The Ashes
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@mariner4life said in The Ashes:
@barbarian Aus v Bangladesh earlier this year was good....
It's funny, we talk about this Aus side not being all that good. But they have lost 3 tests at home in 5 years. All to South Africa.
Battle on the South Continent (and badly), struggle a bit in England, win everywhere else comfortably.
There just isn't the quality in world test cricket to sustain interest. South Africa are good. India are good at home. Now that England have fallen in a hole, that might be it.
This England team is the pits though. Their top order is stacked with a has-been, a bunch of blokes with substandard domestic records, and a captain crumbling under the pressure. Their "attack" is one-dimensional and past it. Broad should very much be dropped, but won't. They'll get a type of reprieve in Melbourne with Starc likely out, but it won't be enough.
Not sure quite how to rate us then? According to the ICC Test rankings we're better than Australia...but not as good as England!
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I have no idea how the rankings work but we look a chance to go past England if they continue to be dross.
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@chris-b it actually shapes as an interesting little series, and actually quite dangerous for us.
We will no doubt face a down and dispirited England. BUT, if we prepare green tops we risk playing Broad and Anderson in to form. If we prepare flat roads, then there is a good chance our go-to tactic of a heap of Wagner short balls will be treated with disdain as the English realise they are 10-15kms slower than the ones they have been hammered by for the past 3 months.
We should win, but i wouldn't even be a little surprised if we lose
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@mariner4life Yeah - England is probably our most even match in tests, at present. If they don't have one foot on the plane it should be a good series.
I somewhat suspect that, without Starc/Hazlewood/Cummins/Lyons, we will find that people like Stoneman and Vince are pretty good players.
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@mariner4life Yeah - England is probably our most even match in tests, at present. If they don't have one foot on the plane it should be a good series.
I somewhat suspect that, without Starc/Hazlewood/Cummins/Lyons, we will find that people like Stoneman and Vince are pretty good players.
Every dog has his day, I mean even pretty average batsmen like Bryan Young and Lou Vincent have a test double ton each so I just hope these guys don't flatter to deceive against us.
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Poms were throwing a bit of shade at our bowling depth.
Starc fired back today, saying that Bird was quick enough, and probably still faster than all the Poms.
Saw that.
Jimmy wondering about the Aussies depth?!?
"Nothing after Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins ... "
Well it's been enough so far numbnuts.
Bird's pretty good. I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps.
BTW whatever happened to Pattinson?
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Poms were throwing a bit of shade at our bowling depth.
Starc fired back today, saying that Bird was quick enough, and probably still faster than all the Poms.
Saw that.
Jimmy wondering about the Aussies depth?!?
"Nothing after Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins ... "
Well it's been enough so far numbnuts.
Bird's pretty good. I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps.
BTW whatever happened to Pattinson?
Bird over our three pacemen?
Massive call.
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Poms were throwing a bit of shade at our bowling depth.
Starc fired back today, saying that Bird was quick enough, and probably still faster than all the Poms.
Saw that.
Jimmy wondering about the Aussies depth?!?
"Nothing after Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins ... "
Well it's been enough so far numbnuts.
Bird's pretty good. I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps.
BTW whatever happened to Pattinson?
Bird over our three pacemen?
Massive call.
If one of our three are injured ...
" I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps."
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@siam thanks much.
So Pattinson has kiwi bowler disease: back probs. Seems less prevalent in Aussie.
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Poms were throwing a bit of shade at our bowling depth.
Starc fired back today, saying that Bird was quick enough, and probably still faster than all the Poms.
Saw that.
Jimmy wondering about the Aussies depth?!?
"Nothing after Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins ... "
Well it's been enough so far numbnuts.
Bird's pretty good. I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps.
BTW whatever happened to Pattinson?
Bird over our three pacemen?
Massive call.
If one of our three are injured ...
" I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps."
Yeah yeah ok mr pedantic. Go and drink something won't ya?
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Poms were throwing a bit of shade at our bowling depth.
Starc fired back today, saying that Bird was quick enough, and probably still faster than all the Poms.
Saw that.
Jimmy wondering about the Aussies depth?!?
"Nothing after Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins ... "
Well it's been enough so far numbnuts.
Bird's pretty good. I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps.
BTW whatever happened to Pattinson?
Bird over our three pacemen?
Massive call.
If one of our three are injured ...
" I'd be happy to be forced into calling him into the Craps."
Yeah yeah ok mr pedantic. Go and drink something won't ya?
Did. 555 Shiraz
Bed now
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Anderson is a stupid mouthy fluffybunny who should shut his mouth before he gets a deserved broken arm
Their 4th choice seamer will bowl better than their first choice.
England suck. Anderson is not as good as he thinks he is. Not even his team mates like him.
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@mariner4life said in The Ashes:
Anderson is a stupid mouthy fluffybunny who should shut his mouth before he gets a deserved broken arm
Their 4th choice seamer will bowl better than their first choice.
England suck. Anderson is not as good as he thinks he is. Not even his team mates like him.
Starting on the gin early today?
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