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    Does England’s one-dayer against Australia matter?

    By Will 2 years ago, mid-October Leave a comment on this post

    Open forum. Everyone's getting excited, me included. But do these one-day matches mean anything? Can either side take anything from a win? Will the losing captain spout the same old "awww yeah mate, this is only a one-dayer in India" line?

    There will be a post up at 9am tomorrow for you 'orrible lot to get chatting in but, in the meantime, post your thoughts on the hype below. 

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    5 Responses to “Does England’s one-dayer against Australia matter?”

  • Ollie wrote:
    October 20th, 2006 at 6.29 pm

    I think the match means more than nothing, but not as much as the hype is making out. It’d be nice for either side to get some sort of psychological advantage. But lets be honest, England are ten times a better team in Tests and the Ashes is a series of Test Matches!

  • Cov wrote:
    October 21st, 2006 at 12.09 am

    C’mon Will you know the answer to this, if we wins it matters, if we lose it doesn’t :)

  • Reverse Swing wrote:
    October 21st, 2006 at 8.33 am

    ANY England/Australia game ‘matters’ - even if todays game is rained off and Flintoff and Ponting decide the result by a best-of-three game of ’slaps’- that matters… especially if Freddie can break one of Ricky’s fingers in the process…

    http://www.reverseswingmanifesto.blogspot.com

  • Stu wrote:
    October 21st, 2006 at 11.05 pm

    I think this one, in the context of the Ashes, mattered only in that it could’ve returned England their confidence and that edge they’ve had over Australia, so if anything a little tiny bit of momentum going into the tour. But that momentum and bragging rights would last only into the first hour of the first test, so losing this is not such a big deal. Also provided a bit of confidence for Mahmood, who took a couple of nice wickets and showed he’ll be a force, and England’s openers who did well.

  • Sisya wrote:
    October 22nd, 2006 at 10.47 am

    I am posting this comment after England have lost…..dismally & hopelessly & cluelessly etc. etc.
    So I guess whether this match matters or not, whether anything in the world matters or not, going by England’s superb performance in the match (sarcasm intended) the English better start thinking about Ashes 2026.

    http://cricketmaniacs.blogspot.com

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