Ashes-2023 England VS Australia 16 June-31 July

[wasteyouryouth]

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

Hopefully Strauss, Pietersen, Morgan

 

[Supreme General]

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

Jimmy will be off to TMS almost definitely

 

[Bevab]

What a swan song series for Broad this has been. Think it’s ultimately the right decision.

 

[Bevab]

@wasteyouryouth @T.J.Hooker II

 

[T.J.Hooker II]

His pull shot is pretty strong at below express pace. It's got to get up into the 90s to trouble him. Or at least, so far. As his eyes deteriorate the speed required ought to come down.

Eventually KP started to get intro trouble with his front foot pull, iirc.

 

[pillowprocter]

Hopefully Strauss, Pietersen, Morgan

Morgan is that bad?

 

[wasteyouryouth]

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@wasteyouryouth @T.J.Hooker II

He does have a very controlled pull, like TJ says, when it's waist/chest height.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Warner scoring his first Ashes hundred in England in Broad's retirement match has got to be the greatest villain origin story, like ever

 

[T.J.Hooker II]

They could knock the runs off with 3 or 4 down, the way things are going.

Smith / Marnus / Head still to come.

Bit of magic from somewhere required. Mark Wood with a bit of reverse swing? Broad with another perfectly executed bail switch? Short leg with the jelly beans in the batsman's eyeline?

 

[DuneTiger]

Most vicious ball of Andersons career!!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Deep-diving on bowling attacks.... I'm surprised but this is only the second (and last) time Anderson, Broad, Woakes and Wood will play a test together. Anderson, Broad and Woakes will have played more tests with Chris Jordan as a bowling attack (they won all three, against India in 2014).

 

[Bevab]

Deep-diving on bowling attacks.... I'm surprised but this is only the second (and last) time Anderson, Broad, Woakes and Wood will play a test together. Anderson, Broad and Woakes will have played more tests with Chris Jordan as a bowling attack (they won all three, against India in 2014).

I don’t think that’s surprising to me. Wood was injury prone and for a while pretty poor in England while Woakes was crap everywhere else but in England.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I don’t think that’s surprising to me. Wood was injury prone and for a while pretty poor in England while Woakes was crap everywhere else but in England.

I'm just surprised it took 8 years, since Wood's debut, for all four to player at least one match before last week.

 

[Bevab]

I'm just surprised it took 8 years, since Wood's debut, for all four to player at least one match before last week.

Talk about good timing though.