Ashes 2023

[NTA]

There's a bit of chat back at the Piers Morgan's of this world

Jul 22, 2023

Cry me a river, England

The English are very selective in memory.

[NTA]

[Duluth]

ICC World Test Championship

Marsh's fitness key to Green's Test spot

Offspinner Todd Murphy is likely to play the Oval Test after missing out at Old Trafford

[barbarian]

I'm a bit torn about the result at Old Trafford.

The Australian in me is mightily relieved. Relieved we retain the urn, but mainly relieved we aren't subject to a historic 3-2 England win and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc. I mean can you imagine the insufferable carry-on? They'd be frothing about it for decades. So bullet dodged there.

But the cricket fan in me is sad. I've never seen a 2-2 Ashes series coming into the 5th Test, and I might never see it. It would have been electric.

There is still a lot to play for at the Oval though. Big difference between 3-1 and 2-2.

[KiwiPie]

@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:

and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc.

I was amazed to see that Sam Curran is an MBE. As is Adil Rashid. Not that they hand them out to just any old cricketer.

[mariner4life]

Shane Warne's epic sledge at Paul Collingwood comes to mind

"didn't you get an OBE? For scoring 5 at The Oval? That's embarrassing"

[barbarian]

If they pulled off 3-2 they'd have the Ben Stokes statue erected within 24 hours.

And fair enough too, I might add.

[Catogrande]

@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2023:

@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:

and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc.

I was amazed to see that Sam Curran is an MBE. As is Adil Rashid. Not that they hand them out to just any old cricketer.

Team award. For winning one of the limited over world cups. I've got no problem with that.

[MiketheSnow]

[KiwiPie]

@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:

@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2023:

@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:

and the ensuing parades, OBEs, tribute documentaries etc.

I was amazed to see that Sam Curran is an MBE. As is Adil Rashid. Not that they hand them out to just any old cricketer.

Team award. For winning one of the limited over world cups. I've got no problem with that.

Don't think it was a team award - for Curran it was for the T20 World Cup that I can barely remember.

[NTA]

[MN5]

@NTA said in Ashes 2023:

These Simpsons/Ashes memes are SO shit but yet they’re hilarious.

[NTA]

Shit but hilarious. Right in your wheel house.

[Catogrande]

@KiwiPie Yeah you're right, though it turns out there were a few of that T20 side that got either the MBE or OBE in 2022/23, so I assumed...

[MN5]

@NTA said in Ashes 2023:

Shit but hilarious. Right in your wheel house.

That’s how I roll

[KiwiPie]

@Catogrande said in Ashes 2023:

@KiwiPie Yeah you're right, though it turns out there were a few of that T20 side that got either the MBE or OBE in 2022/23, so I assumed...

I'm a cricket snob so giving out any lifetime awards for hit and giggle cricket seems very odd.

[KiwiMurph]

Discuss

[mariner4life]

fast bowler?

[barbarian]

He's the greatest English fast bowler, but you can't make a serious case he's the overall greatest.

Averages 34 in Australia and South Africa, 29 in India. Not really close to Walsh, Ambrose, McGrath, Steyn, Akram, etc etc etc

[dogmeat]

@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:

He's the greatest English fast bowler

of the 21st Century - so far.

Great longevity. Economy Rate. Sense of occasion and has got better with age.

Better than Statham, Tyson, Trueman, Larwood? Very debatable.