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| xtractorfan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian^
yeah, no mcgrath, the friendly ghost is in |
Thats a big loss for the aussies. Hopefully Dizzie Gillespie can step up. |
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| Ian^ |
| bollocks, tres walks :( |
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| Ian^ |
| bollocks, I know Bell is a better player than this, I hope we don't drop him as he's got the potential, he's taken in the press for no reason other than ex players like atherton get paid to be wankers. get behind youngsters like him, he's as good as michael clarke easily |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| it was awful. i was watching lost and was moving about a bit on the beanbag, and somehow i managed to change the channel to the cricket. had no idea where the remote was, took me a good 30 seconds to find it. almost didnt make it and just managed to avoid falling asleep :D |
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| Philby |
| haha just remembered it was on!!! been at work all night. omg langer!!! :eyespop: nice save! |
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| Philby |
| wtf? whats this about mcgrath?? |
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| Ian^ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Philby
wtf? whats this about mcgrath?? |
Glenn McGrath was ruled out of the second Test shortly before the start of play on Thursday, after suffering a freak injury during Australia's pre-match warm-up. He is now a major doubt for next week's third Test at OId Trafford as well, having sustained a grade two tear to the lateral ligaments of his right ankle.
McGrath, 35, trod on a stray cricket ball during a game of touch-rugby and had to be helped into a groundsman's buggy by his team-mates. His place in the side was taken by fellow seamer Michael Kasprowicz, who picked up five wickets in the drawn warm-up match against Worcestershire this week.
"Glenn rolled his ankle during the early stages of training," Errol Alcott, the team physiotherapist, told AFP. "There's nothing obvious in the X-rays regarding bone abnormalities but we are awaiting further expert reports from a radiologist this [Thursday] afternoon." McGrath returned to the dressing-room where his foot was elevated while the injury was iced.
Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, won the toss and chose to bowl first even though his spearhead was sidelined. "I guess the good thing about it is that Kasper took five wickets in the tour game during the week so he's in pretty good touch as well and I'm looking forward to seeing him bowl."
This is the first Ashes Test McGrath has missed since Sydney in 2003 where England won by 225 runs. At Lord's, where Australia won the first Test by 239 runs, McGrath became only the fourth bowler to take 500 Test wickets, as Australia went 1-0 up in the five-Test series.
© Cricinfo
i did a similar thing 2 weeks ago, put my foot in a hole in the grass that wasn't visible and tbh, 2 weeks on it still hurts like a bitch & i cant put much workload on it, so mcgrath will be lucky if he's back next week imho |
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| Philby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian^
i did a similar thing 2 weeks ago, put my foot in a hole in the grass that wasn't visible and tbh, 2 weeks on it still hurts like a bitch & i cant put much workload on it, so mcgrath will be lucky if he's back next week imho |
i have a feeling mcgrath is in better physical condition than you hehe. so maybe it will be quicker for him to come back. |
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