Ashes 2019
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All over. England win the Oval test by 135 runs. 2-2. Series drawn but Australia holds onto the little Urn.
Australia were the better team across the series in most respects, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood have been superb. Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon and Matthew Wade have had stand-out moments too. But the Aussies made life difficult for themselves by selecting two opening batsmen who have performed dreadfully.
If Stuart Broad buys a baby rabbit for his kids, he should call it "Warner" because David Warner has been his bunny all series.
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For the series
Oz made 2771 runs and lost 87 wickets
Eng made 2586 runs and lost 94 wickets -
@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2019:
For the series
Oz made 2771 runs and lost 87 wickets
Eng made 2586 runs and lost 94 wicketsThe drawn series flatters England slightly imho. The aussies should have ended it in the 3rd test but for Stokes' heroics and a series of self inflicted blunders
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Warner and Siddle were curious selections for the final test. Notwithstanding that Warner will probably slog 200 against us on a dead Australian pitch with a Kookaburra ball later in the year, Nathan Lyon might as well have opened the batting against Stuart Broad for all the worth Warner was.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@canefan said in Ashes 2019:
I thought I heard David Gower say the series was not good for openers, apart from Burns?
He was the only century maker I believe?
Only one opening partnership out of 10 made it to 50?
If the fella with the saffa/french surname had been batting in place of Khawaja it probably wouldn't have been close
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@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2019:
For the series
Oz made 2771 runs and lost 87 wickets
Eng made 2586 runs and lost 94 wicketsWho cares about wickets lost? As a cricketing purist I'd like to see a breakdown of who hit the most boundaries.
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And yes I'm going to keep beating that horse until the Black Caps win a CWC. Which could be never.
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@No-Quarter said in Ashes 2019:
And yes I'm going to keep beating that horse until the Black Caps win a CWC. Which could be never.
Homies got hosed bro
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:
Warner and Siddle were curious selections for the final test. Notwithstanding that Warner will probably slog 200 against us on a dead Australian pitch with a Kookaburra ball later in the year, Nathan Lyon might as well have opened the batting against Stuart Broad for all the worth Warner was.
Warner’s aggregate of 95 was the lowest for an opener that played all games in a 5 test series.
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2019:
@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:
Warner and Siddle were curious selections for the final test. Notwithstanding that Warner will probably slog 200 against us on a dead Australian pitch with a Kookaburra ball later in the year, Nathan Lyon might as well have opened the batting against Stuart Broad for all the worth Warner was.
Warner’s aggregate of 95 was the lowest for an opener that played all games in a 5 test series.
Karma is a bitch.
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@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Catogrande said in Ashes 2019:
@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:
Warner and Siddle were curious selections for the final test. Notwithstanding that Warner will probably slog 200 against us on a dead Australian pitch with a Kookaburra ball later in the year, Nathan Lyon might as well have opened the batting against Stuart Broad for all the worth Warner was.
Warner’s aggregate of 95 was the lowest for an opener that played all games in a 5 test series.
Karma is a bitch.
At one point he was copping some abuse from the crowd and he just shrugged his shoulders and showed them his empty pockets. Got some cheers for that
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2019:
@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Catogrande said in Ashes 2019:
@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:
Warner and Siddle were curious selections for the final test. Notwithstanding that Warner will probably slog 200 against us on a dead Australian pitch with a Kookaburra ball later in the year, Nathan Lyon might as well have opened the batting against Stuart Broad for all the worth Warner was.
Warner’s aggregate of 95 was the lowest for an opener that played all games in a 5 test series.
Karma is a bitch.
At one point he was copping some abuse from the crowd and he just shrugged his shoulders and showed them his empty pockets. Got some cheers for that
He's owned it, which is always the best way to defuse things
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Broad seems to have single-handedly defused the supposed advantage that left handed opening batsmen have. Bowl around the wicket, hit that spot on a good length just outside off and move it both ways. The same thing that right-handed batsmen have to cope with against the new ball where you don't know what to play and what to leave.
Much easier said than done though and Broad's control has been excellent from around the wicket such that Warner has just been bamboozled (and so has Harris). With Lyon being somewhat nullified by the lack of left-handers to bowl to, maybe the left-hander will go back to being the exception rather than the rule in the top order.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@KiwiPie and the openers did nothing to address it. Bat on off stump. A metre outside your crease. SOMETHING.
Warner actually moved considerably across his stumps through the course of the series, Sky analysed it in a bit of depth.
Still didn't help him.
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As a footnote to that series, I see that UK Sky has "retired" David Gower and Ian Botham from their commentary team.
On one hand it's disturbing to see these relics of my childhood being put out to pasture, but on the other neither were among my favourite commentators.
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@Chris-B said in Ashes 2019:
As a footnote to that series, I see that UK Sky has "retired" David Gower and Ian Botham from their commentary team.
On one hand it's disturbing to see these relics of my childhood being put out to pasture, but on the other neither were among my favourite commentators.
Neither of them did that much anyway. I remember David Gower during that WSC tri-series with Oz, NZ and England. He was majestic, almost superman-like. I seem to recall him racking up a lot of runs, including that legendary (at the time) game when they score a record score and we chased it down
