Warner out, the crowd right behind England. Fascinating test cricket.
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Thread: The Ashes 2019!!!!!!!
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18-08-2019 02:57 PM #211
Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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18-08-2019 03:04 PM #212
Aus 19-2!
Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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18-08-2019 03:10 PM #213
Labusagne fails to duck a bouncer. Looks in a spot of bother.
Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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19-08-2019 12:22 AM #214
Well, such drama!
Two Tests in and both, for different reasons have provided so much entertainment!
Today was fantastic cricket, a pleasure to watch.
England went for the draw, fair enough. Australia bowled well but were never going to win.
As far as the Ashes go, it is surely advantage Australia nowThere's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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19-08-2019 12:58 AM #215This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-08-2019 08:20 AM #216
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19-08-2019 09:06 AM #217This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There's been a wee bit of momentum shift. If Smith is out for Headingley and Archer can bowl as well again (tall order for his second test!), and then Jimmy makes it back for Old Trafford. Lots of "ifs" but we could be in for a hell of a finale.
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19-08-2019 02:57 PM #218This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As it stands Australia only need to win one from three to retain the Ashes now. Bowlers win matches and Australia have so much depth that Mitchell Starc hasn’t even been used yet, while England are really light in that department.
Re Smiths injury, his replacement certainly seized his opportunity! Warner and Bancroft have both been very disappointing so far but are obviously very talented players and it seems inconceivable that they won’t come good soon.There's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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20-08-2019 10:08 AM #219This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not sure about Bancroft but Warner must be due a score soon.
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20-08-2019 12:43 PM #220
Smith out for the third test. Huge boost for England.
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20-08-2019 01:19 PM #221This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It seems a bit bizarre in this day and age that cricket still has rules that allow deliberate targeting of the head area. Especially after the awareness that Phillip Hughes' death brought to the issue.
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20-08-2019 03:37 PM #222This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-08-2019 01:22 PM #224
Australia are 25/2 a wicket each for Broad and Archer. Warner is hanging on grimly.
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22-08-2019 01:55 PM #225This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-08-2019 06:40 PM #226
Take a bow Jofra Archer. Superb stuff.
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22-08-2019 08:00 PM #227This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-08-2019 10:44 PM #228
Great day’s play from Jofra Archer today.
I think what is interesting is that he can bowl with real pace but with accuracy too. Steve Harmison and Mark Wood have bowled just as fast for England, but for me Archer keeps a better line and length.
It is also interesting that any Australian batsman used to be relatively comfortable with pace, having regular Sheffield Shield games (Aussie version of the County Championship) at the WACA in Perth. The WACA was basically a fast bowling alley, which also took a bit of swing from the coastal atmosphere and winds. You had to quickly learn to play deliveries in the low nineties or be skittled out. The current crop of Australian batsmen don’t play a lot of Shield cricket, they play international matches in the various formats and look for the vastly rewarding T20 contracts in the various leagues. They simply don’t have the experience of hostile, very fast bowling in the way their predecessors did.
Of course, a number of the Australian squad took what seemed the eminently sensible decision of playing County Championship cricket this summer to acclimatise with England conditions. That didn’t seem like a bad call but....... because of the World Cup and the Ashes, the Championship season started earlier than usual, suiting pitches that were all about a bit of swing in moist conditions. They certainly weren’t about furious pace and aggressive balls at chest and head height.
My only fear for Archer is that he is over-bowled by his captain. It must be impossible not to ask him to front up again and again but fast bowling is a big ask on the body and while his efforts have been outstanding he is only human. England are already depleted in the pace department and they can’t afford to lose this guy.
For Australia, a difficult day and a bit of a collapse to say the least. On the plus side, Warner finally got a knock that might boost his confidence. And Labuschagne had a splendid innings, safe and full of technique but putting on runs. If Smith is able to return for the next Test then it raises questions for Australia. Much like England had to push Root up, Australia might find themselves pushing Smith up to accommodate Labuschagne and dropping the ineffectual Khawaja.
Not checked the weather forecast for tomorrow yet. Hopefully there will be a full day’s play. It is a low total from Australia but they have three fantastic quicks and the absolutely reliable Nathan Lyon and have every chance of making inroads. As ever, morning session feels crucialThere's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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23-08-2019 06:58 AM #229
Another great "This us how it feels" report MA. Summing up in a few sentences all the toing and froing of yet another great day for the game of cricket.
I'm probably out of order with this but I can't stop feeling irked at the way ECB changed the residency rules to allow Archer to qualify this year, a coincidence of course. Having said that, it's a delight watching him bowl though time will tell how his body stands up to the stresses a la Mark Wood
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23-08-2019 10:19 AM #230
Roy out for 9, such a talented player but, never going to have a career as an opening batsman in the Test side.
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23-08-2019 10:26 AM #232This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-08-2019 10:29 AM #233
What was Roy thinking? As tempting as that shot may have been surely that early you just leave it.
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23-08-2019 10:30 AM #234
I think Root will be moving back to number 4 soon. It won’t make much difference if the openers can’t hang around a bit. Denly also out for a duck.
edit he appeals it and it’s going over the top.
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23-08-2019 10:57 AM #236This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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23-08-2019 11:17 AM #237
Some of these shots that the batsmen are trying to play are ridiculous, 34-4.
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23-08-2019 11:19 AM #238
This is painful. England have lost the plot.
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23-08-2019 11:20 AM #239This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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