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While it's good to see Ed Joyce back and eligble to play for the Irish cricket team again, I wonder if, deep down he ever regrets leaving the Ireland camp in the first place were he was an established top Irish International cricketer and then deciding to defect and play for England ?

My point being, he may have had much more success had he stayed where he was !

Any views ?

Tony . deff take look at that great value an see if any the lads fancy it . ps think rivage dor / raz de marree both win naas today

Jeff - you seen this. How about your day out for hibernating cricketers?

http://www.fairyhouse.ie/Content/Fairyhouse/default.aspx

3 Grade 1s on Sunday 28 November. Admission only £10

Any NCU rumours as winter begins to hit us?

A big welcome back to Ireland colours for Ed Joyce who has been passed by the ICC to play in the World Cup... Hamish Marshall was however refused.

Not that silly as ived backed drawn series so why id give u far better odds ill never no . backed KP & micheal clarke top runs scores an s broad & bollinger top wickets

Give me 7/1 the draw and I'll have £10 on with you!
What odds a white xmas in Dundrum? lol

ryan betfair odds 10/11 ausi/ 9/4 eng / draw 11/2.

Vic,
Must admit Australia at home will be hard to compete with, but feel England have a good shout. Feel a close series battle ahead maybe a series draw... (odds please JEFF!!)

Dazzler , see you old team m8 Daniel Harding got 3 for 11 in 20/20 including Phil Hughes C&B

Have to agree vic-england are not the best and ozzies on their own patch pretty awesome. Had the pleasure in 06/07 of witnessing the 5 nil drubbing of england after the elation of 2005-so again the english media talking up the english after an ashes victory at home etc. If england win fairplay but its not as clear-cut as the english media make out. What i would say the english CRICKET fans are great on tour and after being at the boxing day test in 2006 when warne took his 700th wicket and england all but 4-nil down-30,000 english people(and a few irsih) still sang all the classic supporters songs

I have Ryan,

But you know how dangerous 'a wounded tiger' can be and on it's own patch as well !

By contrast, England the form team ??

Wins this summer past against Bangladesh, (Ireland could and have beaten them) and a cheating, uninterested Pakistan team, come on now Ryan !

We're havin this debate at present on our own cricket web-site and our chaps are also talking about England winning, Bell stepping up to the mark and Swann's bowling being 'the key' !

But then again they run up to Mourneview Pk. and cheer on Glenavon F.C. thinking they'll win a game too !

Says it all really !!

Vic,

Have you been following Australia over the past 12 months? England are in the box seat and if they have the killer instinct should win the series on form...two bad lots really!

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good luck m8

I got the Sky sports upgrade the other day to take in the upcoming Ashes Test series, which I'm looking forward too immensely.

I see England are already talking themselves up and confidently believe they will be retaining the urn and ultimately win the series, but we've heard this all before and when it comes down to it, does anyone outside the English team themselves really give them a chance ?

That's be realistic here, good old England might salvage a draw or two if the weather's kind to them and it rains,
but I'll put my cricket reputation and my 'head on the block' and predict a 5 or 4 nil drubbing for 'the pommes' !

Or my name ain't Vic Johns !!