'Joey Benjamin! Alan Mullally! Martin McCague! Peter Such! Your descendants gave the Aussies one hell of a beating!!!'
The odd thing is before those wickets fell, I was a bit bored so I thought I'd look on the Guardian Digital Archive to see how they reported the last England Ashes win on Aus soil, and it's eerily prescient; you just need to change the names and it accurately describes the situation 24 years on:
England yesterday retained the Ashes in Melbourne with their quickest victory over Australia since 1934 and their first three-day victory in that country for 85 years.
After England had routed Australia for 194 in their second innings to win by an innings and 14 runs, the Australian captain, Allan Border, said: "I must keep hanging in there. I am determined to see it out."
"This is as good an England side as I have played against, but I am numb and disappointed. I don't know where we go from here."
After the man of the match, Gladstone Small, had taken the final catch, England's captain, Mike Gatting, said: "Australia erred by playing only four specialist batsmen. They relied too much on bits and pieces players."
The odd thing is before those wickets fell, I was a bit bored so I thought I'd look on the Guardian Digital Archive to see how they reported the last England Ashes win on Aus soil, and it's eerily prescient; you just need to change the names and it accurately describes the situation 24 years on:
1953. I just sent the exact same text to my dad. I assume he is watching though so he will already know!
And 1971:eek::eek:
Not in work tomorrow - woo bloody hoo - but signing off now to enjoy the celebrations - and Ricky Ponting with a face like a cat licking piss off a nettle.....:D
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Still, who gives a toss, we won the Ashes
Cut to 46 seconds, how Leslie Nielsen acts is exactly how I feel right now
They just don't have the players with the technique to trouble us, they are just all rubbish players!
"It's the Ashes, it's the Ashes.......England have won the Ashes......"
1953. I just sent the exact same text to my dad. I assume he is watching though so he will already know!
The odd thing is before those wickets fell, I was a bit bored so I thought I'd look on the Guardian Digital Archive to see how they reported the last England Ashes win on Aus soil, and it's eerily prescient; you just need to change the names and it accurately describes the situation 24 years on:
it would depend on what your shaking
Have a drink I am lol
Good call.
And 1971:eek::eek:
Not in work tomorrow - woo bloody hoo - but signing off now to enjoy the celebrations - and Ricky Ponting with a face like a cat licking piss off a nettle.....:D
Night all (and g'day Pam (and your pom poms)
You had better get used to it, the Aussies will be below us for many years to come, they don't have the depth that we do.
Look at that passion, well done lads.
I'll raise that with Take On Me :cool:
Just trying to remember what I was doing 24 years ago. Probably listening to TMS under the bedsheets at home.
Aussie news
I was probably doing something else under the bedsheets 24 years ago as well but I don't think it was listening to TMS...;)
BBC report
Well, I was only 14 at the time
Gower : We have memories of our own (of England winning in Australia)
Hussain : Some of us!
Poor Nasser
I was only 6. I hadn't even progressed to TMS, never mind owt else!