Fair enough the ashes last year was brilliant but you are talking about a sport very few nations play and England still are not that good at it.Difference is in Ireland we dont put unreasonable expectations on our teams and dont get on their back when they dont do well.You can't say thats not a problem in english sport.Oh and btw i'd like to see England make a match of it in Australia

ireland r crap at cricket because 90% of ireland realise that cricket is crap. it has to be the most boring thing ever!!!
also johnny i suppose ur refering back to that short time ago of 1966 aye. just 40 yrs ago. and the rugby wc wen one player single handedly one it 4 ye's. wat have ye's done recently thats worth talkin about????

i think the first test has already gone to australia

really?!

well they are wat 600 runs ahead will probley declare n bowl us out

declare what? war?

I think that was sarcasm from topspin there nemeth The only hope we have is that it either rains or that the top order play the dullest innings of all time and bat for 2 days. I have no idea what Ponting was thinking. Probably the same thing as edgbaston 2005 lol, "we'll have a bowl mate".