern chim. I can hear a fat lady warming up

England 263 all out....Australia win by an innings and 80 runs......Series level 1-1 with one game to play.
But from 120-7 we gave the Aussies a thrashing today didnt we !

hi just got an e-mail from aussie cricket side and they have two and a half days spare that wasn't on their itinery and what could they do in England in that time, well I said why not play a test match....only jokin , one- one, see you's at the Oval...zac

Can spend 2 days retracing their family roots back to England and can update their family tree to show who their relatives were before their discarded family arrived on the ships to the land of Oz.