Ashes 2019

[Billy Tell]

@sparky said in Ashes 2019:

Wow! Cummins gets Burn out third ball of the innings and then Captain Root for a Golden Duck.

That ball to Root was glorious.

Steve Smith is amazing. Even better than before the cheating scandal. And to come back from the head knock in the last test.

[Siam]

First time I've found wee Davey genuinely amusing. Made me laugh even. A fine response

[NTA]

Good delivery from Cummins to get Roy. Fucking the guy has some massive defensive flaws

[NTA]

Stokes doesn't get the bat out of the way and Cummins has 4. Paine knew. Stokes knew. Umpire didn't move but stokes walked

[sparky]

England 87-4 after lunch.Stokes gone. England need a miracle to bat out these two sessions and keep the session alive.

Surely Australia can't throw away victory again?

[canefan]

@Siam Way to own it and turn the crowd back on his side, for a moment at least

[sparky]

Denly gone. Australia need 5 wickets to retain the Urn.

[ACT Crusader]

This is enthralling stuff.

Crowd have been riding every ball for the last 90 minutes!

[ACT Crusader]

Lab comes on and snags a big wicket. Excellent bowling change by Paine.

[ACT Crusader]

And they get the final LBW.

Oz retain the Ashes and go 2-1 up in the series.

[Victor Meldrew]

@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2019:

Oz retain the Ashes and go 2-1 up in the series.

How is this possible?

I read in all the English newspapers that Ben Stokes could and would defeat Oz on his own, single-handedly....

[junior]

@Victor-Meldrew that’s “Sir” Ben Stokes to you

[NTA]

@junior said in Ashes 2019:

@Victor-Meldrew that’s “Sir” Ben Stokes to you

If it goes 2-2 they'll probably do that.

[Donsteppa]

Just saw a nice line: “Australia retained the Ashes in England for the first time since the collapse of Ansett”.

[Snowy]

@Donsteppa 2002?

[Donsteppa]

@Snowy 2001 when S Waugh was still captain

[barbarian]

Nice to get the job done. I reckon if England got away with the draw we'd struggle to back up in the 5th test.

The decision to bowl Marnus was a beauty from Paine.

[Snowy]

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:

@Snowy 2001 when S Waugh was still captain

Right, odd number years of course, when held in England.

Ansett actually folded 2002 but doesn't change the fact - bloody long time ago.

[Donsteppa]

@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:

@Snowy 2001 when S Waugh was still captain

Right, odd number years of course, when held in England.

Ansett actually folded 2002 but doesn't change the fact - bloody long time ago.

September 2001? I always remember a One news bulletin where the first half hour was only two stories; 9/11 and the Air NZ/Ansett debacle unfolding.... fun times! Helen Clark having to fly home on an air force plane because of angry ground workers in Melbourne... (Edit: looks like they did indeed briefly rise from the ashes a month later, then Ansett Mark II finally fell to bits in March '02)

2005 saw lots of news stories of 16 year old keen Aussie cricketers in shock that the Baggy Green had lost the Ashes for the first time in their lifetime. Been mostly to and fro since...

[Snowy]

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:

Edit: looks like they did indeed briefly rise from the ashes a month later, then Ansett Mark II finally fell to bits in March '02

Yeah it was a token gesture I think. Can't remember all of the facts, just I had a load of ex Ansett guys flying with me in 2002.

As for the Ashes - a large yellow band there in that era for sure.

I'd like to see one of those for the Bledisloe.