The Ashes

Godder

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!

NTA

Right. The paint has dried. The caravan moves on to Sydney.

Aussies will want Starc back at the expense of Bird. Ashton Agar is back in the squad and may even replace one of the other quicks if the wicket looks good enough. Can bat, can bowl.

Catogrande

@nta said in The Ashes:

Right. The paint has dried. The caravan moves on to Sydney.

Aussies will want Starc back at the expense of Bird. Ashton Agar is back in the squad and may even replace one of the other quicks if the wicket looks good enough. Can bat, can bowl.

Sounds like Moeen Ali except

booboo

@nta said in The Ashes:

Right. The paint has dried. The caravan moves on to Sydney.

Aussies will want Starc back at the expense of Bird. Ashton Agar is back in the squad and may even replace one of the other quicks if the wicket looks good enough. Can bat, can bowl.

Maybe Jimmy was right?

NTA

@booboo the stats pointing at Bird having zero wickets are damning.

Yet, Jimmy only had 4 for the match with twice as many overs.

Bird is in no way as good as Starc, but none of the bowlers had much to work with. This is the future for Australian cricket, with drop in pitches at all the major venues moving forward. Curators have to find a way to make things happen, O outside day night tests providing conditions.

Donsteppa

@booboo said in The Ashes:

@nta said in The Ashes:

Right. The paint has dried. The caravan moves on to Sydney.

Aussies will want Starc back at the expense of Bird. Ashton Agar is back in the squad and may even replace one of the other quicks if the wicket looks good enough. Can bat, can bowl.

Maybe Jimmy was right?

He might have been, but he was still throwing stones in glass houses at that stage of the series.

mariner4life

It was a shit pitch in Melbourne, and the match referee agreed. MCG pitch given a rating of "poor" for the Boxing Day test. Only happened 7 times to full ICC members, and in a stat that will surprise no one, 4 of the 7 were in India.

poor pitches

mariner4life

Super dead rubber under way in Sydney after a damp start.

England 182/3 off 63 overs. Starts everywhere but no one going on with it. Root has made it to his usual 50.

Starc down on pace in this game has helped the English. I watched Lyon bowl for a bit before and he was really good.

booboo

Huge interest in this huh? Couple of late wickets undoes some good work by England. 233 for 5.

The Silver Fern

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