| Ashes thread 17:11 - Jul 15 with 108232 views | johnhoop |
Now that the World Cup’s done and dusted we can turn our attention to the next major event.
For me the most interesting questions about team selection are;
1) Do we open with Jason Roy? For me it’s a no brainer. I know all the arguments against- he doesn’t even open for Surrey, he struggles against the moving ball etc- but I feel that he’s in such good form and the alternatives are so mediocre that it would be silly not to. If he does come off he could give us control of the game in the first couple of hours. Him and Rory Burns for me.
2) Now that Jofra Archer has to have a place in the side, who are the other two quick bowlers going to be. If fit I guess Anderson has to play and I would give the third spot to Woakes but this means no place for Stuart Broad and the 90 mph+ Mark Wood.
3) Which spinner to go with - Ali or Rashid? Ali’s batting form seems to have dipped but it’s still not an easy decision to make.
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| Ashes thread on 19:04 - Aug 16 with 2035 views | daveB |
realise how good Gower is when the Ashes were on BT the other year and the host was that prat Matt Smith who talks in third person all the time. Always liked Gower hosting the cricket, just feels so relaxing watching him and he knows what he is talking about | | | |
| Ashes thread on 19:07 - Aug 16 with 2031 views | dachiltern |
Cannot be given out to a ball pitched outside leg stump. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 19:13 - Aug 16 with 2027 views | acricketer |
The law is there to prevent negative bowling. If I can get Steve "The Cheat" Smith out by bowling an outside leg stump line and dry up runs by packing the leg side with all my fielders I'd be sorely tempted. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 13:50 - Aug 17 with 1876 views | jonno |
The batsman is out if he is not playing a shot in that situation. As already said the law is designed to prevent negative bowling, but also negative batting so to prevent the batsman just padding the ball away without using his bat. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 13:51 - Aug 17 with 1875 views | jonno |
You can if you are not playing a shot. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 13:54 - Aug 17 with 1867 views | jonno |
England still have the same problem, they cannot get Smith out. Until they can manage to do that they won't win a match. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:37 - Aug 17 with 1825 views | Mick_Hill |
This is brutal - Smith is getting battered. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:48 - Aug 17 with 1806 views | Nov77 |
Archer is the real deal when he bowls like this. | |
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| Ashes thread on 16:20 - Aug 17 with 1757 views | isawqpratwcity |
The booing when he came back on was disgraceful. | |
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| Ashes thread on 16:56 - Aug 17 with 1720 views | Nov77 |
England’s top order is a shambles. | |
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| Ashes thread on 16:58 - Aug 17 with 1717 views | Mick_Hill |
Bad sport day. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 17:08 - Aug 17 with 1695 views | kropotkin41 |
Oh ffs. | |
| ‘morbid curiosity about where this is all going’ |
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| Ashes thread on 19:49 - Aug 17 with 1584 views | Snipper |
Regardless of the outcome of this match, the best thing to happen for the sake of our test team is for the captain to stand down. He’s gone from being one of the best and most reliable batsman, to being a bunny.
If you free him from the burden of captaining the team, he’ll probably rediscover his batting form. There’s also the fact that he’s not a very good captain anyway. [Post edited 17 Aug 2019 19:50]
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| Ashes thread on 19:56 - Aug 17 with 2547 views | MedwayR |
I'd rather he stopped playing the short form of the game and focused on being a test batsman and captain. If he did that and still struggled then I'd be happy for him to step down. I also want him to stay at 4.
Burns has shown some grit and ability but the rest haven't, I'm a big fan of Denly but his call up to international cricket came too late. | |
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| Ashes thread on 21:52 - Aug 17 with 2440 views | thame_hoops |
Archers spell of bowling was hostile. Hoping it has the same effect that Mitchell Johnson had against us back in Australia a few years ago when he terrified us | | | |
| Ashes thread on 00:33 - Aug 18 with 2382 views | stowmarketrange |
I guess it wasn’t my best choice to give my ticket away for tomorrow then?
It could still go one of 4 ways but I’ll have to settle for watching it on tv now. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 06:54 - Aug 18 with 2312 views | jonno |
Not a chance. England will be all out by lunch time and the Aussies will knock off the runs - unless rain intervenes. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 12:25 - Aug 18 with 2198 views | Rangersw12 |
Massive news Smith being out of the rest of the game and must make us favourites if we get over 200
Must put his place in jeopardy for rest of the series aswell | | | |
| Ashes thread on 16:28 - Aug 18 with 2088 views | TGRRRSSS |
With a concussion substitute - can he also Bat?
I know normally a 12th Man cannot bat or bowl. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 16:40 - Aug 18 with 2070 views | toboboly |
Completely disagree with this concussion sub being able to bat or bowl.
You tear a muscle and it is traditional 12th man but a concussion allows an active player? Why are these injuries treated differently? You know someone in the future will use these differences to their advantage. | |
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| Ashes thread on 19:00 - Aug 18 with 2007 views | CamberleyR |
Agree. A complete nonsense. If they're going to allow an sub that can bat/bowl for a concussed player then it should be the same for any injury. | |
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| Ashes thread on 19:04 - Aug 18 with 2000 views | CamberleyR |
Yes, well in that case they do as they'd done for years, the player concussed takes no further part in the match, in the field they're replaced by the twelth man, they don't bat again and the entry on the scorecard is 'absent hurt' or 'absent injured'. | |
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| Ashes thread on 19:05 - Aug 18 with 1996 views | ted_hendrix |
153-6 | |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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| Ashes thread on 22:14 - Aug 18 with 1904 views | WilloW4 |
You're a cricket guru... Wrong again.!! | | | |
| Ashes thread on 02:03 - Aug 19 with 1820 views | isawqpratwcity |
Be fair. He made that prediction before Smith was prohibited from taking further part in the game.
But at least you're better than Esox Lucius and Ned Kennedys: their idea of forum interaction is no argument, no debate, no interchange of ideas, not even any expression of language - no meeting of minds - just, click!, down arrow and on to the next target.
Clive, can we get some kind of tally device put on these champions of Ivory Tower Archery? | |
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