Lucky to just get a fine - looked well past the mark of acceptability to me.

It's a good job they don't issue cards in Cricket mate, of he would have been off. Bumble made the point for me when he said "even when an umpire is wrong he's right" and "it's completely against the spirit of the game".

Ponting is a desparate man, clutching at straws. He's made next to no runs in the series and will be the first man to lose three Ashes series in over 100 years. That's quite some epitaph...

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He's the pantomime villain, but it was footballeresque.

I understand there is probably the match, the ashes, his captaincy and his international career hanging by a thread, but he was bang out of order, I can only assume his mood only darkened with the trott run out and prior being out off a no ball

I'll give it one more day (just to make sure) and then I'll resurrect the "How to pi[is[/is Off an Australian" post on my blog, it still gets lots of hits from them

more so when I mention that actually, 90% of British people don't actually give a flying fook about cricket but its nice that we can still give the Aussies a lesson in how to play the game whenever we can be d.

A few of my mates are out there and having a great time - sadly the number of match going aussies to bait is diminishing fast

Not surprising mate when they win they are the biggest gob-sh#*es around and when the tables turn they vanish.
Great to see Ponting losing the plot before he signs on.

I get about 20 new hits a week from australian addresses on that blog site well over a year after I wrote that post, someone is linking to it somewhere but none of those hits have left a comment yet, I'm assuming they all agree with me

Quote ="McLaren_Field"I get about 20 new hits a week from australian addresses on that blog site well over a year after I wrote that post, someone is linking to it somewhere but none of those hits have left a comment yet, I'm assuming they all agree with me '" jerrychicken.wordpress.com/2009/ ... ustralian/ I think you should just gradually crank up the baiting McF - flush them out, someone sent me a nice preview of the ashes the other day, i was (superstitiously) keeping my powder dry, but we can't blow it from here (blame me if we do) was looking for the journo's email address on the site, but can't see it, he might have been due the predictable 'Dame Edna, Rolf Harris, Kylie Minogue, Mrs Mangle, Harry Kewell, Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, your boy's took a hell of a beating etc

Quote ="McLaren_Field"I get about 20 new hits a week from australian addresses on that blog site well over a year after I wrote that post, someone is linking to it somewhere but none of those hits have left a comment yet, I'm assuming they all agree with me '" jerrychicken.wordpress.com/2009/ ... ustralian/ I think you should just gradually crank up the baiting McF - flush them out, someone sent me a nice preview of the ashes the other day, i was (superstitiously) keeping my powder dry, but we can't blow it from here (blame me if we do) was looking for the journo's email address on the site, but can't see it, he might have been due the predictable 'Dame Edna, Rolf Harris, Kylie Minogue, Mrs Mangle, Harry Kewell, Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, your boy's took a hell of a beating etc

All being well, victory in the bag, tomorrow morning I'll update the "Ten Ways To P[iis[/is Off An Australian" post

rhinos white away shirt spotted at third man

Stand by to repel boarders...

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PMSL at the wildlife section and vicious "Teddy Bears".

Great performance all round, even Collingwood snaffled some good catches in the series to make up for his absence of runs. Great to knock them over in their backyard, now let's finish the job properly and win the last test in Sydney.

Oh and I won a tenner from a foolish Aussie mate who thought they coud snatch a draw after day 2, pmsl....

Part 1 accomplished, retaining the Ashes.
Now let's finish the job & win the series 3-1.

Pics starting to come in from the lads i play with, sounds like they are having fun

some more pics here www.pitchero.com/clubs/yorkshire ... 91582.html

some more pics here www.pitchero.com/clubs/yorkshire ... 91582.html

Some good pics there foxy yer mate's a jammy git with those 3 birds!

Ponting out of the 5th test, Clarke to captain the Aussies, Khawaja to come in to make his debut, Bollinger recalled in place of Harris.
The odds must now be even more in favour of England.

I think Clarke has got it by default by being the 'heir to the throne', he's a walking wicket at the moment and there's some added pressure piled on top, Haddin will assist him I assume.

Correct, Haddin has been appointed vice-captain.
Loads of pressure on pup given his lack of form too.

Huge pressure.

I saw a poll on one of the aussie websites where 80+% didn't want him to get the job

Aussies name 2 new caps in their side: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 332892.stm England's game to lose.

Aussies name 2 new caps in their side: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 332892.stm England's game to lose.

Crims win the toss and choose to bat - interesting

The following are actual excerpts from an email recently found in the BBC website's general inbox:

Dear Sir/Madam

I was disgusted recently to discover my eight-year-old daughter reading the BBC's ball-by-ball cricket commentary, authored by one 'Ben Dirs'... this is the sort of puerile joke I thought the BBC would be above... the kind of thing I would expect to find in The Sun... I shan't be reading again...

Yours sincerely, Mr R Robinson

PS. If indeed that is his real name, please send my condolenses

Nice time to take a wicket. They've been patient all morning then they let themselves down by snatching at that one.