Ashes 2023
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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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@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. -
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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.
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@Donsteppa Robinson comes across as a massive knob.
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@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2023:
@Donsteppa Robinson comes across as a massive knob.
He does but at least cancel culture didn’t end his test career before it even started.
England’s Ollie Robinson apologises after racist and sexist tweets emerge
Bowler apologises for ‘thoughtless’ comments made eight years ago as controversy overshadows a fine opening-day performance
……and despite my views on him you have to admire his passion.
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@dogmeat said in Ashes 2023:
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.
In this instance I guess it was more about trying to dry out the blister.
Apparently the same referee fined another spinner recently. It'd be hard to plead ignorance.
So clearly a 25% fine isn't enough to stop it happening. Do the players actually pay the fine or do the teams sneakily cover that?
