The Ashes (Australia tour of England)

[Yorkshireman]

And now Jason Roy has been hit in the upper neck by a net bowler....... Denly to open?

Cleared to play.

 

[Ed Smith]

Recon they could all stop lashing people in the neck in practice, didn't Labuschagne get hit yesterday as well?

 

[Willoughby63]

Cleared to play.

For now, but Smiths was delayed. We’re lucky Pope is in such good form

 

[Jalen]

This constant bad weather is so depressing.

 

[Ed Smith]

This constant bad weather is so depressing.

Aye its dire, I'm actually having to pay attention to my job...

 

[Jalen]

Still don't understand how @NilayShah60 believes that Khawaja should be in this XI from a ton he scored last year in completely opposite conditions in terms on favoring Spinners and Pacers. He plays extremely lazily in the field and lacks the foot work required to bat in those conditions and unable to adapt from a tear away fast bowler to a swing bowler. There is absolutely no reason he should be in the team away from Australia in a series this big. Of course I want him to score but come on.

 

[Ed Smith]

Still don't understand how @NilayShah60 believes that Khawaja should be in this XI from a ton he scored last year in completely opposite conditions in terms on favoring Spinners and Pacers. He plays extremely lazily in the field and lacks the foot work required to bat in those conditions and unable to adapt from a tear away fast bowler to a swing bowler. There is absolutely no reason he should be in the team away from Australia in a series this big. Of course I want him to score but come on.

He has the worst possible technique for batting in English conditions

 

[Jalen]

He has the worst possible technique for batting in English conditions

I've been saying this for the longest time but @NilayShah60 believes he should be in because he scored 170 in UAE

 

[Bevab]

"Every one of Usman Khawaja's last eight dismissals against England has been effected by Jonny Bairstow, dating back to the Boxing Day Test in 2017 - seven of them caught behind, and one stumped. Without looking, can you tell me whose bowling the stumping was off?" from Cricinfo. Yikes, that is not good at all. Believed that he was too skilled a batsman to be dropped but this and a solitary 50 in English conditions is certainly no good.

 

[Jalen]

I'd back Labuschagne at 3 for the next match if Khawaja doesn't score big in the next innings, he had a go at 3 last summer. That's if all goes well with Smith's issues though.

 

[Willoughby63]

I've been saying this for the longest time but @NilayShah60 believes he should be in because he scored 170 in UAE

@NilayShah60 isn't the only person to believe that, but I do agree that he is nowhere near good enough for test cricket.

 

[Yorkshireman]

FFS. Another delay.

 

[Ed Smith]

Bad light when there's lights on, class...

 

[Willoughby63]

When the artificial light over takes the natural light they come off apparently, is it not just light? Labushagne had just hit a four as well so he must’ve seen it.

 

[Ed Smith]

You would think that light was light like, you'd be raging if you paid £80 for a ticket and they went off because of bad "natural" light