Only cricket related thread we have. Bit pointless having 2. More than happy to create one if you wish.

That is why we are the best team in the world. Chasing down 360 with the loss of one wicket and 40 balls to spare. Scintillating stuff. A pure master class. Over to you Jim.

Good win for Australia yesterday. Poor batting display from ourselves coupled with some great bowling from M Johnson. Fizzing them in at 95mph and with the new ball, it is always difficult until the shine has come off. A chance to bounce back tomorrow though and I'm sure Dhoni and co will come out fighting.

Sahara on Cheetham Hill Rd. Steak place. Heard great reviews. Replaced old Italian restaurant. Got a booking for tomorrow evening so will let you know how it is.

Believe me, you'd know if I threatened you. Environmental health states 5 star hygiene.

5* Hygeine ratings. Enough said. Cheerio.Oh and if you do continue to spout such lies. I have very good solicitors. Your call.

Unfortunately, he was before my time Jim therefore cannot comment much. However, from what I have seen and heard in documentaries, he was a great player who has a very strong opinion which doesn't always go down well with everyone!

I'll save it until one of them reaches a 100 centuries. :-P

Al mentioned earlier, if you read up that this thread is for Test Cricket. If you have a problem with it, I suggest you can make a new thread for Cricket so we don't clog up this Ashes thread. Ha Ha! Great compliment from you Jim, wouldn't have expected anything less. Will be a weird feeling not seeing Sachin on the team sheet. However, enough players who can fill his role and fingers crossed, we can unearth another master. Anyway, an emphatic win over the Aussies today thanks to some brilliant hitting from Yuvraj. Evident why they lost the Test series. Very poor bowling when you can't defend a score of 200. A huge worry for them.

The fact he can't spell ridiculous?

Why not mention every other stat which he is number 1 in? Highest run scorer. Most number of centuries. Most ODI runs. Most Test Runs 100 centuries in all forms of the game. Endless list.

Sachin Tendulkar announces his retirement from Test cricket. A HUGE loss to test cricket. The greatest batsmen ever and a fantastic player to watch. Priveleged to have met and watched a true cricketing legend.

I'm sure Lewis won't mind with a $100m purse. Money talks!

HotSpot has been dropped for the Ashes series. Interesting. I thought it was HawkEye that was the most controversial in the series. Happy?

Looks like Tyson Fury has lost the plot on twitter tonight. Absolute idiot.

I didn't want to ruin a thread with cricket in the football section.

Interesting reading Jack Wilshere's latest comments, that only English players should play for England. What are the thoughts on here? I believe a lot would agree with Wilshere and at the same time more than willing to cheer on Pietersen and co.

This is the Ashes thread. Don't bring your agenda against Indians or Pakistani's into this.

If by the other lot you mean Australia, I'd love for them to wallop the English cricket team. Nothing would make me happier.

Apparently it's going to be shown on Vine. Fight won't last longer than 7 seconds!!

I'm still not entirely convinced by Ian Bell. He has the ability to be a great batsmen, something he showed in the Ashes series just gone by, however there are times when his batting is pretty dreadful. He has survived the chop many times with a big innings. I'd like a bit more consistency from him if I'm being perfectly honest. As for backing England. I don't know which would be worst, supporting the England cricket team or Burnley.

Khan is in a win-win situation and any boxing fan knows that he has been wanting this fight for a long time simply because of the lucrative pay packet. Who can blame him though? Mayweather will be a class above and will annihilate Khan. Guaranteed my tickets for the next 4 Mayweather fights thanks to a lovely client, which means 4 trips to the USA in the next 2 years! Can't wait!

I quite enjoy watching Pietersen. Think he brings a new dimension to the England side and more importantly is feared by all the international sides unless you have a quality leg spinner. Other than that, there isn't much in that team that excites me. Nobody that is worth of the world class tag yet. Maybe the Ashes down under might change my mind, but I doubt it. I do also enjoy watching Broad bowl, but only to Yuvraj! ;-)

Don't know who the Anglo players are these days with England. I'd say Pitersen but isn't South African. Maybe Trott, but I'm sure he's South African too. I give up.

The Indian, Bopara.