Ashes 2019
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@sparky said in Ashes 2019:
Steve Smith ruled out of the rest of the test with concussion.
Somewhere the ghost of Douglas Jardine is looking rather smug.
I doubt it. If his bowlers had sent down an offside delivery at chest height it would have fucked his leg theory.
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@Catogrande Bert Oldfield famously got a fractured skull from a ball on off-stump by Harold Larwood when the Leg Theory field was not in place.
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@sparky wasn’t Jardine angry ant that delivery though? Not in the plan.
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@Catogrande Bert Oldfield top-edged it. He told Larwood not to blame himself. The two became close mates after Harold Larwood emigrated to Australia.
Mind you, Oldfield had been shot in the leg when served in the Ambulance Corps in World War One. Famous easy-going and generous character.
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@sparky For sure, a different perspective back then. Later on, Keith Miller’s quote about facing fast bowling. “Pressure? Pressure is not facing fast bowling. Pressure is having a Messerschmitt up your arse at 350mph”. Or words to that effect.
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Australia have a few interesting selection decisions to make for Headingly. What might save the incumbent top three is that it'll be hard to drop all of them.
Agreed on the comment about the management of Archer. It will be interesting to see whether he ends up with the longevity of Bing Lee, or Shaun Tait...
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The similarities between Archer 2019 and Bodyline is that England have the fastest bowler in their side which has rarely been the case - and Australia have a single batsman who stands in the way and England are looking for a way to dismiss him.
Since Larwood there have been Tyson in the early 50s, Snow in 70/71, a combo of Harmison, Jones and Flintoff when all fit in 2005 and now Archer. Larwood was over-used and never the same after that series (and the scapegoat for the fallout), Tyson was a 1 series wonder, Snow was quickly forgotten once Lillee and Thomson combined and Harmison and Jones lost form/fitness.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2019:
All over. Australia survive on six down.
The lost first hour through rain this morning and their own late declaration scuppered England's chance of victory.
Difficult to say - Aussies could easily pick up 2 quick wickets in that first hour as well and be chasing under 200
We desperately need an opening batsman to stand up next test.
Labuschagne becomes the first concussion substitute in test history and bats well. Apparently the catch to dismiss him was a bit controversial.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@sparky said in Ashes 2019:
All over. Australia survive on six down.
The lost first hour through rain this morning and their own late declaration scuppered England's chance of victory.
Difficult to say - Aussies could easily pick up 2 quick wickets in that first hour as well and be chasing under 200
We desperately need an opening batsman to stand up next test.
Labuschagne becomes the first concussion substitute in test history and bats well. Apparently the catch to dismiss him was a bit controversial.
One angle showed the ball bounced after Lab hit it.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2019:
@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@sparky said in Ashes 2019:
All over. Australia survive on six down.
The lost first hour through rain this morning and their own late declaration scuppered England's chance of victory.
Difficult to say - Aussies could easily pick up 2 quick wickets in that first hour as well and be chasing under 200
We desperately need an opening batsman to stand up next test.
Labuschagne becomes the first concussion substitute in test history and bats well. Apparently the catch to dismiss him was a bit controversial.
One angle showed the ball bounced after Lab hit it.
Which is why we need high speed cameras everywhere - frame-by-frame is a plague
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