The Ashes 2023

[Spymaster]

How long until you fuck off from this thread?

Ignore him. Our Broggers has never been the brightest star in the sky and he's certainly not worth trashing a cricket thread for.

 

[Spymaster]

How is that brave face fitting Spy?

Years of practice, Fed. I've just told Mrs Spy that if we get Khawaja before lunch, we're right back in this

 

[brogdale]

Does look as though the team attempting to play test cricket will win this test series.

 

[Elpenor]

With a collapse like this I now realise that 1990s England were the first proponents of bazball

 

[Wilf]

This test hasn't just been a failure/limits of Bazball, England have also been shit. But mainly the former. Carry on playing the same, no regrets, regardless of the state of the game.... really?

 

[brogdale]

This test hasn't just been a failure/limits of Bazball, England have also been shit. But mainly the former. Carry on playing the same, no regrets, regardless of the state of the game.... really?

Interestingly, the Aussies have done pretty much the same; carried on with what works for them regardless of what England are up to...and surprise, surprise...here we are

 

[JimW]

Lucky Lyons got injured, he might have cleaned up the tail cheaply.

 

[Wilf]

Interestingly, the Aussies have done pretty much the same; carried on with what works for them regardless of what England are up to...and surprise, surprise...here we are

England's nuanced response to the short pitched bowling:

 

[Yossarian]

(throws orange powder over thread and runs like fuck)

 

[Puddy_Tat]

(throws orange powder over thread and runs like fuck)

* carries you off the thread *

 

[Wilf]

Not sure why I'm so annoyed about England's fuck up here but, basically, they deserve to lose and will do.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Not sure why I'm so annoyed about England's fuck up here but, basically, they deserve to lose and will do.

Man for man, Australia are the better team. In a combined team on current form, I'd probably take Bairstow ahead of Carey, Root would have to be in there somewhere at the expense of an Aus batter, and I think that's about it. Warner or Duckett is possibly a tricky call.

But England have competed brilliantly at times and if they do now go 2-0 down, it will once again be due largely to self-inflicted injuries.

 

[Spymaster]

Warner's tick, where he tucks his bat under his arm and undoes his gloves after every delivery, irritates me.

Someone should take the velcro off his gloves.

 

[brogdale]

Man for man, Australia are the better team. In a combined team on current form, I'd probably take Bairstow ahead of Carey, Root would have to be in there somewhere at the expense of an Aus batter, and I think that's about it. Warner or Duckett is possibly a tricky call.

But England have competed brilliantly at times and if they do now go 2-0 down, it will once again be due largely to self-inflicted injuries.

Fair analysis, obviously apart from the nasty right-wing butterfingers behind the stumps; Carey for me every time.

 

[brogdale]

Really enjoying this dour, gritty test batting.

 

[brogdale]

Warner's tick, where he tucks his bat under his arm and undoes his gloves after every delivery, irritates me.

Someone should take the velcro off his gloves.

Makes sense; cooling the wrists & stopping the sweat building up in the gloves.

 

[brogdale]

If only he'd taken the gloves off and on more often!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Accursed DRS. There have been some awful umpiring decisions in this match, but they've all been overturned.

 

[brogdale]

Another masterclass from Khawaja

 

[WhyLikeThis]

Just concede now. Save us all the bother and disappointment.

 

[Spymaster]

Accursed DRS. There have been some awful umpiring decisions in this match, but they've all been overturned.

Not sure why they didn't review that one. Looked well worth a shout.

Edit> It was out

 

[brogdale]

Broad not happy with Stokes

 

[WhyLikeThis]

3 and a bit more tests of misery.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

Although Andersons bowling is a bit better. That is unlikely to help.

 

[brogdale]

Not sure why they didn't review that one. Looked well worth a shout.

Edit> It was out

Broad hasn't helped his case by pushing Stokes to go for the previous two no-hope reviews, although Bairstow should have clocked how far across Labuschagne was

 

[Spymaster]

About fucking time too.

 

[Spymaster]

Broad hasn't helped his case by pushing Stokes to go for the previous two no-hope reviews ...

He often does it. He's got a rep for it. Doesn't help, but you'd have thought the slips and keeper would have supported that.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

I think I need to find another sport. Bowls might be less stressful.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Right just need to go bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang.

might just have sniff then.

 

[brogdale]

RSP...off to the beer cellar