The Ashes

[Chris B.]

@mariner4life Christ - I thought those hands had been photoshopped in by someone.

I was wrong!

Cricket Australia managing to drag embarrassment from the jaws of victory!

[antipodean]

Not everyone is impressed by CA's marketing

[Rapido]

@chris-b said in The Ashes:

@mariner4life Christ - I thought those hands had been photoshopped in by someone.

I was wrong!

Cricket Australia managing to drag embarrassment from the jaws of victory!

Same. I'm truely amazed they are real.

[Siam]

@rapido me three

Thought it was one of those meme things

[mariner4life]

In Aus, ODI 2 underway. Finch has just hit his 2nd hundred in two games, and is rebuilding the innings with the People's Champion Mitch Marsh. Fuck all for Warner and Smith for the 2nd game in succession.

[NTA]

Finch gets out, you curse merchant

[NTA]

Note: MMarsh is a fuckwit for getting stumped like that btw

[mariner4life]

Ouch, 2 in 6 balls. That's a hell of a jinx

[mariner4life]

And another, 8 balls later.

[NTA]

New bloke did ok. But fuck this just isn't enough.

England's spinners have done well. We don't have one.

[MN5]

@nta said in The Ashes:

Note: MMarsh is a fuckwit for getting stumped like that btw

Fixed, according to you

[Gunner]

The poms looking comfortable at the moment.
152 needed from 31 overs with 9 wickets left.

[NTA]

New bloke gets a couple.

Fucking quick too. 145+ at points

[Catogrande]

How do you pronounce the new guy Richardson's christian name?

[mariner4life]

Starc is the man

[NTA]

@mariner4life if only he could bowl 13 overs

[Chris B.]

@nta Or 23 overs.

Odd team picked by Australia - Cameron White batting at seven but not required to bowl? Marsh barely required to bowl.

Meanwhile rookies Richardson and Tye the support acts for Starc.

Was all this injury enforced or are they resting Hazlewood and Cummins and trying to force as many allrounders into the team as they can?

[NTA]

@chris-b Hazelwood and Paine out due to illness. Didn't take a spinner (Zampa) maybe due to wanting more batting after the last shit show.

Didn't fucking work. Also: why take The Bear back in? Better future prospect in Darcy Short who is doing up the BBL with bat and can bowl handy leg spin.

[Chris B.]

@nta The Bear? - that's got to Cameron White.

I'd forgotten all about him, but he's never really shone at international level so surprising that they're back at that well again.

Batting line-up seems like it needs another anchor in there - other than Smith. Plenty of people who can hurt you badly on their day, but maybe not enough that they can bat around.

New kid Richardson looks useful, not so sold on Tye - might be tricky but seems to lack a yard of pace. Looking for 20 overs out of Head, Stoinis, Finch, Marsh, White might be too many.

[No Quarter]

Shows how different the formats are today, with the advent of T20 producing specialised short-form players. I wouldn't even call this a turnaround from the Ashes as they're so different now.

@NTA agree, Short has been fucking killing it in BBL, absolutely amazed (and so was he by the sounds of it) they went with White.