MikeO Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 And we're off. England win the toss and bat....Australia still marginal favourites. Think the mother country will take it 3-1 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 Three minutes (and three balls) in and Strauss is out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 What a batting collapse that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 have we lost yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 No but it's going to be very tough to win the First Test now. Draw could be the best we can hope for unless our bowlers have a stormer tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsmith69 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 no work tomorrow so will watch a portion of it and get belted on my own. not out of it yet, but it's going to be difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 Can someone explain how the scoring works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 Can someone explain how the scoring works? You mean how do you win a test match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 You mean how do you win a test match? If he means how do you accumulate runs in cricket then I'm going to laugh very hard . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 I know how runs work, so it's the test series that confuses me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 I know how runs work, so it's the test series that confuses me. I was worried about you there for a bit Louis . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozza Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Well Louis, as an Aussie, all I can say is that the scoring works that we bowled England out for a bad score in the 1st Innings, then we let the 2 most out of form players be both our captain and vice-captain and see how much they can screw it up for us. And they did a damn fine job. In saying all of that though, the scoring works that you have a total of 5 days to win a test (you can win it in 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 day(s)). If no one wins in those 5 allotted days it is called a draw and doesn't count towards the end result (the Ashes has 5 test matches). In those 5 days you have 1 team batting and 1 team fielding/bowling (the teams alternate between roles). The team batting has 11 players to bat, the bowling team needs to get 10 of those players out. When this occurs the teams switch roles. This is called an innings. So after the 1st innings have been completed by both teams then you do it again (the 2nd innings). This time you add both of the innings scores together, whoever has the most wins (if the game does not finish in a draw - which is fairly common). Example of the innings scores: 1st Innings scores: Team A - 323 runs Team B - 402 runs (Team B leads by 79 runs) 2nd Innings scores: Team A - 456 runs Team B - 313 runs Total after both innings: Team A - 779 runs Team B - 715 runs Team A wins by 64 runs. There are some issues in relation to how draws work and the like, but that is the general gist of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Went to bed last night withour bowlers ripping them to pieces for no reward. Woke up and we were stuffed. Tonight I'm going to bed with our openers looking supremely untoubled....I expect to wake up to find we've collapsed and lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Tonight I'm going to bed with our openers looking supremely untoubled....I expect to wake up to find we've collapsed and lost. Except I didn't get to bed....two minutes after I posted that a policeman banged on the door and told me there was a house fire down the road following an explosion (guy been building his own extension for months and obviously plugged gas pipe into electricity socket or something) and an acetylene tank in the middle of it meant they were enforcing a 200 metre exclusion zone . Woke up wife and Josh and got police vanned to the village hall. Luckily after an hour and a bit they reduced the zone to 100 metres and we got to come home . And now we're 135-0 :jump for joy: . Keep it going guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Strauss 100 . Bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Good grief...Oz 12-3 (recovery from 2-3 ) and Anderson just dropped one . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Aussies all out for 245. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 have we lost yet? how about now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 how about now? Not yet. Upper hand at the mo....I'll keep you informed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 England have gone to bed so it will continue later. It seems England (More correctly England and Wales) have the upper hand just now, but it is early days yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehuddo Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 England have gone to bed so it will continue later. It seems England (More correctly England and Wales) have the upper hand just now, but it is early days yet. don't forget South Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 don't forget South Africa Love it when we have them rattled . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehuddo Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Love it when we have them rattled . Mike i still go for England. Have been in Oz for 28 years and the only time I have ever supported Australia over England was at this years World Cup. Anderson was awesome yesterday, but am not getting too carried away. Still have to bat and This is England!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Mike i still go for England. Have been in Oz for 28 years and the only time I have ever supported Australia over England was at this years World Cup. I take it back...top man! Point taken though....we'll probably be 35-4 in a couple of hours . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 3-1....wtf was Strauss thinking of ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehuddo Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 3-1....wtf was Strauss thinking of ? Terrible shot! Trott and Cook have steadied the ship. Hard to take watching the cricket on Tv, its about 26 C and have beers in the fridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Apparently England and Wales are 317 for 2. Not bad I suppose as we still have three days left. Yep Bluehuddo the official title is not England it is England and Wales, but the tv (and other media) always just calls them England. The have done for years and years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Who was the last Welshman to play for England. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehuddo Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Who was the last Welshman to play for England. ?? Robert Croft maybe ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Who was the last Welshman to play for England. ?? Simon Jones. Took 5-44 & 6-53 in 2005 Ashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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