Ashes 2019

booboo

Lyon getting a lot of turn and it's keeping low. Groundsmen obviously didn't realise India weren't playing and they could prepare a normal wicket.

MN5

Have I been watching too much ODI cricket or is 260 odd in a day quite a slow scoring rate these days?

NTA

We fuct.

Godder

@NTA Still in touch if a few wickets are taken cheaply.

NTA

@Godder fuck that's a ripper over from the goat, tho Ali was clearly not thinking

Catogrande

So, Aus effectively 34/3 (and yes @NTA , that is the right way of saying it) but with Smith still there. Advantage England but by no means home and hosed. Smith is the key man I feel. He copped a nasty one on the grill and looked pretty wobbly initially, not sure if he went for a check up but should have if he didn’t. Tough as well as angry lesbian.

KiwiPie

@Catogrande Just saw the highlights and Yes, Smith should have been checked out after that wobble.

Surely Moeen can't last much longer in the team? He's picked as a spinner for his batting and he can't make runs, then England need to pick their best spinner. Still a tough game to call. England should have got a big lead by bowling Aus out for under 200 or getting 450 but haven't quite been good enough.

Weird also that the bails have to fall off for you to be bowled when originally the bails were added to make it easier to tell when someone had been bowled. The ultraedge shows the slightest snick on the bat and went crazy when Root's stump was hit yet it's not out. Strange game cricket .....

NTA

Aus need to get a lead of 250 then hope Lyon rips through the middle order.

Fucking ordinarily dismissals for our openers.

Donsteppa

Australia probably missed having Starc bowling against the tail.

Snowy

@Donsteppa Being able to even discuss leaving him out is amazing, let alone doing it.

KiwiPie

@Donsteppa Specifically against Broad.

NTA

@Donsteppa @KiwiPie I can't believe the tripe they were serving up. Pattinson around the wicket at Broad's ribs and head. How fucking hard is it to lay down a bit of intimidation and/or injure the prick?

Donsteppa

Siddle is an energetic sort of character, but I’d much rather (attempt to) face him than Starc by a significant margin. I know Starc can run a bit hot and cold, but I’ve never quite figured out why Warne puts the boot into him so strongly.

MN5

Steve Smith, strange technique and all, currently sitting on a career average of 62.63.

Why oh why does someone this extraordinary stoop to fucken cheating ? it boggles my mind.

NTA

@Donsteppa because Warne is a fluffybunny.

@MN5 because a standout individual career doesn't win test matches.

MN5

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@Donsteppa because Warne is a fluffybunny.

@MN5 because a standout individual career doesn't win test matches.

Agreed but the other cheat wasn't exactly shabby either.

NTA

@MN5 I refer you to my previous point

MN5

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@MN5 I refer you to my previous point

But were his team that shit ?

Actually any era where Mitchell Marsh gets capped as often as he has answers this emphatically.

NTA

@MN5 said in Ashes 2019:

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@MN5 I refer you to my previous point

But were his team that shit ?

Actually any era where Mitchell Marsh gets capped as often as he has answers this emphatically.

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Catogrande

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@Donsteppa @KiwiPie I can't believe the tripe they were serving up. Pattinson around the wicket at Broad's ribs and head. How fucking hard is it to lay down a bit of intimidation and/or injure the prick?

Break his arm perhaps?

The Silver Fern

Ashes 2019