Steve Harmison 1st ball of the 1st test match 2006/07

[nasar09badboy]

@MrAntiBrent you shut up you daft Cunt wats happening to your beloved england now getting their ass kicked by the real world 1 team PAKISTAN

[Duty281Returns]

@nasar09badboy

Real no.1 Pakistan? LOL!

[amlabeard]

he was suffering from depression

[nicksparkle]

Ass fell out

[Liamisthebest1]

It summed up England's tour of 06/07

[kingraffa]

Me thinks somebody was betting on that happening!! it's not just Pakistan who should be investigated.

[MrAntiBrent]

@kingraffa Shut up you butthurt bomb chucker.

[a133936]

Spot fixing at its best!

[yourmum1234100]

well left batsman

[KILL4N4IN]

Not worse than this /watch?v=mRcweqqknwc



[theannoyingdevil100]

great ball, don't see the problem...

[MrBuradosan]

Guardian OBO, thank you for grounding me!

[TheRooster94]

England got their revenge after Mitchell Johnson started bowling like Harmison 5 years later....

[haydesj]

@TheRooster94 He didn't bowl that fucking bad.

[TheRooster94]

@haydesj Yeah, he bowled alright......for one innings.

[haydesj]

@TheRooster94 That's 1 more than Harmison. At least he didn't send one into the slips.

[aznclass]

this is soo funny lmao slip fielder HUHHHH

[5tormrunner]

To be fair, that was prob the last thing the batsman was expecting

[5tormrunner]

To be fair, that was prob the last thing the batsman was expecting

[saintcasper91]

I think that bowled Harmison caught Flintoff off the first delivery was exactly what they had planned,... but not quite like that!!

[Imrankniazi]

That's why he was such a great bowler. They couldn't lay a bat on his deliveries. Fab stuff!

[TheJarding]

as soon as that was bowled everyone knew it would be a wipeout

[mildogslad]

thats the definition of line an length haha

[ANWAIZIN]

Pretty much summed up this whole series

[manidar1977]

if we start wondering about odds then its a never ending list. Kenya playing world cup 2003 semi final, newzealand getting white washed by Bangladesh. Bangladesh winning against south africa in 2007 world cup... the list just goes on and on.

[G00n3r4Life]

Are you sure that wasnt Mitchell Johnson bowling?

[simonstanfield]

@G00n3r4Life no it's definitely Harmison

[manidar1977]

No spot fixing here i guess.

[tomd2103]

@manidar1977 You know I have wondered about this after recent events. I don't want to accuse Steve Harmison of anything, but I would guess that there would be long odds on the first ball of an Ashes series being a wide. It was just that it was so wide.

[dotballwill]

England should take the boat home NOW

joostisabelle 1 month ago joostisabelle 1 month ago

hahaha

[Samaharajah]

too good for the batsman and keeper, what a ripper

[brrrianbadonde]

look who's laughing now, aussies!

[ANWAIZIN]

@brrrianbadonde What are we in the one dayers now? 3-0 up? oh yeah thats right 3-0 up

[flyersloyalist]

That was a bad omen for things to come in that series. Come on England!

[Julesay1234]

Bring back Harmison, maybe Australia will have a chance of winning the ashes back lol

[flyersloyalist]

@Julesay1234 Good one mate!!

[rideclutch]

The plan was obviously to get the ball to Flintoff as soon as possible...

[DjBoyInTheBubble]

@rideclutch haha thats true !!

[Zanmato007]

I guess he left that on length lol

[livfc94]

Best f

[gcorking12]

He's still 5 times better than any current Australian bowlers

[007aaali]

The biggest fast bowler with the smallest co ck!

[MattA96]

good leave

[lukequixotesanjose]

@MattA96

Good leave... funny. He'd have needed a 10 foot bat to have edged that ball.

[jwchiu]

typical pom bowling

[34woody34]

@jwchiu I like pom batting. Something like 517 for 1 off shit convict bowling!

[andymate999]

@34woody34 take it easy, it was a good batting wicket, as was shown by hussey and haddin, series is going to be tight, i doubt there will be many more of these huge innings in the series

[collinslfc]

@jwchiu

Says someone who is from America..

[joostisabelle]

England should take the boat home NOW

[1994dixie]

@joostisabelle yeah whats the score now mate??????????????????? 309-1 wait untill the end of the series before you comment

[joostisabelle]

dixie chick is already crowing while the series have barely started ... talk about prematurely ejaculating wet farts.

australia may be woeful these days, but effete smarmy old england? give us a break!

[1994dixie]

@joostisabelle 3-1?

[matthewcormack]

@bgwginger S-E-R-I-E-S, you've got to start being more serious with your comments!!!

[matthewcormack]

Fail, Steve

[mshk1989]

slip fielders shud start wearing gloves too now

[Rocktopus]

Well left!

[beswick121]

turning point of the series ;)

[Bisharoeli]

that ball was so good langer couldn't even hit it

[TheAdventurer1988]

Good God, how badly have we fallen! From men like Fred Trueman and Brian Statham opening the attack, we now have the services of such bowlers :-(

[AerospaceEngineer90]

I remember thinking he's going to overcompensate next ball... the next one went down leg but later in this same over he very almost yorked langer (IIRC that ball went for a 4) and got an edge which went through the air like shit off a shovel to the finer side of gully down to the rope.. the best and worst of Steve Harmison in just 1 over..

[555hugs]

perfectly sums up our series, that.

[CerealKid21]

Absolutely unplayable

[ToddQuinlan]

"Juuuuuuuuuust a bit outside..." -- Harry Doyle.

[tiffneedle]

Sky Sports News has just cast suspicion over this ball as part of the match fixing claims. 1st balls of the match like this are most likely fixed. Was Harmison part of this scam?

[DAJAZDJ1]

@tiffneedle yeah it's a good way to make money and it's not like these got anywhere near the money footballers get all harmison had to do is tell somone to 5 grand or how evr much on 1st ball being wide and he didn't want it be a close call so he bowled a mega wide to make sure

[spackertube]

Cheating fucker, it's as bad as the Paki no-balls.

[collinslfc]

@spackertube

Have you got evidence of any sort of fixing going on with this delivery? If you have I would like to see it. If not, then you're just a blatant liar.

[smitboy11]

remember this looool

[dobbylad18]

If Harmison can get the ball to swing that far just think what James Anderson would do lol

[hugga4u]

maybe they should import south african bowlers... it is afterall a south african/irish/indian/pakistani­/srilankan team...

[longbendy81]

@hugga4u Yeah - that's pretty much the growth areas of ethnicity in the English population over the last 50 years..

What's your point?

[venkat2212]

@paulio LMFAO "shoddyline" bowling...that was crack up!

[89canveyx]

this set the tone for the series

[KEShalid]

England had a good team( I don;t support England, so no bias) and Harmison just did not deserve a place on it.

[TheMahoyven]

i was there with my friends ......this test was fuckin crazy

[crosso221]

that delivery set the tone for the rest of the series

[eddyvideostar]

@crosso221: A delivery to second slip -- that is not too hot; however, this was just one ball. I was not there, but, if that delivery can remain in a professional player's and team's psyche, it behooves them to eliminate it quickly; for that is where the professionalism lies. Good day.

[Colourcorky]

You thought that in 05 but then what happened? 5-0 thats what!

[jgbcjb]

@THEBURNA15

ok i admit your doing better against pakistan in the third test and that second innings in the second test was a pretty good turn around. but remember pakistans captain has gone into hiding, theres constant infighting, they cant play in there own country as it is too dangerous, they have a bunch of kids playing, they hardly have a coach, and played about eight tests in three years. but we've beat you at home, and we'll beat you away, juat wait...

[jgbcjb]

you fucking aussies. who won the last series, oh yer england. whose playing like shit against pakistan? paha. are captain was injured, freddy was still injured, trescothic was mentally ill, simon jones was gone and we got what was expected. but get a stable england and we'll do you again and you know it.

[THEBURNA15]

@jgbcjb

are you an idiot??

[panasonic65ownsu]

lol idiot dont get beaten 5-0 plz, and dude dont winge about players being gone because lets see who we had missing this series, Mcrath, Warne, Gilchrist, Hayden, Langer and Lee thats more than half our team idiot.

[danielletizi]

this english squad was said to be the best chance england had of retaining the ashes having come off a successful tour of india but they were just out played and true english fan would just admit they were outplayed

[handballseven]

I remember english commentator Bumble's call on this.... "Normally when the first ball of the test goes to second slip the bats involved...."

[iqbal0610]

LOL :D

[toby099]

lets face it things have gone to shit without warnie, mcrath, hayden, langs etc, we can barely beat pakistan.

[Stephend83]

exactly

[NathanCoalbine]

what do you want them to do sir?

[TheBloodpoets]

Was a sign of things to come that series. I was at that days play. Can't to show the poms how cricket is played on decent pitches again at the end of the year.

[TheDan242]

that shows u how nervous they were coming into aussie terriotory

[wilki31]

Bit of a hide behind the sofa moment that., the only thing that could have made that worse was if Flintoff broke a finger taking it! Glad Harmy got back towards his best in the last Ashes but he never really seemed the same after tha.

[Tehui1974]

He had a shocking tour

[shayk47]

I remember watching this on TV, series was 5-0, fuck off poms.

[toby099]

yeah but we lost last year man

[powertrust71]

he bowled shit all tour

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[crackerbash63]

Harmy is as weak as piss. He would never have made it as a cricketer in Aust., just not tough enough.

[AerospaceEngineer90]

Only Harmy could do that, when he's on song there isn't anyone better, He's had a good county season and I was hoping he'd go and play for Highveld lions again in prep for the SA tour, but he's not been selected, when will the selectors learn that they can't continuously pick him and drop him and expect him to perform...so much wasted talent in english cricket (although Simon Jones' problems aren't anyones fault because he gets injured every other week)

[hotshahzrulz]

best ball i've ever seen LOL

[citycitizen90210]

The Harmy Army

[thepainetrain07]

Hilarious!!!

[gasgas656]

Shit, didnt swing!

[paulio2293]

lol

this was the first ball of the new generation of "shoddyline" bowling

[shamoni8]

eat your words, u fucking piece of human garbage

[Imrankniazi]

@paulio2293 Haha..

[MrSmethwickEnd]

What happened there ??

Harmison to replace Broad, Flintoff and Harmison against The Aussie batsman, England two most feared bowlers

[truthoutmedia]

I bet you feel like a bit of a tit after this comment!!!

[Joeyboy711]

That pretty much set the tone for the rest of the series....

[Sanath340]

he thought they were playin on the next pitch.

[CHUNDERTHUNDER99]

well, that just shows the quality of the team, at it's best...god bless england cricket

[BeamOfSteal]

I can bowl better by coughing up a hairball!

i win lol

[robdogrft]

that bowl summed up there ashes series,off the mark,and shit.

[ryko26]

but possibly able to spell

[robdogrft]

yeah because that was a real good come back

[Switch695]

that bowl was the best

[lennard]

That is horrendous. Should have spent a few more hours in the nets.

[faz7860]

he should get a slap for that

[narnia230392]

i can ball better then that even with my left arm

[captaintom25]

well I can bowl better with my foot

[RaviKings]

fuck that, i can bowl better being blind

[JoenJayno]

i can bowl better with my left foot while blindfolded !!!!!!!! i win :D

[szeezee]

i can bowl bettter with my butt blind folded.. i win

[specky05]

i can bowl better by swallowing it and getting it out my arse