They were awesome in the last test, bit hit and miss in the tests before. I hope we give the Aussies another pasting in this test

Not hit and miss in any of the series apart from Perth - we dominated in all of them apart from that one.We lost Perth because they'd prepared the pitch precisely for their bowlers, instead of keeping it neutral, which all the others have done.
WE ARE GOING TO STUFF THEM - and Ponting's out of a job

I'm cheering them on , my nephew is there watching it 

That's what I meant - I think!
I know we got a pasting in one of the tests - and I think rain played a part somewhere! I don't follow it closely as you can tell.
Isn't Ponting out because of his dislocated finger - allegedly

more like dislocated captaincy 

Ponting's not playing in this one because of his broken little finger - which he got in the Perth test. Didn't stop him playing the last one, so it's just a cop-out. Aussies are screwed, which makes it all the sweeter becease they are such bad losers and their "fans" didn't even show up for the games where they were losing.
Whinging Poms? Nope - the Aussies are the biggest whingers of the lot and the Aussie press has been laying into Ponting since Day 1 of the series. Poor bastard's out...

We retain the ashes and it would be nice to win them. However that Wolfie one in Pulp Fiction had a particular saying which we would do well to remember.

Let's not start sucking each other's lollies just yet..
Doesn't matter - win, lose or draw the Ashes are ours. Would be nice to win then outright though.

Indeed!

Of course, it's that last time we'll have to see Ferret Face (Ponting) be sportsmanlike and explain that one away. Wouldn't it be refreshing to see him revert to type (Tasmania style) and scream, curse and throw his toys out of the pram during the press conference?

51/0 oh dear!

It's one of those dead wickets for our batsmen they were promisng before the start. Bit late, chaps. Didn't they say Anderson wouldn't get anty wickets?

What a load of pish..

I rather liked Ricky Ponting 

snores.....

You gonna get a big golden Hammy Deman?  and no that's not a euphemism anyone .

Woo-hoo!! Six down!

172/6 new ball.

Cricket is boring, but I'm listening to 5live for updates.  
PS. I don't understand any of it other than England are doing well and I believe they won the Ashes already and are just carrying on because they have to.

So you'll be listening to the X Factor debate!!11!

No, no, no GJ, they are talking about the stargazy thing tonight.

Ooops, you're right. They are talking about the x factor. Sorry, I went off to youtube for a bit of bad company for 5 minutes. Didn't realise.

They just had the girl out of same difference on mine!

In keeping with the theme I don't have any x factor artists on m ' iPod !

I haven't got an IPod, but if I did, I'd only have class music on it.

Paul Rogers is class! ........ And Lerkal ! Whether he could take the new ball in the England bowling attack is a moot point though. (desperate attempt to steer the thread back to the matter in hand) 187/7 yippee!!

GJ, you are suddenly talking a foreign language. I was with you about Paul Rogers, but then you lost me, I'm so sorry.

189/8 !!

Is that good?

Paul Rogers is from round the corner! i.e. Local/Lerkal. Followed by my thinking that anyone dropping into this thread might wonder why he, same difference, and the XF feature in a cricket thread.

Yes it's good !! Anderson is wrapping up the Aussie innings.

Joe has you stumped, cologne.

The Aussies are collapsing, I think.

Fair enough GJ, I forgot about the local dialect thread. Diversity is good as long as it's not a group.

Blizzie, I have no idea about cricket, but I'm shouting for the English team just because I think we need a pick up. I seem to remember Freddie Flintoff on the bus pissed as a newt. Was that when they won the Ashes and now they've retained them? Excuse my ignorance please, I'm a snooker girl.

Ticking along nicely!! Alas! They are going to be discussing age and sex whilst giving updates.

212/4

Cook on 99!

That's his 100 and I believe that he has broken the record for runs in a series downunder.