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ORIGINALLY WRITTEN March 2001 In the week in which Australia lost an epic test series 2-1 to India I thought that it would be the right time to write an opinion about Australian cricket. It has been a few weeks since the great Sir Donald Bradman passed away. He was the greatest batsman ... Read review

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Legs - Breasts ± Wombats = LBW!

Advantages: Barmaids Down Under Are The Best In The Business
Disadvantages: Sheilas Unfortunately Are Allergic To Me

...In the week in which Australia lost an epic test series 2-1 to India I thought that it would be the right time to write an opinion about Australian cricket.

It has been a few weeks since the great Sir Donald Bradman passed away. He was the greatest batsman of all time. As a child he used to practise by hitting a golf ball with a single stump. His test average of 99.96 will never be surpassed. His feats would have been even more impressive ...
...part of the bowling attack. Australia took part in the first tied test match against the West Indies.

During the 1960s the formidable opening partnership of Bill Lawry and Bobby Simpson was formed. The leading fast bowler was Graham McKenzie. Australia toured England in 1968. A work colleague of mine at Age Concern actually attended the match between the Aussies and Essex. He managed to obtain the autograph of John Inverarity. He also ... more

mrpaella 23.03.2001 (27.09.2005)
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Will the Rain be a Curse or a Gift From the Gods

Advantages: An age old tradition in cricket, England have got their best chance of victory in many years, it will be great viewing whatever the outcome, I'm going!!!!
Disadvantages: The Aussies still look good for victory, The English weather may pay too big a part.

...old time rival teams of Australia and England. And what are the two sides fighting for, well nothing more than a small urn with the burnt ashes of the stumps from a game played between the sides over 100 years ago. Each Ashes series takes place every 2 years alternating between here in England and in Australia. Each modern Ashes series of 5 or 6 test matches depending whether it is in England or down under. For those of you not familiar with the ...
...series since we last played Australia 2 year having won 5 and drawn 1 of our last 6 test series. But to really get a good idea of how well both sides are going to do in the up and coming series we must really know about their players. Now as each team has about 15 players in their squad I don't want to bore you all senseless by going through each and every one of them. Instead I shall pick just a few from each side who I consider to be crucial in ...

piffles 06.07.2001 (26.07.2001) · Read full review
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Quite simply THE BEST EVER

Advantages: Superb in EVERY department, totally proffessional, never say die attitude
Disadvantages: Are you having a laugh, they have NO disadvantages, apart from they are not English

...a good old beating from Australia in the first test in my England opinion, and that followed by the further humiliation in the second test, to take them 2-0 up in the Ashes series and one their way to a complete white-wash, I thought it was only fair to write about their opponents Australia. Simply AWESOME, that’s what world champions Australia are, and possibly the BEST International Cricket team that has existed on the globe, EVER. So why ...
...of quick runs, thus giving Australia a superb base to build their inning on. Ricky Ponting: Oh well, you get one of the openers out Slater/Hayden, then you have Ponting to deal with, once again, Ponting has a superb average score of 42 in 44 matches, with 7 centuries to his name, like the two before-mentioned, Ponting is a very aggressive batsman and can quickly notch up a decent score, Ponting is quite young, despite having played an impressive ...

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Ashes to Ashes, England to Dust

Advantages: Awesome individuals, outstanding team.
Disadvantages: Are there any????

...despite the failing in India, Australia still had to be favourites heading into the first ashes test, having not lost the biannual event since the 1986/87 series. Although England has been in a lot better form that the last couple of years, them winning the first test would have been nothing short of a miraculous effort. Australia's main strength over these last few seasons had been the way they have approached each and every test match mentally. ...
...they are on the attack. Australia will either win the match, or lose fighting. They rarely go into a defensive lull, which is often unfortunately characterised with the English test team when they hit a rut of bad form. Another main ingredient of Australia's victory recipe is lies in their consistency. It is very rare that the whole of the Australian batting or bowling attack fails to fire. For example, if one, two, three or even four of the Australian ...

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Australian Cricket Team

Advantages: Still the top team in the world
Disadvantages: Some weaknesses

"Bad luck you Aussies!!" I'm sure those words would have left Geoff Boycott's lips at some point over the last 5 days...but how they made England panic last night. Yes, England have gone 1-0 up after winning the second test at Lord's, but somewhere at the back of even the most optimistic of minds, they will be that nagging doubt that the Australians could easily come back and winning two of the next three tests and retain the Ashes. Damn them all! ...
...lost during the 2005 Ashes series, and very different to the team which thrashed us, and that's an understatement, 5 - 0 during the 2006/07 tour. Ponting still captains the team, but many critics say his team was adopted from Steve Waugh, with the likes of Warne, McGrath, Hayden, Gilchrist, Langer, Martyn, Gillespie all left overs from the team which began dominating world cricket over a decade ago. Now however, they have all gone, and although not ...

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English hopes will end in Ashes

Advantages: world beaters
Disadvantages: getting on a little

As I write this Australia have taken a firm grip on the first Ashes test match at Birmingham .Although England have improved as a team Australia are far and away the best in the world today . OK they had a little slip up in their shock defeat this winter against India when they lost 2 -1 , but you can discount that . All it has done is make the Aussies more hungry and determined not to come a cropper against England. Prior to the loss against ...
...key is Australia have no weak links - England have plenty . That is why I'm predicting the Ashes will once again be going back to Australia. I'd love to be proved wrong -I'm an English cricket fan , but I'm also a realist ! © Lee Senior ...

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There's a lot of talk about how bad england are at the moment with them being 3-0 down in the Ashes series (and in a fight to save the fourth as we speak) and as always happens in British sport, people are asking for heads to roll and new players to be bought in. Firstly we have to look who we are playing! Australia are currently the best cricketing nation in the world; they are not only hammering England but over the last four years have hammered every other side in the world. England recently have showed much improvement and have won a string of series against good opponents proving that they are no longer a poor cricketing nation. Secondly, if you look at the current England side, with the exception of Atherton, Stewart and a few others, it is a relatively new English side. So what are the strengths and weaknesses ...

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