: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:29 pm  

Joe Denly gets injured whilst playing football...yet another one to add to the list of injuries we've got playing football...but they weren't prepared to play a match where it was a bit damp the other night...go figure that one out.

: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:57 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Does anybody really care about this series?

When the Ashes were on I either had Test Match special on or had the bbc desktop ticker, people at work would be messaging each other when wickets fall etc. None of this stuff goes on when its one day internationals, there are so many that winning or losing one doesn't mean anything, there's always another in a couple of days. Even winning or losing a series doesn't mean anything, I think we went down under a few years back and won a one day tournament but everybody regarded the tour as a disaster.

I'm not one of these stubborn people who refuses to acknowledge one day cricket because its not "real cricket", in the 90s I went to loads of one day finals with Lancashire, I actually thought it was a good set up in the old days when there weren't that many ODIs, you had the Texaco Trophy 3 game series as a warm up to the Tests, that was a good way of getting you into it. But playing a ODI series after the tests have finished.....especially the Ashes....who cares?

Sums it up perfectly for me.

The ODIs are nothing but a damp squid coming after the Ashes Series, at least if it's before the Ashes it gets a bit of excitement going ready for the main event.

: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:59 pm  

OrdsallRed wrote:

Joe Denly gets injured whilst playing football...yet another one to add to the list of injuries we've got playing football...but they weren't prepared to play a match where it was a bit damp the other night...go figure that one out.

Darren Anderton is their coach?

: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:53 am  

Seems to be ticking along today

: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:57 am  

Nemanja wrote:

The ODIs are nothing but a damp squid coming after the Ashes Series, at least if it's before the Ashes it gets a bit of excitement going ready for the main event.

The problem this year was the West Indies series and the T20 World Cup, if the Eng/Aus ODI's had been played before The Ashes, then the Final Test would not be until late September!. There should have been no Windies tour this year and the ODI's could hve been played earlier.

: Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:56 pm  

Australia set England 250 to win the 2nd ODI at Lords.

: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:01 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

Sums it up perfectly for me.

The ODIs are nothing but a damp squid coming after the Ashes Series, at least if it's before the Ashes it gets a bit of excitement going ready for the main event.

That was the case in 2005 I believe, one T20, a ODI series and then the big one started. Simply because it was a build-up to the Ashes, the ODI series was fantastic.

: Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:55 pm  

Eng 156/5

need 94 from 18 overs.

OJust about on target despite the usual middle order collapse.

: Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:01 pm  

160/6

Brett Lee ripping into England now.

: Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:49 pm  

Eng 204/9 almost over.

and Eng have not even used their powerplay , very poor tactics from the captain.