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Siam

@nta Nah that's not the point I was thinking of.

But I understand how it could be construed as such

As I said, I understand short bowling, I still play and face it and recommend it. My national team has been doing it for a while now

More the hullabaloo at the time and the sentiments and hand wringing from the cricket world - led by Australians I'll add, that we can't let that happen and the tragedy.

2-3 seasons later and a different perspective (often from the same people) dims the emotions and sensibilities.

The game is set up to encourage short bowling to tail enders when the pitches are so laterally dire and it won't change - a bit like 5m lineout drives as a tactic to win.

They're both inherently ugly, yet totally plausible

However I do think with a new generation of players who have never batted without a helmet might negate the effectiveness of the ~~lineout maul~~ bouncers to shit batsmen. I expect all cricketers from the compulsory helmet generation to play short stuff better

Siam

@nta ps. Marsh boys ton each

NTA

@siam said in The Ashes:

@nta ps. Marsh boys ton each

Fuck

Off

MN5

Poor old @NTA is fucked either way. If the Marshes fail then he has to lament two shit players. If they do ok then he'll just say it's a fluke and they'll be shit next time.

mimic

M. Marsh is playing some glorious strokes

NTA

At this point, happy to see MMarsh hey out immediately after lunch for 49, then Cummins, Starc, and Smith to smash us to a lead (Smith double ton, Cummins Starc 50 each) and declare.

Then bowl the poms out tonight for 58.

MN5

Smith might well be the freakiest freak who I've ever seen play cricket. He's too crap to be as awesome as he is.

mimic

M. Marsh smashing Australia forward.. only a few runs behind now..

NTA

Mitch Marsh highest test score. His tenure in the test side assured forever. Except the 50% of games he'll miss every year, injured.

mimic

And he brings up his ton..

Chris B.

England's selection of fast medium bowlers has no answers in these conditions.

Aussie seamers are generally taller and faster - able to ask more and better questions.

MN5

@mimic said in The Ashes:

And he brings up his ton..

@mariner4life thoughts on this effort?

NTA

Double ton to Smith. Fucking legend

No Quarter

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

booboo

Not read recent posts ... but who reckons he'll get 3 hundy?

mariner4life

Mitch marsh got 150? Get fucked. How shit are england?

mimic

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

No Quarter

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

.... against Sri Lanka at home... who haven't exactly set the world on fire recently...

Don't get me wrong, Kohli is some player, but Smith is in a league of his own at the moment.

NTA

@booboo nup. They'll get Marsh to 200 and think declare with half a session to go tomorrow, then unleash the Quicks.

NTA

@mariner4life said in The Ashes:

Mitch marsh got 150? Get fucked. How shit are england?

Fuck I know, right?

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