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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    4 wickets 1 session to go. Good cricket


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  • iseverynamegoneiseverynamegone Frets: 1569
    iseverynamegone said:
    2 wickets in that session , just rinse and repeat twice  =)
    Halfway there. Come on fellas you can do it. 
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  • sixstringsuppliessixstringsupplies Frets: 423
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    i Have a feeling the Aussies will rattle 4 wickets in the next hour. A decent effort by England but not enough. 

    So fellow cricket fans, assuming England fail to win the ashes, and Joe Root resigns (I think he should, he looks cooked) who would you make captain?

    its tough, as there really isn’t anyone else. I’d go for Burns personally.

    opening the batting in England is very hard and made even harder due to this insane Aussie bowling attack. Not to mention no opener played well on either side last summer against India until Alistair Cook made hay  in his last test match. 

    He he has shown he has the ability to make runs against this attack and stick it out...he’s the only player in this team who has captaincy experience. 

    Its controversial, but there is nobody else. Root has to go as captain. And can’t wait for Baylis to go. (Is Jason Gillespie the next England coach?) 


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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    From TMS text: 

    Wesley Young: Hate to be negative but if England don’t up the scoring rate here this game is going to end up a draw.

     =) 


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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited September 2019

    i Have a feeling the Aussies will rattle 4 wickets in the next hour. A decent effort by England but not enough. 

    So fellow cricket fans, assuming England fail to win the ashes, and Joe Root resigns (I think he should, he looks cooked) who would you make captain?

    its tough, as there really isn’t anyone else. I’d go for Burns personally.

    opening the batting in England is very hard and made even harder due to this insane Aussie bowling attack. Not to mention no opener played well on either side last summer against India until Alistair Cook made hay  in his last test match. 

    He he has shown he has the ability to make runs against this attack and stick it out...he’s the only player in this team who has captaincy experience. 

    Its controversial, but there is nobody else. Root has to go as captain. And can’t wait for Baylis to go. (Is Jason Gillespie the next England coach?) 


    Root won't resign, he'll take 6 weeks off then head to New Zealand then South Africa for the winter as Test captain. Who wants to resign on a low, tough it out and try and end on a high. I'm not sure he'll be captain for the next Ashes series though.

    Bayliss has already confirmed he is stepping down down after the Ashes.


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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    My heart sinks every LBW shout


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Crap, Buttler's gone. 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited September 2019
    Buttler gone on his 111th ball. Nelson strikes!

    I don't think Jofra has the patience and temperament for this, or Broad.


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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3380
    Why on earth didn't he try to even play a shot? 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    earwighoney said:
    Why on earth didn't he try to even play a shot? 
    The field was set up for a short ball, he fell for it.


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    That was a horrible ball to get Jofra. 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    Princess Leia: "Overton, Broad and Leach you are my only hope"


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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    scrumhalf said:
    That was a horrible ball to get Jofra. 
    He's too tall to dig out a low travelling ball


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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3380
    scrumhalf said:
    That was a horrible ball to get Jofra. 
    He's too tall to dig out a low travelling ball
    I really miss watching Mohammed Irfan bat.  

    Even with a full sized cricket bat, in his hands it'd look like a Fisher Price toy. 
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Tony Grieg's bat looked like a toothpick in his hands. 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    Well that's the 2 wickets per session for Aus. It's in the bag now, we get the draw with 2 wickets in hand. Easy  =)


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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33263
    RandallFlagg said:
    You dream on...we all have a twinkle of hope and expectation in our bellies but lightning won't strike twice....probably.

    This is an excellent summary of where the game is, well written:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49623542
    Do you not know that I’m Aussie?
    James Richmond

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  • iseverynamegoneiseverynamegone Frets: 1569
    Yes I’d prefer we lost them later but still, it’s on ....... ;)
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  • iseverynamegoneiseverynamegone Frets: 1569
    Quick thunderstorm wouldn’t go amiss
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33263
    Getting excited now!
    James Richmond

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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited September 2019
    19 overs to go with new ball. If...a big if...England are still standing at close of play do Aus get the extra 1/2 hour for a likely result?

    get your light meters out


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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    octatonic said:
    RandallFlagg said:
    You dream on...we all have a twinkle of hope and expectation in our bellies but lightning won't strike twice....probably.

    This is an excellent summary of where the game is, well written:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49623542
    Do you not know that I’m Aussie?
    No I didn't. keep dreaming though...


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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    twitchy bum time 17 overs to go


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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited September 2019
    Oh dear...the Ashes hangs on Stuart Broad's batting. I'm not confident he can last an hour like Leachy


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    They'll bounce him out. 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited September 2019
    "Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head"

    "I know it's over, still I cling, I don't know where else I can go"



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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    Well played Australia, outclassed England top to bottom.


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Well, that's that.

    A ludicrous schedule didn't help, but well played Aus. Might have been different without Smith, but he's there and it wasn't. 
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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3380
    A really entertaining last day of cricket, and great credit to Tim Paine for his captaincy to break through the defences and take the wickets.  
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  • UnclePsychosisUnclePsychosis Frets: 12324
    scrumhalf said:
    Well, that's that.

    A ludicrous schedule didn't help, but well played Aus. Might have been different without Smith, but he's there and it wasn't. 
    To be fair, the test played without Smith needed the combination of both a legend-making innings and a woeful umpiring decision to deny Australia.

    Best team won it, its been fun to finally see some competitive test cricket and for those of us neutrals who don't care either way who wins also refreshing to see a touring side coming away on top. Home advantage has been too ridiculous for too long. 
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