Ashes 2019
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Smith's performance in this test has been outstanding. Well done to him.
He is something of a conundrum for me.
If you compare Smith with Kohli and Williamson - probably the 3 best test batsmen at the moment - the fact that he is right up there is surprising.
Kohli and Williamson have great, classic technique.
Smith is a bag of fidgets, footwork that would have a school cricket coach pulling his hair out and a tendency to plant both pads square on plumb in front of the wickets. It looks like he has no right to be one of the best test batsmen currently. And yet he is. Kudos. -
@Billy-Webb I was just watching replay of his innings. It's bizarre. How does he get away with that shit?
Apart from a complete lack of his ability I would have had that crap knocked out of me by coaches before my teens. -
Victor Meldrewreplied to Snowy on 5 Aug 2019, 09:57 last edited by Victor Meldrew 5 Aug 2019, 10:07
In one sense he's absolutely horrible to watch compared to Kohli & Williamson. In another, you just sit back and watch in awe of his batting.
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@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Billy-Webb I was just watching replay of his innings. It's bizarre. How does he get away with that shit?
Apart from a complete lack of his ability I would have had that crap knocked out of me by coaches before my teens.That made me laugh because I can relate.
I had all the right technique. Problem for me was my reaction time was generally half a second too late always.
Which generally meant... I looked really good scoring really poorly.But back to Smith: I can't recall him being quite so unorthodox early in his test career. Maybe I just didn't pay that much attention... but I think he has worked out a technique that suits him. However, if he loses even a fraction of that incredible hand-eye coordination, his technique is likely to land him in trouble.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2019:
And while I'm here, I'm going out on a limb to say I like having names on the back of test shirts.
I just like knowing who the players are when they move about the field. Within a second of turning on the TV I know the bowler and the non-striking batsman. And then if someone is moving in the field I know who they are, rather than having to decipher that fact based off their gait and/or height and/or prominent tattoos or birth marks.
And I don't think they look that bad. I can take or leave the numbers, but the names should stay.
Sorry. Disagree. Hate the numbers.
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So... Any discussion on the back foot noball that got Head?
Cheating fucking Poms.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
So... Any discussion on the back foot noball that got Head?
Cheating fucking Poms.
Didn't see..
Geez i thougt that was an edge on that last one
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@booboo said in Ashes 2019:
@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
So... Any discussion on the back foot noball that got Head?
Cheating fucking Poms.
Didn't see..
Geez i thougt that was an edge on that last one
Shit, that one too...
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DRS ... missing leg?
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@booboo said in Ashes 2019:
DRS ... missing leg?
Shit call by the ump.
Good review by Root.
Never looked out.
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Umpiring has been terrible
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Warnie says England cant get the runs...
Now DRS ...
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Fuck. How obvious is an inside edge
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@booboo said in Ashes 2019:
Warnie says England cant get the runs...
Now DRS ...
As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted...
If England survive the day, without even trying to score, if they just survive, they'll score enough runs.
To my mind it's a win or a loss for Aus. Don't think Draw is an option.
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Don't agree. Reckon all 3 are in play.
Hardest is for England to win.
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@Billy-Webb said in Ashes 2019:
Don't agree. Reckon all 3 are in play.
Hardest is for England to win.
Would need to score at 4.4Yeah maybe ...
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Whatever the result - this has been a good test.
Aussies on the ropes - make a recovery.
England looking good - but blow looking great.
Aussie with a stirring effort - in the box seats.
England gutsing it out (so far at least).Only complaint - to echo others here... get rid of the bloody numbers on the players shirts!
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Roy = lmited overs player
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Aussies need a wicket on average every 55-60 balls from here on out.
Strike rate averages of the Aussies:
Lyon - 63.8
Siddle - 62.2
Pattinson - 46.8
Cummins - 46.8 -
Lyon on fire.
Striking at about 18 now. -
Reckon the England win is off the table now - barring a Buttler-Stokes-Bairstow miracle.
Going to do well to hang in for the draw. -
@Billy-Webb Being realistic they will be doing well to make it through to the tea interval.
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@Higgins
You're probably right.
But this has been such an ebb-and-flow test, it would be a shame if Eng go out collapsing in a complete heap. -
Glenn McGrath's solution to the run of bad umpiring decisions this test was novel - a return to home umpiring.
It would be the idea for an Aussie with a Boxing Day Test against NZ looming.
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And the fat lady is gargling her mouthwash...
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This really is fantastic. Great to see the Poms taken down a notch after arseing that CWC win.
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Congrats to Aus, you won two days out of the five but you won those convincingly. Smith just incredible.
For England going forwards, Moeen gets the arse and I wonder if we will persist with both Butler and Bairstow? Archer in for Anderson. Not sure there's much else in the cupboard after that.
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Great win for Australia. They will take a lot of confidence for the rest of the series from turning around a first innings deficit.
England look like they still have a long post-CWC hangover. They did to perform well at Lord's or they could be starring down the barrel of a home series Ashes whitewash.
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The worry for England is how quickly they fell apart in the field in both innings - once a partnership built up, they seemed to become clueless and desperate very fast. When Head was dismissed yesterday, Australia's lead was only 100 but Denly was kept on to bowl full tosses to Wade.
I watched until 3 down last night and it was looking ominous. Even when surviving for a few overs, there were plenty of scares and both Cummins and Siddle were very good. Made Lyon's job much easier and he bowled them to the victory - it is his job to do it but it still had to be done.
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From 112/8 to winning by 250 runs. Just an amazing fightback from Aus. Fair play to them, they are the All Blacks of Cricket - just never lie down
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@rotated said in Ashes 2019:
Glenn McGrath's solution to the run of bad umpiring decisions this test was novel - a return to home umpiring.
Just googled Joel Wilson - loads of results with "blind umpire" popped up...
McGrath might have a point. No home umpire would dare to be as bad as Wilson has been in this Test
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Great win from Oz - Davey might have caught fire in the WC but the Ashes are all about Smith. Any bets on how many centuries he'll get this series!? Lots of areas for improvement for both teams but imo Oz have the clear headstart, especially thinking about the seamers they can rotate in.
Very keen to see if Archer will be right for the next test, and who is waiting in the wings in terms of English spin bowlers? Any young guns or even halfway useful guys they can bring in? Because current options are shithouse.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Ashes 2019:
@rotated said in Ashes 2019:
Glenn McGrath's solution to the run of bad umpiring decisions this test was novel - a return to home umpiring.
Just googled Joel Wilson - loads of results with "blind umpire" popped up...
McGrath might have a point. No home umpire would dare to be as bad as Wilson has been in this Test
at least he's just rubbish, rather than biased. I do not want to go to home umpires again; it's not that they are biased, it's that people think they are biased.
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@Paekakboyz Probably Leach for the spin bowling instead of Moeen. Orthodox slow left arm and a useful bat if the Ireland test is indicative.
Archer is a great talent but hasn't had to bowl 20 overs a day in test cricket yet - will be interesting to see how he goes. Australia look to have 5 pace bowlers who they can trust which is going be a great advantage for them.
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2019:
Far too many "well done Australia" posts here for my liking.
We need @Virgil to log on for some aussie hate or to mention the Beldisloe results of the last few years.
Found a picture of your homie
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2019:
Far too many "well done Australia" posts here for my liking.
We need @Virgil to log on for some aussie hate or to mention the Beldisloe results of the last few years.
Found a picture of your homie
My main man Stokesy. Nominated for NZer of the year didn't ya know ?
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