Ashes-2023 England VS Australia 16 June-31 July

[Dutch]

Yeah other than Robinson it looks dire.

But...but .... Broad's swashbuckling 4 off 9 balls .....does that mean nothing any more?

"Nighthawk down, Nighthawk down......"

 

[CerealKiller]

Erasmus again…

 

[Fenil]

Amazin from Root. No active players in the list.

 

[Bevab]

Amazin from Root. No active players in the list.
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Probably due to lack of tests being played and Smudge missing out a year.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Probably due to lack of tests being played and Smudge missing out a year.

Kohli not far off, about 800 runs. He might get there before he retires.

 

[blockerdave]

Gonna be at Lords today. Set up nicely. Looking forward to it!!

 

[asprin]

Duckett and Pope ought to be kicking themselves, literally gifted their wickets away. Good thing for Australia is that there isn't much batting left after Bairstow, so a couple of wickets within 50 runs would go a long way in securing a lead.

However, with Lyon's participation in the Test being doubtful England ought to ensure that advantage is used and look for at least 50 runs lead. The match is evenly balanced at the moment.

 

[Supreme General]

Duckett and Pope ought to be kicking themselves, literally gifted their wickets away.

I don’t think they will at all, they were doing what they think was the right decision to take on the short ball. It was either take it on and keep getting runs on the board or the innings would grind to a halt and lose momentum and they would have got even more fidgety and try more risks to find runs. They mistimed shots, it happens but the idea and theory wouldn’t be something they would angry about

 

[asprin]

I don’t think they will at all, they were doing what they think was the right decision to take on the short ball. It was either take it on and keep getting runs on the board or the innings would grind to a halt and lose momentum and they would have got even more fidgety and try more risks to find runs. They mistimed shots, it happens but the idea and theory wouldn’t be something they would angry about

Fair enough. But Duckett could have waited until at least his century. Yes, it's a personal milestone but an Ashes hundred would be worth it, wouldn't it?

 

[T.J.Hooker II]

Let's just take a moment to celebrate possibly the most unsung hero of BazBall, Andrew Hilditch.

When they put men on the hook and dropped short he knew just what to do. Just look at him go! :

 

[Croadyman]

Fair enough. But Duckett could have waited until at least his century. Yes, it's a personal milestone but an Ashes hundred would be worth it, wouldn't it?

Pope started it and losing such a brilliant position of 188-1 is stinging to high heaven

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Remember a couple of years ago when Broad was batting 11

 

[Dutch]

One sided and naïeve

 

[Ed Smith]

Batting like utter gimps here. Embarrassing

 

[CerealKiller]

Gonna be at Lords today. Set up nicely. Looking forward to it!!

Get outta there, Dave