Story Ashes 2005

[MWaugh]

awesome presentation champ. very good job done. cant wait till the start of the australian sweep. england dont have a chance

 

[The Champ]

AUS Tour Opener at Cardiff:


David Gower: Well its pleasure to welcome u all to this Live Coverage of the Ashes here in Sky Sports and AUS are begining their tour after all that hype today at cardiff against Leiciestshire in a 50 over one dayer.

 

[The Champ]

David Gower: Well its prettty overcast here in cardiff the match i suspect would not be affected by the wether i presume.


Here is the conditions that prevail here in Cardiff

 

[boss]

My 550 th post!

hi buddy!, Australians gonna do grt with the practice match vs leics!, (this is like net practice to the aussies, i wonder!), no doubt in it..., What a grt series in the prospect..

Boss

(as usual buddy, posted my milestone post (550th) here in u'r thread!. Not intentional though!, its just hapening buddy...)

 

[The Champ]

Congrats buddy for ur 550 th post nice work buddy

 

[The Champ]

Pitch Report by Ian Botham:


" Well its a nice flat hard deck and i think the bounce is the key on this wkt, the ball will have a lot of bounce enabling the batsman to play all the shots in the book, better to bat first and put a huge score"

 

[The Champ]

Well the news is that Leciestshire has won the toss and have elected to bat.



Here r the teamlineups

 

[m_vaughan]

Looking forward to this match. Not a very big fan of Leicestershire, but I do want them to win this match!!

 

[jazz]

good to see tait playing

 

[The Champ]

Rusty Start to the Tour for AUS, Leicestshire bowled out for 263.

Mcgrath and Gillespie bowl poor spells, Martyn is the surprise package, scalps five wkts.

Well AUS bowled out the host for a 263 but not before the home batsman played some lovely attacking cricket to dent the psyche of the AUS bowlers as the most seniour most bowlers Mcgrath and Gillepsie bolwed poorly as AUS really think loose, Thanks to Matryn Aus recoverd well to restrict the host to under 300, Martyn 5-50.

 

[The Champ]

Ticket Information for all our viewers on the Ashes:


All five of the Ashes Tests are now sold out for the days where tickets had been made available. The huge demand for seats has resulted in many disappointed fans as grounds have had to allocate tickets through ballot systems in order to be fair.

Lord's - 1st Test July 21-25
Ticket office Tel 020 7432 1000
Online Lord's website
First four days sold out. Ticket availability for the final day will be announced on the fourth day of the match.

Edgbaston - 2nd Test August 4-8
Ticket office Tel 0121 446 5506
Online Edgbaston website
First four days sold out. Tickets for the Monday will be made available during the match.

Old Trafford - 3rd Test August 11-15
The match is now sold out

Trent Bridge - 4th Test August 25-29
Ticket office Tel 0115 982 3000
Online Trent Bridge website
First four days sold out. Ticket availability for the final day will be announced on the fourth day of the match.

The Oval - 5th Test September
The match is now sold out

 

[Will p]

Nice to see some realisim, come on England!

 

[boss]

Ya!, looking very realistic buddy!, wonderful Pre-match report. Though in the warmup, Aussies started rustily, but they will pick up like a Jet plane soon.

Boss

 

[aditya123]

cannot wait for Australia V England to start ! Australia hav to beat India first in the Natwest Pentangular finals before facing England .

 

[The Champ]

Lecistshire stuns World Champs by 23 runs. Great win says Captain and Coach


Australia batted poorly without any lack of aggression in the early overs that too from the most feared opening combination in world cricket and in the end found it too diffilcult to accelerate in the end and lost it end by 23 runs, shame to the way they paced their innings.

Hayden and Gilly ewhere the culprits as they struggled to time the ball and the openign bowlers need to be praised to keep them quiet