Cricket, lovely cricket

[Monty]

47 all out.

Yep, crapping meslef.

Monty

[Adam Went]

Ricky, Ricky, Ricky.....what are you doing!!??

Cheers,
Adam.

[Adam Went]

Steven? Monty? C'mon....a little humility please and a grudging appreciation of Michael Clarke's 329 not out. Never mind what he said about it being the right time to declare, the man is a true blooded Aussie through and through and didn't want to beat The Don's 334.....or Mark Taylor's either, who was commentating on the match. He could have gone on to overtake Lara's record if he wanted to, but had the respect not to. And we still won by an innings against an Indian team still boasting names like Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Dhoni.....Nothing could have made me prouder as an Aussie....

Except, of course, seeing Ricky and Mike Hussey (but especially Ricky) make hundreds as well.....humble pie, critics?

Off to bask in the glory that is Australian cricket once more.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Monty]

pfff, whatever.

48 all out a few months ago. Still ranked 4th in the Test rankings, whereas England are simply the best...and Clarke is our biatch.

Come back to me when you play the big boys and enjoy the glory.....for it will not last.

Monty

[Adam Went]

Ranked 4th in the rankings and yet are 2 from 2 against the 2nd ranked team? Shows just what stats mean.

It's actually the best of both worlds at the moment.....the current Aussie team is going brilliantly (even though half our walk-up starters are injured) and the old Aussie stars are still out having a bash in the new T20 league and going well. Warney is bowling great and just recently got voted, at 42 years of age, as still being Australia's best spinner (not sure if that's a good thing or not).....and Matty Hayden just won man of the match a couple of nights ago for his blistering 76 off 51 balls for his team....

Stuey MacGill and Brad Hogg are going well too.

Ah, life is good. I'll start baking that humble pie for when Clarke makes a triple ton against your mob, Monty......incidentally, who was the last Pom to make a triple ton? Graham Gooch?

Cheers,
Adam.

[Monty]

You still get over excited too soon don't ya? No wonder your girlfriend is made of rubber.

England are No1 Test Team and T20 World Champions.

Your inferior Test Team has just beaten another inferior Test Team. Doesn't phase us.

Clarkes record against England is pitiful, so with that in mind I aint even gonna bother rolling the pastry out for that pie.

Monty

[Steven Russell]

Who has the urn, Adam? Who has the urn?

Steve.

[Adam Went]

Monty:

So you're calling Sehwag, Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Dhoni and Zaheer Khan inferior, are you? Tendulkar has probably single handedly got more test runs than the entire UN batting order combined!

Of course what pleases me all the more is that Duncan Fletcher, your glorious coach from '05, is the coach of India these days.....Karma.

Steven:

I hope for your sake that the price of postage hasn't gone up too much by 2013....lucky it's a small urn.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Adam Went]

What was that you were saying about being interested if we won two tests in a row by an innings, Monty?

Cheers,
Adam.

[Monty]

I didnt.

Monty

[Adam Went]

Word on the radio this morning was that the English are starting to get the jitters, particularly the press.....

Cheers,
Adam.

[Steven Russell]

Would that be the Aussie radio by any chance?

[Adam Went]

Unfortunately my car stereo doesn't quite pick up reception as far as London, Steven.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Monty]

McGrath FM......home of bullshit.

Monty

[Steven Russell]

Nice one, Monty. The fact is, Adam, that England have a great deal to think about before the Ashes. There are other teams on the planet, you know, and it's only your typical Aussie arrogance/insecurity which causes you to assume that we are giving you strines any thought at all at the moment.

You, on the other hand, are clearly thinking about us well ahead of the contest. Did I mention we're world no. 1 by the way?

Steve.