Ashes 2021-22
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@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@chris-b said in Ashes 2021-22:
Come on Wood.
I quite like Wood (jokes aside). Gives 100 percent and bowls with a bit of threat. Should have played in the last test.
Has the pace. Just needs support from the other end.
Yeah - England selectors living in the past backing Anderson and Broad in the last test.
They've opened the bowling with Anderson and Robinson. Harris may escape this onslaught!
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@chris-b said in Ashes 2021-22:
Oz probably got things wrong at the toss - this pitch hasn't done much at all - but, maybe they think it will do even less over the next few days - which is likely.
Maybe Cummins couldn't be arsed thinking about declarations and follow-ons.
It's not going to matter, but it looks like a win toss and bat pitch.
England possibly should have opened with Root and Malan.
You are in deep shit vs Oz if you don't have decent openers. Just prior to lunch Root and Malan had almost retrieved things from disaster, but they're well up the Khyber now, without a paddle.
It doesn’t matter whatever happens. This Australian team is better than people make out and the English team is even worse. Just far too many ordinary, bog standard test players in there.
Root can’t do it all.
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@mn5 said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
Must say, Wood is bowling fucking well with no luck.
You just want Harris to fail so you can whinge about him
It's a short walk.
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@mn5 said in Ashes 2021-22:
@chris-b said in Ashes 2021-22:
Oz probably got things wrong at the toss - this pitch hasn't done much at all - but, maybe they think it will do even less over the next few days - which is likely.
Maybe Cummins couldn't be arsed thinking about declarations and follow-ons.
It's not going to matter, but it looks like a win toss and bat pitch.
England possibly should have opened with Root and Malan.
You are in deep shit vs Oz if you don't have decent openers. Just prior to lunch Root and Malan had almost retrieved things from disaster, but they're well up the Khyber now, without a paddle.
It doesn’t matter whatever happens. This Australian team is better than people make out and the English team is even worse. Just far too many ordinary, bog standard test players in there.
Root can’t do it all.
Really? They've got test standard players?
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@booboo said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mn5 said in Ashes 2021-22:
@chris-b said in Ashes 2021-22:
Oz probably got things wrong at the toss - this pitch hasn't done much at all - but, maybe they think it will do even less over the next few days - which is likely.
Maybe Cummins couldn't be arsed thinking about declarations and follow-ons.
It's not going to matter, but it looks like a win toss and bat pitch.
England possibly should have opened with Root and Malan.
You are in deep shit vs Oz if you don't have decent openers. Just prior to lunch Root and Malan had almost retrieved things from disaster, but they're well up the Khyber now, without a paddle.
It doesn’t matter whatever happens. This Australian team is better than people make out and the English team is even worse. Just far too many ordinary, bog standard test players in there.
Root can’t do it all.
Really? They've got test standard players?
Well depends, Root aside the top order averages late 20’s early 30s which isn’t terrible is it ?
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@booboo said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mn5 total brain fart from the kiwiranga
Fuck off. He's English.
Wiki says no...
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@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@booboo said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mn5 total brain fart from the kiwiranga
Fuck off. He's English.
Wiki says no...
Christchurch is more English than most English places.
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@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@booboo said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mn5 total brain fart from the kiwiranga
Fuck off. He's English.
Wiki says no...
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Averages of England batters to debut in men's Test cricket over the last six years:
Foakes: 31.53
Burns: 30.92
Malan: 30.35
Pope: 29.79
Denly: 29.53
Sibley: 28.94
Hales: 28.26
Hameed: 27.80
Crawley: 27.74
Stoneman: 27.68
Lawrence: 27.23
Jennings: 25.19
Vince: 24.90
Westley: 24.12
Roy: 18.70
Duckett: 15.71
Bracey: 2.66Stolen from Wisden, I assume this is all the specialist batsmen who’ve debuted in this period ? Christ England would kill for debutants of the calibre of Nicholls, Blundell, Conway, Young ( ok, jury still out on him and Blundell maybe ) wouldn’t they ?
Fuck that’s a lot of players who have been tried and found wanting…..
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@mn5 said in Ashes 2021-22:
Averages of England batters to debut in men's Test cricket over the last six years:
Foakes: 31.53
Burns: 30.92
Malan: 30.35
Pope: 29.79
Denly: 29.53
Sibley: 28.94
Hales: 28.26
Hameed: 27.80
Crawley: 27.74
Stoneman: 27.68
Lawrence: 27.23
Jennings: 25.19
Vince: 24.90
Westley: 24.12
Roy: 18.70
Duckett: 15.71
Bracey: 2.66Stolen from Wisden, I assume this is all the specialist batsmen who’ve debuted in this period ? Christ England would kill for debutants of the calibre of Nicholls, Blundell, Conway, Young ( ok, jury still out on him and Blundell maybe ) wouldn’t they ?
Fuck that’s a lot of players who have been tried and found wanting…..
That's a lot of Ken Rutherford clones...
