| The official Ashes thread 14:37 - Dec 5 with 8598 views | CountyJim |
Not much of a warm up for England but I fancy us to beat the Aussies
Remember not on sky but BT
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| The official Ashes thread on 11:14 - Dec 17 with 2259 views | KeithHaynes |
Another day of struggle. |  |
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| The official Ashes thread on 18:45 - Dec 17 with 2171 views | max936 |
| The official Ashes thread on 11:14 - Dec 17 by KeithHaynes |
Another day of struggle. |
17-2,might make 60 runs for the last 8 wickets, innings defeat beckon's I reckon that's a pretty safe bet though in fairness and a no shit sherlock comment   |  |
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| The official Ashes thread on 19:57 - Dec 17 with 2151 views | theloneranger |
Glammy doing well against England. 😇 |  |
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| The official Ashes thread on 12:08 - Dec 18 with 2078 views | KeithHaynes |
Oh dear, another session of chuck things away.
2-0 by tomorrow. | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 12:28 - Dec 18 with 2069 views | max936 |
| The official Ashes thread on 12:08 - Dec 18 by KeithHaynes |
Oh dear, another session of chuck things away.
2-0 by tomorrow. |
Embarrassing, they need to pack up their gear and jump back on a plane and seriously look at their selection process and most of all select a Captain that is up to the task,
Martin could do well to do the same with the end bit at SCFC. | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 12:59 - Dec 18 with 2041 views | onehunglow |
| The official Ashes thread on 12:28 - Dec 18 by max936 |
Embarrassing, they need to pack up their gear and jump back on a plane and seriously look at their selection process and most of all select a Captain that is up to the task,
Martin could do well to do the same with the end bit at SCFC. |
I’m missing this carnage as can’t find a site to stream on fire stick. |  |
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| The official Ashes thread on 13:55 - Dec 18 with 2036 views | trampie |
Are the Australians betting against their own team again ?, the English only ever seem to get a result when the Aussies don't seem to be giving it their best effort. |  |
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| The official Ashes thread on 14:20 - Dec 18 with 2021 views | trampie |
No Cummings, no Hazelwood, not enforcing the following with a pink ball under the lights, some rain forecast, only a few overs to go in the day, Australia should still win but not enforcing the follow on is odd, remember the Botham test, what odds did Lillee and Marsh get again....hmm [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 15:23]
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| The official Ashes thread on 15:06 - Dec 18 with 2000 views | theloneranger |
Australia looking after their inexperienced pace attack.
Take out Starc, and you're left with Neser on debut, Richardson playing in his 2nd and Green in his 5th Test match.
With Lyons, there's plenty of bowling there to finish of this shambles of an England "team" | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 17:23 - Dec 18 with 1973 views | KeithHaynes |
Should have put this on 🙄
Second Ashes Test, Adelaide (day three of five)
Australia 473-9-dec & 45-1 Harris 21*
England 236 Malan 80, Root 62; Starc 4-37, Lyon 3-58
Australia lead by 282 | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 18:23 - Dec 18 with 1962 views | shingle |
| The official Ashes thread on 11:59 - Dec 7 by RonaldStump |
Jimmy Anderson is a big loss for the first test |
Why, he played in all the tests in the 2017 series and England still got smashed 4_0 he made no difference to the outcome then so why would he now. | | | |
| The official Ashes thread on 08:55 - Dec 20 with 1859 views | KeithHaynes |
Two more wickets and the Aussies have this one wrapped up. | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 09:43 - Dec 23 with 1691 views | theloneranger |
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| The official Ashes thread on 09:41 - Dec 25 with 1580 views | theloneranger |
England XI for third Ashes Test:
Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, Jimmy Anderson
Australia XI for third Ashes Test:
David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
That's one long England tail, with Robinson batting at No 8.!! [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 9:47]
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| The official Ashes thread on 11:43 - Dec 26 with 1497 views | Fireboy2 |
The biggest problem with english cricket is they don't have any guts, when the sh!t hits the fan they wilt whereas the aussie more often than not stick in there.
I put this down to elitism, most of the english boys are middle to upper class whereas the aussies are working class boys, I know of several great cricketers who would have made it to the top if it weren't for their background. [Post edited 26 Dec 2021 11:49]
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| The official Ashes thread on 13:38 - Dec 26 with 1438 views | onehunglow |
| The official Ashes thread on 11:43 - Dec 26 by Fireboy2 |
The biggest problem with english cricket is they don't have any guts, when the sh!t hits the fan they wilt whereas the aussie more often than not stick in there.
I put this down to elitism, most of the english boys are middle to upper class whereas the aussies are working class boys, I know of several great cricketers who would have made it to the top if it weren't for their background. [Post edited 26 Dec 2021 11:49]
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Complete crepe posted out of utter ignorance and class war.
Some of the greatest cricketers who represented Wales were posh/public schooled/privileged/Tories/middle class,this includes the Welsh players .
Australia doesn't have the class issue we have although there is a clear rich-poor divide.
Root is a Yorkshire lad as was Michael Vaughan and both would rail against being refereing to in those terms. Amongst the most cringeworthy posts ever on here.
England are failing as they are not very good mentally and the jibe that posh have no bottle is just dumb.
We have much to do in this country to break class barriers and that means "working class" warriors not feeling inferior and having chips on shoulders. My family were not poor,nor particularly rich but they were utterly class free and thought everone should be treated equally -that means upwards and downwards socially.
My ol fella would have smashed anyone calling him working class as was the case with my docker paternal grand dad. He was a man without a mental divide and thought himself worthy of anyone in every way. | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 16:06 - Dec 26 with 1396 views | onehunglow |
Can’t think of a worse Ashes team to go to Oz
Is it the white ball game s fault.
Not sure as Aussies manage it.
Beyond shameful | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 08:43 - Dec 27 with 1303 views | NotLoyal |
I can’t stand cricket, but have been asked to update stuff. Don’t ask me anything about this match or what it is . |  |
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| The official Ashes thread on 08:44 - Dec 27 with 1301 views | NotLoyal |
Third Ashes Test, Melbourne (day two of five)
England 185 Root 50; Cummins 3-36, Lyon 3-36 & 31-4 Boland 2-1, Starc 2-11
Australia 267 Harris 76, Warner 38; Anderson 4-33
England trail by 51 runs with six wickets remaining
Scorecard
England are facing Ashes defeat after a dramatic second day of the third Test in Melbourne, which saw England close on 31-4 - still 51 runs behind Australia - following inspired bowling from Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland. | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 12:53 - Dec 27 with 1255 views | max936 |
There's far to much emphasis on the shorter game here and test cricket is suffering, there's more than an element of players being picked for being who they are and not for how good they are, lack of bottle, ability, technique its the same virtually every Ashes Tour.
Thank God for 39yr old Jimmy Anderson, surely he could be utilised to coach train young bowlers, Darren Gough is involved now apparently, but he probably just talks about himself, another talking horse. [Post edited 27 Dec 2021 12:58]
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| The official Ashes thread on 13:35 - Dec 27 with 1234 views | trampie |
| The official Ashes thread on 16:06 - Dec 26 by onehunglow |
Can’t think of a worse Ashes team to go to Oz
Is it the white ball game s fault.
Not sure as Aussies manage it.
Beyond shameful |
Wasn't the first test a red ball and the second test a pink ball ? | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 19:18 - Dec 27 with 1169 views | NotLoyal |
| The official Ashes thread on 13:35 - Dec 27 by trampie |
Wasn't the first test a red ball and the second test a pink ball ? |
What does that mean 😂😂😂 | |
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| The official Ashes thread on 20:22 - Dec 27 with 1148 views | jeza739 |
Seriously?
I assume you're not so confident now...
I posted the below on a cricket forum as a suggestion to try and make it more even ..
Australia are allowed 4 batsmen,
Labuschagne, Smith Head and Warner...and only the 3 top scorers from these 4 would count .
Then I realised England would still be losing...
I love cricket and it's my favourite sport but the fact that Extras are the 3rd highest scorer for England in 2021 is a sad reflection on the state of the English game brought about by the total mismanagement of the county game by ECB over last no of years | | | |
| The official Ashes thread on 20:39 - Dec 27 with 1132 views | jeza739 |
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-26/australia-ashes-dominance-england-product
The most damning article about England's current Test inadequacies, as written by the Australians.
Notable highlights include:
"In the past five first-class seasons, Australian backup Boland has played 37 first-class games, taking 149 wickets at 23.42, just as Queenslander Michael Neser, who won his cap in Adelaide, has played in 49 four-day games in the same period."
"Among England's backups to Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson, the numbers tell a very different story. Chris Woakes, dropped for this game, has played just six County Championship games in five years, his replacement Mark Wood only seven in the same time."
"All-format superstar Stokes – who is expected to bowl 15 overs a day in this team – has played only three County Championship games in the last half-decade. At Adelaide, there was a replacement quick who'd played five County Championship games in 2021 alone. The problem for England was that it was Neser."
And my particular favourite, compiled from the appearance stats, is the damning fact that Marnus Labuschagne has played more County Championship matches in the last five years than Stokes, Bairstow and Buttler combined.
The next time the ECB spout rubbish about reducing the number of First Class counties, these statistics should be thrown in their faces. We could go to a franchise based First Class competition (Say based around The Hundred teams) but there isn't much point if your "elite", and I use that term very loosely, players don't participate in it. | | | |
| The official Ashes thread on 22:11 - Dec 27 with 1097 views | trampie |
County cricket has been a joke for years. | |
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