Ashes 2023
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@sparky said in Ashes 2023:
Not much between these teams, but Australia have the luxury of rotating the squad a bit.
You reckon ? I think Australia are far better man for man but England are playing some seriously inspired cricket under McCullum.
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Moeen Ali got a fine
Ali was found to have breached Article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to displaying conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game. In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Ali’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period. The incident occurred in the 89th over of Australia’s innings, when Ali sprayed a drying agent on his bowling hand at the boundary line before coming on to bowl the next over, thus defying the umpires’ pre-series instructions about not using anything on their hands without prior approval. -
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
That 9, 10, and 11 batting lineup from Australia won't keep the scorers busy for long in this series.
No Starc actually makes a big difference to their tail batting
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Tactically perfect collapse by the Aussies. Gave them the best bowling conditions likely to be observed in the test, if not the series.
Can't see any more play happening today honestly. Huge weather system come in from France brining warm, humid air with it. Very Hong Kong like today in Britain.
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On the one hand I suppose it is "part of the game". On the other hand, there's something a bit laughable about a military medium pacer giving a gobby send off to a decent bloke on 141 who's batted for an entire day and then some.
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Moeen has been fined for unauthorised use of a drying spray on his hands.
Friend of the Fern Nat Rarere was on radio this morning saying use of the same spray in baseball would get you banned from the sport because it allows you to get more purchase and therefore spin on the ball.
Doesn't seem to have helped him all that much.
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@Donsteppa Robinson comes across as a massive knob.
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@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2023:
@Donsteppa Robinson comes across as a massive knob.
He does but at least cancel culture didn’t end his test career before it even started.
England’s Ollie Robinson apologises after racist and sexist tweets emerge
Bowler apologises for ‘thoughtless’ comments made eight years ago as controversy overshadows a fine opening-day performance
……and despite my views on him you have to admire his passion.
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@dogmeat said in Ashes 2023:
Moeen has been fined for unauthorised use of a drying spray on his hands.
Friend of the Fern Nat Rarere was on radio this morning saying use of the same spray in baseball would get you banned from the sport because it allows you to get more purchase and therefore spin on the ball.
Doesn't seem to have helped him all that much.
In this instance I guess it was more about trying to dry out the blister.
Apparently the same referee fined another spinner recently. It'd be hard to plead ignorance.
So clearly a 25% fine isn't enough to stop it happening. Do the players actually pay the fine or do the teams sneakily cover that?
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
On the one hand I suppose it is "part of the game". On the other hand, there's something a bit laughable about a military medium pacer giving a gobby send off to a decent bloke on 141 who's batted for an entire day and then some.
What a loser. 'Australia gave send-offs all the time' - yeah mate we did. We did it when you had a bloke under the pump, dismissed him for single figures and then could remind him that he just failed at the ONE thing he'd trained for all his life, in front of the world and his friends and his family. They might have travelled to be there, and they came to watch him fail and now he has to trudge off back to the pavilion while we all sit silently and watch him go.
You send-off when you can feel a man's throat under your foot and you just want to press down one more time to remind him of where he is.
That's how an Australian does a send-off champ.
You, on the other hand, decided to bowl over after over of pure dross before Usman got bored in the 140s and decided to try and hit you over deep cover.
Then as Usman turns to triumphantly return to the pavilion to the adulation of the fans, you decide to throw in a send-off. What in God's name gave you the idea that you had the right to do that? You should have been joining in the applause, not gobbing off mate. I hate to think what you will do in the unlikely event you dismiss one of our bats for less than 10, if that's what you do for a bloke on 140.
This is why other countries shouldn't try and emulate Australia. It's not because of ethics or morals or anything, it's because when you do try you are just shit at it.
