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2007-01-28 10:20:39 · 29 answers · asked by Patrick S 1 in Sports Cricket

29 answers

They were confused. They were playing w/ cans of RAID !!!!!!!

2007-01-28 10:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by Patrick M 2 · 1 0

The Ashes debacle has been picked over, in terms of why they are so bad right now (last two ODIs) the players are mentally shot and desperate to go home. I would bet they're sick of the sight of the Aussies at the moment, the best thing they could do would be go back to England and rest for two months while experiencing the cold and wet which would hopefully make them realise what a good deal they have, and then come back refreshed for the start of the season.
Unfortunately, that ain't gonna happen since we have the World Cup first! There's a 6 nation tournament in Kenya going on at the moment and it's tempting to keep an eye on that to check how Kenya and Canada, our other two first-round opponents, go, as if we played Scotland tomorrow I'd take a 1-wicket win off the last ball!

2007-01-29 06:35:17 · answer #2 · answered by igorolman 3 · 1 0

Having started badly in Brisbane, they then showed a bit of spirit in adelaide, a game they could (should) have won, but having been too negative in their second inns they found themselves in a sticky situation. Inexperienced captaincy, why didn't collingwood bowl on a slow pitch (or bell) and giles inability to restrict aus to less than four an over. inexcusable for a left arm spinner in a test match.

that defeat both gave aus belief that they could get a whitewash and put pressure on england. england then had to win 2 out of three and never believed

aus are a great team and seized on the potential frailty of the english bowling. Flintoff hadn't bowled since july, nor had plunkett, anderson and giles hadn't bowled for a year. it was always a recipe for disaster.

england will return as a test force without too many changes.

as for the one day side... we have struggled in that form for a long time. partly due to a policy of playing too many "bits and peices" cricketers. the way forward for ODI's is get the test team right and then adjust but not change it for one days. two or three changes at the most

2007-02-01 08:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There were many reasons

Poor coaching
Duncan Fletcher, whether you like hom or not, made poor decisions. Stuck with his old favourites.

Captaincy
Wrong man chosen for the job. Like Botham, Flintoff can't handle it. And you need a man like him to perform without the distraction of captaining the team.

Warm-up games
Not enough warm ups before the series started. 3 matches isnt enough, especially against the teams we played.

Injuries
Vaughan, Simon Jones missed dearly. Vaughans captaincy inspirational and Jones' bowling invaluable.

Trescothink
A huge player. Joyce and Strauss didnt make a partnership above 45. Trescothick can put an immediate hold on the opposition, scores runs quickly, plenty of shots and plenty of experience, I hope he returns soon because him and Strauss were excellent partners opening the batting.

2007-02-01 17:28:07 · answer #4 · answered by will t 2 · 0 0

In England Team player are substituted quite frequently. In each series they try some new players. They dont give second chance to players.
Secondly there are good players injured(like Kevin Peterson) and some are out of touch.
There is not so much cricket craze nowadays in England.

2007-02-01 16:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by Talha 4 · 0 0

just low on confidence and form at the moment, they are not a 'crap' team as has been said (i'm talking about the test side), they were world number 2 behind Australia not so long ago. As mentioned losing Vaughan was a blow, Harmison was not long back from injury and not yet back to form and so was Giles. Trescothick was out too so right their we've mentioned an opening batsman, opening bowler and the captain.
Poor preparation is to blame too, not enough competitive cricket in the build up to the Ashes. Also Flintoff was the wrong choice as captain.
As for the one-day side, well our players just aren't suited to it, we haven't had a good one day team for ages.

2007-01-28 18:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by fishfinger 4 · 2 0

There are various reasons:

1. Loss of key players
2. Playing away from home. Never easy, especially in Australia.
3. After loosing the opener and next test, they were low in self confidence.

I think the biggest reason is loss of key players (match winners to be exact) and the absence of any self belief that they can actually beat Australia in Australia. The mind is a powerfull tool and can make or break a person.

Low self esteem does filter through a side and no matter how it is covered up in press interviews, you can see it on the players' faces on the pitch.

2007-01-29 01:16:49 · answer #7 · answered by Altus D 2 · 2 0

I think the main reason is that they have not been able to cope with the expexctation heaped on them after that magical summer of 2005. They became the first side that looked like they could outplay Australia, and after winning the Ashes, they were suddenly expected to decimate all comers until the series just finished. When they didnt begin to dominate like the Aussies did, their confidence was drained, combined with injuries to key players. Any confidence they had left was taken when they faced a rampant Aussie side who had focused on this series for 15 months, and wanted to gain right what they saw as a massive wrong.

Like Michael Vaughan said in an interview yesterday, the lack of confidence in the camp is now becoming cancerous.

2007-01-29 02:11:42 · answer #8 · answered by kjkool_82 4 · 2 1

Try this -

Players who were not playing, because of injury.

Trescothick
Vaughan
Giles
Simon Jones

Flintoff, like Botham before, cannot be a world class all - rounder and Captain. He was not fit after his injury and could not bowl as many overs as usual.

Lack of preparation. Only played 1 half serious game before the series started.

Strauss
G .Jones
Harmison
All badly out of form.

And, one that gets forgotten about. This was arguably, one of the best Australian test sides of all time.

2007-01-30 11:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

My view
The teams success in the previous Ashes was glorious, but if you look at the results we actually won by 1 run effectively.

Our team then lost all balance with injuries to Giles and more crucially. Vaughan. We do not know how Simon Jones would have done. Could he have got his swing going?

But to me our demise coincided with the loss of 2 Australians.
Troy cooley as bowling coach who got Harmisson to bowl correctly, and Rod Marsh as selector who obviously told it straight.

We have not developed the strength in depth to cope with such wholesale changes. Result? Side left simply not sufficient quality/fitness to handle the task.

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2007-01-31 16:05:41 · answer #10 · answered by Baashah 2 · 0 0

I think it's because they became complacent after winning the Ashes...they committed the cardinal sin of believing their own hype and publicity,instead of knuckling down and working hard...they should have realised that the Australian team weren't going to take the defeat lying down...they seem hungry for victory...England thought that they could keep on riding on the back of last year's success.Hopefully they've learnt their lesson.

2007-01-29 06:12:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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