The Ashes

[Siam]

@mariner4life hindsight. What did he say before the day?
Geeves is good though

[MN5]

I found this list pretty interesting. Cook is far and away in front and I can't see anyone beating him anytime soon.

England Test matches batting most hundreds career | ESPNcricinfo

Find England cricket Test matches batting most hundreds career at ESPNcricinfo. Records and stats of England Test matches batting most hundreds career.

Smith will be top of the list for Oz by the end of his career though.

Australia Test matches batting most hundreds career | ESPNcricinfo

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[mariner4life]

@siam how boring the cricket was based on how poor the wicket was. Pretty much the same thing actually.

[NTA]

Finally taking a few wickets.

Cook still there, but he's not great on giving advice about reviews.

[Godder]

412/8 and Cook has 200! Only the third foreign batsman to score two double centuries in Australia (the others are Hammond and Lara).

[booboo]

Righto.

Well done Ali.

Declare now Joe.

[MN5]

@godder said in The Ashes:

412/8 and Cook has 200! Only the third foreign batsman to score two double centuries in Australia (the others are Hammond and Lara).

Those two were fairly decent players

[Virgil]

@booboo said in The Ashes:

Righto.

Well done Ali.

Declare now Joe.

Nah keep going, lead is over 130 now
Keep them in the field , still 2 days left and the poms don’t want to be chasing too much on the 5th day

[NTA]

Poms will want to get closer to a 200 lead and then punish a tired Aussie team. Last two days have been fairly warm, and a couple of Aussies now reporting stomach bug.

Can take it to 3-1 with Sydney to play

[Godder]

50 up for Broad as well.

[antipodean]

I'm happy with the decision for Broad - it looked like a catch and on replay you can't see it touch the ground. Still a very valuable contribution to England. Imagine what they could have got if Cook was better at judging whether his batting partner should use a referral!

[Siam]

Khawaja cheated.

Plain and simple.

Greg Dyer all over

His reaction was all bluff.

Typical cheating Australians !!

Peanut gallery: your turn.....

[NTA]

@siam Nearly arced up until I saw it was you

Can't see the ball touch the ground, therefore catch. The incompetence of the umpiring isn't Australia's fault, any more than Malan's inside edge or being struck outside off or whatever.

[Siam]

Actually I defer to Bill Lawry. I think he used the grass to aid his grip ( not intentionally)

I can understand how present procedures arrive at the decision though, and that's how it is.

Cook's straight bat shots were a feature today.

Amazing how the lack of pressure for this match has affected each team's performance.

[booboo]

Personally I have no great issue with Khawaja's catch.

And this is coming from an avowed anti-Strayan.

[MN5]

Staying in Taupo with the mrs and her family. Needless to say we fucked off to the pub at the earliest opportunity. I watched a cool doco on mute. Great seeing Ian Chappelle, Doug Walters, Jeff Thomson, Bob Willis, Graham Gooch, Alan Border and various others being interviewed.

It woulda been even better if I could hear them.

[mariner4life]

haha Anderson doesn't even survive the first ball of the morning! all out for the overnight score, and a lead of 164.

[NTA]

Fuck that's kind of funny. Cummins must be looking forward to a good lie down, but given our collapse in the first innings I reckon we'll need to really fucking apply ourselves.

Anderson and Broad will be fresh, and I predict The Angry Lesbian will be out there in the first hour, given how uncomfortable Bancroft and The Waj looked on Day 1.

[NTA]

Particularly as its overcast - England with a new ball and conditions favouring their approach.

[NTA]

LOL @ Cricinfo comments:

Moose: "You would have to say, Australia's Day by far today. Dominating"