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The Ashes 2017-18

So they've picked Ball. I can't say I'm surprised I'm just don't know what they see in him. Meanwhile the aussies have drafter in cover for Warner, would be handy if he doesn't make it.
 
I can’t see it with Ball either. I thought Overton might just have done enough (after the 2nd tour match really) - and surprised not just us but the Aussies.

Think Warner will be ok.....UK press hoping for another ‘McGrath moment’

It does strike me too as a series low on overall quality - albeit with a few world class players on each team.

I still think Aus will have too much fire power with the ball and that we might find Warner and Smith hard to dislodge
 
ffsear said:
Fook sake, didn't realise it was on BT sport. Anyone know of any streams for this ?
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I note its on free to air Channel 9 in Australia. So if you get a VPN with an Aussie location, you should be able to stream online. Hoping so anyway. I tested it out with my VPN last night and it works.

You'd have to listen to Aussie commentary though.
 
skyscraper101 said:
I note its on free to air Channel 9 in Australia. So if you get a VPN with an Aussie location, you should be able to stream online. Hoping so anyway. I tested it out with my VPN last night and it works.

You'd have to listen to Aussie commentary though.
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I'm gonna attempt this with test match special on the radio for sound but I doubt the two streams will sync up properly :(

e2a: I just tried out streaming channel 9 through my VPN and it works fine. Scooby Doo is on right now and I was genuinely surprised that it wasn't dubbed into Australian :oops:
 
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ah ok.

Anyhoo, stupid predictions. Here's mine. Stoneman to do a Broad snr, England to pull off an unlikely 3-2 victory with a memorable rearguard action by Ali and Broad jnr in Sydney as Stuart takes another one on the nose but comes back swinging.
 
My prediction for the gabba test: Australia win the toss and bat first on a dead pitch. They lose a couple of wickets before they reach fifty but then settle in to grind out a score over 500. England get in around teatime on day two, the openers get as far as thirty odd before a flurry of wickets fall. One of Bairstow or Moeen threatens to do something miraculous and save the innings but then falls leaving the rest of the side to crumble to 380 all out around about close on day three. Australia clobber their way to three hundred and change on day four and declare with only a couple of rabbits left in the hutch half an hour before close of play. England make it to about halfway through the afternoon on day five looking like they might save the game but then whoever is the one decent bowler Australia have these days gets a load of wickets and it's a 200 run win for Australia before tea.

Stuart Broad is the only English bowler to emerge from the game with any credit. Malan and Stoneman do just about enough to guarantee themselves a spot in the second test. Ball fails miserably and is replaced by whoever the other bloke is.
 
SpookyFrank said:
My prediction for the gabba test: Australia win the toss and bat first on a dead pitch. They lose a couple of wickets before they reach fifty but then settle in to grind out a score over 500. England get in around teatime on day two, the openers get as far as thirty odd before a flurry of wickets fall. One of Bairstow or Moeen threatens to do something miraculous and save the innings but then falls leaving the rest of the side to crumble to 380 all out around about close on day three. Australia clobber their way to three hundred and change on day four and declare with only a couple of rabbits left in the hutch half an hour before close of play. England make it to about halfway through the afternoon on day five looking like they might save the game but then whoever is the one decent bowler Australia have these days gets a load of wickets and it's a 200 run win for Australia before tea.

Stuart Broad is the only English bowler to emerge from the game with any credit. Malan and Stoneman do just about enough to guarantee themselves a spot in the second test. Ball fails miserably and is replaced by whoever the other bloke is.
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Certainly has a ring to it but how the hell do you figure England get 380?

Wasn’t it raining in Queensland a lot the other day? Hopes of a draw? Nah. It was 100 degrees when I was there around this time a few years ago.

3-1 Aus. Maybe 4-1.
 
planetgeli said:
Certainly has a ring to it but how the hell do you figure England get 380?

Wasn’t it raining in Queensland a lot the other day? Hopes of a draw? Nah. It was 100 degrees when I was there around this time a few years ago.

3-1 Aus. Maybe 4-1.
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I suppose 380 would require both Moeen and Bairstow to show up, and you usually only get one or the other.
 
SpookyFrank said:
My prediction for the gabba test: Australia win the toss and bat first on a dead pitch. They lose a couple of wickets before they reach fifty but then settle in to grind out a score over 500. England get in around teatime on day two, the openers get as far as thirty odd before a flurry of wickets fall. One of Bairstow or Moeen threatens to do something miraculous and save the innings but then falls leaving the rest of the side to crumble to 380 all out around about close on day three. Australia clobber their way to three hundred and change on day four and declare with only a couple of rabbits left in the hutch half an hour before close of play. England make it to about halfway through the afternoon on day five looking like they might save the game but then whoever is the one decent bowler Australia have these days gets a load of wickets and it's a 200 run win for Australia before tea.

Stuart Broad is the only English bowler to emerge from the game with any credit. Malan and Stoneman do just about enough to guarantee themselves a spot in the second test. Ball fails miserably and is replaced by whoever the other bloke is.
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I don't get Jake Ball, tbh. Think he has three wickets at over 100 at the moment. He's like Broad but without the good days. I will be delighted if he proves me wrong. I fear that if Aus get in on flat wickets they will score a hat-full, and they might destroy Moeen into the bargain like they did Swann last time. Or Moeen might keep taking wickets as he does, even as they're smashing half-trackers to the boundary.

I haven't got a clue this series tbh. I do think Starc is top quality, best bowler on either side, and the team with the best bowlers usually wins. But I also think Aus are fragile. I think they have a collapse or two in them.

Without rain, I don't see any draws. May not be many fifth days.
 
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196-4 at stumps

Not bad considering I thought 30-3 was a dead cert. surprised with Root & Cook failing. Perhaps even more surprised that Stoneman and Vince (shame no ton) built the innings.

Watched the last hour and couldn’t believe the amount of empty seats everywhere - Aussie ‘fans’....hhmmm.

Lyon bowled well on a slower than expected pitch.


All to play for tomorrow morning #crucialfirstsession
 
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