The Ashes 2013.

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283-5, Clarke finally goes.

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283-6, Rankin bowls Wade. Rankin on a hat-trick!

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Hat-trick ball fended off.

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Australia make 315-7 off their 50 overs.

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England 38-3 off 11 overs.

Carberry is shit.

Trott went first ball

Root is horrific.

All down to KP and Morgan.

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KP hits one for six.

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Get on with it KP, I want to congratulate you for your fifty.

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KP gets his 50. Well done to him.

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97-4, KP goes for 60.

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103-5, Bopara goes for 1. :doh:

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Morgan gets his fifty.

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Morgan gone

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167-7, off goes Stokes.

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169-8, Tredwell run out. :lol:

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Buttler on to 50 and not the one run out like some of us inaccurately reported. :scarf:

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Australia win by 88 runs.

England. :doh:

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Third ODI at Edgbaston today. I can't remember the last time Edgbaston had a completed England match, it's raining there. :lol:

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Australia win the toss and will bowl first.

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KP runs Carberry out. :haha:

5-1.

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26-2, off goes KP on Johnson's bowling. Shite shot.

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52-3, off goes Root.

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Rain stops play.

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And match abandoned. :lol:

Poor old Edgbaston.

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Fourth ODI today, well, in theory.

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England win the toss and will bowl first.

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Aussies 10-1, Finn got Finch for a duck. :bow:

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11-2, off goes Watson. :wave:

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51-3, Marsh goes.

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57-4, Clarke goes. Rather unlucky, that must be the closest Umpire's Call I've seen. :lol:

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142-5 currently, Voges the last man to go.

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They've lost four wickets rather quickly.

218-9.

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Aussies bowled out for 227.

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Hat trick for some Aussie pubber

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Well done to him. England 57-3 currently.

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126-5, Carberry just went on 63.

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Morgan also got 50 odd

Both him and Carberry were there for 90 odd balls :doh:

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144-6, off goes Bopara. The series is in danger of ending here. :(

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England need 37 off 37. :pray:

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Buttler smacks it for six!

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Buttler gets his fifty.

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Absolute chaos, Buttler would've been run out.

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Wicket gone

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219-7, McKay bowls Stokes.

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9 off 9 needed.

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7 off 6 needed. Come on England.

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What a way to take the pressure off, Buttler smacks it for six. Scores tied!

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England win by three wickets! :bow:

Series tied at 1-1 with one game to go.

Aussies. :haha:

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Deciding ODI today. About 2pm. :popcorn:

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Australia win the toss and will bat first.

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England: Carberry, Pietersen, Wright, Morgan (capt), Bopara, Buttler (wk), Stokes, Root, Tredwell, Rankin, Jordan.

Australia: Finch, Hughes, Watson, Clarke (capt), Bailey, Voges, Wade (wk), Faulkner, Johnson, Ahmed, McKay.

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13-1, off goes Hughes! Jordan with his first international wicket. :bow:

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47-1, down comes the rain.

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48-2, Stokes gets Finch!

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48-3, Wade goes. Stokes on a hat-trick!

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Doesn't get it.

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Watson gets his fifty, 119-3.

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211-4, Clarke goes on 75.

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221-5, Bailey stumped. :lol: That was terrible.

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Watson gets his century!

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244-6, off goes Voges.

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Watson has obliterated Root in this over.

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282-7, Watson goes on 143. Not a bad innings.

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284-8, Stokes gets five-for. :bow:

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294-9.

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Aussies all out for 298.

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England 1-1, KP run out for a duck.

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Carberry living a charmed life. :bow:

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50-2, Carberry finally goes.

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64-3, Root went for 21. Hmm not looking great.

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Wright strolls to his crease, sadly for him the stumps have been hit. 68-4.

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103-5, off goes Morgan. :doh:

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Bopara gets fifty. :bow:

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195-5 now. :popcorn:

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195-6, Faulkner bowls Buttler.

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197-7, Bopara. :doh:

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236-8, looking like Australia will take the series now.

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Australia bowl England out for 249 and win the series 2-1!

[Ollie the Optimist]

Ashes squad announced any minute now

[Rors]

Monty :bow:

[Rors]

Cook Root Carberry Trott Bell KP Ballance Bairstow Prior Stokes Tremlett Broad Swann Finn Anderson Panesar Rankin

[Ollie the Optimist]

interesting squad. id have taken Bopara over Ballance. think he has had a better season and is more expereinced as a back up.

onions over rankin (who i still dont beleive should be allowed to play for england after playing for Ireland)

but otherwise happy with that squad. though id say perhaps drop Root back to 6. put Carberry as opener. not sure Root is good enough to open yet. he struggled this series, just let him bat at 6. learn his game then promote him in a year or two.

oh and bresnan is going with the squad for rehab but isnt part of the squad but i assume if he proves his fitness he will play