Ashes 2023
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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.
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He will be a loss for sure. He immediately set into a grove bowling early in the match, but I think you are being overly pessimistic.Thus far it seems England will immediately push the self-destruct as soon as they get into a position of strength. All part of BazBen's cunning plan I guess.
At least Lyon got his hundred consecutive tests.
It did look bad but it's not confirmed he's out is it?
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Overall a good fightback by England. The Australian tail didn't wag very much from what I saw before falling asleep, and the wickets the English did lose sounded more like self destruction against the short ball. No Lyon, plus Starc sounds like he had one of the more erratic days with his radar...
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It's going to be such a good series, the teams are so evenly matched.
Lyon is a major blow. He's just a consistent presence and he's been in real form. Murphy is a good backup but he's a rookie.
No idea how this match ends. You could convince me of all three results, though bowling out England in the 4th innings looks much harder without Lyon.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
It's going to be such a good series, the teams are so evenly matched.
Not sure i agree. Australia have the superior side.
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I'm actually watching cricket for the first time in ages. The Oz commentator (Ponting?) is bloody brilliant.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Ashes 2023:
I'm actually watching cricket for the first time in ages. The Oz commentator (Ponting?) is bloody brilliant.
He's been very good and much more likeable as a comms man than as a player.
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@KiwiMurph said in Ashes 2023:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
It's going to be such a good series, the teams are so evenly matched.
Not sure i agree. Australia have the superior side.
Openers marginally better, though with Warner living on his rep more these days.
Middle order? Well I'm quite happy with ours - would be happy with Aus' lot too though.
Keeper. Purely in that role, Carey is a step or two up from Bairstow.
Bowling. Aus have much more of the X factor and we are a bit too "samey" I'd take Aus' attack over ours.
Fielding? In this series so far Aus have been good more often than we have, though recently we've been pretty good.Overall I don't think there is too much difference in the teams but with Aus slightly more balanced.
Caveat: As a player I was limited to being an attacking No11 batsman and a specialist long on fielder.
