Ashes 2023
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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.
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@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:
@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.
Fucking hated him when he played to the point I ignored the majesty of his play
He grows on me every year
He is has an incredible cricket brain
He is pretty funny
He loves putting people in their placeAnd his pull shot was a thing of absolute beauty. Still thought he went too hard at the ball early in an innings
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I hate the wanking over bazball so much I hope they beat England 5-0
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@mariner4life said in Ashes 2023:
I hate the wanking over bazball so much I hope they beat England 5-0
You're obviously not reading todays press. They are getting absolutely slated!
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@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
@mariner4life said in Ashes 2023:
I hate the wanking over bazball so much I hope they beat England 5-0
You're obviously not reading todays press. They are getting absolutely slated!
My guy I'm holidaying through Italy
I ain't reading shit!
