He's a cretin and he is just upset that his poor captaincy cost the aussies the chance to take a 1-0 lead.

Yep should have declaired about 30mins - 1 hour earlier!

looking for someone else to blame cause of hes inept captaincy. He's probably the best batter in the world but also the worst captain around and hes a complete and uter tool too

How he can talk about the spirit of the game considering a) the Australian attitude towards the spirit of the game for the past I don't know how many years and b) the way he attempted to claim that catch of Collingwood when he got nowhere near the ball is laughable. The sign of a desperate man.

Absolutely. They really don't like it when someone plays them at their own game.

Still, after his outburst about substitute fielders and run in with a spectator in 2005, it wouldn't be an Ashes series without Pricky spitting his dummy would it...?

Good point, well made.

Excuse me, but can you please stop these scurrilous accusations against Mr Ponting please? Don't you know that it's us lot who are whinging Poms, all brave Sir Ricky is doing here is voicing legitimate concerns. Australians never whinge, got it?

a few underarms will fix it

Ah, the Trevor Chappell approach to sporting fair play.

Thank you for bringing that particular example of Australian cheating to the forefront of my memory, alongside Webber attempting to run Barrichello into the crash barriers off the start on Sunday.

You're a spiteful lot when somebody actually dares to compete with you, aren't you?

An 'underarm' to Ponting's chin, maybe.

where is the link to this unfair accusation please

Which unfair accusation? The press conference broadcast across the world in which he ranted about the English not playing to the spirit of the game? Or the television footage of the test match broadcast across the world in which he took the catch off Collingwood's pads and then went screaming at the umpire that he'd held the catch and wasn't appealing for LBW like everyone else? Before, of course, he was then seen having words with Collingwood?

I'd suggest you either look online for the interview (both the video and quotes are out there) or watch the last day's play again.

these are false and unjust acustations of appealing a catch.he was appealing a lbw . this is an outrage . if u do not play fair . aussie's will keep the ashes my chap. we will have a cup of tea in the members area of lords. call stumps my chaps

Didn't Mr McGrath require a "towel" in 2005 as well when he was last man?

No he didn't...this is Australia we're talking about, they are the sole arbiters of fair play in the game of cricket, they wouldn't have even dreamt of delaying anything whatsoever...no sirree

1934 since we lost

Lost what?

Since the convicts lost an ashes test match at Lords.

Funny way of appealing an LBW, is running up to the umpire, ball in hand, suggesting a catch and screaming "I caught it".

Face it, despite dominating, you choked

No he wasn't you daft, inbred, brainless turd. He dived for what was, in all honesty, a brilliant catch. He appealed, holding the ball in the air. Then, when he heard "not out", he ran towards Dar, gesturing with the ball in his hand to show he caught it, shouting "I caught it, I caught it." He then turned to Collingwood to ask why he didn't walk when he knew he'd hit it. I couldn't fully see Collingwood's response but I'd like to think it was along the lines of "f*ck off you Aussie tw*t, I didn't get anywhere near it."

By the way, it's mentioned in [url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25769515-5001023,00.html?id=this article[/url. On an Australian site, I might add.

[i"Earlier Ponting had been furious when he took a diving one-handed catch at silly mid-off off Collingwood, appealing furiously to umpire Dar.

Dar down the appeal - with replays later showing he was correct and the ball had come off Collingwood's pad - but an exasperated Ponting vented his fury.

He shook his head at Dar and angrily flicked the ball back at the umpire in between overs."[/i

So, erm... They are not false or unjust accusations. It's the truth and it shows Ponting up for the hypocritical tw*t that he is.

Now GT, why don't you say what you mean?

I'll try to get off the fence next time, I promise.

some of the younger pups of the forum may never have seen

'new zealand v australia cricket - the underarm incident'

If there ever was a time to 2@ someone it was then....id have wrapped me bat round Chappels head.