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Australia v England, 3rd Test, Perth, 3rd day
By Will 2 years ago, mid-December Leave a comment on this post
The third day at Perth. It’s quite simple for England: take 9 wickets for about 50 and knock off 200 runs. It’s possible, too; all they need is for Steve Harmison to find some bounce and Monty Panesar some turn. Fortunately, Harmison is finally looking like a bowler in this series and not a stray from the Barmy Army. And Monty, well - we all know about the Montster.
Blind optimism is well and truly the way to go. It’s the 1990s all over again. Also: if you have any Russian friends, here’s how to say Happy Christmas: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom.
Get chatting.
Tags: ashes, australia, england, england-in-australia, monty-panesar, perth, steve-harmison, the-ashes |
32 Responses to “Australia v England, 3rd Test, Perth, 3rd day”
December 16th, 2006 at 12.22 am
December 16th, 2006 at 3.15 am
take heart! Never mind the trumpets. The game’s not over til the fat lady sings. Okay, okay, she is reaching for her microphone … but …not… yet
December 16th, 2006 at 3.21 am
Yeah! Think if Churchill had given up after Dunkirk (first Test) or the fall of Singapore (2nd Test). It’s the Desert War (3rd Test) right now and Rommel’s on the attack, but he’s not going to have it all his way…
All right, I’ll go now…
December 16th, 2006 at 3.22 am
I’m glad the WACA authorities allowed England’s Bill Cooper to play his trumpet at the Perth Test Match. But, no sax, please - they’re British!
December 16th, 2006 at 3.31 am
Hi folks, glad not to be alone here with my wine, pumpkin seeds and radio. There’s still a chance …..
(she laughs)
December 16th, 2006 at 5.17 am
it’s lunch on Saturday and OZ about 3 wickets for 230?. You poms must really have something to worry about….. but guys PLEASE make a contest out of it. I saw brisbane and am going to Sydney. Make it exciting PLS……..
December 16th, 2006 at 7.11 am
Kathy
Not a bad analogy but Australians played a key role in repelling Rommel :-).
Cheers
Vernon
December 16th, 2006 at 7.25 am
“The Battle of Britain” was a good solo effort though. Mind you, it as the last thing you ever won on yer own 
(Except for that damned Rugby Match!!)
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 7.40 am
If Monty doesn’t put the fear into Oz - late though it my be - we also have Broad warming up at the Academy when Warne and McGrath have retired. We Poms would love to see a fight too! But if we suffer our habitual away defeat, so be it. We’ve seen it often enough.
Please just give us some good play to justify me getting up at 3am!
Oh thanks! Symonds walks!
December 16th, 2006 at 9.18 am
Well you lot have had a bad day. I mean that. It’s been a stinker of a day in Perth - 42C and really humid out in the middle of the WACA. Not pleasant and your lads deserve a medal. They tried thier guts out in stinking heat. It’s still hot down on the coast where I live.
But you did bowl well - top stuff - with no luck whatsoever. The only bit of luck you had was when the ump gave you Hussey’s wicket. I haven’t seen any replays but at first glance, I’d sayt Hussey didn’t hit it. But then again neither did Strauss. Both Strauss and Hussey, like Gilchrist, are “walkers”. They’re honest. Hussey looked a tad put out.
More soon - Wakey wakey up there!!
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 9.33 am
Wraye,
What can I say?”,,,,,,,,,,just give us some good play to justify me getting up at 3am!,,,,”
Ir doesn’t get any better than Gillie scoring the 2nd fastest ton in cricketing history. I hope you enjoyed it. BTW - the fastest ton was one of my other heros Viv Richards.
And I was very disappointed to see Hoggy bowl THE ONLY BAD, WIDE, LOSER OF A DELIVERY IN HIS WHOLE BOWLING IN THIS TEST SERIES in order to deny Gillie “the fastest ton in cricketing history”.
For that Hoggy will not get an Australian Passport. That was worse than the Greg Chappell underarm incident.
Good night to you all you lousy losers,,,,,
Bilbo
PS - I’ll be back tommorrow if my boat engine isn’t fixed by then.
December 16th, 2006 at 9.41 am
Sorry, but Strauss’s dismissal got me just before I shut the PC down.
Carn’ Australia!!!
England you are JUICE!!
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 9.47 am
Hmmm,,,,,,,,,,Strauss was robbed AGAIN. But Life os like cricket and that’s life.
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 9.47 am
Hmmm,,,,,,,,,,Strauss was robbed AGAIN. But life is like cricket and that’s life.
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 10.39 am
Join us tomorrow when we awake, for what was all just a bad dream, starting at the The Oval, 15 months ago…
December 16th, 2006 at 10.43 am
Dear Bilbo … I take offense … us Poms are not bad losers, we are GOOD losers! God knows, we have practised enough!
This may be just the one thing the Aussies can learn from us.
December 16th, 2006 at 10.50 am
Wraye,
My comments were based soley on Hoggy’s balls, pardon the innuendo.
It was a deliberate to deny Gillie.
The rest of the team are, as you say, good losers. I should know, I used to be a Pom.
CYA,
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 10.57 am
With glove man Geraint Jones in mind, didn’t some army chap say that the English were a nation of flop ‘keepers?
December 16th, 2006 at 11.01 am
Funny about Jones. If England lose this one (which looks likely) and Jones is dropped for Melbourne. You’ll probably finally get the side most fans have been screaming for since Day 1 - Read, Mahmood and Panesar in, Giles, Anderson and Jones out - but the Ashes would be gone!
Therefore, would Fletcher too, be gone?
December 16th, 2006 at 11.12 am
Yeah! Someone should wield the axe … and stretcher Fletcher! I was a Pom too. Born in Watford. Been here since January 1969. Now a naturalised Aussie … and proud of it! A wonderful country. You should all come and have a look someday. Love to have a beer with you all. So, where the bloody hell are you?
December 16th, 2006 at 11.46 am
Colin Abbot of Jarrahdale!!??
THE Colin Abbott of Jarrahdale that gets letters, or should I say very witty one liners printed in “The West Australian”?
If so, I’m proud to meet you at last mate!!
Like you, I was a Pom, Colin. Unfortunately that seems to make us not only a illegal aliens on here but also social lepers. As they said on “Dad’s Army” - “Cold steel, Mr Mainwaring, they don’t like it up ‘em you see, Mr Mainwaring”
ONYA Col,
Bilbo
PS - I’ve had a few printed in “The West” myself.
December 16th, 2006 at 11.58 am
Colin Abbot of Jarrahdale??
THE “Colin Abbot of Jarrahdale” that used to get letters, or should I say, very witty one liners printed in “The West Australian”??
If so, then I’m proud to meet you at last.I too am reformed Englishman since 1974. I’m on the coast at Shoalwater Bay (near Point Peron).
However being a former Pom on this blog mskes us not only illegal aliens but also social lepers.
As they said in Dad’s Army,” Cold steel, Mr Mainwaring, they don’t like it up ‘em you know, Mr Mainwaring”
Incidentally it was a German Army Chap that called ‘em a n nation of “flopkeepers” - Adolf Himself in fact.
Welcome Col and ONYA,
Bilbo
PS - I’ve had a few published in “The West” myself.
December 16th, 2006 at 12.04 pm
Geez - I thought the 1st version didn’t go,,,,,,,so I did it again again.
It was homebrew this time, not Margaret River Red. Gee, it’s been good drinking weather today today.
I know what’s coming next - some whining voice saying, ” I told ya he’s never made it over in “Oz”, I told ya he’s got no money,he drinks homebrew”
Answer - I like drinking homebrew. I’m retired. I have the time for refining.
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 12.27 pm
Steady on there, Bilbo. You’re being far too kind. I’m afraid - for most of the time - I struggle to be anything more than a boring old fart! I was reading your postings and thinking what an interesting and witty person Bilbo is. Maybe we’d better stop this mutual appreciation approach. Good on ya, too, Bilbo!
December 16th, 2006 at 12.39 pm
By the way, Bilbo, there’s nothing wrong with home-brewed beer - I’d make it myself … if I could afford it!
December 16th, 2006 at 12.40 pm
CYA tommorow Colin, glued to the set, meat pie in one hand, cold stubbie in the other - both with tomato sauce of course!!
It’s gonna be hot again.
Take care,
Bilbo
December 16th, 2006 at 12.46 pm
Right on, Bilbo … ain’t it lovely? Cheers!
December 16th, 2006 at 12.47 pm
Well, you all out there, I finally had my day at the cricket, after more years than I can remember. It was great just to be there, and I am sooooooo proud of the team for taking it to the batsmen for the best part of a stinking hot day. Hoggard, Harmy, Panesar, Flintoff, even Mahmood looked good until they took him off for the new ball: they all worked so hard and deserved more wickets (general crowd consensus from nowhere near behind the bowler’s arm was that we woz robbed in the first session . . .). When Gilly went mad Fred lost the plot a bit, with everyone on the boundary. We were in between where those sixes went, by the way. But the most endearing and heartbreaking moment was when Ponting declared, and Hoggy traipsed off, only to collapse on some bench in the dressing room (trusty binoculars working overtime here). He looked just about buggered. But then next time I looked, there he was padded up and looking forlornly down at his bat, ready to come in as nightwatchman. What a hero!
I looked desperately through the binos for glimpses of Michael Vaughan, but to no avail. The only ‘famous’ people I saw on my wander to find a decent pie, were Gladstone Small, at whom I smiled knowingly (he was playing the last time I reckon I was at the WACA!), and Kevin Rudd (the new leader of the opposition in Australia), whom I nearly bowled over as he came out the back of the Prindiville Stand. If only I had the presence of mind to spill the sauce down him!
As for Gilly’s century, I don’t actually think Hoggard was deliberately bowling in such a cowardly manner, Bilbo. In my opinion he was just buggered from a day in 50+ degree heat. Personally I find you just as offensive as those yobs who were sitting behind us today, complaining about the lack of beer. But if that’s what gives you satisfaction, then by all means go for it - ignorance is probably your bliss.
December 16th, 2006 at 1.09 pm
I don’t think Hoggard was trying to deny Gilly the record. I doubt if he knew anything about it. I reckon he was just trying something, anything, to stop the carnage. Hopefully get a miscue.
I thought the England bowlers did all they could today.
Without assuming the result, all good players at some stage are truly humbled - when things just don’t go their way. How they handle those situations tells you a lot about their character. Hoggard, Harmison, Flintoff, Monty and even Mahmood showed plenty of ticker.
Hats off from an Aussie.
December 16th, 2006 at 1.20 pm
Well said, Vernon.
December 16th, 2006 at 10.41 pm
Great match report, Caroline. Don’t know how you, but more particularly the bowlers, could handle that heat. Guts and heart showed, in a heartbreaking day.
December 16th, 2006 at 11.39 pm
Yes, Vernon - hats off from me, another Aussie as well.
Bilbo
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