3rd Ashes Test: Australia v England, Old Trafford August 1-5.

[Xtreme]

Would have preferred a proper result ie: a draw off the last legal ball bowled, or Australia claiming the final wicket. Either way it is looking increasingly likely that England have retained the Ashes today. I can only hope that they fight for the series win instead of playing subdued and having retained the Ashes in a "drawn" series.

 

[Smoooothy]

Richard Hadlee - dat bowling action!!

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

In this fast bowling comp i am finding some of these speeds a bit suss.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Trent Copeland would've won this fast bowling comp.

Can't say much for speed guns back in 1978. They were miles slow...lol.

 

[rideclutch]

Raining again, probably no inspection now.

This is why we can't have nice things, England.

 

[Smoooothy]

how good is this archival footage

Also I'm assuming you all know about robelinda2's youtube channel? Has done more for cricket than Steve Waugh and Brian Lara combined

 

[tarky]

I love the little tune when they're displaying the results.

 

[Maddo11]

filmed in perth aww yeah,

anyone think that the slow mo music sounds like "i don't like cricket"

also how good did michael holding sound, love den island cool tones

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Can't say much for speed guns back in 1978. They were miles slow...lol.

Yeah, it seems like you could probably add 10-15% to the speeds.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Would of liked to see how Lee and Tait would've done in this comp.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Colin croft the South African rebel!

 

[ptrg]

No way. That whole article suggest to me that parmy or parmi is right!
Read it out loud. "Parmy" will be said 10 times, "Parma" once right at the end.
It's PARMIGIANA, not PARMAGIANA.

Since when do Australians shorten a name without chucking on an A or O?
I know 3 Macca's, yet that second A isn't part of their name.

Parmy is a terrible name, plus no ones calls is a parmYgana.. Here in Australia, we call it a parmAgana

 

[Harmichael]

Did I just hear a XXXX commercial with Slater stating that the '48 Invincibles "won every game"?

Oh dear

Yeah noticed that the first time I saw it. Could you imagine a Budweiser ad in the US quoting incorrect stats about Babe Ruth and getting away with it? No wonder our kids know more about trivial seppo crap then they do their own nation's history.

 

[Smiling Buddha]

Cricket was better when the chance to win $4,000 was enough to get international stars to come to Australia.

Now the Indians pay 'stars' millions of dollars cash money to play in a tournament I would be less inclined (and this is no exaggeration) to watch than an Australian apple-bobbing contest.

Also better when Australian fast bowlers came across as genuine likeable Aussie blokes, the sort you rarely meet anywhere these days let alone in a professional sporting team.

 

[TheLad!]

Yeah, it seems like you could probably add 10-15% to the speeds.

add that on to thommo's jesus,

how fluid was his action? he looked elastic

 

[Munga]

like a tiger

 

[dexter_]

Imran Khan was such a goddamn stud

 

[The Passenger]

how good is this archival footage

Also I'm assuming you all know about robelinda2's youtube channel? Has done more for cricket than Steve Waugh and Brian Lara combined

yeah it's top shelf. apparently the guy is a bit of a campaigner though. have read that from a few various sources, but he probably gets loads of people making requests and then getting really insistent when he can't do it and perhaps even abusive.... ultimately, if he doesn't have the footage, he can't make shit up out of thin air.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Dat music.

 

[Nostradumbass]

This music they're playin will be stuck in my head when I go to bed.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

add that on to thommo's jesus,

how fluid was his action? he looked elastic

Maybe they get quicker as it goes on and the speeds are more accurate than they seem in the first run.

 

[The Speaker]

Pretty sure the difference in speed is due in part due to where they measure the ball.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Cricket was better when the chance to win $4,000 was enough to get international stars to come to Australia.

Now the Indians pay 'stars' millions of dollars cash money to play in a tournament I would be less inclined (and this is no exaggeration) to watch than an Australian apple-bobbing contest.

Also better when Australian fast bowlers came across as genuine likeable Aussie blokes, the sort you rarely meet anywhere these days let alone in a professional sporting team.

Siddle and Harris seem like nice blokes. Brett Lee too when i met him at the G in January at the 20/20

 

[The Speaker]

Also it was 37 degrees.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Wayne Daniel pulls off the Angus Fraser move