Ashes-2023 England VS Australia 16 June-31 July

[T.J.Hooker II]

Alderman was deadly af in 89. Quicker than he looks on tv and good shape either way.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Harris Johnson and Siddle weren’t really consistently excellent with Harris often injured, Johnson blowing hot and cold and Siddle being a pie chucker

Hughes and McDermott were excellent, not sure how often they played together or who the 3rd would have been: Alderman or Reiffel I guess. Decent but not in the McGrath / Gillespie / Lee class. McDermott had a bad injury record too

Looks like Bruce Reid was the bowler Hughes and McDermott played with as a trio. Reid averaged about 20, McDermott 27, Hughes mid 30s in 9 matches.

I'm interested in looking at some combinations and their records. Might have to start my own thread so I don't bore everyone to death.

 

[CerealKiller]

Australia have completely got away with it thanks to the rain in the last match.
Credit to Cummins and Lyon for that partnership in the first match too.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Broad retiring after this match

 

[blockerdave]

Looks like Bruce Reid was the bowler Hughes and McDermott played with as a trio. Reid averaged about 20, McDermott 27, Hughes mid 30s in 9 matches.

I'm interested in looking at some combinations and their records. Might have to start my own thread so I don't bore everyone to death.

Reid of course. Left arm like Starc. Very good bowler.

 

[T.J.Hooker II]

Looks like Bruce Reid was the bowler Hughes and McDermott played with as a trio. Reid averaged about 20, McDermott 27, Hughes mid 30s in 9 matches.

I'm interested in looking at some combinations and their records. Might have to start my own thread so I don't bore everyone to death.

Reid, Alderman, Hughes, McDermott was a thing for a while, iirc.

Geoff Lawson played a lot in the 80s, will feature in a few combos.

Late 70s / early 80s Len Pascoe was pretty useful but I think he was injured out of the game after 20 tests or so.

 

[CerealKiller]

Broad retiring after this match

I suspect Jimmy will follow suit. Don’t see England picking him again.

 

[T.J.Hooker II]

You have to really like cricket to want to play as a fast bowler in India past the age of 40.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I suspect Jimmy will follow suit. Don’t see England picking him again.

He's said he wants to carry on. Don't know if Broad's decision would change his mind.

 

[Ed Smith]

Didn't see Broad going before Anderson mind. Era ending stuff. Going to be an emotional last 2 days...

 

[CerealKiller]

Gonna miss him bullying Warner

 

[Supreme General]

I suspect Jimmy will follow suit. Don’t see England picking him again.

England will 100% keep picking him. And why shouldn’t we. One off series doesn’t undo everything he’s been doing in previous years as well as Stokes having ultimate trust in him and it would be good to have him around to see through the next generation

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Was so happy after today. Now bummed out

 

[DuneTiger]

Can't see Anderson being picked for the Indian tour, maybe in the squad but in the team? I don't feel like thats likely. Than I do wonder what happens for Anderson from there.

 

[T.J.Hooker II]

I wonder if Anderson might have had enough by now if Troy Cooley's spell as England's swing bowling guru hadn't involved banishing England's all time most gifted swing bowler to the nets to learn how not to swing the ball by remodelling his action while the rest of the squad pioneered Murray Mint based swing techniques.

 

[CerealKiller]

Who is Sky firing to make way for Broad and then Anderson?