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Joey Woodwork 8:30 Wed Jul 8
The OFFICIAL 1st Ashes Test, Cardiff, 8th - 12th July
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Start time 11.00am local (1000GMT)
Form guide (last five completed matches, most recent first)
England LWLWD
Australia WWDDW
Team news:
In 2009, England were sucked into playing two spinners in Cardiff. Ultimately they were grateful as Panesar helped save the day, but his pairing with Graeme Swann was not fruitful. They are unlikely to go down that route again despite the presence of Adil Rashid. The recent (British) heatwave has abated somewhat in South Wales, so four quicks with Moeen Ali - and some Root - is the most likely attack. Meanwhile, Gary Ballance and Ian Bell both begin the series under some pressure.
England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Adam Lyth, 3 Gary Ballance, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Joe Root, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Mark Wood, 11 James Anderson
Two Marshs, one Marsh or no Marsh. That appears to be Australia's selection conundrum. Has Chris Rogers, who missed the two Tests in West Indies with concussion, done enough to force his way back past Shaun Marsh and has Shane Watson done enough to keep his place ahead of Mitchell Marsh? The answer to both would appear to be yes.
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Chris Rogers, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 Adam Voges, 6 Shane Watson, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Nathan Lyon
Pitch and conditions:
Keith Exton, the Glamorgan groundsman, said he does not expect a "sporting" pitch although there was a decent matting of grass left on the surface and the forecast of an overcast first morning could make the toss interesting. However, the weather is set fair and is expected to warm up during the weekend.
Stats and trivia:
Four of the top 10 Test run-scorers since January 2014 will play in this Test: Smith, Warner, Root and Ballance
Each team is likely to have three players who appeared in the 2009 match on this ground (Cook, Broad, Anderson; Clarke, Haddin, Johnson)
Dean Cosker, the 37-year-old Glamorgan left-arm spinner, will be one of England's substitute fielders for the first two days of the Test. Cosker was once viewed as an England prospect, reaching England A level between 1997 and 1999.
Quotes
"There is a lot written about my captaincy and it is important I sometimes get on the front foot. If you look back at previous teams, they were more methodical. Maybe there's more opportunity to be on the front foot with the players we've got now."
Alastair Cook
"We've been fortunate enough to have a lot of success as a team, winning away from home has been the area we've addressed and said we want to be more consistent. Beating teams in their own backyard is always the toughest part of our game and I'm sure this series will be no different."
Michael Clarke
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Replies - Newest Posts First ( Show In Chronological Order)
penners28
2:05 Mon Jul 13
Re: The OFFICIAL 1st Ashes Test, Cardiff, 8th - 12th July
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did you go to watch the test in cardiff KAKS?
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BetterthanKaka
2:03 Mon Jul 13
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Man down.
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Grumpster
12:21 Mon Jul 13
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Talking of the sky earpieces and without looking down, I liked the bloke sleeping in his chair at the cricket wearing one with David Gower shouting at him through it to wake up.
How the fuck can you sleep when it's that exciting?
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Northern Sold
12:17 Mon Jul 13
Re: The OFFICIAL 1st Ashes Test, Cardiff, 8th - 12th July
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Decent lads ... spend some absolute dollar following the Cricket
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Mr. Burns
12:14 Mon Jul 13
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I got talking to a couple of blokes in Barbs from Basildon that were doing that. Must have been them.
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Northern Sold
11:46 Mon Jul 13
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Burnsy yes.... about 8 geezers.... Barmy Army mob... had a beer with them after in Richmond... they was en-route to Swindon..
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Mr. Burns
11:10 Mon Jul 13
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Sold0,
Did I read you got talking to some blokes at Richmond on Friday that were going to Cardiff on the Saturday?
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Jonah Lomas
11:10 Mon Jul 13
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Northern Sold 10:19 Mon Jul 13
I drank in The Raven at Stamford Brook for a year, as I told him, although not every day mind you - probably twice a week - which he knew.
To my knowledge, nobody came down there, and, I quote "burned me out then sparked me out".
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fraser
10:41 Mon Jul 13
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I always use one when at the cricket, but then again my eyesight is fucking awful.
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stewie griffin
10:32 Mon Jul 13
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Always hated those earpieces and thought they look ridiculous....but have to say it was a superb investment.
and Sold0, you can get TMS on it as well.
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Northern Sold
10:19 Mon Jul 13
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Worked out a decade ago that Jonah has been on a wind up...probably since that time he chickened out from a meet up with Tipsy Mc.. could not take him serious after that..
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Northern Sold
10:18 Mon Jul 13
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Buster 10:13 Sun Jul 12
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How much do they charge for those Sky earpieces?
Never work that out... why not just listen to the proper stuff on TMS?
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Jonah Lomas
12:20 Mon Jul 13
Re: The OFFICIAL 1st Ashes Test, Cardiff, 8th - 12th July
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ha ha I like that Hermit.
A nice twist on the "I don't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member" quote from Grouch.
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Hermit Road
12:15 Mon Jul 13
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Anyone who overestimates my intelligence is even stupider than I am.
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Hammer and Pickle
12:06 Mon Jul 13
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... so but beautiful.
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JGW1
12:00 Mon Jul 13
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Tragic
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Jonah Lomas
11:00 Sun Jul 12
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Jesus, some Sunday night psychoanalysis from ED.
Superb stuff.
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Eerie Descent
10:31 Sun Jul 12
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Lomas is definitely on a windup.
That's why he feels the need to respond to everyone he has 'wound up' to tell them specifically that he has been winding them up.
I'd imagine that's EXACTLY what you'd do if you were on a genuine wind up.
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Buster
10:15 Sun Jul 12
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Cheers JohnSON.
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Johnson
10:14 Sun Jul 12
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£10 BMan.
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Johnson
10:14 Sun Jul 12
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Why are you so desperate to bring me into this? I replied to another poster who brought you up as he wasn't aware you're siding with Australia.
Pathetic attempt at playing the old "I'm only fishing" card, not a chance that would have come out had Australia won or it had ended a draw.
In fact you would have been on here a lot sooner in those instances crowing like a cunt.
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