The Ashes

[MN5]

@barbarian said in The Ashes:

Fairly evenly poised, though you'd still have England in front given we have to bat 4th and the pitch is already playing a few tricks.

The value of tail-end runs is reinforced time and time again. At 4/360, England should have put the game away and made 450+. Instead they crumbled and left the door open.

Warner looks a bit out of sorts, too. Big pressure on Smith to make runs here, though he looks well up for it.

With all due respect to KW, Kohli and Root the angry lesbo is surely far and away the best batsman on earth right now.

[Paekakboyz]

@barbarian Smith is looking pretty set now. Hope Eng change up their bowling. Trying to contain with everyone aside from Anderson . But they are leaking plenty.

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[booboo]

Reckon he hit that.

Very slight colouration on hot spot and wee spike on snicko.

[booboo]

@booboo said in The Ashes:

Reckon he hit that.

Very slight colouration on hot spot and wee spike on snicko.

But having said that DRS is for the howler. This was not the worst lb I've seen.

[Siam]

@nta Nah that's not the point I was thinking of.

But I understand how it could be construed as such

As I said, I understand short bowling, I still play and face it and recommend it. My national team has been doing it for a while now

More the hullabaloo at the time and the sentiments and hand wringing from the cricket world - led by Australians I'll add, that we can't let that happen and the tragedy.

2-3 seasons later and a different perspective (often from the same people) dims the emotions and sensibilities.

The game is set up to encourage short bowling to tail enders when the pitches are so laterally dire and it won't change - a bit like 5m lineout drives as a tactic to win.

They're both inherently ugly, yet totally plausible

However I do think with a new generation of players who have never batted without a helmet might negate the effectiveness of the lineout maul bouncers to shit batsmen. I expect all cricketers from the compulsory helmet generation to play short stuff better

[Siam]

@nta ps. Marsh boys ton each

[NTA]

@siam said in The Ashes:

@nta ps. Marsh boys ton each

Fuck

Off

[MN5]

Poor old @NTA is fucked either way. If the Marshes fail then he has to lament two shit players. If they do ok then he'll just say it's a fluke and they'll be shit next time.

[mimic]

M. Marsh is playing some glorious strokes

[NTA]

At this point, happy to see MMarsh hey out immediately after lunch for 49, then Cummins, Starc, and Smith to smash us to a lead (Smith double ton, Cummins Starc 50 each) and declare.

Then bowl the poms out tonight for 58.

[MN5]

Smith might well be the freakiest freak who I've ever seen play cricket. He's too crap to be as awesome as he is.

[mimic]

M. Marsh smashing Australia forward.. only a few runs behind now..

[NTA]

Mitch Marsh highest test score. His tenure in the test side assured forever. Except the 50% of games he'll miss every year, injured.

[mimic]

And he brings up his ton..

[Chris B.]

England's selection of fast medium bowlers has no answers in these conditions.

Aussie seamers are generally taller and faster - able to ask more and better questions.

[MN5]

@mimic said in The Ashes:

And he brings up his ton..

@mariner4life thoughts on this effort?

[NTA]

Double ton to Smith. Fucking legend

[No Quarter]

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

[booboo]

Not read recent posts ... but who reckons he'll get 3 hundy?

[mariner4life]

Mitch marsh got 150? Get fucked. How shit are england?