| Ashes Winter thread 22:31 - Nov 6 with 47247 views | newgolddream |
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson faces a battle to be fit for the first Ashes Test in Brisbane on 21 November.
The 32-year-old sustained a hamstring injury while bowling in Australia's final one-day international against India last Saturday.
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| Ashes Winter thread on 08:20 - Dec 13 with 1077 views | jonno |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:12 - Dec 13 by CHUBBS |
We had our foot on their throat yet let them off the hook.
I've forgotten how many times we've done this over the years.
If we'd been 140 odd for 5 you get the feeling they'd be batting already.
This performance has been coming but to lose in this manner against a bang average team is just not acceptable. |
Exactly right. We do it time and again, as I said on here the other day. They will now score 350 plus having let them off the hook, and our batting will again collapse to sub 200. |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:24 - Dec 13 with 1074 views | edwardtheconfessor |
The Ashes have gone lads.The batting has rightly been criticised but do we look even remotely close to taking twenty wickets. Selection all wrong, with over cautious tactics and trying to cover all bases while strengthening none.Bresnan's non swinging long hops (is he likely to score more than 25 runs in total in both innings?) and stokes(maybe 2 wickets and 25/30 run contribution) included because of his jack of all trades credentials.Finn and Rankin should have been the brave and the bold/Sh1t or bust option if we had any desire to cling on to the urn.The Aussies will be laughing they dont have to face these two on a fast bouncy pitch. FFS why pick both stokes and bresnan..two cheeks of the same arse. [Post edited 13 Dec 2013 8:25]
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| Ashes Winter thread on 03:59 - Dec 14 with 1020 views | Nov77 |
Oz 385 all out, england with a dodgy 25 minute period to bat before lunch. |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 04:02 - Dec 14 with 1019 views | Pommyhoop |
385 for the Aussies.Apparently 308 is the average 1st innings score on the Wacca.
What do you recon ?140 for us?? |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 06:35 - Dec 14 with 1009 views | Hooparoo |
Cheerio Carberry!  |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 07:01 - Dec 14 with 999 views | Hooparoo |
Bye bye Root! You bloody beauty! | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 07:01 - Dec 14 with 999 views | HantsR |
| Ashes Winter thread on 06:35 - Dec 14 by Hooparoo |
Cheerio Carberry! |
..and Joe Root, controversially, of course! |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 07:18 - Dec 14 with 990 views | Hooparoo |
| Ashes Winter thread on 07:01 - Dec 14 by HantsR |
..and Joe Root, controversially, of course! |
Mate, I agree Root wasn't out. I wish they'd ditch the reviews but it will even out no doubt. | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 08:15 - Dec 14 with 981 views | ElHoop |
Root was a bit unfortunate but that's sport. You don't lose a test series for one questionable decision. I still think that we can win this test. |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:21 - Dec 14 with 976 views | CHUBBS |
They just can't afford to lose any more wickets today thus the score rate is moving at a snails pace making a win unlikely.
I'd probably take the draw still giving us a slim chance to win the last couple of tests.
You can just feel the inevitable collapse just around the corner. |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:34 - Dec 14 with 971 views | ElHoop |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:21 - Dec 14 by CHUBBS |
They just can't afford to lose any more wickets today thus the score rate is moving at a snails pace making a win unlikely.
I'd probably take the draw still giving us a slim chance to win the last couple of tests.
You can just feel the inevitable collapse just around the corner. |
Actually I can't see a collapse unless the pitch disintegrates, which hopefuly it won't until we've got 500 on the board and knackered Oz. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:43 - Dec 14 with 969 views | CHUBBS |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:34 - Dec 14 by ElHoop |
Actually I can't see a collapse unless the pitch disintegrates, which hopefuly it won't until we've got 500 on the board and knackered Oz. |
Yet again Cook gives his wicket away to let the Aussies off the hook.
Talk about betting scandels,if you didn't know better you'd think we had money on them.
Awful
And now Pieterson throws his wicket away yet again.
What a pathetic bunch they really are. [Post edited 14 Dec 2013 8:57]
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| Ashes Winter thread on 10:02 - Dec 14 with 947 views | ElHoop |
| Ashes Winter thread on 08:43 - Dec 14 by CHUBBS |
Yet again Cook gives his wicket away to let the Aussies off the hook.
Talk about betting scandels,if you didn't know better you'd think we had money on them.
Awful
And now Pieterson throws his wicket away yet again.
What a pathetic bunch they really are. [Post edited 14 Dec 2013 8:57]
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Still not over though. Stokes and Bell managed to dig in but started scoring late on. If they can make it until lunch tomorrow, we're right back in there. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 10:06 - Dec 14 with 944 views | CHUBBS |
| Ashes Winter thread on 10:02 - Dec 14 by ElHoop |
Still not over though. Stokes and Bell managed to dig in but started scoring late on. If they can make it until lunch tomorrow, we're right back in there. |
Its not over but Cook and Pieterson were pretty well set yet decided to throw their wickets away when the plan should have been to keep wickets in hand.
Although the scoring rate was slow,with wickets in hand and a tiring bowling attack the runs will always come on this pitch.
England will probably end up with a 50 plus deficit which will be crucial batting last on this pitch. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 10:11 - Dec 14 with 940 views | ElHoop |
| Ashes Winter thread on 10:06 - Dec 14 by CHUBBS |
Its not over but Cook and Pieterson were pretty well set yet decided to throw their wickets away when the plan should have been to keep wickets in hand.
Although the scoring rate was slow,with wickets in hand and a tiring bowling attack the runs will always come on this pitch.
England will probably end up with a 50 plus deficit which will be crucial batting last on this pitch. |
I agree, I thought that they were doing fine - no need to quicken up the pace. Oz was bowling well so we needed to ride it out while they got tired. But we can still ride it out. Somebody needs to get a ton, but that's still possible, and I'm not sure that the tail will be blown away this time, which everyone else seems to be assuming will happen.
New ball is vital - time for Stokes to become a man. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 11:55 - Dec 14 with 914 views | newgolddream |
Getting a crowbar in the safe door hasn't been England's problem in this failing raid down under. It's just that every time the loot has been within reach, the grizzled old guard dog has sunk his teeth into their backside. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 12:06 - Dec 14 with 907 views | ShotKneesHoop |
It's getting to the point where I'm not sure who is the most brain-dead, idiotic, pathetic, can't be arsed, "I'll have the money, Mabel" sportsman out of KP and SWP.
One thing in SWP's favour is that he dosen't even make the bench these days, so he's gone up in my estimation. Whereas Flat Track Bully KP's favourite trick is to keep on making the same mistake - chipping it to mid wicket. He has to be dropped, even the Aussies have worked him out
"Tie him down and he will choke" [Post edited 14 Dec 2013 12:09]
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| Ashes Winter thread on 13:35 - Dec 14 with 878 views | CHUBBS |
| Ashes Winter thread on 10:11 - Dec 14 by ElHoop |
I agree, I thought that they were doing fine - no need to quicken up the pace. Oz was bowling well so we needed to ride it out while they got tired. But we can still ride it out. Somebody needs to get a ton, but that's still possible, and I'm not sure that the tail will be blown away this time, which everyone else seems to be assuming will happen.
New ball is vital - time for Stokes to become a man. |
Well someone needs to step up and make a ton.
This has got to be the longest in any series we've failed to win a days play never mind a test.
If Bell doesn't score heavily you get the feeling this game will go their way again.
Cook and Pieterson should hang their heads in shame yet again. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 14:11 - Dec 14 with 869 views | willis1980 |
Tomorrow really hinges on the new ball, if and it's a big if england see it off and keep their heads you could see england achieving an unlikely lead. Partnerships between bell and prior and then prior and broad have been fruitful in the past, stokes and bresnan are capable of good knocks and swanns attacking nature might come off at a time when the Aussie bowlers will be weary.
It's important to point out that root would've still been given out without des however, why we have two poor umpires in this prolific series is beyond me. Massive no balls not given, not calming matters down when tensions are running high, allowing fast bowlers to bounce out the tailenders repeatedly without a warning given etc. Erasmus and dharmasena are plain awful and Bowden has been so poor previously he was dropped from the elite panel. They all seem to rely on the technology to make the decisions for them not doing much else than counting overs. |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 14:19 - Dec 14 with 862 views | SydneyRs |
In the home series quite a few things went our way. In this series everything has gone Australia's way. The toss has been important in all 3 games and in all 3 it has gone their way. I can't see us turning this one around, this has to be one of the most home side favourite grounds anywhere in world cricket. They hardly ever lose here. To anyone.
As for KP, just imagine how good his record would be if he had any idea about shot selection. | | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 14:48 - Dec 14 with 848 views | HollowayRanger |
drives me mad how the toss of a coin can be so vital but no other way of doing it cant take turns as teams will prepare pitches in advance knowing they will bat first or bowl first
got a felling prior might be our best bet for a hero here if he can get in and have a bit of luck he will score quickly |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 15:51 - Dec 14 with 837 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Ashes Winter thread on 14:48 - Dec 14 by HollowayRanger |
drives me mad how the toss of a coin can be so vital but no other way of doing it cant take turns as teams will prepare pitches in advance knowing they will bat first or bowl first
got a felling prior might be our best bet for a hero here if he can get in and have a bit of luck he will score quickly |
Bet you'd score quickly... |  |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 16:47 - Dec 14 with 818 views | QPRDave |
| Ashes Winter thread on 13:35 - Dec 14 by CHUBBS |
Well someone needs to step up and make a ton.
This has got to be the longest in any series we've failed to win a days play never mind a test.
If Bell doesn't score heavily you get the feeling this game will go their way again.
Cook and Pieterson should hang their heads in shame yet again. |
Those two didn't hole out again did they??? |  | | |
| Ashes Winter thread on 17:06 - Dec 14 with 807 views | ShotKneesHoop |
| Ashes Winter thread on 13:35 - Dec 14 by CHUBBS |
Well someone needs to step up and make a ton.
This has got to be the longest in any series we've failed to win a days play never mind a test.
If Bell doesn't score heavily you get the feeling this game will go their way again.
Cook and Pieterson should hang their heads in shame yet again. |
Just Pieterson. | |
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| Ashes Winter thread on 17:27 - Dec 14 with 1167 views | QPRDave |
Please tell me not hooking or pulling | | | |
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