Ashes 2023
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@NTA said in Ashes 2023:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
Great toss for England to win.
Think Starc is the right call, on about a 55/45 balance. Boland is brilliant, but a fraction predictable for Bazball.
Kevin Pietersen rings the bell for the start of the day at Lords.
How good would he have been in the Bazball era ? Terrific player.
Was at a winter coaching session on Sunday afternoon. Long story short, the model the particular pull shot technique was based on was Kevin Pietersen.
Yeah I can’t think of anyone who made batting look more beautiful than KP
Mark Waugh called...
Good call. Both were sensational to watch
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@KiwiMurph said in Ashes 2023:
Australia are dominating.
For the English Tongue looks useful.
The deliveries that jagged back to get Waj and Warner were very good
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
Absolutely no surprise at all that one of Smith or Labuschagne would get amongst the runs in this test. Enthralling day ahead, I’ll try and stay awake to watch more tonight !
I recommend staying up just to see Broad's "are you kidding?" face when DRS doesn't agree with him
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Jeez you'd take 5/340 after losing the toss and being sent in.
But credit to England, it was only because of their wayward bowling and dropped catches that Australia were able to score. So they should be feeling really positive about how everything transpired.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
Jeez you'd take 5/340 after losing the toss and being sent in.
But credit to England, it was only because of their wayward bowling and dropped catches that Australia were able to score. So they should be feeling really positive about how everything transpired.
Lamest I've seen them play since pre McCullum. A couple of decent balls aside, Australia made it look easy.
Certainly a combination of some great Australian play & terrible English bowling out there.
Huge rain over night (thank god, finally) and its' really muggy this morning, so the ball should be doing a lot today. Could be a very interesting session today. I won't be too surprised if we see Australia batting at the end of today in their second innings.
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Aus on top currently but Cam Green keeping us in the hunt. How many NBs?
Great catch by Smith to get rid of Root. I thought for a moment he might have grassed it, and it was close, but in the end a fair catch.
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Listening to the expert comms today, specifically Vaughan and Tuffers, it was a bit of a wank fest about how things should be done. It’s like their agenda has been waiting for the moment that they could say “I told you so “. One moment they are crapping on about England throwing it away, the next praising Aus for their tactical approach with the short stuff.
OK guys, Aus on top at that time but make up your mind about why.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2023:
With Lyon out we will find this match and series difficult to win.
I think it might have toasted this match for the fourth innings, but with the rest of the series in mind I though Todd Murphy looked good in India. While acknowledging the spin friendly conditions, from memory he bowled better than Lyon.
