*Official* Road to the 2010/11 Ashes

[Burgey]

Wasn't sure where to post this, but I had to share it with you.

Forget Stump-cam, Hawk-Eye and Snicko … stand by for shower-cam

I can't be the only one who burst out laughing at that. That said, I've always wondered what happens to Mitchell Johnson's underwear after a hard day in the field.

Lol.. makes me think of protector-cam from the old Twelfth Man skit..

 

[Nate]

Fixed.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Man, imagine them getting vision of a "Bevan explosion" back in the day. As a cricketer, really detest the idea of cameras being in there.

 

[Top_Cat]

Heh, Bev attacks. Wouldn't mind seeing how some blokes react to an out, betting it wouldn't be a Bex and lie-down.

EDIT: Except for Haurie.

 

[Jayzamann]

Lol.. makes me think of protector-cam from the old Twelfth Man skit..

Or the scrot-o-meter.

Swish swish swish swish swish

 

[GotSpin]

Now Gilly. Why don't u go for a run in these hot humid conditions

 

[four_or_six]

Nielsen's spray at Fletcher... quite amusing to see Nielsen ranting about Fletcher's record. I suppose he is correct in that Fletcher was unsuccessful in Australia, but it's not like Nielsen has the record of a world-beater. I haven't heard a lot about Nielsen in the run-up, but you'd think if Australia lost the series he'd be under a lot of pressure.

Also, given Hauritz is apparently not good enough even to edge out Doherty, should we be worried that Swann has been studying Hauritz from last season because he's "well worth copying"?

 

[GIMH]

First couple of pages of this thread are just awesome, they truly are. Not in a 'I told you so' way (although it is good to see ****s like pasag and Got_Spin get told where to shove it ) but in showing how far we progressed in 2010. At the start of the year, people actually suspected we might drop a Test to Bangladesh, now we're arguing over whether we can become #1.

 

[Jarquis]

newsflash: The ashes is only competitive when it's played in england.

awta

 

[Jarquis]

This. Absolutely no way England are favourites. I'd say Australia's bowling attack, with a line-up of Hilfenhaus/Bollinger/Johnson/Hauritz/Watson is is stronger, and at very, very worst on par with England's

Hilfeh, Bollinger and Hauritz eh?

Siddle not Test standard? His better then any of England's bowlers.

Comeback please

Also found it funny when people replied to wfdu's post by comparing Siddle to Broad, our best seamer apparently

 

[BoyBrumby]

I like the the look of Siddle and Harris, ftr. Think wrt the latter tho he looks quite "top heavy" for a quick. I guess he put on a lot of muscle mass when he stepped up from fast/med to genuinely quick and, given his age, it must have an effect.

Sidebottom never quite recovered properly from the effort of putting on a couple of yards in late 20s/early 30s, hope Harris won't be the same.

Yeesh. Poor Rhino. Does rather read like me tempting fate in retrospect.

 

[GIMH]

I put all my faith in Broad a long way back as well tbf.

What's really telling though is that everyone I've read naming an England XI in the first 5 or 6 pages (skimming through the thread to kill time til we start the SCG Masscare) has got at least 9/11 players right. Top seven spot on each time, Swann & Anderson ever-present. And tbf the other two spots have featured four players. Shows how settled we are whereas picking the Oz side from week-to-week is nigh on impossible, and that's one of the key reasons our players perform better as a team, IMO.

 

[GIMH]

Black Jellybeans

Part 2

Ebola

Richmond Tigers

myki

Nickelback

The ending of I am Legend

..|..

 

[Jarquis]

I saw the South Africa series and only saw highlights of most of the India series.
But let's just say, I'll be ecstatic if Hilfenhaus looks a million dollars this Ashes and carries on averaging 50 on flat decks.


Which qualifies as bowling well apparently.

I'm pretty damn happy tbf.

 

[GIMH]

Cook clearly cant go to Ashes. He will surely fail. His technical flaws that where first exposed in the 2006/07 Ashes has never gone away. That hundred in SA last winter, looking back i'm not sure how he did that.

bullet

 

[King Pietersen]

Hilfeh, Bollinger and Hauritz eh?

Comeback please

Also found it funny when people replied to wfdu's post by comparing Siddle to Broad, our best seamer apparently

Good old Ben. I told him to come back to CW on Twitter, and apparently he changed his e-mail and password on his account so he couldn't get back on it. Shame, would have been hilarious to see his reaction to this series, doubt he'd have lasted long on here though TBH.

 

[andyc]

Hilfeh, Bollinger and Hauritz eh?

TBF that bowling line up never played, so you can't prove me wrong

 

[GIMH]

To put that into context, in the 2000s, here is the list of 5 wicket hauls taken by spinners:

• 2010: Danish Kaneria - 5/151
• 2009: Suliemann Benn - 5/155
• 2007: Anil Kumble - 5/84
• 2006: Monty Panesar - 5/92
• 2005: Danish Kaneria - 7/188
• 2004: Danish Kaneria - 5/125
• 2004: Daniel Vettori - 5/152
• 2004: Upul Chandana - 5/101
• 2004: Upul Chandana - 5/109
• 2004: Anil Kumble - 8/141
• 2003: Anil Kumble - 6/176
• 2003: Anil Kumble - 5/154
• 2003: Ray Price - 6/121
• 2001: Daniel Vettori - 5/138
• 2001: Daniel Vettori - 6/87

Have bolded the ones that are at an average of less than 20. No right arm offspinners amongst them, for the record.

So Swann's 5/91 the second best on this list. Reckon he can get himself on there again in this game.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Think Kumble's 5/84 (and maybe his 8/141), and Vettori's 6/87 are "better" than Swann's 5/91.

 

[GIMH]

Missed the 6fers somehow; was the 5/91 I was looking at.

Still, decent nonetheless.