Ashes 2023
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From what I saw, Stokes over-bowled himself. He seemed to have no rhythm at all.
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@Catogrande He got the Smith wicket but was poor apart from that. England will need more out of Robinson and Anderson.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2023:
Dropped catches, a missed stumping and lots of no balls. England missed their chances on the afternoon of Dsy 2 and have squandered whatever advantage they had in this Test. It's still going to be hard-fought but Australia in the ascendancy heading into Day 3.
Australia will have to bowl a lot smarter with the new ball. Hopefully they learned something in the first innings.
On reflection, leaving Starc out was the right decision - he isn't consistent enough for this type of pitch.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2023:
@sparky said in Ashes 2023:
Dropped catches, a missed stumping and lots of no balls. England missed their chances on the afternoon of Dsy 2 and have squandered whatever advantage they had in this Test. It's still going to be hard-fought but Australia in the ascendancy heading into Day 3.
Australia will have to bowl a lot smarter with the new ball. Hopefully they learned something in the first innings.
On reflection, leaving Starc out was the right decision - he isn't consistent enough for this type of pitch.
Massive luxury leaving a player of his class out, it’s like the Black Caps leaving Wags out.
Oh……
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Not much between these teams, but Australia have the luxury of rotating the squad a bit.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2023:
Not much between these teams, but Australia have the luxury of rotating the squad a bit.
You reckon ? I think Australia are far better man for man but England are playing some seriously inspired cricket under McCullum.
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Moeen Ali got a fine
Ali was found to have breached Article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to displaying conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game. In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Ali’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period. The incident occurred in the 89th over of Australia’s innings, when Ali sprayed a drying agent on his bowling hand at the boundary line before coming on to bowl the next over, thus defying the umpires’ pre-series instructions about not using anything on their hands without prior approval. -
Bairstow's dropped another catch......
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Anderson gets Carey.
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
That 9, 10, and 11 batting lineup from Australia won't keep the scorers busy for long in this series.
No Starc actually makes a big difference to their tail batting
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Tactically perfect collapse by the Aussies. Gave them the best bowling conditions likely to be observed in the test, if not the series.
Can't see any more play happening today honestly. Huge weather system come in from France brining warm, humid air with it. Very Hong Kong like today in Britain.
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On the one hand I suppose it is "part of the game". On the other hand, there's something a bit laughable about a military medium pacer giving a gobby send off to a decent bloke on 141 who's batted for an entire day and then some.
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Moeen has been fined for unauthorised use of a drying spray on his hands.
Friend of the Fern Nat Rarere was on radio this morning saying use of the same spray in baseball would get you banned from the sport because it allows you to get more purchase and therefore spin on the ball.
Doesn't seem to have helped him all that much.
