Ashes 2019

[Snowy]

@Donsteppa Being able to even discuss leaving him out is amazing, let alone doing it.

[KiwiPie]

@Donsteppa Specifically against Broad.

[NTA]

@Donsteppa @KiwiPie I can't believe the tripe they were serving up. Pattinson around the wicket at Broad's ribs and head. How fucking hard is it to lay down a bit of intimidation and/or injure the prick?

[Donsteppa]

Siddle is an energetic sort of character, but I’d much rather (attempt to) face him than Starc by a significant margin. I know Starc can run a bit hot and cold, but I’ve never quite figured out why Warne puts the boot into him so strongly.

[MN5]

Steve Smith, strange technique and all, currently sitting on a career average of 62.63.

Why oh why does someone this extraordinary stoop to fucken cheating ? it boggles my mind.

[NTA]

@Donsteppa because Warne is a fluffybunny.

@MN5 because a standout individual career doesn't win test matches.

[MN5]

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@Donsteppa because Warne is a fluffybunny.

@MN5 because a standout individual career doesn't win test matches.

Agreed but the other cheat wasn't exactly shabby either.

[NTA]

@MN5 I refer you to my previous point

[MN5]

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@MN5 I refer you to my previous point

But were his team that shit ?

Actually any era where Mitchell Marsh gets capped as often as he has answers this emphatically.

[NTA]

@MN5 said in Ashes 2019:

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@MN5 I refer you to my previous point

But were his team that shit ?

Actually any era where Mitchell Marsh gets capped as often as he has answers this emphatically.

[Catogrande]

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

@Donsteppa @KiwiPie I can't believe the tripe they were serving up. Pattinson around the wicket at Broad's ribs and head. How fucking hard is it to lay down a bit of intimidation and/or injure the prick?

Break his arm perhaps?

[Catogrande]

@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2019:

@Catogrande Just saw the highlights and Yes, Smith should have been checked out after that wobble.

Surely Moeen can't last much longer in the team? He's picked as a spinner for his batting and he can't make runs, then England need to pick their best spinner. Still a tough game to call. England should have got a big lead by bowling Aus out for under 200 or getting 450 but haven't quite been good enough.

Weird also that the bails have to fall off for you to be bowled when originally the bails were added to make it easier to tell when someone had been bowled. The ultraedge shows the slightest snick on the bat and went crazy when Root's stump was hit yet it's not out. Strange game cricket .....

I think Moeen is surviving on his highlights reel from a couple of years ago, no rational reason for his selection really.

[Duluth]

Smith has dragged the Aussies back in to this. A 50/50 game now?

[Donsteppa]

How good is that from Steve Smith? The ultimate way to return to Tests.

[NTA]

Go on. Boo. No? Yeah suck it you coight lickers...

[NTA]

A few of Broad's deliveries are bouncing twice thru to the keeper.

Get England in late tonight and the goat might have something to work with.

Think the weather will fuck it tho - lights have been on all day.

[NTA]

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2019:

How good is that from Steve Smith? The ultimate way to return to Tests.

This is actually 25 now, but still...

[NTA]

(And yes I'm fully aware that England are missing Jimmy scAndersen at this point, but that's what you get for picking someone whose body is past the best years)

[Victor Meldrew]

Oz 240-ish ahead.

Geoff Boycott's waspish comment on Smith's dismissal.

That's the best thing that could have happened to Australia. Otherwise they would have batted all day and only given themselves a day to bowl England out

[NTA]

Go hard for a 300 lead them unleash the Goat