must see sydney test

Even though England are 4-0 in the series and could well suffer a whitewash.The Sydney test has to be watched as it will be the last chance to see Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer playing test cricket.The Aussies will miss these 3 great players but they have a strong county circuit so they will still be a strong side but they cant replace ''The Magician'' Shane Warne.

ana nee1 cud replace warne

England ended day three of the final Ashes Test under severe pressure at 114-5 in their second innings, leading a buoyant Australia by a mere 12 runs.
Shane Warne marked his last Test with a cavalier innings of 71 off 65 balls, the top score in Australia's 393.
Only Kevin Pietersen (29no) withstood the Australian bowlers as the hosts closed in on the first Ashes whitewash since England's 5-0 defeat in 1920-21.
Brett Lee and Stuart Clark struck twice and Warne had Andrew Flintoff stumped.

England began the day needing to rock Australia's middle order with the second new ball still a distant prospect.
They got the ideal start when Michael Hussey was caught behind off James Anderson in the second over of the day to leave the Aussies 190-5, still 101 runs behind.
But Australia's last five wickets produced more runs than their first five as the balance of power shifted towards the hosts either side of lunch.
Adam Gilchrist 62 and Andrew Symonds 48 began the onslaught by adding 70 for the sixth wicket.

And when Monty Panesar beat Symonds' loose drive to bowl him middle-and-off, Warne hit his first ball for four and his second for six.
He survived a massive appeal for caught-behind off Panesar on 10, and could also have been run out twice early in his innings.
But England's fielding was not at its sharpest on Thursday - Gilchrist also survived two tough chances in the 20s - and Australia seized the initiative ruthlessly.
Gilchrist had hit 102 not out from 59 balls in Perth, and with some booming drives and a symphony of stunning cut shots he threatened something similar here.
His stand with Warne was worth 58 in barely seven overs when Read went up for a catch off Anderson and umpire Billy Bowden erroneously gave the decision to England.
But Warne was unbeaten on 40 at lunch and had the appetite for plenty more runs.
Flintoff removed Lee cheaply but a killer stand of 68 for the ninth wicket then developed as Warne and Clark rode their luck and England's defensive fields yielded some easy runs.

Warne, whose highest Test score is 99, must have had half a mind on a maiden Test century.
But Sajid Mahmood finally forced Clark to give Kevin Pietersen an easy catch in the covers and Warne - who had used his feet so well against Panesar - was last man out, stumped.
He had faced just 65 balls for his runs, hitting nine fours and two sixes.
It was advantage Australia, and Lee tore into England's top order with the new ball.
Alastair Cook got nowhere near middling an attempted pull, and was out having faced just eight balls.
And soon afterwards Strauss had to take cricket's equivalent of a standing count after copping another Lee torpedo flush on the part of the helmet protecting his temple.
He bravely continued and, helped by Ian Bell, ensured England reached tea without having lost any futher wickets.
But the Aussies dealt out four hammer blows in the final session.
Strauss, clearly unsettled by the earlier bouncer, was lbw to a ball from Clark that straightened before Bell played a loose drive to a wide delivery to be caught behind off Lee.
Paul Collingwood made his sixth low score in succession as he drove a Clark leg-cutter to gully and when Flintoff dragged his back toe over the popping crease, Gilchrist pounced to stump the England skipper.

the only thing still standing between england getting thrashed 5-0 is kevin pietersen

ana apart from tht its tailend

whetzel wrote:

the only thing still standing between england getting thrashed 5-0 is kevin pietersen

well that lasted long got out 3rd ball of the day

edged behing off McGrath

england have lost the ashes 5-0

England were pulverised on the fourth day of the Sydney Test as the Australia juggernaut swept to a 10-wicket win.
The resultant 5-0 whitewash was the first since 1920-21 and was a fitting send-off for Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer in their final Test.
McGrath took two wickets as England were all out for 147 after resuming on 114-5, leaving Australia to score just 46 for victory.
And Langer and Matthew Hayden knocked off the runs with ease in 10.5 overs.

At the start of play, the Barmy Army were at least hoping to salute a few lusty blows from Kevin Pietersen, but he fell to the third ball of the morning without adding to his overnight score of 29.

McGrath produced the kind of delivery that has epitomised his 13-year Test career - just back of a length outside off stump, seaming away - and Pietersen edged to Adam Gilchrist.
England had still not registered a run in the day when Chris Read called Monty Panesar through for a run.
His partner responded a fraction slowly, and Andrew Symonds' bullet-like throw from extra cover knocked out middle stump with Panesar short of his ground.

Elation for Hayden and Langer as the winning run is secured

Finally, there were a couple of boundaries. An edge through a gap in the slip cordons got Sajid Mahmood off the mark and Read middled a cover-drive off Brett Lee.
Time for an England rally? Not a bit of it. As if to scoff at such petulance, Lee had Read caught at second slip by Ricky Ponting and Mahmood was bowled off his pads by McGrath.
Steve Harmison lofted McGrath for four over mid-on as he and James Anderson kept Australia in the outfield a little longer.
Warne almost had Harmison lbw - an appeal went to the third umpire who ruled in the benefit of the batsman.
But the honour of the last wicket went to another of Australia's retirees - McGrath, who ended with six in the match.
Anderson tried a speculative on-drive but gave an easy catch to Michael Hussey at mid-on.
It was the last wicket of the 2006-07 Ashes.
As McGrath and Warne began their farewells, they left the stage to the third great Australian exiting the international stage.
Justin Langer, accompanied by fellow opener and best mate Matthew Hayden, walked out with the Aussies chasing a tiny target.

The retiring trio get stuck in as the victory champagne flows
The only question was whether England could remove either man before the home team could begin to uncork the celebratory liquor.
In a microcosm of the entire series, the tourists' bowlers were unable to trouble Langer and Hayden at all.
A massive six from Hayden off Mahmood left Australia one run from the winning post and the next ball was glided through the covers.
Langer and Hayden removed their helmets and embraced warmly.
Next, the two players shook hands with the opponents they had conquered - Langer had a special word with old Middlesex team-mate Andrew Strauss.
The other Aussies came onto the field and the celebrations could really begin.
Warne's three children and McGrath's two posed for a photograph with two of Australia's most famous dads and the interviews and presentations started.
For the record, Stuart Clark was named man of the match but narrowly lost out on the man of the series accolade, with his captain Ricky Ponting accepting that prize.

r.i.p english cricket

we played terribly throughout the whole series

ana bowlers and batsmen way below par all series

it waznt second ball mcrath got kp it waz 3rd lollollol

aye ana i realised that aboot aday afta i posted it n i 4got 2 change it

unlucky

ana av nearly got 500 tesy runs only 5 off cos 2500 posts is 500

unlucky

ana but ive changed it now nyway

lyk a sed unlucky lol

ya mas unluky

ana she fell ova n died lol

poor gillian feed her to toby

r ana least tht myt stop him sratchin at me door at 3 in the mornin

aye ana lol thts a crease like

hes a propa cunt

whetzel wrote:

"cricket ain't a game it's a religion unconditional love with out question"</FONT></B>

This is true for all cricket fans, Everybody has a team they love, When the ashes comes around, and England play, We all stand united.

beta then any fanny

aye u got 1 thing ryt at least lol

i get everything rite

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