Ashes 2019
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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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@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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@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
The umpires had a shocker, probably kept the match closer than it really was as Aus stuffed up their revues getting to 122/8.
But McGrath's solution is just plain stupid. The answer is for each side to have 2 reviews each, or unlimited revues if they dont waste them. As is the actual status quo.
The umpires mistakes only become costly after one of the teams has already made 2 mistakes .
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This test was the best advertisement for the DRS I've ever seen.
The final day was a case in point. In the first session Joe Root got two genuine howlers - an LBW call that was missing leg by a foot, and another LBW where he middled the ball onto his front pad. Thankfully overturned on review.
Similarly the call on Day 1 against Steve Smith, where Aleem fired him LBW when the ball was clearly missing off stump.
In a game where one umpire had an absolute nightmare and the other wasn't great either, it's great to get to the end of the test and not point to decisions/non-decisions as a factor in the end result.
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Bancroft is safe for one more game.
Starc has a great record at Lords and will probably come back in. Pattinson might be the one who sits out, just given his injury history and the likelihood he'll be needed later in the series. But they could take the view he'll be right after a week off, and rest Siddle instead.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2019:
Bancroft is safe for one more game.
Starc has a great record at Lords and will probably come back in. Pattinson might be the one who sits out, just given his injury history and the likelihood he'll be needed later in the series. But they could take the view he'll be right after a week off, and rest Siddle instead.
^ What he said.
Under review: Bancroft, Siddle, Pattinson
Safe because of those Under Review: Warner, SiddleDefinites: Khawaja, Smith, Wade, Paine, Lyon, Cummins
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2019:
Bancroft is safe for one more game.
Starc has a great record at Lords and will probably come back in. Pattinson might be the one who sits out, just given his injury history and the likelihood he'll be needed later in the series. But they could take the view he'll be right after a week off, and rest Siddle instead.
^ What he said.
Under review: Bancroft, Siddle, Pattinson
Safe because of those Under Review: Warner, SiddleDefinites: Khawaja, Smith, Wade, Paine, Lyon, Cummins
I don't think one bad test is cause for concern for Davey surely.
He's a definite for me.
Also Siddle is mentioned twice, is it too much to ask you to proof read your posts ?
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@Rapido said in Ashes 2019:
But McGrath's solution is just plain stupid. The answer is for each side to have 2 reviews each, or unlimited revues if they dont waste them. As is the actual status quo.
The umpires mistakes only become costly after one of the teams has already made 2 mistakes .
I can't see how it's stupid. The idea is you have the best umpires out there, regardless of where they are from.
The DRS provides a safeguard against any allegations of bias.
You get better umpires making more correct decisions, rather than what we saw at Edgbaston where we had clanger after clanger, ruining the flow of the game and undermining all confidence in the officials.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2019:
Yeah Warner is still the third name on the team sheet, behind Smith and Cummins. He could score six straight ducks and he's still getting picked in the fifth test.
Agreed.
I would bet on him to score a big hundred still somewhere in this Ashes series.
I personally don't like him one bit - but he is a bloody good batsman. Short of him taking a chainsaw to the ball or having a physical altercation with anyone, I can't see him being left out. -
It has to be said that it's simply not possible to heap enough superlatives on Steve Smith.
