Ashes to Ashes... Oz tour of Pommyland
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Well.... no time like the present to kick off a thread about what is sure to be a great summer of cricket (although it's winter where I am sitting).
Punter and the lads slipped into London yesterday and the regulation "upset" vs Bangladesh is set for Monday IIRC!
Looking forward to some good cricket vs the soapdodgers, will be over in UK mid July so hope to catch a day or two of the 1st or 2nd test. Lets hope it's not the one sided affair of the last Ashes!
(OK, thats a lie)
BRING IT
Punter and the lads slipped into London yesterday and the regulation "upset" vs Bangladesh is set for Monday IIRC!
Looking forward to some good cricket vs the soapdodgers, will be over in UK mid July so hope to catch a day or two of the 1st or 2nd test. Lets hope it's not the one sided affair of the last Ashes!
(OK, thats a lie)BRING IT
Will be following this from a neutral perspective so all I really hope for is some good cricket. But today was stunning in a proper winter sport way with the Bulls giving the sheep loving Chiefs a 61 to 17 hiding and the Lions almost throwing it away against a makeshift 2nd division side out in the middle of nowhere.
suthol said:
hornetrider said:
Long time no HSV. I have Day 5 tickets for the 1st Test so will be doing a rain dance for the first few days!
Wishing for a draw already, that's a positive attitude for ya 
We need a separate 2020 thread HSV - got tickets to see your boys in the next round (the last round they'll reach hopefully) - Oval Sat June 13 ...
Looking forward to the Ashes already - can't wait - then the flack will start flying on here and will ring back the memories (of 2005 with any luck)
I'll start: you're all Sheila-bashing Aussie convict scum - howw's that?
Looking forward to the Ashes already - can't wait - then the flack will start flying on here and will ring back the memories (of 2005 with any luck)
I'll start: you're all Sheila-bashing Aussie convict scum - howw's that?
Sweet Jesus Wiki is quick!
Wiki said:
In early June 2009, Symonds was sent home from the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in England, following a late night drinking episode after a team dinner.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland called a press conference to announce Symonds' dismissal, which is likely to mark the end of Symonds' international cricket career. His Cricket Australia contract is also now under review.
Beeb is on it as well.Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland called a press conference to announce Symonds' dismissal, which is likely to mark the end of Symonds' international cricket career. His Cricket Australia contract is also now under review.
BBC said:
Australia have sent Andrew Symonds home from the World Twenty20 tournament in England for disciplinary reasons.
Cricket Australia said the controversial all-rounder had been dismissed after breaking team rules relating to alcohol and other issues.
"In isolation the breaches are not serious, but in the scheme of history, they are enough to be the final straw," said CA chief James Sutherland.
Symonds had already been left out of Australia's 16-man Ashes squad.
The 33-year-old, who had returned to the Australia set-up after a spell out because of disciplinary issues, was absent from training at The Oval on Thursday after attending a dinner at a hotel in London with the Australian squad on Wednesday night.
Sutherland also hinted that this latest incident could spell the end of Symonds international career.
"We will take the offer of a Cricket Australia contract we made to him off the table and reconsider our decision over the coming days," he said.
The incident is the latest in a long line of off-field misdemeanours involving the Queensland player.
In January, he was fined by Cricket Australia over a remark he made in a radio interview and he has a history of drinking related problems, stretching back to the 2005 Ashes tour where he was dropped for two one-day internationals after turning up drunk to a match against Bangladesh in Cardiff.
In August 2008, he was been sent home from Australia's one-day squad to play Bangladesh in Darwin after missing a compulsory team meeting to go fishing.
In September 2008 Symonds was advised to get psychological help and go on a rehabilitation programme, overseen by Cricket Australia medical staff, in which he would see counsellors about his state of mind.
Then in November he had to issue an apology after he went out drinking with members of the Australian rugby league side and was involved in an incident at a Brisbane hotel.
Australia start their World Twenty20 campaign against West Indies at The Oval on Saturday.
Cricket Australia said the controversial all-rounder had been dismissed after breaking team rules relating to alcohol and other issues.
"In isolation the breaches are not serious, but in the scheme of history, they are enough to be the final straw," said CA chief James Sutherland.
Symonds had already been left out of Australia's 16-man Ashes squad.
The 33-year-old, who had returned to the Australia set-up after a spell out because of disciplinary issues, was absent from training at The Oval on Thursday after attending a dinner at a hotel in London with the Australian squad on Wednesday night.
Sutherland also hinted that this latest incident could spell the end of Symonds international career.
"We will take the offer of a Cricket Australia contract we made to him off the table and reconsider our decision over the coming days," he said.
The incident is the latest in a long line of off-field misdemeanours involving the Queensland player.
In January, he was fined by Cricket Australia over a remark he made in a radio interview and he has a history of drinking related problems, stretching back to the 2005 Ashes tour where he was dropped for two one-day internationals after turning up drunk to a match against Bangladesh in Cardiff.
In August 2008, he was been sent home from Australia's one-day squad to play Bangladesh in Darwin after missing a compulsory team meeting to go fishing.
In September 2008 Symonds was advised to get psychological help and go on a rehabilitation programme, overseen by Cricket Australia medical staff, in which he would see counsellors about his state of mind.
Then in November he had to issue an apology after he went out drinking with members of the Australian rugby league side and was involved in an incident at a Brisbane hotel.
Australia start their World Twenty20 campaign against West Indies at The Oval on Saturday.
Edited by hornetrider on Thursday 4th June 13:30
MikeyT said:
the Convicts maybe getting a beating along the way ...
and the pigs flu(damn... )
bloody symo is a f
k up - I'm glad they have shown some decent enforcement of team rules. Punter would have been at the airport to make sure he boarded I reckon! I've never seen the Tassie devil so focused on a tour as this one; likely to be his final Ashes tour and I reckon he's out for another wash rinse and spin then hang those white sheets out for all to see (again)BTW... speaking of the last ashes "bend over the poms and ram them where the soap don't touch" series. listening to all the soap dodgers its like the last ashes never happenned - "Ooo by gum, let's 'ope it's another close one like 2005" 2005 this 2005 that.. FFS you've been spanked ever since and even 2005 you just fell over the line. LIVE IN THE NOW my pommy friends.. you are s
t!(rant over for today)
bring it on
signing offHSVGTSCoupe said:
MikeyT said:
the Convicts maybe getting a beating along the way ...
"Ooo by gum, let's 'ope it's another close one like 2005" 2005 this 2005 that.. FFS you've been spanked ever since and even 2005 you just fell over the line. LIVE IN THE NOW my pommy friends.. you are st!(rant over for today)
bring it on
signing offLet's think for a moment about the 2nd test in 2005, the final wicket decision could in reality have gone the other way if it had and another three runs scored the too and froms ( sorry, soap dodgers ) would have been two down and on the way to a proper thrashing because they would have been mentally shattered to lose from such a commanding position.
After the two recent series between Oz and SA it was 3 - 3 but let us also remember that over the 2005 and 2007 series it is Oz 6-2.
The WI didn't provide any sort of a warm up for the two and froms, they didn't want to be there and it showed. Should have played three games against a local pub third grade side in the park instead.
hornetrider said:
suthol said:
if it had and another three runs scored
Hey Ozzies, if your Sheilas had balls they'd be Bruces, capeesh?2005, and 2007, is history. There's two very different squads facing each other this year, bring it!
Ifs and buts all through the 2005 series - Edgbaston as mentioned, but let's not forget that Old Trafford would almost certainly have ended in an England victory given that Australia were 9 down at the end and an entire day was lost to rain. Could have been 3-1 to England quite easily. Could have been 3-0 Australia too, but it wasn't.
If, if, if as my waspish friend states ...
Symo is gone - good riddance - he's got more than enough time to go fishing now - his career is over internationally.
Punter obviously feels personally let down and so he should - he's probably fought to get Symo on this tour (not enough to get him in the Ashes squad though)
Totally different series this one - two massively new squads - 2005 and 2007 are history as stated. That's why we won't mention them again will we on this thread ...
Symo is gone - good riddance - he's got more than enough time to go fishing now - his career is over internationally.
Punter obviously feels personally let down and so he should - he's probably fought to get Symo on this tour (not enough to get him in the Ashes squad though)
Totally different series this one - two massively new squads - 2005 and 2007 are history as stated. That's why we won't mention them again will we on this thread ...
MikeyT said:
2005 and 2007 are history as stated. That's why we won't mention them again will we on this thread ...
here is the plan.... Aussies can mention 2007 and/or any of the ten million trillion other ashes series where we spanked you like adopted babies every time a soap dodger brings up 2005 and vicky verka? Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Thursday 4th June 22:37
You convicts gotta be sore at Symonds though for his lack of dedication to the cause - a bit un-Australian to be honest.
Having had the offf-field problems he's had, it's a shame personally for him - but more so for the game really that he couldn't shrug those off and knuckle down - he's lost his love for the game unfortunately.
After all that spiel, do I care? No.
Having had the offf-field problems he's had, it's a shame personally for him - but more so for the game really that he couldn't shrug those off and knuckle down - he's lost his love for the game unfortunately.
After all that spiel, do I care? No.
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