The Ashes

[minestrone]

I don't use avatars. You must have lost your login details during the Adelaide test?

I think England lost their login details today.

[minestrone]

The thread seems to have taken a turn for the worst. I am going to ask that we now concentrate on the sport rather than the cheap shots we are taking at each other.

So what did you think of England's cricket? crap? that is how it looked to me.

[TykeMerc]

I don't use avatars. You must have lost your login details during the Adelaide test?

It looks like Don Bradman, the much celebrated and highly talented Australian cricketer. I bet he must have been fun to watch.

[minestrone]

Spent the last week listening to the media telling me that the series is over. Just a happy man today.

[TykeMerc]

The thread seems to have taken a turn for the worst. I am going to ask that we now concentrate on the sport rather than the cheap shots we are taking at each other.

That's a bit rich since you've spent a good chunk of the thread trying to bait people into an emotional response.

So what did you think of England's cricket? crap? that is how it looked to me.

Poor compared to the previous two Tests, coupled with an Australian recovery of form I'll be quite surprised if there's not a comprehensive and deserved Australia win.

[minestrone]

It looks like Don Bradman, the much celebrated and highly talented Australian cricketer. I bet he must have been fun to watch.

Sir Donald Bradman

[minestrone]

That's a bit rich since you've spent a good chunk of the thread trying to bait people into an emotional response.



Poor compared to the previous two Tests, coupled with an Australian recovery of form I'll be quite surprised if there's not a comprehensive and deserved Australia win.

*Pulls in line*

[TykeMerc]

*Pulls in line*

Delude yourself if you wish, I don't feel emotional in the slightest about the game or the Test series.

[minestrone]

Top ten batting averages

1 D.G. Bradman 52 80 10 6996 334 99.94 1928–1948
2 R.G. Pollock 23 41 4 2256 274 60.97 1963–1970
3 G.A. Headley 22 40 4 2190 270* 60.83 1930–1954
4 H. Sutcliffe 54 84 9 4555 194 60.73 1924–1935
5 E. Paynter 20 31 5 1540 243 59.23 1931–1939
6 K.F. Barrington 82 131 15 6806 256 58.67 1955–1968
7 E.D. Weekes 48 81 5 4455 207 58.61 1948–1958
8 W.R. Hammond 85 140 16 7249 336* 58.45 1927–1947
9 G.S. Sobers 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 1954–1974
10 J.B. Hobbs 61 102 7 5410 211 56.94 1908–1930


You get 9 holding a collective bunch around the 60 mark then Sir Bradman bursts out with 99.94.

[minestrone]

Delude yourself if you wish, I don't feel emotional in the slightest about the game or the Test series.

One wonders why you are posting in a cricket thread then.