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Makes you wonder why the Aussies didn't take it immediately?inactionman wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:49 am States the obvious perhaps, but the new ball looks to be pretty important on this pitch.
Arrogance, obvsduke wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:36 pmMakes you wonder why the Aussies didn't take it immediately?inactionman wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:49 am States the obvious perhaps, but the new ball looks to be pretty important on this pitch.
It's always a double edged sword, it can go for runs pretty quicklyduke wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:36 pmMakes you wonder why the Aussies didn't take it immediately?inactionman wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:49 am States the obvious perhaps, but the new ball looks to be pretty important on this pitch.
Still MIA, wonder why...
Love you boys. Some of us don't run.....
There's a lot of that to go around......
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1st spell 2nd spell 3rd spell 4th spell 5th spell 6th spell 7th spell Total
Broad 4 2 4 4 14
Anderson 4 4 5 3 1 3 20
Woakes 5 5 2 3 2 2 4 23
Wood 4 5 5 2 1 17
Ali 2 9 6 17
Total 91
Mahoney wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:29 pm Just had a look at the spell lengths from the 1st Aussie innings - very interesting*, the longest spell by a quick was 5 overs. My recollection was that 7 over spells or even longer were quite common not long ago.
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1st spell 2nd spell 3rd spell 4th spell 5th spell 6th spell 7th spell Total Broad 4 2 4 4 14 Anderson 4 4 5 3 1 3 20 Woakes 5 5 2 3 2 2 4 23 Wood 4 5 5 2 1 17 Ali 2 9 6 17 Total 91
This is great stuff. The Aussies are heading towards the ignominy of losing after a 2 nil lead in a Test series. Sure this has never happened in the Ashes but struggling to think if has ever happened in a 5 match series. Windies won against Eng in 90 but the 2nd Test was abandoned rather than lost.Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:27 pm Head gone
Aussies will need 2 days of unrelenting, a Noah's ark style rain to escape this one now.
Surely runs is what the Aussies need?Deepsouth wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:09 pmLove you boys. Some of us don't run.....
We shall see mate. English weather being what it is we shall see....Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:47 pmSurely runs is what the Aussies need?
As we said gentleman. Root knew. Unlike the English we won't cry about it.....Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:46 pmThis is great stuff. The Aussies are heading towards the ignominy of losing after a 2 nil lead in a Test series. Sure this has never happened in the Ashes but struggling to think if has ever happened in a 5 match series. Windies won against Eng in 90 but the 2nd Test was abandoned rather than lost.Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:27 pm Head gone
Aussies will need 2 days of unrelenting, a Noah's ark style rain to escape this one now.
I wish I had confidence we’re going to get the c.40 overs we’ll likely need to finish this off given the forecast. Nail every cover in Lancashire to that ground tonight.Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:46 pmThis is great stuff. The Aussies are heading towards the ignominy of losing after a 2 nil lead in a Test series. Sure this has never happened in the Ashes but struggling to think if has ever happened in a 5 match series. Windies won against Eng in 90 but the 2nd Test was abandoned rather than lost.Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:27 pm Head gone
Aussies will need 2 days of unrelenting, a Noah's ark style rain to escape this one now.
I think you are worrying unnecessarily. Aus won't last 50 overs and the forecast allows enough for that (with any added time).Paddington Bear wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:37 pmI wish I had confidence we’re going to get the c.40 overs we’ll likely need to finish this off given the forecast. Nail every cover in Lancashire to that ground tonight.Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:46 pmThis is great stuff. The Aussies are heading towards the ignominy of losing after a 2 nil lead in a Test series. Sure this has never happened in the Ashes but struggling to think if has ever happened in a 5 match series. Windies won against Eng in 90 but the 2nd Test was abandoned rather than lost.Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:27 pm Head gone
Aussies will need 2 days of unrelenting, a Noah's ark style rain to escape this one now.
Fair to say Eng have had all the rub of the conditions where that has been material.Thor Sedan wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:37 pm Game is easy when you play well and get to choose at the toss 4 out of 4.
Fully agree on the short ball. Head’s in many ways is more criminal - a top order international should not be left looking like that by a telegraphed bouncer. What a difference Wood makes, and a genuine character as well which is always great to seeTorquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:02 pmI think you are worrying unnecessarily. Aus won't last 50 overs and the forecast allows enough for that (with any added time).Paddington Bear wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:37 pmI wish I had confidence we’re going to get the c.40 overs we’ll likely need to finish this off given the forecast. Nail every cover in Lancashire to that ground tonight.Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:46 pm
This is great stuff. The Aussies are heading towards the ignominy of losing after a 2 nil lead in a Test series. Sure this has never happened in the Ashes but struggling to think if has ever happened in a 5 match series. Windies won against Eng in 90 but the 2nd Test was abandoned rather than lost.
On another note, Smith and Head once again show that modern batsmen are clueless against the short ball (off a genuine quick).
You can't help liking both Woakes and Woods.Paddington Bear wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:07 pm Fully agree on the short ball. Head’s in many ways is more criminal - a top order international should not be left looking like that by a telegraphed bouncer. What a difference Wood makes, and a genuine character as well which is always great to see
You are a lesion on this board.Deepsouth wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:00 pmAs we said gentleman. Root knew. Unlike the English we won't cry about it.....Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:46 pmThis is great stuff. The Aussies are heading towards the ignominy of losing after a 2 nil lead in a Test series. Sure this has never happened in the Ashes but struggling to think if has ever happened in a 5 match series. Windies won against Eng in 90 but the 2nd Test was abandoned rather than lost.Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:27 pm Head gone
Aussies will need 2 days of unrelenting, a Noah's ark style rain to escape this one now.
Brexit England disgraceful and very feral......
Aussie would have batted first both times for the last 2 tests, I reckonThor Sedan wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:37 pm Game is easy when you play well and get to choose at the toss 4 out of 4.
And you are a bitter sad old man......TedMaul wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:26 pmYou are a lesion on this board.Deepsouth wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:00 pmAs we said gentleman. Root knew. Unlike the English we won't cry about it.....Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:46 pm
This is great stuff. The Aussies are heading towards the ignominy of losing after a 2 nil lead in a Test series. Sure this has never happened in the Ashes but struggling to think if has ever happened in a 5 match series. Windies won against Eng in 90 but the 2nd Test was abandoned rather than lost.
Brexit England disgraceful and very feral......
Don’t make your fast bowlers into captains. They’re all Beasts of Little Brain.Biffer wrote: Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:24 am The Aussies deserve to lose this series purely because they're playing such awful, negative cricket. This 7/8/9 men on the boundary shit is just a symptom of a complete lack of ideas on how to play England when they bat aggressively. It's dreadful stuff. I can't imagine Border, Taylor or Ponting having so little imagination.
Well to be fair to Bob Willis, he did an OK job. 18 Tests as England captain with 7 wins, 5 losses, and 6 draws, 29 ODI matches, winning 16 and losing 13. Not great but not terrible either. Maybe it depends as much on the other senior players you have around you.Sandstorm wrote: Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:23 amDon’t make your fast bowlers into captains. They’re all Beasts of Little Brain.Biffer wrote: Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:24 am The Aussies deserve to lose this series purely because they're playing such awful, negative cricket. This 7/8/9 men on the boundary shit is just a symptom of a complete lack of ideas on how to play England when they bat aggressively. It's dreadful stuff. I can't imagine Border, Taylor or Ponting having so little imagination.
Some poor batting at the top of the order from Scotland, looked to me that they had come out with the intention of hitting 240, rather than looking to start towards 180 and take it from there. Good bowling in the end made the win, two wins from two for Scotland, four games to play. Sell out crowd for next Friday vs Ireland.Paddington Bear wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 4:05 pm Forecast is making me very nervous.
Meanwhile north of the wall Scotland are being given a very serious fright by Jersey