The Ashes

[booboo]

Personally I have no great issue with Khawaja's catch.

And this is coming from an avowed anti-Strayan.

[MN5]

Staying in Taupo with the mrs and her family. Needless to say we fucked off to the pub at the earliest opportunity. I watched a cool doco on mute. Great seeing Ian Chappelle, Doug Walters, Jeff Thomson, Bob Willis, Graham Gooch, Alan Border and various others being interviewed.

It woulda been even better if I could hear them.

[mariner4life]

haha Anderson doesn't even survive the first ball of the morning! all out for the overnight score, and a lead of 164.

[NTA]

Fuck that's kind of funny. Cummins must be looking forward to a good lie down, but given our collapse in the first innings I reckon we'll need to really fucking apply ourselves.

Anderson and Broad will be fresh, and I predict The Angry Lesbian will be out there in the first hour, given how uncomfortable Bancroft and The Waj looked on Day 1.

[NTA]

Particularly as its overcast - England with a new ball and conditions favouring their approach.

[NTA]

LOL @ Cricinfo comments:

Moose: "You would have to say, Australia's Day by far today. Dominating"

[MN5]

Hats off to Cook. Always a terrific effort to carry your bat.

[NTA]

Bancroft got what they're calling a good ball.

The Waj was just fucking lazy. Time to boot him. Can't bat on the subcontinent. Hasn't recaptured the form he had a couple of years back where everything was gold.

If Renshaw was dropped for poor form, The Waj doesn't need to bat in Sydney. Give someone else a go, because we've won the series and can't tolerate laziness.

[Godder]

@mn5 said in The Ashes:

Hats off to Cook. Always a terrific effort to carry your bat.

Agree, well done that man. Cricinfo says it was the first time in the Ashes since 1979, so quite a few milestones fell in his innings.

[MN5]

@godder said in The Ashes:

@mn5 said in The Ashes:

Hats off to Cook. Always a terrific effort to carry your bat.

Agree, well done that man. Cricinfo says it was the first time in the Ashes since 1979, so quite a few milestones fell in his innings.

Highest score ever for someone doing it too. Beat Glen Turner.

[Virgil]

Has Davy dumb dumb ever batted so slowly before?
32 off 122 balls

[NTA]

Not much chance of a win from this point. If the pitch is doing nothing, might as well let the Poms bowl for a day and a half to try and wear them down.

[NTA]

Great commentary from the cricinfo guys as well:

Stan: "Can we have a non-English person commenting on this? They just moan all day and poke easy shots at the people writing in" Well, you know Stan, if it quacks like a duck ... shoot it

[NTA]

Refreshing to have the English guys doing the commentary rather than the constant load-blowing attempts at cricketing poetry from the Indian fwits.

[mimic]

Warner looking to have another match where he has a ton in both innings in a test.. I think it'll be a record..

This is the most balls he has faced in a test match as well.. Showing a lot of grit..

[mimic]

and the rain arrives lol

[Chris B.]

..and departs again and the English snaffle Davey and Marsh v1.0 in quick succession.

Lunch and Oz effectively 14/4.

[booboo]

@chris-b said in The Ashes:

..and departs again and the English snaffle Davey and Marsh v1.0 in quick succession.

Lunch and Oz effectively 14/4.

ABC says raining. And more on the wsy. New ball in two overs. Pitch inconsistent.

All three results in play?

Weather might decide it.

[hydro11]

I don't think the Aussies can win. They won't be looking to declare or set the English a competitive total.

[Chris B.]

@nta said in The Ashes:

Bancroft got what they're calling a good ball.

The Waj was just fucking lazy. Time to boot him. Can't bat on the subcontinent. Hasn't recaptured the form he had a couple of years back where everything was gold.

If Renshaw was dropped for poor form, The Waj doesn't need to bat in Sydney. Give someone else a go, because we've won the series and can't tolerate laziness.

The first guy to be dropped has to be Moeen Ali. He's done nothing whatsoever since Brisbane and his batting in this game was disgraceful - shades of Tim Southee!