The Ashes 2019

[Lord Camomile]

Jack Leach can say he was part of a 76 last-wicket partnership to win an Ashes match

 

[mhendo]

Well, that was one of the most exciting days of cricket I've ever watched. Anyone who thinks one-day cricket is better than Tests is crazy.

Series tied 1-1. Game on.

Fuck all of you Poms! You don't deserve a player as good as Ben Stokes, and neither does the rest of your crappy team.

 

[butchersapron]

I could not watch a single ball of that. Fez you lucky bastard, this and beating me at FF. I am shaking like fuck right now.

 

[Dan U]

Fuck me. What a game this cricket lark is

 

[agricola]

Jack Leach can say he was part of a 76 last-wicket partnership to win an Ashes match

if he ends up weeing on a bouncer, it will have been worth it

 

[marty21]

Brilliant 1 from Leach , the best 1 ever !

 

[Casual Observer]

Jack Leach's 1 is the best you'll see in test cricket. Stokes not bad either.

 

[Ted Striker]

Still shaking. Unbelievable. This doesn't happen to us.

Made all the better by the Aus fuckups at the close.

Lyon

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Fuck. Me . Joel Wilson you magnificent incompetent fucker.

Innings of a lifetime Ben Stokes. Leach you fucking beauty.

 

[friedaweed]

Outstanding stuff

Not sure it was a good idea playing Blyth The Forger at the other end though

 

[kabbes]

Spot on. The proper statistics are:

42 times a 4th innings target of 359 or more has been set
9 times the target was reached
24 times the side batting last fell short
9 times the match ended in draw

Don't get the "it's the hope that kills you" business. The hope is invigorating.

10/43 now!

 

[Mogden]

How on earth did that happen? Been laid low by a migraine most of the day and woke up to a seemingly impossible run chase. Sir Stokes indeed. Leach has the cleanest pair of glasses ever

 

[Lord Camomile]

Stoakes hit seven sixes?! What the fuck was he playing at?!

 

[Pink Panther]

First time since 1888 anyone has won a Test match after being dismissed for less than 70. Highest successful run chase ever by England to win a Test.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Wasted the review on a desperation call a few balls previous

Wow, wow, wow. Ben Stokes, that was unbelievable. Just unbelievable, what an innings.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Wasted the review on a desperation call a few balls previous
s.

Perfect.

 

[Callie]

That was all terribly noisy

 

[brogdale]

It's Stokes' Summer, isn't it?

There'll be plenty of DVDs & Books, just like there were after the Botham test.

Just wow.

 

[Ted Striker]

Stoakes hit seven sixes?! What the fuck was he playing at?!

If he just stops his fishing trips outside off, I reckon he could really blossom into something special

 

[SpookyFrank]

Stoakes hit seven sixes?! What the fuck was he playing at?!

But he didn't hit a boundary until he was on 70 something.

 

[Casual Observer]

Half of me is having difficulty coming to terms with the beyond human greatness of what Stokes and Leach just did.

The other half of me can't stop laughing at Nathan Lyon.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ben Stokes says "bollocks" live on TMS

 

[tommers]

Wow. What an amazing thing to listen to.

 

[mhendo]

The other half of me can't stop laughing at Nathan Lyon.

Yeah, that was pretty bad.

As an Australian supporter, though, I'm actually more upset at their use of the review. Anyone can make a one-off fielding mistake like Lyon did, but anyone with a pair of eyes knew that the ball from Cummins pitched at least 6 inches outside leg stump. The bowler must have known; the keeper (and captain!) must have known. And then they have no review an over later when he was caught right in front.

 

[brogdale]

Wasted the review on a desperation call a few balls previous

Wow, wow, wow. Ben Stokes, that was unbelievable. Just unbelievable, what an innings.

That review fuck up will haunt them for a long while; their confidence will be dented.

 

[Spymaster]

Well I’ll be a monkey’s penis!

 

[Lord Camomile]

I mean, joking aside, Leach deserves credit for sticking with Stokes (despite that near run out ) as a no.11. Remarkable stuff.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Fez909

Fez909

Come in, do you read us. Over.

 

[brogdale]

I mean, joking aside, Leach deserves credit for sticking with Stokes (despite that near run out ) as a no.11. Remarkable stuff.

The greatest 1 N.O. ever in English cricket?

 

[Ted Striker]

For me, it's the relegation of the 67 to the annual of shitty wisden stats.

Broads morning, and the innings-in-a-tweet, is still the demolition of this generation.

Of all the cricket genie wishes I'd ever had, I'd of used it today. Just perfect.