The Ashes (Australia tour of England)

[Aislabie]

That must have been awesome.

We had an absolutely great time.

Yeah, I absolutely loved it. I'm a year away from qualifying as a teacher, but to be honest the real dream is to find a way to work with animals that also pays the bills. I'm currently thinking of a petting zoo, but even they have pretty large set-up costs

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Punditry today just gets under my skin. Social media going insane with GOAT innings.

Three days back, I was saying Stokes is the best cricketer in the world and people on social media were saying I’m blind not to see the impact of Archer. Today, suddenly they’ve forgotten how he kept the Aussies to 179 when they looked set for 300 minimum.

You don’t win test matches because of one reason or person. People talk about the Kolkata test and talk about Laxman but Harbhajan was equally instrumental.

What Stokes and Archer have done is bananas. This series has all the makings of a classic of all time.

And yes, I have believed for a very long time, that Stokes is the best cricketer on earth. People will remember this innings, but I saw the test match and I’ve played enough cricket to know that the spell he bowled in the second innings was more difficult. Premiere bowler out, 1-0 down in the Ashes, skittled for less than 70 and he runs in and bowls 15 overs without complaining at full throttle. That’s character!

 

[Yorkshireman]

Man this series has been so tweaking good. We still have 2 tests to go too, all to play for now. Roy being dropped is the most obvious selection not sure who to replace him with though. Jimmy Anderson should be back in the team too, maybe to replace Woakes?

 

[Aislabie]

Man this series has been so tweaking good. We still have 2 tests to go too, all to play for now. Roy being dropped is the most obvious selection not sure who to replace him with though. Jimmy Anderson should be back in the team too, maybe to replace Woakes?

Roy out for Sibley.
Buttler out for Pope.

Those two selections seem fairly necessary. The rest one could argue either way on

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Just saw Paine’s presser. Class act, great leader and I predict that if he gets into coaching, he’ll be one of the best ever!

 

[Yorkshireman]

Just saw Paine’s presser. Class act, great leader and I predict that if he gets into coaching, he’ll be one of the best ever!

He’s a poor captain imo. Absolutely shocking from him to burn a review like that.

 

[Aislabie]

He’s a poor captain imo. Absolutely shocking from him to burn a review like that.

Forget burning the review - he was putting eight and nine men on the boundary for Stokes from a long way out, and wasn't bringing them in to pressure the single which meant that ones and twos were just flowing from balls four, five and six.

He'd have been better off using normal cricketing tactics against Stokes, or saving that putting four men out on the leg side, one in on the single and maybe a short leg and just banging it in short. At least limit Stokes' options and make his life as difficult as possible, but he didn't do either of those two things.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Forget burning the review - he was putting eight and nine men on the boundary for Stokes from a long way out, and wasn't bringing them in to pressure the single which meant that ones and twos were just flowing from balls four, five and six.

He'd have been better off using normal cricketing tactics against Stokes, or saving that putting four men out on the leg side, one in on the single and maybe a short leg and just banging it in short. At least limit Stokes' options and make his life as difficult as possible, but he didn't do either of those two things.

The bowling wasn't especially good either, just giving easy hits for Stokes. Only Lyon looked dangerous.

 

[asprin]

Was designed to give teams an insurance policy against shockers, not speculative trys to ones outside leg

Yes, agreed that the decision was not a shocker. But it was close enough to warrant a check/review akin to when the 3rd umpire checks for a no-ball only after the dismissal of a batsman. If that can happen, I feel this should too. For the record, I totally agree that England deserved the win; just like they did the WC (as per the rules) but when there is problem with the system (DRS), it needs to be acknowledged and looked into.

If all decisions could be overturned why would you've umpires in the game. This is why you use your reviews carefully. Although something more intelligent can or should be implemented given the stage of the game.

Not all, just the ones that are very close to call. Your last sentence is what I'm referring to though.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Which is why I believe umpires should be more willing to refer close LBW calls just like contentious catches with the same system of soft signal. This ensures that the initial decision of the umpire still holds some power if the final verdict is umpire’s call, while ensuring that the truly abysmal calls do not occur.

The only reason why the Aussies are being mocked now is because they wasted their review out of desperation. What if their review had been used up on a fairly close lbw decision where the ball misses by a few millimetres or a catch where there is no conclusive evidence despite a small spike? This is not the first time I have suggested the above process either. It will lead to much less pressure on umpires and fewer errors in the future.

One of my friend was suggesting VAR in Cricket

 

[CerealKiller]

 

[Willoughby63]

The ICC will be conducting checks over whether Jofra is human before long....

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[Dutch]

Tell you what, Tim Paine is a top bloke whatever you might feel about his captaincy.

The way the Australians immediately went up to Stokes and Leach after the last run had been scored was magnificent.

Can the utter beer-drenched-IQ stunted-feckwits who boo just now STFU!!!!????

 

[Dutch]

Nice vid up on the CA site: great stuff. Respect!

 

[CerealKiller]

Hats off to Stokes, but Perera's innings is still better, considering the gulf between SL and SA, and SL's record before that series. Also, England had 11 players who could bat.