| T' T20 & th'Ashes & NZ24 13:02 - Oct 25 with 28941 views | D_Alien |
Great to see Ben Stokes will be fit for the Ashes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59022351
The touring conditions will be particularly onerous this time round, so hope he's in a good place mentally too
But first up - the T20 World Cup, and a great start against WI, our nemesis in the last Final [Post edited 30 Nov 12:17]
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:36 - Nov 10 with 3118 views | D_Alien |
Superb batting by NZ, they've got their revenge for the 2018 WCF
Looked odds on for England at the halfway stage but apart from Livingstone, none of our bowlers performed to their usual standard. Full credit to NZ though for applying the batting pressure late on | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 18:15 - Nov 10 with 3069 views | Nigeriamark |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:36 - Nov 10 by D_Alien |
Superb batting by NZ, they've got their revenge for the 2018 WCF
Looked odds on for England at the halfway stage but apart from Livingstone, none of our bowlers performed to their usual standard. Full credit to NZ though for applying the batting pressure late on |
Even with 4 overs left we were favourites, with them needing more than 14 an over
Then they panned us !!! Fair play, that's how 20-20 goes & I hope they win the final |  | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 13:02 - Nov 11 with 2959 views | AtThePeake |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:36 - Nov 10 by D_Alien |
Superb batting by NZ, they've got their revenge for the 2018 WCF
Looked odds on for England at the halfway stage but apart from Livingstone, none of our bowlers performed to their usual standard. Full credit to NZ though for applying the batting pressure late on |
Odds on is right - Sky had us at 1/10 at one stage.
Good job we get another go at it next year with the likes of Archer and Stokes back, but that yesterday was really poor and really unlike our white ball team over the last few years. |  |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 10:29 - Nov 12 with 2827 views | Nigeriamark |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 13:02 - Nov 11 by AtThePeake |
Odds on is right - Sky had us at 1/10 at one stage.
Good job we get another go at it next year with the likes of Archer and Stokes back, but that yesterday was really poor and really unlike our white ball team over the last few years. |
When Conway was out for 46 against us he punched his bat in frustration. He's broken his finger & misses the final. Talk about gutted !!!
Great win by the Aussies yesterday, both semi's won by teams having a finisher when they looked out of it with a few overs left
Should be a good semi with hopefully NZ coming out on top | | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 15:43 - Nov 14 with 2724 views | D_Alien |
Brilliant 85 off 48 by Williamson has given NZ a chance
A captain's innings just when they needed it
Target: 173
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:24 - Nov 14 with 2678 views | D_Alien |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 15:43 - Nov 14 by D_Alien |
Brilliant 85 off 48 by Williamson has given NZ a chance
A captain's innings just when they needed it
Target: 173
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A target which looked a bit short, and so it proved
The convicts will be cock-a-hoop ahead of the Ashes | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 21:03 - Nov 14 with 2612 views | downunder |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:24 - Nov 14 by D_Alien |
A target which looked a bit short, and so it proved
The convicts will be cock-a-hoop ahead of the Ashes |
Not the best weekend, for results, for teams dressed mainly in black. |  | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 12:09 - Nov 15 with 2537 views | Nigeriamark |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 21:03 - Nov 14 by downunder |
Not the best weekend, for results, for teams dressed mainly in black. |
Fair play to the Aussies. I thought it was a reasonable total but after their first wicket went down they cruised it | | | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 12:19 - Nov 30 with 2425 views | D_Alien |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59470786
Looks like we'll be going into the first test (Brisbane, 8 Dec) woefully undercooked - again
Two of the three days of the first warm up game were washed out, and although Hameed & Burns put on an undefeated 98 before the weather intervened, no other batsman has had a knock in Aussie conditions - and now the first day of the remaining warm up has also fallen foul of the weather with the forecast not great. Our bowling unit(s) will be lacking overs too
Add to that, there's a danger the schedule could be disrupted - the fifth test in Perth is in doubt due to re-imposed travel restrictions. Not looking great and although the Aussies have had their off-field problems (Cummins replacing Paine as captain, which imo isn't a positive for us) as well as us, overall the prospects aren't looking great
If the two sides manage to make a competitive series out of all this, that's about the best i'm hoping for right now
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:45 - Dec 6 with 2148 views | watford_dale |
Was going for Australia to win 5 - 0 if Stokes wasn't going but now he is I have re-assessed and reckon it will be 3 - 1 to Australia.
Proposed top 4 of Burns (avg 32.8), Hameed (vastly improved), Malan and Crawley does not convince me of 400, 500 plus scores which is what will be needed and regularly and lets not have Root coming in at 30 - 2.
The middle order is very solid but the bowlers we are hopeful that they don't get injured and I assume rotate Jimmy and Broad (if is foot is fixed) and pray that Wood remains healthy but Robinson showed in summer that he is ready unless the ECB have discovered some racist terminology from an essay he wrote aged 6.
Can we cope with their bowling on their pitches, see how the first one goes weather depending, will decide it. |  | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 05:12 - Dec 7 with 2048 views | Nigeriamark |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:45 - Dec 6 by watford_dale |
Was going for Australia to win 5 - 0 if Stokes wasn't going but now he is I have re-assessed and reckon it will be 3 - 1 to Australia.
Proposed top 4 of Burns (avg 32.8), Hameed (vastly improved), Malan and Crawley does not convince me of 400, 500 plus scores which is what will be needed and regularly and lets not have Root coming in at 30 - 2.
The middle order is very solid but the bowlers we are hopeful that they don't get injured and I assume rotate Jimmy and Broad (if is foot is fixed) and pray that Wood remains healthy but Robinson showed in summer that he is ready unless the ECB have discovered some racist terminology from an essay he wrote aged 6.
Can we cope with their bowling on their pitches, see how the first one goes weather depending, will decide it. |
We need to not lose this first test otherwise it will be a real uphill battle & your 3-1 will probably be about right. Jimmy looks like he will be rested for the first one, and it also looks like the 5th test will be a second day/nighter. Australia are not great but as you point out we need our top 3 to get some decent starts otherwise we could get a hammering. I hope Leach gets a few games, because with the exception of Wood, the pace of our pace attack is too similar. I also doubt Wood will last 5 tests, & would hope he can play 3 | | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 23:33 - Dec 7 with 1925 views | Sandyman |
No Broad???
England win toss and bat. |  | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 23:40 - Dec 7 with 1912 views | D_Alien |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 23:33 - Dec 7 by Sandyman |
No Broad???
England win toss and bat. |
Big call first up, but i reckon both he and Anderson will play in 3 out of the 5 each
Brisbane weather a bit stormy. Batten down the hatches lads! | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 23:55 - Dec 7 with 1882 views | Sandyman |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 23:40 - Dec 7 by D_Alien |
Big call first up, but i reckon both he and Anderson will play in 3 out of the 5 each
Brisbane weather a bit stormy. Batten down the hatches lads! |
Can understand that, but Broad is surely a better option on that wicket than Leach? Can't see Jack getting much off something so green. Unless it gets soaked and he does a deadly Derek. | | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 02:04 - Dec 8 with 1834 views | D_Alien |
Difficult start, as we might've expected
Impressed with Hameed. Need to dig in and get some sort of total to bowl at | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 04:55 - Dec 8 with 1796 views | Nigeriamark |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 17:45 - Dec 6 by watford_dale |
Was going for Australia to win 5 - 0 if Stokes wasn't going but now he is I have re-assessed and reckon it will be 3 - 1 to Australia.
Proposed top 4 of Burns (avg 32.8), Hameed (vastly improved), Malan and Crawley does not convince me of 400, 500 plus scores which is what will be needed and regularly and lets not have Root coming in at 30 - 2.
The middle order is very solid but the bowlers we are hopeful that they don't get injured and I assume rotate Jimmy and Broad (if is foot is fixed) and pray that Wood remains healthy but Robinson showed in summer that he is ready unless the ECB have discovered some racist terminology from an essay he wrote aged 6.
Can we cope with their bowling on their pitches, see how the first one goes weather depending, will decide it. |
Well 30-2 would have been quite good!!!!. 11-2 when Root came in, he is out for a duck & we reached 29-4. 147 all out, we need a decent session now although looks like a rain delay. Sods law says no further play then a great batting day tomorrow. As well as not playing Broad, there will be a lot of questions about winning the toss yet batting on a day that looked to favour bowling.
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 07:05 - Dec 8 with 1749 views | fitzochris |
Absolutely poor reward for staying up late. Even no.11 batsmen take a better position than Burns did for that first-ball dismissal. Absolutely limp display from all others thereafter.
To not use one of Anderson or Broad is a mistake too, I reckon.
Not even the rain will save us for this one. |  |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 07:05 - Dec 8 with 1749 views | D_Alien |
Play abandoned for the day
Glad i went to bed at 2pm! | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 07:28 - Dec 8 with 1726 views | EllDale |
The Burns moment will go down in Ashes annals like the Harmison moment.
The first ball of a series that sets the trend.
Batting was weak but why not put them first?
Or don’t we trust an attack minus both Anderson and Broad? | | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 07:58 - Dec 8 with 1703 views | fitzochris |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 07:28 - Dec 8 by EllDale |
The Burns moment will go down in Ashes annals like the Harmison moment.
The first ball of a series that sets the trend.
Batting was weak but why not put them first?
Or don’t we trust an attack minus both Anderson and Broad? |
And if that’s the case, why then select that attack? | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 10:04 - Dec 8 with 1619 views | dawlishdale |
Well; that was a big disappointment.
In addition to the questionable selection issues, surely you would have elected to field on that pitch having won the toss?
Root may well be a World class batsman, but his captaincy is suspect at best. Unless he is told what to do by others in higher places.
Very much an uphill battle now; if it wasn't before. | | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 10:30 - Dec 8 with 1601 views | AtThePeake |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 10:04 - Dec 8 by dawlishdale |
Well; that was a big disappointment.
In addition to the questionable selection issues, surely you would have elected to field on that pitch having won the toss?
Root may well be a World class batsman, but his captaincy is suspect at best. Unless he is told what to do by others in higher places.
Very much an uphill battle now; if it wasn't before. |
It felt to me like the decision to bat first if we won the toss was made weeks ago, well before we saw the pitch or the conditions. The line-up decision likewise. | |
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| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 10:49 - Dec 8 with 1593 views | pioneer |
Ithink it was Alan Border who once said if you win the toss at Brisbane 9 times out of ten you bat first, the tenth time you think about bowling first but then bat.
Only the second time 150 years of Ashes cricket that first ball of series took a wicket.
Completely undercooked line up and decide to save our best bowlers for Adelaide when (weather permitting) we will be 1-0 down.
The only stranger decision on team line ups is pepe picking a full strength Man City team for an away game in europe that doesnt matter and gets injuries and a sending off. Maybe we could appoint him as an England selector. | | | |
| T' T20 & th'Ashes on 02:04 - Dec 9 with 1408 views | D_Alien |
Time for bed. Will Stokes be able to bowl again this match?
Dread to think what the score will be when i wake up
Edit: so 7 down is a lot better than i expected. Good effort by our bowlers, but we're obviously up against it [Post edited 9 Dec 2021 7:33]
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