| Th'Ashes Down Under on 19:02 - Dec 4 with 1533 views | pioneer |
I am down in Brisbane with a mate from here. It was quite emotional seeing him finally get that monkey of his back and the response was truly humbling…the entire ground erupted. I think everyone in the ground was willing him on for those last few runs, (unless David Warner was somewhere in the crowd).
The aussies, being the aussies, were not going to make those last few runs easy and when they brought Starc back on the jitters came back….for me but not for Joe.
it was an honour to be present …well done Joe…you did it were it counts most. |  | |  |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 19:59 - Dec 4 with 1460 views | TalkingSutty |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 19:02 - Dec 4 by pioneer |
I am down in Brisbane with a mate from here. It was quite emotional seeing him finally get that monkey of his back and the response was truly humbling…the entire ground erupted. I think everyone in the ground was willing him on for those last few runs, (unless David Warner was somewhere in the crowd).
The aussies, being the aussies, were not going to make those last few runs easy and when they brought Starc back on the jitters came back….for me but not for Joe.
it was an honour to be present …well done Joe…you did it were it counts most. |
You're lucky to have witnessed that. |  | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:03 - Dec 5 with 1316 views | TalkingSutty |
We're sending down some right tripe today, the bowlers are all over the place. [Post edited 5 Dec 8:10]
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:37 - Dec 5 with 1297 views | isitme |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:03 - Dec 5 by TalkingSutty |
We're sending down some right tripe today, the bowlers are all over the place. [Post edited 5 Dec 8:10]
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Our change bowlers - Carse and Stokes are bowlers of (occasional) great balls, rather than great bowlers and therefore tend not to be the most economical. Jacks is obviously not really that trusted with the ball and is a hedge your bets selection at 8.
Let's see if Archer and Atkinson can get the ball to talk under the floodlights. |  | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:40 - Dec 5 with 1293 views | TalkingSutty |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:37 - Dec 5 by isitme |
Our change bowlers - Carse and Stokes are bowlers of (occasional) great balls, rather than great bowlers and therefore tend not to be the most economical. Jacks is obviously not really that trusted with the ball and is a hedge your bets selection at 8.
Let's see if Archer and Atkinson can get the ball to talk under the floodlights. |
We need to win the last session definitely, quick wickets required. | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 12:10 - Dec 5 with 1170 views | D_Alien |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:40 - Dec 5 by TalkingSutty |
We need to win the last session definitely, quick wickets required. |
Badly need to take those last four wickets early tomorrow. A lead of anything above 100 would be too much psychological pressure on our batting order and we can't afford to lose this game, because we ain't coming back from 0-2 down
This is it then... all that planning, all those injuries fought and players identified, all of it comes to the crunch in the early hours, UK time |  |
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 13:04 - Dec 5 with 1140 views | Nigeriamark |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 12:10 - Dec 5 by D_Alien |
Badly need to take those last four wickets early tomorrow. A lead of anything above 100 would be too much psychological pressure on our batting order and we can't afford to lose this game, because we ain't coming back from 0-2 down
This is it then... all that planning, all those injuries fought and players identified, all of it comes to the crunch in the early hours, UK time |
if we could have held the catches offered today, they would be all out and the scores would be about level. Smith, Carse and Duckett dropped easy chances. Root and Ducket had 2 more difficult chances, both dropped. Compare that with their catch for the last wicket today and the catch from their keeper yesterday.
Also no Australian dismissed for less than 20 so far. Almost all of them left deliveries for a couple of overs before starting to open up, and they have still scored at 5.5 an over today. compare that with our 4 ducks and another single figure score. A team with 1 very good bowler and basic application of batting and fielding are running rings around us. tough ask tomorrow but as you say if we can take the last 4, and concede a lead of about 100 we have a chance if we can apply ourselves in the second innings. |  | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 13:30 - Dec 5 with 1107 views | D_Alien |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 13:04 - Dec 5 by Nigeriamark |
if we could have held the catches offered today, they would be all out and the scores would be about level. Smith, Carse and Duckett dropped easy chances. Root and Ducket had 2 more difficult chances, both dropped. Compare that with their catch for the last wicket today and the catch from their keeper yesterday.
Also no Australian dismissed for less than 20 so far. Almost all of them left deliveries for a couple of overs before starting to open up, and they have still scored at 5.5 an over today. compare that with our 4 ducks and another single figure score. A team with 1 very good bowler and basic application of batting and fielding are running rings around us. tough ask tomorrow but as you say if we can take the last 4, and concede a lead of about 100 we have a chance if we can apply ourselves in the second innings. |
As for that second innings, there's one or two much-vaunted players who need a major reality check
Brook in particular, displaying all the staying power of a show pony
Pope, backed at no.3 but doing nothing to justify it, although he's been put in very early every innings so far [Post edited 5 Dec 13:45]
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:28 - Dec 6 with 901 views | davidab2202 |
Perhaps this thread might have been better to have been "Thrashes down Under".
Why can't it rain for a couple of days!!!!! | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:37 - Dec 6 with 896 views | TalkingSutty |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:28 - Dec 6 by davidab2202 |
Perhaps this thread might have been better to have been "Thrashes down Under".
Why can't it rain for a couple of days!!!!! |
Not been great has it. Both bowling attacks are pretty poor to be honest. Starc being the X factor. | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:15 - Dec 6 with 840 views | D_Alien |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:37 - Dec 6 by TalkingSutty |
Not been great has it. Both bowling attacks are pretty poor to be honest. Starc being the X factor. |
The amount of overs England's quicks have bowled already in these conditions will take its toll as the series wears on | |
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:58 - Dec 6 with 782 views | Daley_Lama |
Crawley - applying himself
Duckett - yet to learn
Pope - yet to learn
Root - applying himself
Brook - god knows |  |
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 10:38 - Dec 6 with 726 views | pioneer |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:58 - Dec 6 by Daley_Lama |
Crawley - applying himself
Duckett - yet to learn
Pope - yet to learn
Root - applying himself
Brook - god knows |
Fail to prepare = prepare to fail proven true once again
There are kids now in high slchool who have never experienced England winning a test down under. Even the Windies and Pakistan win the occasional test in what for England has become terra nullis | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 11:18 - Dec 6 with 676 views | D_Alien |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 10:38 - Dec 6 by pioneer |
Fail to prepare = prepare to fail proven true once again
There are kids now in high slchool who have never experienced England winning a test down under. Even the Windies and Pakistan win the occasional test in what for England has become terra nullis |
The W Indies have just salvaged a great backs-to-the-wall draw against NZ
That's respecting test cricket, where we no longer seem to do so, despite all the back-room planning and central contacts. All of that wasted due to negligent on-field tour prep | |
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 20:53 - Dec 6 with 444 views | EllDale |
The England Lions team are having an equally miserable time of it.
They were bowled out for 166 in their first innings; Australia A are 554-7 in reply, a lead of 388. | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 06:12 - Dec 7 with 340 views | D_Alien |
The primary feeling after Stokes and Jacks bat an entire session is annoyance
You bunch of absolutely tossers, tossing the Ashes, people's tour money and your f*cking reputations away through lack of previous thought, planning and above all, application
Far, far too little too late | |
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 07:03 - Dec 7 with 313 views | TalkingSutty |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 06:12 - Dec 7 by D_Alien |
The primary feeling after Stokes and Jacks bat an entire session is annoyance
You bunch of absolutely tossers, tossing the Ashes, people's tour money and your f*cking reputations away through lack of previous thought, planning and above all, application
Far, far too little too late |
Amazing what happens when you bat correctly and value your wicket. The horse has bolted though because this lot always know better and don't have the appetite to graft for their runs. | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:15 - Dec 7 with 260 views | EllDale |
There’s no internal criticism as they’re all quite happy in the Bazball bubble.
Quite impervious to what other people think. | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:23 - Dec 7 with 252 views | TalkingSutty |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:15 - Dec 7 by EllDale |
There’s no internal criticism as they’re all quite happy in the Bazball bubble.
Quite impervious to what other people think. |
Yes, the financial rewards are good also. As a collective they've been a embarrassment in these first two tests to be honest. It's the spectators i feel sorry for, they haven't even made it a contest. Lost two test matches in just over five days. [Post edited 7 Dec 8:35]
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:38 - Dec 7 with 226 views | EllDale |
Cricket Australia won’t be happy either.
Plenty of refunds to be made to all those ticket holders for the final day.
That’s four days over two tests. | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:01 - Dec 7 with 192 views | TVOS1907 |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:38 - Dec 7 by EllDale |
Cricket Australia won’t be happy either.
Plenty of refunds to be made to all those ticket holders for the final day.
That’s four days over two tests. |
That's hardly our concern, though.
Do they sell tickets for Day 5, because we tend not to in England. |  |
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| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:09 - Dec 7 with 185 views | isitme |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 08:23 - Dec 7 by TalkingSutty |
Yes, the financial rewards are good also. As a collective they've been a embarrassment in these first two tests to be honest. It's the spectators i feel sorry for, they haven't even made it a contest. Lost two test matches in just over five days. [Post edited 7 Dec 8:35]
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More time to play golf though. There are some good courses in Australia. | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:37 - Dec 7 with 152 views | EllDale |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:01 - Dec 7 by TVOS1907 |
That's hardly our concern, though.
Do they sell tickets for Day 5, because we tend not to in England. |
I know that they used to sell tickets for Day 5 in the dim and distant past as I’ve bought them for test matches at Old Trafford.
I can understand why the practice may have been discontinued though with trends as they are in modern cricket.
I was reading somewhere the other day that Tests were only played over three days until the 1930s when matches were extended to five days due to the high percentage of drawn games.
That was in an era when batsmen frequently spent all day building an innings though! | | | |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 10:47 - Dec 7 with 96 views | pioneer |
| Th'Ashes Down Under on 09:01 - Dec 7 by TVOS1907 |
That's hardly our concern, though.
Do they sell tickets for Day 5, because we tend not to in England. |
You couldnt buy dave 5 ticmets when they first went on sale. I do t k ow if they made them avalable mlre recently | | | |
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