Ashes 2019
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If I had a ticket for day 4 I'd be starting to worry.
If I had a ticket for day 5 I'd be considering using it to wipe my ...Geez this is poor batting by England
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So much for my pontificating about Starc's inclusion / exclusion.
If Pattinson, Hazelwood and Cummins are going to keep getting these sorts of results, then I'm afraid Starc isn't going to get a look in. -
@Billy-Webb said in Ashes 2019:
So much for my pontificating about Starc's inclusion / exclusion.
If Pattinson, Hazelwood and Cummins are going to keep getting these sorts of results, then I'm afraid Starc isn't going to get a look in.I'm just jealous.
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@Siam said in Ashes 2019:
How do you get a job being a specialist batsman at 7? If this buttler fella was any good ( at test cricket) wouldn't he be at 4?
If you have a true allrounder like Stokes, it makes it possible.
They don't come around often...
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@Billy-Webb the luxury of a number 7 specialist batsman with one ton in 58 goes? 😉
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
23°C at Leeds right now.
25°C predicted for my place tomorrow.
Summer?
24 overs in the session (bit slow)
54 runs
6 wicketsThere is nothing less boring in the world than Australians who post English Summer vs Aussie winter bullshit. Only seen it 48 million times. Get a new joke FFS.
Guess what. If I wanted to live somewhere with 40 degree summers, I would!
I don't! Deal with it!
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@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Siam said in Ashes 2019:
How do you get a job being a specialist batsman at 7? If this buttler fella was any good ( at test cricket) wouldn't he be at 4?
Weird ay? Balance looks wrong in that team.
Maybe less a balance problem, and more a problem that their top 7 can't seem to score any runs.
If those guys actually made a few, it is a pretty handy side.Well... they are also struggling for an effective spinner..
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@MajorRage said in Ashes 2019:
I have a sneaky feeling here ... that England will still get a first innings lead. And ... I'm going to put my balls on the stone here.
Avatar for a week that England take a first innings lead.
Whose up for it?
Good on ya MR. Gutsy call. Not impossible. It only takes one meaningful stand...
Personally I think @NTA should be taking you up on this one. I'm just a neutral here. -
@Billy-Webb Well if the top few don't score you are always going to have issues. Roy doesn't look like a test cricketer to me (neither does Steve Smith - so what do I know).
As for English spinners...who was the last really, really good one??
And yes they are a handy side at ODI. They don't look so good at test cricket to me.
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@Billy-Webb said in Ashes 2019:
@MajorRage said in Ashes 2019:
I have a sneaky feeling here ... that England will still get a first innings lead. And ... I'm going to put my balls on the stone here.
Avatar for a week that England take a first innings lead.
Whose up for it?
Good on ya MR. Gutsy call. Not impossible. It only takes one meaningful stand...
Personally I think @NTA should be taking you up on this one. I'm just a neutral here.Agree, but the bet is only available until the next England wicket falls. And I suspect NTA maybe gone for the day now .... so if anybody else wants to take me on. Be my guest.
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@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Billy-Webb Well if the top few don't score you are always going to have issues. Roy doesn't look like a test cricketer to me (neither does Steve Smith - so what do I know).
As for English spinners...who was the last really, really good one??
And yes they are a handy side at ODI. They don't look so good at test cricket to me.
Agree with all of that - including the part of Steve Smith not looking like a test cricketer. Hell, he doesn't look like someone who could be scoring runs in any form of the game so I will join you in the "what the hell do I know" naughty corner.
I reckon Swann was probably their last very good spinner.
But the problem for England right now is that no-one has any form with the bat except maybe Stokes.
If Root and Bairstow could find some runs, their pace bowlers could back them up. Archer, Broad and Woakes have been good imo.EDIT: the above could easily describe the Proteas too!
