Netherlands 163-6 beat England 162-5 by four wickets

Well.... what can I say, eh?

Gordon Brown under seige as MP's of all ilks have been busted sucking on the taxpayers tit.

And now the creme de la creme of English cricketing soundly thrashed AT HOME by those wizards of wicketry, the blazing bats and blistering bowling of the.... Dutch? Howzat?!

This on top of the news that droves of Polish workers are fleeing Albion's fare shores for destinations with more bang for the zloty. I mean, who's going to fix the bloody plumbing NOW, eh?

"It's the end of the world as we know it (but I feel fine)."

W G Grace must have turned in his grave.
I'm thinking over whether to return. Well, I'm now capable of sticking two pieces of pvc together, my bowling used to be economical and, seemingly, just about anyone might make a better job of governing the country.
Nah, that idea passed quickly.

Not a great cricket lover but yes its bad news when we invented it that a man wearing clogs can go out and beat us ponting must be wondering how bad we have become id like to say we will be better come the ashe's but reading the ex test players opinions like aussie killer botham could be an embarrasing summer.

I am not one to put the boot in when a team is down.

I will wait for the ashes for that. Just Kidding, was this a full strength team. Missed the news, computers keep crashing might have to call a pommie mate.

yes it was the full team casper Flintoff and peterson are injured

yeap, we dutchies beat them

Bring on the Ashes !!

Im tipping 3-1 to Oz,

Yeah they did, just looked it up

Dont worry to much about these games, as its hit and giggle stuff, marketed for the sub continent. Good TV ratings and thats about all.

The worrying issues are Peiterson and Flintoff and Im not having a dig here , these guys are match winners, they can turn a test in 1 hour as we have seen with Freddies 2005 effort ! but with both having some injuries ??

For the Ashes to be won by England, both these guys need to hit their straps, bringing with them the confidence of the other players.

I still say the 2005 Ashes series was one of the best ever and the best team won.

There wont be a 5-0 whitewash this series, like Glen McGrath predicted last time.

its going to be close, Australia developing again after loosing so many star players and England winning at home recently and their confidence up.

Bring it on

Dont write of Anderson !

Your tails are up write now and thats something to work on, its worth a diving catch, a slide to save a 4, an extra 5 kmh on a short one when Ponting comes in at # 1 etc....

Bob

Totally agree on the Ashes series, see my prev comments.

This will be 2 new sides basically , Johnson and Clarke being the key bowlers for Australia.

Clarke is a copy of McGrath , bowls to a line 95% of the time.

Both sides will score runs, its the 20 wickets needed to won a test match that will challenge both sides.

Lucky Super Sports on Home Cable will cover the series, but lets sit back, crack a can, and enjoy the series.