The Ashes 2021/22

[Balbi]

33 - 2 looking optimistic, Crawley who was brought in to be better than Burns, is doing exactly the same as Burns

 

[Balbi]

Good GOD somebody shoot the batting coaches

 

[Balbi]

2 - 7 lmao

 

[Balbi]

4 - 22

 

[planetgeli]

Let’s just say England will be lucky to get 1. Though I understand there is some weather around. But we can’t bat. And if you don’t score you don’t win tests.

Sorry to quote myself. No I'm not.

Post #4

Thank you and good night.

 

[planetgeli]

Meanwhile India's number 3 got out for a golden duck too. But their openers put on 117 and they are 272-3 at stumps against South Africa.

Anyone remember what 272-3 feels like???

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

33 - 2 looking optimistic, Crawley who was brought in to be better than Burns, is doing exactly the same as Burns

Well if he was obviously better than Burns he would have started the series. Fact is though over the last couple of years Burns has a much better record. Crawley doing better was always pretty unlikely tbh.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I suspect there may be a part of him that is pissed off the rest of his team are just nowhere near as good as he is. That's not his fault.

Only very tangentially related, but I remember hearing that Glen Hoddle had difficulties as a manager sometimes because he couldn't understand why the players he was managing couldn't simply do the stuff he could do, and didn't know how to communicate how to do them because it was mostly just innate ability

 

[Balbi]

I feel for Jimmy, I really do. His bowling today was consistently brilliant, probably his best ever day in Australia.

And then the batsmen completely fucking fail, again.

 

[Balbi]

Well if he was obviously better than Burns he would have started the series. Fact is though over the last couple of years Burns has a much better record. Crawley doing better was always pretty unlikely tbh.

That there's nobody better to replace Burns with is dreadful for England.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

That there's nobody better to replace Burns with is dreadful for England.

Yeah they're in a right hole for sure. I think the problem is a fundamental lack of quality tbh. There's no fiddling around with selection or tough talking team meetings or whatever that are going to sort it out.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I feel for Jimmy, I really do. His bowling today was consistently brilliant, probably his best ever day in Australia.

And then the batsmen completely fucking fail, again.

I haven't been following super closely, but I read a few of his comments earlier and it certainly sounded like there was a bit of a retort to Root's suggestion in the last match that it was the bowlers who needed to get their act together.

"It's a very disappointing finish to the day. It wasn't easy to bowl Australia out but it was a good effort to do so. It was a challenging hour from Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc at the end but you expect that from world-class bowlers.

"It's been a frustrating tour so far. We are working hard and trying to put things right. We hit our areas with the ball but a frustrating end to the day

tbf, he did go on to say:

"We are together as a group. We know how hard the batters are working and as bowlers we are doing the same. The cohesion is definitely there, it's just frustrating we are not putting the two things together at the same time."

 

[steeplejack]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Yeah they're in a right hole for sure. I think the problem is a fundamental lack of quality tbh. There's no fiddling around with selection or tough talking team meetings or whatever that are going to sort it out.

Yep. It's a problem that's been in the making for years, and just keeps getting worse. No batter since Root has come through. And that was nearly 10 years ago. The old guard fell away one by one and now there's just Root. He is England's batting line-up.

Second highest scorer this year: Burns.

Third highest scorer: Extras.

 

[Petcha]

There's obviously something systemically wrong, from the very top, if the best openers in the country consist of Burns, Hameed and Crawley. None of them would make even the NZ or Pakistan sides, who have far fewer resources. It must be time to look at who's in the Lions? Total disaster. The Aussies don't even bother celebrating wickets much anymore, it's a procession of shite coming down the tunnel. The ECB is run by businessmen, not cricket fans, and that shows.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

aaaaaaargh

 

[two sheds]

I agree with the poster who remarked above on the unfairness of the matches being played so far away from home. I think we should show strength of moral resolve and just come home now.

 

[brogdale]

Have we had this yet?

3rd highest 'scorer' this year for England in tests is...

 

[Petcha]

There was talk at some point of holding it all in New Zealand as they have virtually no Covid. I think that may have suited England a lot more. They could bring their extended families, PA's, nannies etc plus play on green pitches in far moister conditions. Oh well.

Would it be bad to say that it might be useful for one of the players to intentionally get infected and then end the series here?

 

[strung out]

Have we had this yet?

3rd highest 'scorer' this year for England in tests is...

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Four posts above yours.

Assuming England lose this test, just bring back the lions and get them to play the final two.

 

[brogdale]

Four posts above yours.

Assuming Englabd lose this test, just bring back the lions and get them to play the final two.

 

[MrSki]

Well Root is still in & Stokes too. I bet none of the bookies are offering 500-1 but might be worth a...hold on it will be over in an hour.

 

[Petcha]

Stokes has been a bit of a failure so far. And Root can't do it by himself. It'll be over by the end of the day. The most disastrous Ashes ever?

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Root doesn’t have the best of records coming back to bat the next day.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Stokes has been a bit of a failure so far. And Root can't do it by himself. It'll be over by the end of the day. The most disastrous Ashes ever?

It certainly feels the worst performance I’ve witnessed.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

So, what's your XI for Boxing Day?

Burns (It would be reckless to drop in Crawley at this point, especially as Rory has started to show a bit of fight)
Hameed (Gets another crack)
Malan (Boycott says he should open, but why disrupt the good job he's doing at 3? A suitable successor to Trott)
Root (loses captaincy, gains spinner job)
Vince (Vince to beef up the batting)
Stokes (C) (5 is too high for stokes atm, especially with the new captaincy)
Bairstow (W) (If Buttler was a dog it would be merciful to put him down)
Robinson (No more 70mph dobblers please)
Wood (Have some)
Mahmood (Anderson understudy)
Anderson (Broad gets dropped for being a dick mid-match in the Daily Mail)

It looks like a daft decision to bring in Crawley.

 

[Petcha]

It looks like a daft decision to bring in Crawley.

What 'bit of fight' did Burns display? He made a very very dodgy 34. That was it. Crawley looked a little more confident at the crease but then my 4yo son probably would as well.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

What 'bit of fight' did Burns display? He made a very very dodgy 34. That was it. Crawley looked a little more confident at the crease but then my 4yo son probably would as well.

Hanging around for 95 balls for 34 runs shows a bit of grit. An opener is there to blunt the ball and the attack, not just to score runs.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Whereas Crawley has face 41 balls for 17 runs in total from both innings.

 

[Petcha]

They're both shit. Let's at least agree on that. Woakes would probably do better at the top of the order than those two.