Ashes 2023
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I'm a bit torn about the result at Old Trafford.
The Australian in me is mightily relieved. Relieved we retain the urn, but mainly relieved we aren't subject to a historic 3-2 England win and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc. I mean can you imagine the insufferable carry-on? They'd be frothing about it for decades. So bullet dodged there.
But the cricket fan in me is sad. I've never seen a 2-2 Ashes series coming into the 5th Test, and I might never see it. It would have been electric.
There is still a lot to play for at the Oval though. Big difference between 3-1 and 2-2.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc.
I was amazed to see that Sam Curran is an MBE. As is Adil Rashid. Not that they hand them out to just any old cricketer.
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Shane Warne's epic sledge at Paul Collingwood comes to mind
"didn't you get an OBE? For scoring 5 at The Oval? That's embarrassing"
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@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2023:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc.
I was amazed to see that Sam Curran is an MBE. As is Adil Rashid. Not that they hand them out to just any old cricketer.
Team award. For winning one of the limited over world cups. I've got no problem with that.
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:
@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2023:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc.
I was amazed to see that Sam Curran is an MBE. As is Adil Rashid. Not that they hand them out to just any old cricketer.
Team award. For winning one of the limited over world cups. I've got no problem with that.
Don't think it was a team award - for Curran it was for the T20 World Cup that I can barely remember.
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@KiwiPie Yeah you're right, though it turns out there were a few of that T20 side that got either the MBE or OBE in 2022/23, so I assumed...
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:
@KiwiPie Yeah you're right, though it turns out there were a few of that T20 side that got either the MBE or OBE in 2022/23, so I assumed...
I'm a cricket snob so giving out any lifetime awards for hit and giggle cricket seems very odd.
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fast bowler?
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
He's the greatest English fast bowler
of the 21st Century - so far.
Great longevity. Economy Rate. Sense of occasion and has got better with age.
Better than Statham, Tyson, Trueman, Larwood? Very debatable.
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@dogmeat said in Ashes 2023:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
He's the greatest English fast bowler
of the 21st Century - so far.
Great longevity. Economy Rate. Sense of occasion and has got better with age.
Better than Statham, Tyson, Trueman, Larwood? Very debatable.
Bob Willis and John Snow say hi too.
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@KiwiMurph said in Ashes 2023:
Discuss
I’ve just had another think, to be fair he’d be better than any Indian, Bangladesh or Sri Lankan fast bowler to play the game.
Andersons longevity is extraordinary though I’ll certainly give him that. He also improved with age very noticeably too.
