| Ashes thread 17:11 - Jul 15 with 113703 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.
Any thoughts? |  | | |  |
| Ashes thread on 12:00 - Aug 25 with 1946 views | Toast_R |
| Ashes thread on 11:34 - Aug 25 by johnhoop |
Very disappointing. After all that hard work yesterday he p-sses it away two overs before the new ball by coming down the track and trying to flick Lyon through mid-wicket. Just a matter of time now. |
Bit defeatest. England are still in this I reckon. |  | | |
| Ashes thread on 12:10 - Aug 25 with 1933 views | CamberleyR |
Stokes two hours for 15. Sir Geoffrey would approve. |  |
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| Ashes thread on 12:17 - Aug 25 with 1915 views | johnhoop |
| Ashes thread on 12:00 - Aug 25 by Toast_R |
Bit defeatest. England are still in this I reckon. |
Yeah you’re right. Bairstow and Stokes are doing their best to raise our hopes again.
Basta-rds. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 12:41 - Aug 25 with 1879 views | BlackCrowe |
| Ashes thread on 12:17 - Aug 25 by johnhoop |
Yeah you’re right. Bairstow and Stokes are doing their best to raise our hopes again.
Basta-rds. |
Mein gott...130 needed to win. It could be on. (there that's killed it....apols) |  |
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| Ashes thread on 12:42 - Aug 25 with 1874 views | ozexile |
Praying these 2 can get to lunch. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 12:54 - Aug 25 with 1851 views | Rangersw12 |
What a game this is
I haven't moved all morning! | | | |
| Ashes thread on 13:02 - Aug 25 with 1842 views | Nov77 |
Did Shane Warne just say ‘the cloud starting to crap’? |  |
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| Ashes thread on 13:23 - Aug 25 with 1786 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Ashes thread on 11:34 - Aug 25 by johnhoop |
Very disappointing. After all that hard work yesterday he p-sses it away two overs before the new ball by coming down the track and trying to flick Lyon through mid-wicket. Just a matter of time now. |
Very naive of Root given the hard work he put in yesterday. Still, Stokes and Bairstow are set. Australia will look to limit the runs in the hope the England batsmen get frustrated and orchestrate their own downfalls with silly shots. England need to remain focused, disciplined and grind this one out. Do that and they pull off a victory few saw coming and blow the series wide open. |  | | |
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| Ashes thread on 13:48 - Aug 25 with 1759 views | Nov77 |
Another shocking umpire call | |
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| Ashes thread on 13:51 - Aug 25 with 1753 views | Toast_R |
| Ashes thread on 13:48 - Aug 25 by Nov77 |
Another shocking umpire call |
That was proper shite wasnt it? | | | |
| Ashes thread on 13:55 - Aug 25 with 1743 views | Nov77 |
Bairstow undoes his good work with a poor waft. | |
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| Ashes thread on 13:57 - Aug 25 with 1735 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Ashes thread on 13:55 - Aug 25 by Nov77 |
Bairstow undoes his good work with a poor waft. |
WTF did he have for lunch? Very poor. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:09 - Aug 25 with 1712 views | Nov77 |
Butthead! | |
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| Ashes thread on 14:13 - Aug 25 with 1701 views | johnhoop |
| Ashes thread on 14:09 - Aug 25 by Nov77 |
Butthead! |
That really is it now. Knew they were just getting our hopes up. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:16 - Aug 25 with 1691 views | jonno |
Typical England. Even when they finally start to realise how to play test cricket they still manage to throw it away as you know they will. |  | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:18 - Aug 25 with 1681 views | Benny_the_Ball |
Jesus wept, that run out was farcical. WTF did Root say to the boys over lunch? After working so hard to give themselves a chance, England are now throwing wickets away. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:22 - Aug 25 with 1671 views | Nov77 |
Oz will just bounce out Woakes and the tail now. | |
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| Ashes thread on 14:26 - Aug 25 with 1662 views | Toast_R |
Yep | | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:27 - Aug 25 with 1662 views | Nov77 |
Back to the brainless cricket of the first innings then  | |
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| Ashes thread on 14:29 - Aug 25 with 1655 views | Toast_R |
Going to come up short now. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 14:30 - Aug 25 with 2323 views | ted_hendrix |
Gone and beaten ourselves yet again |  |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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| Ashes thread on 14:31 - Aug 25 with 2319 views | CamberleyR |
WTF are they playing at? Just keep Stokes company FFS! | |
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| Ashes thread on 14:38 - Aug 25 with 2284 views | Nov77 |
I think stokes has to tee off now, no way our last 3 are going to hang around long enough to do this in singles. | |
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| Ashes thread on 14:54 - Aug 25 with 2248 views | johnhoop |
It’s frustrating isn’t it because by lunch we’d actually worked ourselves into a position where winning the game didn’t seem too fanciful. Then it all goes to sh-t, with Bairstow playing the kind of cross batted shot he’d cut out before the interval, then the kamikaze run out and Woakes gifting them his wicket. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 15:29 - Aug 25 with 2217 views | Tonto |
Who to open? It cant be Roy. It will ruin him. Sibley has done well for Warwickshire
Pope in for Buttler. Foakes for Bairstow. Jimmy for Woakes if fit. |  |
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