The Ashes 2015

[Lord Camomile]

Of course, we'll only really know what kind of a score this is once England have batted their first innings...

 

[agricola]

50 up, great scenes.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

They're just lucky Jimmy Anderson wasn't fit.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Team 50

 

[redsquirrel]

18.5 overs quickest innings in history so they might not even make that.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Big cheer for 50 haha! Oh this is so sweet, I've had a permanent grin for the last hour or so :d

 

[Lord Camomile]

Broad has 7-11, his best figures in Test cricket

No fucking shit

 

[The Octagon]

Comment on BBC Live Text -

I think England should declare without batting and put them in again.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Is it the wicket or a collapse?

 

[agricola]

Is it the wicket or a collapse?

A little from column A, a little from column B. Also they are appalling.

 

[Santino]

What's the best Test bowling analysis ever?

 

[redsquirrel]

Is it the wicket or a collapse?

From what I've heard it's mostly a collapse but I've not got the TV

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Is it the wicket or a collapse?

No doubt a collapse. There's really no such thing as 50-9 test conditions.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

What's the best Test bowling analysis ever?

There've been a couple of 10-fors I think. Laker and Kumble?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

There've been a couple of 10-fors I think. Laker and Kumble?

Yeah laker got 19, so that had to include a 10 and a 9.

ETA:

Don't know what the best single spell ever is, though.

 

[redsquirrel]

What's the best Test bowling analysis ever?

Laker had 19 for 90 in a match, 10 for 53 and 9 for 37.

The great Hedley Verity has best first class figures of course, 10 for 10.

 

[JTG]

Looking forward to Lehmann waffling on about the pitch. There's nothing wrong with the pitch

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And of course Devon Malcolm got a 9-fer.

 

[agricola]

Don't know what the best single spell ever is, though.

For England the Test records are here. 8 for 7 off 9.5 overs, 5 of which were maidens must have been some spell of bowling.

 

[Mogden]

I did worry it might be the wicket but given a blind old fart's village cricket side would be shamed by this performance, I'm gonna say collapse.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Love the text commentary.

He pokes it to sixth slip.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Right, I'm off to buy lunch. I expect England to be batting by the time I'm back in 15 minutes.

 

[Mogden]

*waves to the soon-to-come lunchtime catch up listeners* No it's not a dream, yes it really is going that well.

From BBC: " In the crowd, an Australia fan sits with his head on his hand. "I saved for years for this. The trip of a lifetime, hoping to see us win the Ashes in England for the first time in 14 years. They can't even bat until lunch."

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Still, good to see they're trying to use up all 20 overs.

 

[DrRingDing]

England back as highest scorer

 

[Sprocket.]

*waves to the soon-to-come lunchtime catch up listeners* No it's not a dream, yes it really is going that well.

From BBC: " In the crowd, an Australia fan sits with his head on his hand. "I saved for years for this. The trip of a lifetime, hoping to see us win the Ashes in England for the first time in 14 years. They can't even bat until lunch."

As they just said re the Aussies in the crowd on TMS 'cheer up you are on holiday'!
All out!

 

[redsquirrel]

Done. 60 all out.

England to do something funky like reverse the order

 

[agricola]

8/15

All gone.

 

[Sprocket.]

Am off for lunch myself.

 

[Spymaster]

kabbes owes me 20 quid!