Ashes 2023
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@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
No start until at least 13:10.
Not been this excited about a cricket match NZ not playing in for ages!! Love the Ashes!
Reckon my support will wander over the course of the series. Both teams have things I really don't like about them and things I really like. I guess with living here and my son being a mad England supporter, I sort of lean towards them.
But by fuck do I get pissed off what is written about them.
Man for man, they aren't even close to Australia. You wouldn't know it though from what's written.
No they’re not and I think that will play a huge part as the series goes on.
Very few Poms would get in a combined team…..then again I said this on here before they played the Black Caps and beat them 3-0 so what do I know ?
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:
Some lovely singing from the Hollies stand when Smith was fielding close by.
To the tune of Guantanamera.
“Cry on the telly. We saw you cry on the tellly. Cry on the teeeelly, we saw you cry on the telly”.
Classic.
The Nathan Lyon / Mo Ali version is a distant second. Still funny though and good to see the Aussie fielders embracing it all.
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Huge wicket
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ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
What a finish
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This is pretty great cricket
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Very definition of a captains knock
Great test, great win
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Aaargh! Fuck! Use the new ball ffs.
Hats off Aus, really gutsy and Cummins-what a captain’s knock. Seems like a bloke it’s hard to hate.
@NTA @barbarian Onya, ya fluffybunnies. Next time eh?
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Pretty epic game given there were only 4 days worth of overs bowled. Can't really complain about a game that goes past 7pm with all 4 results possible.
I hope England sound disappointed in their interviews - and don't mention the "brand of cricket" - that really grinds my gears.
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@Machpants said in Ashes 2023:
Expected to see a draw in the news this morning
Bazball doesn't do draws...
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England's first innings scoring rate is going to lose them as many games as it wins. The other side has so much time to get back to parity, and results are always on the table
Does make for great viewing though, but time is a weapon in test cricket.
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
The better team won. I wonder if England are ruing that early declaration ? Another 30 odd runs could have made it extremely tense.
Good work Cummins, Southee, THAT is how you do it.
I think that you can go back and look at any number of moves that may have a made a difference. The declaration, I thought, was too early but then if they'd nicked a wicket or two that night it would have been a stroke of genius. The two issues that did bite us I think were that our attack was partially dependent upon two guys (Stokes and Moeen) that had not bowled much if at all in test cricket recently and were carrying fitness issues and then not taking the new ball when Lyons was the newish batsman (I refuse to say batter).
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:
The two issues that did bite us I think were that our attack was partially dependent upon two guys (Stokes and Moeen) that had not bowled much if at all in test cricket recently and were carrying fitness issues and then not taking the new ball when Lyons was the newish batsman (I refuse to say batter).
Forget all that; your fielding was poor. That's what cost you.
You need a better keeper and some of the boundary fielding ... Yikes...
I go back to my earlier comment about how a year with McCullum should produce better fielding...
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
The better team won. I wonder if England are ruing that early declaration ? Another 30 odd runs could have made it extremely tense.
Good work Cummins, Southee, THAT is how you do it.
I think that you can go back and look at any number of moves that may have a made a difference. The declaration, I thought, was too early but then if they'd nicked a wicket or two that night it would have been a stroke of genius. The two issues that did bite us I think were that our attack was partially dependent upon two guys (Stokes and Moeen) that had not bowled much if at all in test cricket recently and were carrying fitness issues and then not taking the new ball when Lyons was the newish batsman (I refuse to say batter).
Same. Good man.
Bazball sure is a gamble and this one didn’t quite pay off. Roll on the second test !
