Ponting quaking in his boots: Part 3

[Zainub]

Nothing new said here that hasn't been already said, but purely in the wake of WAT tradition, I just had to start a new thread on this. To me this spells nothing but confidence, confidence, and more confidence. The BCC though think otherwise and have therefore headlined the story as "Ponting wary of improved England".

Originally Posted by Punter

It's about playing the game under the least amount of pressure and you'll win it. England always play under a huge amount of pressure. Australia are used to dealing with it and they just roll on. If England start well, then they're in with a sniff. But if Australia start well and get them down, then all of a sudden you've got the press, the public and basically everyone who watches England cricket on your back.

And a more or less similar frame of mind was conveyed by Justin Langer in his latest column for the BBC. Although I much more preffer the way he phrased his predictions in.

Originally Posted by Alfie

For the next three-and-a-half months there is going to be major speculation and opinion bandied around about the chances of each team. There will be predictions and outlandish statements made from former, and maybe even current, players. People will analyse and theorize and come up with formulations and equations of where the Ashes will be won and lost. [size=2]There is no doubt there will be something of an Ashes frenzy leading up to the first Test at Lord's, and for the game of cricket this is great. But when crunch time arrives and the first ball is bowled at the home of cricket by Steve Harmison or Glenn McGrath, the team who is best prepared for the pressure of the Ashes will be the one to reap the rewards.

[acker]

">Ponting quacking in his boots: Part 3 <

Zainub

"quacking" ! Ricks gone mad the pressure of building a stupendously high batting avererage has got to him.
He thinks he's a Duck !

I hope he spends some quality time in a serene asylum cut off from the outside world and mobile phones so Warnie cant get text to him, before he departs for England.

Its bad enough he was'nt on hand to accept the winning trophy and accolades from the Indian tour, without Adam Gilchrist stealing his Ashes winning moment of glory due to a pre-existing mental condition.

It go's to show that being Shane Warnes captain is very mentally taxing...

[Beny]

Originally Posted by acker 43710

">Ponting quacking in his boots: Part 3 <

Zainub

"quacking" ! Ricks gone mad the pressure of building a stupendously high batting avererage has got to him.
He thinks he's a Duck !

I hope he spends some quality time in a serene asylum cut off from the outside world and mobile phones so Warnie cant get text to him, before he departs for England.

Its bad enough he was'nt on hand to accept the winning trophy and accolades from the Indian tour, without Adam Gilchrist stealing his Ashes winning moment of glory due to a pre-existing mental condition.

It go's to show that being Shane Warnes captain is very mentally taxing...

LOL! We're re-naming the Aussie team, 'the ducks'...

[Occasional Fan]

Come on, guys! I'm going to bet you both speak and write fewer languages than Zainub! What about helping her out?

(Zainub: the word you were looking for was "quaking", which we all understood, of course!)

[Beny]

No offence of-course Zanuib... As OF said.

I've fixed the spelling for you.

[Ernest]

Mind you, if Flintoff and Harmison are fit, Ponting may well do quite a bit of "quacking" .

[Occasional Fan]

Good man, Beny! My life here finds me having to speak Czech quite a lot, and I make loads of mistakes. I'm sure I give many people a few laughs (certainly the lady friend seems to find my efforts quite funny), but what I really value, once the laughs have finished, is a bit of help. The lady friend thinks I am beyond help, but that's another story altogether ...

[Leafy Seadragon]

OF, having lived in France for a while with my wife I understand completely where you're coming from - you know that you've done it again when there's a stunned silence other than your partner stifling a laugh

[Occasional Fan]

So yours stifles her laughter, does she? Can't say I've noticed that phenomenon. More of a roar than a stifled snigger as a rule!

[Leafy Seadragon]

The one time she couldn't contain herself was when I explained in perfect French that I didn't urinate on the side of the road (an unfortunately common French custom) because I didn't have the appropriate equipment. Even her mother laughed out loud at that point...