The Ashes (2 Viewers)

[HeCtic]

ok i'm a bit unclear on who's covering the ashes for us.

so will the whole ashes series be telecast on SBS? and will richie benaud be commentating on there?

Yep, not every ball for the first Test because SBS have prior commitments to the Tour de France but the rest of the Series is on SBS and Fox at the same time. They'll just use the feed of Channel 4 in Enlgand whose broadcast team is:

Mark Nicholas,Richie Benaud, Mike Atherton, Geoff Boycott, Simon Hughes,Clare Connor,Adam Darke

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[king_of_boredom]

Yep, not every ball for the first Test because SBS have prior commitments to the Tour de France but the rest of the Series is on SBS and Fox at the same time. They'll just use the feed of Channel 4 in Enlgand whose broadcast team is:

Mark Nicholas,Richie Benaud, Mike Atherton, Geoff Boycott, Simon Hughes,Clare Connor,Adam Darke

linkage

hey yeah i remember that mark nicholas guy, commentated down here last summer. i don't have fox, but will enjoy the ashes on SBS thanks for the info dude.

 

[otay]

England have dropped thorpe for peteirson. We'll see how he goes in the test arena. not too sure it will matter much. it looks like we are hitting our strides.

 

[HotShot]

they should kick out jones or hoggard and play flintoof as a full-time bowler and sub thorpe for jones or hoggard?

 

[copious]

they should kick out jones or hoggard and play flintoof as a full-time bowler and sub thorpe for jones or hoggard?

Why? Its a test match. Plus its too much pressure put on an all rounder.

 

[Bookie]

You cant sub in a test match hotshot

 

[Robbo_m8]

YES - richie's back on our TV screen. I missed him too much. Bout time Boof went, though i did like the rest of the commentary team

 

[king_of_boredom]

Richie Benaud is a living legend.


and i've started to like Kerry O'Keeffe, he's got such a classic laugh.

 

[Boo_]

lol, benaud is a legend!!!

and i still not confident on gillespie, but the last odi was promising, still, i hope he gets better, hez an awesome bowler (and batter i might add)

 

[this_girl]

It's gonna be a hard decision for the selectors. In my opinion, Kasper hasn't done much wrong and has performed great in place of Lee. And I don't know if dropping Gillespie would help much with his confidence at the moment. In a newspaper article today, he said dropping that catch in the final one day game was his lowest point. So the only way he's gonna get back in form is to have some game time.

 

[Bookie]

Why not drop one of the batsmen? Lee, Dizzy and Pidge can all bat anyway

 

[this_girl]

But which batsmen would you drop?

 

[Boo_]

It's gonna be a hard decision for the selectors. In my opinion, Kasper hasn't done much wrong and has performed great in place of Lee. And I don't know if dropping Gillespie would help much with his confidence at the moment. In a newspaper article today, he said dropping that catch in the final one day game was his lowest point. So the only way he's gonna get back in form is to have some game time.

yeah, but if it ends up costing australia the ashes...well, lets just say that it wont help his confidence if that happens

but he played well in demolishing the english middle order in the last odi, the only bad point would of been his last 2 overs, where he he was costly

 

[this_girl]

yeah, but if it ends up costing australia the ashes...well, lets just say that it wont help his confidence if that happens

but he played well in demolishing the english middle order in the last odi, the only bad point would of been his last 2 overs, where he he was costly

I don't see it costing us the Ashes. He's just ONE bowler, we have McGrath, Warne and our batsmen. Ponting and Gilly have gotten back in form in recent weeks. I don't see us losing it.

 

[Boo_]

lol, true, but u never know...(bangladesh comes to mind...)

 

[this_girl]

That was a one off that will NEVER happen again

 

[Cityboy]

Lots of them are out of form, not just Gillespi. Clarke is injured, Hayden is in wooful form, Warne is going to have a shocking series because of his marriage, Langer is also out of match practice and he may not be at his best in the first test.

 

[Boo_]

i really really hope so...but having 'bangla bangla bangla oi oi oi' in my msn nick for a while was fun, lol...oh and i do go for australia

 

[this_girl]

I doubt Warnie will let his broken marriage affect him during the tests.

I think they should've definitely put Michael Hussey in the squad though.

 

[king_of_boredom]

nah warney should be fine for the first test, him and mcgrath are gonna absolutely rip into the poms don't you worry.