How England Won the Ashes in Australia - 2010/11

[Gargamel]

Right, the Summer is over, England won everything, six out of six tournaments or series, all formats.

The Squad is annouced, and as crack a crack unit of cricketers as ever left our sceptred isle they are too.

Aussies are bound to get lucky once, and one will be a draw, so England will win 3-1
Jimmy Andersen leading wicket taker
Andrew Strauss over 500 for the series

What say our Antipodeans?

[webbyst]

I agree sir, our colonial cousins are in for a beating, nice to see tremlett & panesar going to Aus

[Leithen]

Why do I get the feeling that this thread might go horribly wrong....?

[webbyst]

Leithen said:

Why do I get the feeling that this thread might go horribly wrong....?

[Victor McDade]

If it was being played over here then I'd agree.

But with no Duke ball and no reverse swing later in the innings I think England's bowlers will struggle. However, the Aussies aren't exactly blessed with great pace-men at the moment either so it's a difficult series to call.

[POMS5CRIMS0]

We're gonna paste those whinging s into oblivion!

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Have some of this!

[Gargamel]

POMS5CRIMS0 said:

We're gonna paste those whinging s into oblivion!

COME ONNNNN YOUUUUUUUUUU ENNNNGURLANNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

Have some of this!

Oh nicely put

Edited by Gargamel on Thursday 23 September 19:27

[Beardy10]

Well as someone that traveled to the Gabba and was "lucky" enough to see Harmison shove the first ball down second slips throat from perfect seats behind the bowlers arm...I'm quite nervous.

Two or three of our key batsmen have got massive issues with their form and our bowlers whilst being a good unit have either not done well in Australia before or never played there. Swann is the key man for England...if he bowls as well as he can we're a massive shout. The team spirit is also a massive plus. I also hope Mitchell Johnson is as bad as he was over here!

[Gargamel]

I know Jimmy was smashed all over the park last time out, but I think he is a different player now, he has more variety and control than last time.

Finn, Broad, James and Swann. Looks a decent line up.

Cook worries me

[ammw]

Gargamel said:

Cook worries me

and Pietersen, and Collingwood ...

I read Agnew's column on BBC site this morning, and he reckoned England's eleven for the first test would be:

Agnew said:

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and either Ian Bell or Eoin Morgan - wicketkeeper Matt Prior, lone spinner Graeme Swann and three seamers - James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Steven Finn.

I'm not sure how Collingwood continues to be a certain starter ... I would take both Bell and Morgan before him.

[Castrol Craig]

ammw said:

Gargamel said:

Cook worries me

and Pietersen, and Collingwood ...

I read Agnew's column on BBC site this morning, and he reckoned England's eleven for the first test would be:

Agnew said:

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and either Ian Bell or Eoin Morgan - wicketkeeper Matt Prior, lone spinner Graeme Swann and three seamers - James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Steven Finn.

I'm not sure how Collingwood continues to be a certain starter ... I would take both Bell and Morgan before him.

have to agree, also why you would put KP in a certain position on the team ill never know.

[Gargamel]

Bell will play before morgan does, if KP fails then Morgan will play with the license that KP has to hit out.

[hornetrider]

That would be interesting if KP didn't make the XI. Bell 4, Colly 5, Morgan 6?

[Leithen]

ammw said:

Gargamel said:

Cook worries me

and Pietersen, and Collingwood ...

I read Agnew's column on BBC site this morning, and he reckoned England's eleven for the first test would be:

Agnew said:

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and either Ian Bell or Eoin Morgan - wicketkeeper Matt Prior, lone spinner Graeme Swann and three seamers - James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Steven Finn.

I'm not sure how Collingwood continues to be a certain starter ... I would take both Bell and Morgan before him.

I've never been the greatest fan of Collingwood - his one day Captaincy shenanigans especially. However he has had an unerring ability to make big scores at almost exactly the point at which he seems likely to be dropped from the side, and also when the team needs propping up.

Add the ability to turn his arm over and act as a fifth bowler and set pretty high standards in the field and I can see why they are reluctant to start without him.

[Beardy10]

Leithen said:

ammw said:

Gargamel said:

Cook worries me

and Pietersen, and Collingwood ...

I read Agnew's column on BBC site this morning, and he reckoned England's eleven for the first test would be:

Agnew said:

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and either Ian Bell or Eoin Morgan - wicketkeeper Matt Prior, lone spinner Graeme Swann and three seamers - James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Steven Finn.

I'm not sure how Collingwood continues to be a certain starter ... I would take both Bell and Morgan before him.

I've never been the greatest fan of Collingwood - his one day Captaincy shenanigans especially. However he has had an unerring ability to make big scores at almost exactly the point at which he seems likely to be dropped from the side, and also when the team needs propping up.

Add the ability to turn his arm over and act as a fifth bowler and set pretty high standards in the field and I can see why they are reluctant to start without him.

Nail. Head.

[Rex Ironstone]

Do you honestly think you lot are going to come here and beat us on our own soil?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[webbyst]

Rex Ironstone said:

Do you honestly think you lot are going to come here and beat us on our own soil?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

YES

[Castrol Craig]

Rex Ironstone said:

Do you honestly think you lot are going to come here and beat us on our own soil?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

quoted for when your calling for pontings head on the barbie.

[webbyst]

Where did Doug the Rug get his hair from ?

[suthol]

From the same spray can as Warnie, didn't him too much harm as you may recall.

Roll on the commencement of hostilities ( here )