OMFG! England 179/8. Australia 79 all out

[Alexander's Horse]

actually cricket involves batting bowling and fielding rather than dying for your comrades

[Dracon II]

and are these occupations hindered by homosexuality?

[Alexander's Horse]

you are really becoming pompous

[Dracon II]

Sorry... I'm just training myself to be British in order to avoid embarrassment in case they win the ashes

[Alexander's Horse]

oh yes, how sweet it is

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist c Jones b Tremlett 18 38 31 2 0
ML Hayden c Jones b Flintoff 39 94 56 5 0
*RT Ponting c Giles b Harmison 27 51 40 4 0
DR Martyn not out 68 118 81 3 0
A Symonds run out (Trescothick) 73 94 81 4 2
MEK Hussey c Collingwood b Flintoff 5 9 10 0 0
SR Watson not out 11 7 7 1 0
Extras (lb 12, w 7, nb 6) 25
Total (5 wickets, 50 overs, 211 mins) 266

DNB: GB Hogg, JN Gillespie, B Lee, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-44 (Gilchrist, 9.1 ov), 2-95 (Ponting, 20.2 ov),
3-96 (Hayden, 21.1 ov), 4-238 (Symonds, 45.2 ov),
5-247 (Hussey, 47.5 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Gough 10 0 41 0 (3nb)
Tremlett 9 0 53 1 (1nb, 1w)
Harmison 9 2 44 1 (2nb, 2w)
Flintoff 10 0 55 2 (3w)
Giles 9 1 44 0 (1w)
Collingwood 3 0 17 0

England innings (target: 267 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 23 15 0 0
AJ Strauss b Lee 3 17 13 0 0
VS Solanki c Ponting b Hogg 34 87 69 2 0
PD Collingwood b McGrath 0 1 2 0 0
A Flintoff c Gillespie b Hogg 44 90 61 6 0
KP Pietersen c Hussey b Symonds 19 37 28 2 0
+GO Jones c Hayden b Watson 23 45 30 2 0
AF Giles c Symonds b Lee 4 4 3 1 0
CT Tremlett c Hussey b Gillespie 8 25 18 0 0
D Gough not out 46 50 47 7 0
SJ Harmison not out 11 37 17 0 0
Extras (lb 8, w 6, nb 3) 17
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs, 217 mins) 209

FoW: 1-4 (Strauss, 4.3 ov), 2-6 (Trescothick, 5.1 ov),
3-6 (Collingwood, 5.3 ov), 4-85 (Solanki, 24.4 ov),
5-94 (Flintoff, 26.6 ov), 6-123 (Pietersen, 33.4 ov),
7-133 (Giles, 34.5 ov), 8-145 (Jones, 37.6 ov),
9-159 (Tremlett, 40.5 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Lee 10 2 27 2 (1nb, 4w)
McGrath 10 1 31 2 (1nb)
Gillespie 9 0 36 1 (1w)
Watson 8 0 51 1 (1nb, 1w)
Hogg 6 0 19 2
Symonds 7 0 37 1

[Alexander's Horse]

what? silence? Spartak? Gone all quiet?

Busy giving hapless Qantas passengers a full body cavity search in retaliation?

[Dracon II]

Now this is more like it.

[Ecthy]

omfg!

[Alexander's Horse]

you like scorelines like 2-0

[spartak]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
what? silence? Spartak? Gone all quiet?

Busy giving hapless Qantas passengers a full body cavity search in retaliation?

Actually at 03.30 UK time I was in bed and later I was on grumpy baby duty and at the moment I'm about to go swimming with my oldest. So, no I'm not hiding but I am busy and yes we got our bum kicked. Took you long enough didn't it?

I'll check in later to receive some more abuse when I actually have the time.

[Asher]

pathetic spartak bump

[Barnabas]

When I was a kid I thought Cricket was like golf ( probably the alice in wonderland movie gave me that idea) but it actualy kinds resembles baseball.

[Dauphin]

Cricket and croquet, easy to confuse I guess.

[Ninot]

Crickets can be tasty with honey.

[Dauphin]

Honey tastes better with toast.