Flintoff Did What Only Flintoff Can
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Yesterday England nailed australia in their second test match of current ashes series at lords.
England took 1-0 lead. First test match was saved by two unlikely heros , anderson and monty.
Second test match england outclassed australia and played like a winner.Flintoff who has announced his retirement from test after ashes bowled one of best spells of his life and took england home.
Australia did fight in second innings and their trusted fighter michael clarke did try his best by putting 185 run stand with haddin.
Johnson too did his best but that was not enough for australia and they lost after 75 years in lords!!!!!
Such wins do open up the competition.Test matches have opened up and no longer fight between teams is for being second best after australia.
Australia have been number one team since ratings were introduced and now its slipping. It all started by retirement of aussie greats like magrath , shane warne. It all started with monkey episode of harbhajan singh.
After gillie retire things have not been all good for australia. Pointing looks baffled and bad loosers. Either blaming spirit of oppenent or some other things.
Aussie media too blamed umpires forgetting that it were umpires who made India loose sydney test. India was termed cry baby at that time , i wonder what should be call aussie media now?
Well there are still three matches to go in series and aussies would come back hard .
This series has been all more exiciting now.
Flintoff did what only flintoff can but to win the series flintoff would have to give same type of performance in rest three matches too.
England took 1-0 lead. First test match was saved by two unlikely heros , anderson and monty.
Second test match england outclassed australia and played like a winner.Flintoff who has announced his retirement from test after ashes bowled one of best spells of his life and took england home.
Australia did fight in second innings and their trusted fighter michael clarke did try his best by putting 185 run stand with haddin.
Johnson too did his best but that was not enough for australia and they lost after 75 years in lords!!!!!
Such wins do open up the competition.Test matches have opened up and no longer fight between teams is for being second best after australia.
Australia have been number one team since ratings were introduced and now its slipping. It all started by retirement of aussie greats like magrath , shane warne. It all started with monkey episode of harbhajan singh.
After gillie retire things have not been all good for australia. Pointing looks baffled and bad loosers. Either blaming spirit of oppenent or some other things.
Aussie media too blamed umpires forgetting that it were umpires who made India loose sydney test. India was termed cry baby at that time , i wonder what should be call aussie media now?
Well there are still three matches to go in series and aussies would come back hard .
This series has been all more exiciting now.
Flintoff did what only flintoff can but to win the series flintoff would have to give same type of performance in rest three matches too.
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