Ashes 2019

[NTA]

Labuschagne standing up. Probably the most important player on the game so far in terms of scoring more than England in the first innings, and twice as many as the next best (Warner) in the match so far

[sparky]

Glorious writing:

Jonathan Liew | England’s Ashes hopes all but over

[nzzp]

@sparky cheers fella, really good read. I agree too - Test batting is really being challenged by the focus on short form cricket

[Nevorian]

@sparky brilliant article. Such really bad numbers accumulating there for England in test cricket, being dismissed for less than 100 three times in the last ten would be a big concern for the batting coach.

[Snowy]

@Nevorian said in Ashes 2019:

being dismissed for less than 100 three times in the last ten would be a big concern for the batting coach.

Wow, that is really shocking.

Root has carried them for a while and the cracks (that are most of the rest of the team) are showing.

[Snowy]

@sparky said in Ashes 2019:

Glorious writing:

Jonathan Liew | England’s Ashes hopes all but over

Good article apart from this:
"we’re world champions".

[rotated]

@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:

@sparky said in Ashes 2019:

Glorious writing:

Jonathan Liew | England’s Ashes hopes all but over

Good article apart from this:
"we’re world champions".

Any article where he manages to get out of it without calling someone a racist is a good effort for him.

[Donsteppa]

I was hoping that the bowling attack would explain the exclusion of Starc, and they very happily did.

It feels very unusual/almost unclean being unequivocally in support of the canary yellow’s for one series, but that bowling performance definitely helps...

[Rapido]

Nah, don't agree with the gist of that article.
England are just crap at batting at the moment. By moment, I mean the last 2 years.

Other nations aren't collapsing for sub-hundred scores.

[Godder]

If looking for great English spinners, Jim Laker comes to mind:

193 wickets in 46 matches, average 21.24, economy 2.04. Has the record for the best bowling in a test of 19/90 (not a typo), and most wickets in a 5 match Ashes series of 46.

[sparky]

@Godder said in Ashes 2019:

If looking for great English spinners, Jim Laker comes to mind:

193 wickets in 46 matches, average 21.24, economy 2.04. Has the record for the best bowling in a test of 19/90 (not a typo), and most wickets in a 5 match Ashes series of 46.

He's been dead for 33 years, otherwise he might have been a good call for the squad for Tests 4 and 5.

[Nevorian]

@sparky what about Tuffers, is he still kicking about?

[Bovidae]

Panesar ahead of Tuffers.

[Rapido]

Labuschagne's batting looks so much like Jacques Kallis

[Rapido]

Wtf has happened to the ashes on sky? It's gone?

[NTA]

50 partnership for Marnus and Patto

[Donsteppa]

@Rapido said in Ashes 2019:

Wtf has happened to the ashes on sky? It's gone?

On channel 50 for some reason.

[NTA]

Marnus cops one on the grill from Archer

[NTA]

2 gone this morning. Lead is 338. Marnus on 74 sweating on the Goat.

Suspect he'll start going hard at Archer

[sparky]

England have never chased down more than 350 to win a test.