Ok lets have it why are you lot so good at it? What's the secret?:)

lately it seems more that everyone else is so bad.

in actual fact.. dont know. good domestic competition. good development programs and academies. some freakish star players.

there are a few reasons :)

o and because adam gilchrist hides a squash ball in his glove. practically cheating :P

lately it seems more that everyone else is so bad.

in actual fact.. dont know. good domestic competition. good development programs and academies. some freakish star players.

there are a few reasons :)

o and because adam gilchrist hides a squash ball in his glove. practically cheating :P



lol:) I Think it's probably in the development of young players more than the cheating.

its a frustrating time to be a pom..

its a frustrating time to be a pom..


oh i don't know, cricket doesn't bother me too much i'm just aware that aussies are really good at it.:)

haha talking cricket in an aussie forum is a good way to get presidential support.

haha talking cricket in an aussie forum is a good way to get presidential support.

when in Rome lol:)

i played 2nd grade in the sydney competition for a few years, and a few of the fellas i played with have gone onto state and international cricket. When i was 12-13 michael clarke scored 100 against us hehehe

haha thats a pretty cool claim infestacide. a guy i played cricket with has a shot at making it.. he's playing club cricket for the same team as martin love and kaspa. only 19

haha thats a pretty cool claim infestacide. a guy i played cricket with has a shot at making it.. he's playing club cricket for the same team as martin love and kaspa. only 19


at school they only let the girls play rounders so I never played cricket.:)

i have played with a few good players, some are over in england now playing club/county cricket.

dallas johnson was down to play in my cricket team over the summer... but we batted first and he didnt get a bat. didnt stick around to field but shit his name is still on the team sheet.. ill claim it. also played against scott bolton who has played nrl for the cowboys. haha so ive played cricket against good footballers just not so many good cricketers.

I think it comes down to the huge support young players get over here
also the cricket fields are usually kept very well maintained, even most local cricket fields seems to be top notch
I heard that in England the young guys are learning to play on cement

I think it comes down to the huge support young players get over here
also the cricket fields are usually kept very well maintained, even most local cricket fields seems to be top notch
I heard that in England the young guys are learning to play on cement

haha no wonder the cunts cant field.

Nah, there are plenty of decent places to play cricket over here.


In terms of batting I'd say England aren't that far off Australia (though England seem to do far worse than they should in the 2nd Innings).

It's bowling where Australia have had the advantage. With Warne, McGrath and Clarke they had three genuine wicket takers during the Ashes. Tait and Lee can obviously bowl a bit too.

As our test with the West Indies is showing, only Monty Panesar can really take wickets on a less than helpful pitch.

hmm.. our bowling will be ****ed with mcgrath and warney. time to start blooding a new spinner. dont think we've got n e genuine replacements.

the batting is still the best in the world IMO

hayden ponting hussey are all first class.

hmm.. our bowling will be ****ed with mcgrath and warney. time to start blooding a new spinner. dont think we've got n e genuine replacements.

the batting is still the best in the world IMO

hayden ponting hussey are all first class.


None of them are going to be around for much longer though. I don't doubt that the Aussies have some talent lying in wait to replace the aforementioned trio.


Of course Alastair Cook will be better than any of them!



There are some really strong batting line-ups in Test Cricket at the moment.

tru. no team stays at the top forever.
australia's turn is nearly over

jaques is going to have to step up big time and michael clark is going to have to find another gear.

alistair cook has massive potential.

i think its more important that australia keeps its aura than its outright ability

tru. no team stays at the top forever.
australia's turn is nearly over

jaques is going to have to step up big time and michael clark is going to have to find another gear.

alistair cook has massive potential.

i think its more important that australia keeps its aura than its outright ability



Michael Clarke seemed to show signs that he was was getting back to his best during the Ashes.

From what I've seen of Jaques he looks useful. He's probably glad he decided to play for Australia over England as in the next few years it'll be easier for a new batsman to break into the Aussie team.



You won't have to worry about replacing McGrath, Stuart Clark is easily good enough to play that role for a couple of years.

Englands batting line up is what killed them over here, onece Peterson and Collingwood go out its pretty much over
Australia have some amazing players comeing up, Micheal Clarke was very impressive this season so I dont see him losing his spot anytime soon, Ponting is the best in the world and I doubt he is thinking retirement
Gilchrist has to go sadly, our bowlers are still top notch, onece shawn tait gets his line right he will be unstopable and Stuart Clarke was our best bowler during the ashes even with Warne and McGrath playing
Sam Mitchell is another young Bowler who is devastating when he is in form

they will probably join the pack a bit more but I think the other teams have to step up to knock Australa off the top, IMO Austral8ia will stay #1 for another couple of years
they learnt from Allan Borders run as captain when the entire team pretty much retired the same year back in (1983?)
there blooding some good players to take over this time

how could I forget Brett Lee
this guy is going to be better than ever when he comes back

i'd say they are grooming clark for the captaincy so he is going to have to continue to improve.

im not much of a tait man.. id like to see mitchell johnson get the third paceman's role along with brett lee and stuart clarke.

yeah gilly's time is up but haddin is a more than capable batsmen and probably a better keeper.

find a decent spinner and ill be more confident.

i think ponting and hussey will play at least another 2 seasons

matt the bat probably one more..

yeah MBL englands batting did tank over here but considering that straus just didnt have his head in it.. cook wasnt up to it at the time.. flintoff had a terrible tour with the bat, vaughan and tresco were out and peiterson and collingwood did ok..

their batting line up does have a bit of potential / depth

Englands batting line up is what killed them over here, onece Peterson and Collingwood go out its pretty much over
Australia have some amazing players comeing up, Micheal Clarke was very impressive this season so I dont see him losing his spot anytime soon, Ponting is the best in the world and I doubt he is thinking retirement
Gilchrist has to go sadly, our bowlers are still top notch, onece shawn tait gets his line right he will be unstopable and Stuart Clarke was our best bowler during the ashes even with Warne and McGrath playing
Sam Mitchell is another young Bowler who is devastating when he is in form

they will probably join the pack a bit more but I think the other teams have to step up to knock Australa off the top, IMO Austral8ia will stay #1 for another couple of years
they learnt from Allan Borders run as captain when the entire team pretty much retired the same year back in (1983?)
there blooding some good players to take over this time


England's batsmen have a skill level up there with the very best, but not when Vaughan and Flintoff play. Vaughan and Flintoff are so far off their best form that they drag the other players down around them.

Cook, Bell, Pietersen and Collingwood are a very solid base for a batting line-up and once Strauss gets back on form it should be even stronger.


Mentally, England just can't seem to bat well in the second innings. However it's our complete inability to take 10 wickets in the second innings that really hurts us. maybe when Simon Jones returns to full fitness he could make the difference, especially when combined with Monty.



Shaun Tait looked shit in the 2005 Ashes, but he'd become a much better bowler in the 2006/2007 series and can only get better.

simon jones is a gun. harmison is a piece of shit

i'd say they are grooming clark for the captaincy so he is going to have to continue to improve.

im not much of a tait man.. id like to see mitchell johnson get the third paceman's role along with brett lee and stuart clarke.

yeah gilly's time is up but haddin is a more than capable batsmen and probably a better keeper.

find a decent spinner and ill be more confident.

i think ponting and hussey will play at least another 2 seasons

matt the bat probably one more..

yeah MBL englands batting did tank over here but considering that straus just didnt have his head in it.. cook wasnt up to it at the time.. flintoff had a terrible tour with the bat, vaughan and tresco were out and peiterson and collingwood did ok..

their batting line up does have a bit of potential / depth



What happened to all those young spinners Australia were trying to bring through? Nathan Hauritz just disappeared off the face of the earth.

simon jones is a gun. harmison is a piece of shit



Harmison has his purple patches but is essentially a bloke who averages in the 30s. He is just too wild, a bit like a less mentally stable Brett Lee.

What happened to all those young spinners Australia were trying to bring through? Nathan Hauritz just disappeared off the face of the earth.


haha turned out he was rubbish.. had to change states to get a game..
cullen didnt develop like they hoped he would (but he has plenty of time).. there's a few others around.. no stand out leggies tho.. id say they'll play macgill till they find someone to bank on

haha turned out he was rubbish.. had to change states to get a game..
cullen didnt develop like they hoped he would (but he has plenty of time).. there's a few others around.. no stand out leggies tho.. id say they'll play macgill till they find someone to bank on

I remember when Cameron White was being seen as the Warne of the future. He turned out to be a very different type of player.


I'm sure Terry Jenner will unearth/coach some decent spinners given time. You've got the perfect infrastructure to find and train leggies.

haha tru tru. unless warnie goes over to coach in england! yeah i wish cameron white got a better chance in the ODI squad.

Of course, England will now be the number 1 Test cricketing nation thanks to our new secret weapon.......


































Ryan Sidebottom http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6676735.stm
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As for Warney coaching in England, it could be very possible. he has of course lived over here for much of the year whilst playing for Hampshire and has indicated he'd help in the development of the likes of Adil Rashid (young Yorkshire leggie/all-rounder, 19 years old with 49 first class wickets at 28.24).


I'm glad Warney is with Hampshire all season. As a Hampshire boy I'm a big fan of the great man. he captains the team brilliantly and has brought various top Aussie players to the Rose Bowl. Plus the little matter of his bowling..........

England have to do ALOT of work yet,
I mean theres still Sri Lanka and some other great sides out there that deserve more respect than England right now imo


all I know for sure is you never get tired of watching your team destroy all opposition, people who say its boring are just not cricket fans or are not Aussie

I hate to admit it but I love watching the Aussies play cricket, no-one is even close to they're level, But I am interested to see how how Austrailia will fair now a few of the players have retired. Maybe a chance for England to close the gap a little!

I hate to admit it but I love watching the Aussies play cricket, no-one is even close to they're level, But I am interested to see how how Austrailia will fair now a few of the players have retired. Maybe a chance for England to close the gap a little!

We should host a yearly series with Scotland, it might give us a chance to win something.:cool:

We should host a yearly series with Scotland, it might give us a chance to win something.:cool:

I can see Dougie Brown ripping through our batting line up, only kiddin. We seem to be doing ok today, Cook is a trully world class player.

I can see Dougie Brown ripping through our batting line up, only kiddin. We seem to be doing ok today, Cook is a trully world class player.

Oops..that was the kiss off death now. Cook's out now.:nonono:

Oops..that was the kiss off death now. Cook's out now.:nonono:


lol. what's the score?

lol. what's the score?

91-2 at Lunch, Vaughan looking quite good on 25. They are forcasting rain over the weekend so match looks destined for a draw.

cook has MASSIVE potential. if vaughan makes 100 ill give u some sweet sweet karma monk..

boxclever.. scotland is pretty decent.. maybe u should take on iran or something?

cook has MASSIVE potential. if vaughan makes 100 ill give u some sweet sweet karma monk..

boxclever.. scotland is pretty decent.. maybe u should take on iran or something?


How about Andorra? lol;)

lol they'd still give trescothic stress :P

lol they'd still give trescothic stress :P

we could play henshaws home for the blind.:)

lol yep.. then ud only have to pray for rain and you might steal a draw :D

lol yep.. then ud only have to pray for rain and you might steal a draw :D

i've been thinking about this and Cricket is really important to Austrailians (I Think?) and in England Cricket just isn't important. A little difference like that is bound to make a world of difference.:)

yeah thats probably tru. you'll notice australians only seem to take sports that not many countries play seriously. cunning really

yeah thats probably tru. you'll notice australians only seem to take sports that not many countries play seriously. cunning really

a plan so cunning and yet so simple.:)

cook has MASSIVE potential. if vaughan makes 100 ill give u some sweet sweet karma monk..

boxclever.. scotland is pretty decent.. maybe u should take on iran or something?

You ready to part with some of that sweet sweet karma, vaughan 91 not out.. yum yum.

dayum. how is it a cunt that ive never seen breech double figures gets a ton the one time i mention it.

yeah thats probably tru. you'll notice australians only seem to take sports that not many countries play seriously. cunning really

hey we didnt make up the game, we just win it

its not that important to everyone here, i mean im the only person I know apart from my Dad that will sit there and watch a full 5 days of cricket straight lol

I heard its because Australian domestic cricket is so good and plays to a much higher standard than other domestic cricket,

Now here's a question,

Hussey, the best one day player in the world (forget the rankings, he had a 75+ ave until aus only needed him for a few overs at the world cup)

Some want him to open with hayden and have watson as the finisher, some say move him higher into the middle order 4/5 and have either clarkey and roy come down,

What do you think?

yeah i think he would compliment gilly well at the top of the order but he's a clinical finisher.. we have alot of potential openers but no too many with ice in the veins like this man. id sit him at 5

yeah i think he would compliment gilly well at the top of the order but he's a clinical finisher.. we have alot of potential openers but no too many with ice in the veins like this man. id sit him at 5


ok, he seems happy to be the finsher, during the WC punter thought about moving him up the order for the remaining group stages games, but huss says he likes to finish, eventually AUS were whopping teams so bad they had to move huss to 3 so he could get a bat in one game. lol.

Your bowling attack?

I would go with hogg in test cricket, see how that goes,

Lee and Tait as the strike bowlers

Stuart Clark as the line and length man,

Possibly bracken also, although im not sure how many wickets he could take at test level.

yeah its a pretty intimidating top 5

hayden gilly ponting symonds hussey for the tests.. with watson and clark to come.. maybe even cameron white in time.

for the tests

lee and clark obviously.. id probably prefer johnson as the third seamer for a bit of longevity.. not sold on tait yet.

im not sure about hogg as the spinner.. he's in his mid 30s and if you arent going for a young blood id say macgill is the better option..

yeah its a pretty intimidating top 5

hayden gilly ponting symonds hussey for the tests.. with watson and clark to come.. maybe even cameron white in time.

for the tests

lee and clark obviously.. id probably prefer johnson as the third seamer for a bit of longevity.. not sold on tait yet.

im not sure about hogg as the spinner.. he's in his mid 30s and if you arent going for a young blood id say macgill is the better option..

Dude, Macgill is like 35 or summin i think, check that one out,

Not sold on tait????

he wayward, but hes gonna be the most Dangerous strike bowler in cricket for me, its that 90 mph+ Yorker he does, very few can see that one coming.

Cameron 'the bear' white, looks just like a polar bear lol, hes a brutal hitter, not sure about test cricket tho,

What about this Phil Jaques? never seen him, apparently he is the future of AUS batting,.

Oh and Hilfenhaus, seen him, he very good also.

haha yeah i was listing the batters for one dayers.. white , symonds etc.

and i meant if you're going to pick a spinner regardless of age (hogg is 19 days older than macgill both are 36) id prefer macgill.

and yeah i think jaques it the logical replacement for langer

hilfenhaus definitely has potential.

i think tait is always gonna provoke disagreement. i just find him too one dimensional and more of a shooting star for australia rather than an investment

look for a young peter forrest from nsw... he will be unreal in time.

i think tait is always gonna provoke disagreement. i just find him too one dimensional and more of a shooting star for australia rather than an investment

Nah, i love tait, he got 20+ wickets in the world cup for a reason, he just too unpredictable, but you watch him go in test cricket, thing is, with his action and the way he strains his back, he is gonna get injured at some point,

Still he better than the overrated malinga, who cant turn a ball, cant put it on a length and has one of the most suspect actions ive seen, rediciculous, what he does is not bowling. lol.

Nah, i love tait, he got 20+ wickets in the world cup for a reason, he just too unpredictable, but you watch him go in test cricket, thing is, with his action and the way he strains his back, he is gonna get injured at some point,

Still he better than the overrated malinga, who cant turn a ball, cant put it on a length and has one of the most suspect actions ive seen, rediciculous, what he does is not bowling. lol.

haha tru tru. but why wouldnt you chuck these days. murali will have the world record for most ever wickets soon.

haha tru tru. but why wouldnt you chuck these days. murali will have the world record for most ever wickets soon.

I think that's unfair. Murali isn't a chucker.





















He's a thrower.


Warney was always the better cricketer.

I think that's unfair. Murali isn't a chucker.





He's a thrower.


Warney was always the better cricketer.


amen to that. would i be going too far to say that it's an insult to the sport that murali will chuck warney out of the record book?

amen to that. would i be going too far to say that it's an insult to the sport that murali will chuck warney out of the record book?

Warney is a cricketing genius. Murali is a man with a weird arm. IF Warne hadn't been in the same side as McGrath he'd have taken a whole lot more wickets.


It isn't quite an insult to cricket that Murali will be the leading wicket taker, but he does have some pretty serious natural advantages over Warne.

Warney is a cricketing genius. Murali is a man with a weird arm. IF Warne hadn't been in the same side as McGrath he'd have taken a whole lot more wickets.


It isn't quite an insult to cricket that Murali will be the leading wicket taker, but he does have some pretty serious natural advantages over Warne.



i liked the start of this spiel beo..but lets call a spade a ****ing spade.. murali is a curry munching cheat.




too far?

i liked the start of this spiel beo..but lets call a spade a ****ing spade.. murali is a curry munching cheat.




too far?

Yeah, too far. All the English Cricket Team will be curry munchers too. We love our curry over here, and have large Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Sri Lankan communities.

Murali isn't a cheat, but it would be a bit rich for him to have multiple orgasms when he breaks Warne's record.

Murali throws it. No doubt in my mind, but if they did nothing about it early in his career then they can't do anything about it now. I believe he was no balled by Daryl Hair correctly many summers ago, but the establishment didn't have the balls to support undeniable proof. Video doesn't lie.

Murali and Warne are the past though. Monty is the new king of spin.

What was up with Gilchrist using a squash ball in his glove of the world cup final? shit worked anyway

South Africa needs to call up Barry Bonds

Ireland is better then Pakistan right

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Murali throws it. No doubt in my mind, but if they did nothing about it early in his career then they can't do anything about it now. I believe he was no balled by Daryl Hair correctly many summers ago, but the establishment didn't have the balls to support undeniable proof. Video doesn't lie.

yeah you're dead right. he copped a roasting for it but seems to me he was the only umpire that had the stones to tell it straight.


Murali and Warne are the past though. Monty is the new king of spin.

ah i dont know. i think monty's progress will flatten out a bit

What was up with Gilchrist using a squash ball in his glove of the world cup final? shit worked anyway


im probably just biased but that seemed like a fair beat up to me. bit rich coming from the lankans.

Ireland is better then Pakistan right

by a mile

South Africa needs to call up Barry Bonds


haha u dont get enough full tosses in cricket.. barry couldnt handle the short ball trust me

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and many more to come mr merchant.

Hey England won a Series. Ashes next time (Stir Stir):banana:

Hey England won a Series. Ashes next time (Stir Stir):banana:

Still managed to nearly blow that did'nt we:puppy_dog
We will definatly be stronger for the ashes and I can see Monty and Cook leading us to the win....well I can dream.