Posted on 09/12/2005 3:28:38 AM PDT by Killing Time
npower Test Match Series: England v Australia 08-09-2005 at The Brit Oval In Play England won the toss and decided to bat England 1st Innings 373 all out (105.3 overs) England 2nd Innings 73 for 3 (25.0 overs) Australia 1st Innings 367 all out (107.1 overs)
You'd still fancy England, but its going to be a looog day.
Please..cricket gives me a headache.. >_<
You don't know what you've been missing this summer dude.
I'm starting to look at the game with my hand over my eyes, peeking between my fingertips. You are so right, it's going to be a very long day.
Let me know if two scruffy looking guys on a sofa suddenly appear on a pitch. Or robots from an alien space ship.
Don't panic.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
It's cricket, so therefore, it's not news.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
I'm the odd American who likes cricket (and all other sports, save soccer). Post away my friend.
Thanks for the update. My day would not have been complete without it. /s
A cricket thread in news? May Yobs infest your knickers, you gormless git. (That's the extent of my command of the British language.)
But since only British Freepers and Australian Freepers and Americans with sleeping disorders are awake, do you really think this thread will last much longer?
Keep posting! The Ashes are a tense battle to the finish!
How can that other poster not like football? (shakes head in disbelief). I grant you American Football isn't as dull as Basketball (which is like watching lane-swimming) but at the end of the day AF is still a bunch of big girls in body armour crashing into each other. Try Rugby!
Adding to my #10, to be fair, I have as much interest in most of the traditional American sports as I do cricket - especially football and basketball.
Its an experiment.
Spare a thought for us older guys with blood pressure problems. After the last three Tests, I can't take the tension any more - I'm off out on the bike for the next three hours, and by the time I'm back it'll probably be settled one way or the other - or not. Anyone who still thinks cricket is a dull game must have been on another planet for the last three months. I've been watching all kinds of sport for fifty years, and I tell you nothing in any sport has come anywhere near the sustained tension of this Ashes series.
What Australia will do after those two retire is another question.
At least one of the streakers at the Oval was female.
I'm on the mature side myself. Embrace life!
188/6 now, Pieterson & Jones. My take; if Pieterson (on 78) gets his century then the ashes are England's.
Well, here I am back from my bike ride. Didn't dare to switch on the radio for 20 minutes - and then discovered I'd missed all the fun. England have won the Ashes. Thought I'd never be able to say that again in my lifetime. What a wonderful day! 17 years of humiliation swept away in three months of unrepeatable tension and exhilaration.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.