Official Ashes gloating thread

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Can you hear that sound? In the distance? It's still some way off, but it's coming closer.

That's the sound of the Ashes coming home.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Series post mortem-

Man of the series- Shane Warne, followed by Freddie Flintoff.

The big question- What will Australia do when Warne and McGrath retire?

The big jokes- Jones's wicket-keeping, Pieterson's fielding and Gillespie's bowling.

[Maquiladora]

I cant wait for the "a South African won it for you"

[Krill]

We got the Ashes and the Rugby WC.

Now just the Big One is left...

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Biggest lump in the throat?

1st place- Richie "God" Benaud's lovely little goodbye speech, thanking us all for letting him into our lives for the last 42 years.

2nd place- Hayden getting hit in the bollocks on Saturday (biggest cheer of the day).

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Krill
We got the Ashes and the Rugby WC.

Now just the Big One is left...

The curling? We can take it

I thought the top order Aussie batting was a bit of a joke in general. Havent they ever faced reverse-swing?

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp

The big jokes- Jones's wicket-keeping, Pieterson's fielding and Gillespie's bowling.

Don't forget Bell's continuing to underperform, and the selectors' continuing to pick him.

[Sava]

what is this thread about?

[Bereta_Eder]

i think about cricket. i viewed a brit newspaper and they had soemthign about cricket in 1st page.
must be very big in australia/uk

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Biggest lump in the throat?

1st place- Richie "God" Benaud's lovely little goodbye speech, thanking us all for letting him into our lives for the last 42 years.

one of the last truly unbiased commentators in international sport, a one-off, a giant in the world of cricket

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Sava
what is this thread about?

Modern sport began in 1744. In that year, a new approach was introduced, heralding the first sport with an official set of rules, a governing body and freedom from class and race barriers. Every modern sport owes a debt to what happened in that momentous years, and it paved the way for every modern sport that followed.

In fact, it's even said by some that the sport in question was a reason why that originating nation never experienced a class-based revolution.

That sport was cricket. And The Ashes is its oldest and most culturally important competition.

[Dauphin]

Hey, the cameraman was focusing on the crowds and players' wives after the match. Rachel Flintoff is a bit of alright. Good job Freddie.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by C0ckney

one of the last truly unbiased commentators in international sport, a one-off, a giant in the world of cricket

Great guy. He will be missed.

[Maquiladora]

Ashes parade, Pietersen comes out walking to the bus carrying a jug of ale and Flintoff falling over his wife and kid, smiling from cheek to cheek, plastered out of his mind

[spartak]

Please can we have a gloating smilie. Please can we have a few posts from Horsie to mock?