Nelson's signal to his fleet "England expects every man to do his duty for his country."
Representing England in cricket is one thing....
Dying for England is another matter......
It's not necessary to lay down one's life to do one's duty. mind you Ponting, Hussey and Haddin are getting long in the tooth.
I'd sooner be in the trenches with Ponting then Pieterson beside me...
Nelson's signal to his fleet "England expects every man to do his duty.
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A bit late for that, the large part of the battle has already been fought and lost . Also, didnt he change it from expects to "confides"?
I do expect england to put up a better show though...
You'd have to keep giving him a nudge to stop him dozing off.
Afridi- if England want to remain number one , this could be their 'Trafalgar' or a least their "Battle of the Nile' with the 'Trafalgar' waiting in SL.
True, i forgot about the retention of number 1 spot.....
2 - 1 or 3 - 0 leaves the same result...it may make certain chest beaters feel better but a lost series is a lost series....
Rabbit Aussies know all all losing series.
It did take a while after kicking the poms arise for 25 years but yes we learnt......and without all the crying over bowlers actions an all...
Ponting would`nt be able to see over a trench, unlike KP...
You're not old enough to remember that long ago. I bet you were screaming for mummy not so long ago.
What's your favorite song? I bet it's 'The crying game'.
Oh dear, Rabbit once again demostrating his ignorance of all things cricket.
The series margin does matter. If England lose this series 3-0 it is possible for the Saffers to overtake England if they whitewash the Kiwi's. If England only lose 2-1 they will hang on a bit longer... though admittedly not much longer with series against Sri Lanka and India to come ... unless they re-discover how to play spin.
IMHO we are reaping the 'rewards' of the changes made to the conditions of play for the County Championship in England over the last 20 years, which have all had the impact of making life more difficult for bowlers and easier for batsman.
The result, a generation of bowlers that are as good as anything out there, to the extent that our 'reserve' pace bowlers would probably be opening the bowling for anyone else but South Africa, but a generation of batsmen who fall to pieces when asked to play outside their mollycoddled english conditions.
I'm afraid this will be a recurrent theme until the balance between bat & ball is restored in our domestic game.
Bigboy, I don't suppose the poor form of the opposition over the last couple of years would have anything to do with it....some getting older some re-building....something like that....
Nar!! I wouldn't think so.....
Rabbit when did Oz rebuild your team. Ponting, Clarke, Hussey, Haddin, Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Harris and Watson when fit, are still there.
Keep Cowan, Warner and Lyon with that lot for the next ashes please.
Congrats hope , you've managed to denigrate the entire royal navy fleet by equating them to a game of stick and egg !
Pox- Nelson was a great cricket fan so I'm sure he would have approved .
Yet more typical Rabbits I see - caught out spouting rubbish, so comes back with an insult and a change of subject. <yawn> boring. must do better.
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posted on 31/1/12
Nelson's signal to his fleet "England expects every man to do his duty for his country."
Representing England in cricket is one thing....
Dying for England is another matter......
posted on 31/1/12
It's not necessary to lay down one's life to do one's duty. mind you Ponting, Hussey and Haddin are getting long in the tooth.
posted on 31/1/12
I'd sooner be in the trenches with Ponting then Pieterson beside me...
posted on 31/1/12
Nelson's signal to his fleet "England expects every man to do his duty.
___________________________________
A bit late for that, the large part of the battle has already been fought and lost . Also, didnt he change it from expects to "confides"?
I do expect england to put up a better show though...
posted on 31/1/12
You'd have to keep giving him a nudge to stop him dozing off.
posted on 31/1/12
Afridi- if England want to remain number one , this could be their 'Trafalgar' or a least their "Battle of the Nile' with the 'Trafalgar' waiting in SL.
posted on 31/1/12
True, i forgot about the retention of number 1 spot.....
posted on 31/1/12
2 - 1 or 3 - 0 leaves the same result...it may make certain chest beaters feel better but a lost series is a lost series....
posted on 31/1/12
Rabbit Aussies know all all losing series.
posted on 31/1/12
It did take a while after kicking the poms arise for 25 years but yes we learnt......and without all the crying over bowlers actions an all...
posted on 31/1/12
Ponting would`nt be able to see over a trench, unlike KP...
posted on 31/1/12
You're not old enough to remember that long ago. I bet you were screaming for mummy not so long ago.
What's your favorite song? I bet it's 'The crying game'.
posted on 1/2/12
Oh dear, Rabbit once again demostrating his ignorance of all things cricket.
The series margin does matter. If England lose this series 3-0 it is possible for the Saffers to overtake England if they whitewash the Kiwi's. If England only lose 2-1 they will hang on a bit longer... though admittedly not much longer with series against Sri Lanka and India to come ... unless they re-discover how to play spin.
IMHO we are reaping the 'rewards' of the changes made to the conditions of play for the County Championship in England over the last 20 years, which have all had the impact of making life more difficult for bowlers and easier for batsman.
The result, a generation of bowlers that are as good as anything out there, to the extent that our 'reserve' pace bowlers would probably be opening the bowling for anyone else but South Africa, but a generation of batsmen who fall to pieces when asked to play outside their mollycoddled english conditions.
I'm afraid this will be a recurrent theme until the balance between bat & ball is restored in our domestic game.
posted on 1/2/12
Bigboy, I don't suppose the poor form of the opposition over the last couple of years would have anything to do with it....some getting older some re-building....something like that....
Nar!! I wouldn't think so.....
posted on 1/2/12
Rabbit when did Oz rebuild your team. Ponting, Clarke, Hussey, Haddin, Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Harris and Watson when fit, are still there.
Keep Cowan, Warner and Lyon with that lot for the next ashes please.
posted on 1/2/12
Congrats hope , you've managed to denigrate the entire royal navy fleet by equating them to a game of stick and egg !
posted on 1/2/12
Pox- Nelson was a great cricket fan so I'm sure he would have approved .
posted on 2/2/12
Yet more typical Rabbits I see - caught out spouting rubbish, so comes back with an insult and a change of subject. <yawn> boring. must do better.
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