Ashes 2023
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@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2023:
Root is and Brook building nicely.
And then Root did a BAZBALL and got out
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@booboo said in Ashes 2023:
Was interested I a snippet I heard on some sort of radio news over the weekend where Uzzie made some comment about proving his worth after 10 years of playing test cricket.
Not sure what to make of it, but thought it didn't reflect well on his personal inferiority complex.
10 years of test cricket success (would be interested in his stats v what we NZers think are in the convo for greatest ever) and this is his apex?
He's been in and out of the side.
Told he couldn't handle the subcontinent.
Faced the fairly daunting challenge of being one of the few non white guys in the system.First Ashes ton in England while watching others fall around you... Guess he feels like he's always proving himself.
For some guys that might be what keeps them going
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
Lead of 157, five wickets down, very nicely balanced.
Could be 6. The tech is taking ages today...
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Englands 393 declaration currently looking fucking stupid as opposed to fucking inspired.
Basically currently 222 for 7. That's rather different to 272 for 7 assuming they got an extra 50 runs.
With tomorrow looking to be humid with a few rain delays, England need to bat as long as possible today, but only 3 wickets left..
Live odds: England 6/4, Draw 15/2 and Australia 5/6. They would be very very different at 272 for 7.
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Loose Bus Change had to return to the mean at some point
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107-3. Think Oz short 30 of where wanted to be, England short 1 wicket.
Anybody’s game, prob advantage Oz but conditions tomorrow could be decider.
So much for a shitty wicket unable to provide a decent game! Looking like a day 5, session 2 result wicket - nigh on perfect?
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
Rain inbound!
Feels like a slight advantage to England with Warner, Labuschagne, and Smith back in the pavilion. But if Khawaja can bat all day again...
Maybe but there’s enough Australian batting to do the biz if they get it right but as someone has mentioned Starc would be a handy guy to have in that bottom order. Last three are a bit ordinary.
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@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
So much for a shitty wicket unable to provide a decent game! Looking like a day 5, session 2 result wicket - nigh on perfect?
Still a road. The only thing that has changed it is England's over-aggressive style and labiashame playing two of the worst shots in his career.
(And Warner is basically a shot duck)
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Based on the last 4 days, Bazball is good for England in that they all seem to be reading from the same script now in terms of batting aggressively. Sometimes it comes off, sometimes not. That's cricket.
It hasn't really changed their bowling (Robinson lost weight which helped), which is Broad and Anderson pretty much.
It still hasn't improved Bairstow as a keeper and I honestly thought after a year with McCullum their fielding would be better.
It is bringing in large crowds and giving them something to cheer about in the English sun. That's a plus.
MOD EDIT: Removed the boring mild digs. Enjoy the cricket.
