The Ashes 2023

[planetgeli]

Decision to put Brook back at number four vindicated

5 but yes.

Great game, well done England.

 

[strung out]

Easy, easy, easy.

 

[planetgeli]

Gotta love Wood for batting as fast as he bowls.

 

[Wilf]

Great game, great series, though the curmudgeon in my instantly thinks they should be 2-1 up, not down)

Well, that's probably the end of Anderson and maybe Bairstow, at least as a keeper (not sure how brutal the current England management are). Wood and Woakes delivered.

 

[Wilf]

Also, wonder how fucked Stokes will be for the next one.

 

[two sheds]

"Mark Wood scored 40 runs in the match from 16 balls at a strike rate of 250. Nobody has ever scored more runs at a faster rate across a Test match."

 

[WhyLikeThis]

 

[planetgeli]

"Mark Wood scored 40 runs in the match from 16 balls at a strike rate of 250. Nobody has ever scored more runs at a faster rate across a Test match."

And took 7/100

Definite MotM

 

[planetgeli]

Great game, great series, though the curmudgeon in my instantly thinks they should be 2-1 up, not down)

Well, that's probably the end of Anderson and maybe Bairstow, at least as a keeper (not sure how brutal the current England management are). Wood and Woakes delivered.

May I refer my learned friend to the test case (lol) of Zak Crawley.

Bairstow. Yorkshire. England. Golf.

He's in for the series.

Anderson will be back at Old Trafford I reckon.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

At least we won’t have to see anymore 78mph bowling.

 

[Wilf]

May I refer my learned friend to the test case (lol) of Zak Crawley.

Bairstow. Yorkshire. England. Golf.

He's in for the series.

Anderson will be back at Old Trafford I reckon.

I just noticed in the interview Stokes said 'if he gets a chance', of Woakes, later in the series.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Wilf]

I just noticed in the interview Stokes said 'if he gets a chance', of Woakes, later in the series.

... though, no, surely Robinson would be the one to miss out.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

Who bats at 3? Moeen didn’t do too well. It could squander Stokes’ wicket too early on. Root doesn’t want to do it.

Crawley
Duckett
Moeen
Root
Brook
Stokes
Foakes
Woakes
Wood
Broad
Anderson

 

[Petcha]

I just had the most tragic bumble date ever when we wandered past some big screens showing this drinking cappuccinos while there was a bar there. I mean, I was probably out of her league anyway..

 

[tommers]

Nicely done, and for once it wasn't Stokes dragging us over the line. Looking forward to the next one!

 

[Petcha]

I think it's safe to say now that this will be a 3-2 England victory. But just checked - no more Tests this year after that. Just some white ball shit. They're bringing NZ over and not even playing a Test.

 

[planetgeli]

I think it's safe to say now that this will be a 3-2 England victory.

It's ok I've worked it out. You just have access to really good coke don't you.

 

[Petcha]

Shall we put a little wager on this?

 

[WhyLikeThis]

I think it's safe to say now that this will be a 3-2 England victory.

Now we’re fucked.

 

[kabbes]

Has every single thing that Petcha has said proved to be wrong? Or has there been a prediction that did actually pan out? Please give me at least a glimmer of hope on this

 

[Petcha]

I will be quoting that post in December or whenever this shit eventually winds up.

 

[kabbes]

You mean end of July?

 

[WhyLikeThis]

Who bats at 3? Moeen didn’t do too well. It could squander Stokes’ wicket too early on. Root doesn’t want to do it.

Crawley
Duckett
Moeen
Root
Brook
Stokes
Foakes
Woakes
Wood
Broad
Anderson

Maybe Tongue instead of Anderson.

 

[Cerberus]

Can anyone realistically see YJB being dropped? I can’t.

I’d have had Foakes in from the start, as would many on here no doubt. Can’t see Baz & Ben having a change of heart now

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Can anyone realistically see YJB being dropped? I can’t.

I’d have had Foakes in from the start, as would many on here no doubt. Can’t see Baz & Ben having a change of heart now

I think Bairstow definitely plays. The question is whether he keeps again I'd say not whether he's in the team.

Their problem is Stokes' bowling fitness - if he could bowl a decent number of overs they could go for Foakes at 7, Moeen at 8 and three seamers. If he doesn't recover enough with the break though they'll go for a similar lineup I guess which means no Foakes.

 

[planetgeli]

Bairstow will play, as I said upthread. There is serious talk of Moeen at 3. Although he seems to have volunteered for this, it's beginning to resemble the dicking about he received under previous management, with no fixed position in the order.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Bairstow will play, as I said upthread. There is serious talk of Moeen at 3. Although he seems to have volunteered for this, it's beginning to resemble the dicking about he received under previous management, with no fixed position in the order.

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Yeah according to Ben Stokes he asked to bat at 3 as he wanted to "have a go" at the Aussies.

Stokes didn't see it as successful but Michael Vaughan did as he felt it allowed Brooks to relax and play better lower down the order.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Bairstow will play, as I said upthread. There is serious talk of Moeen at 3. Although he seems to have volunteered for this, it's beginning to resemble the dicking about he received under previous management, with no fixed position in the order.

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I've always felt Moeen is a natural number 7. Those numbers seem to bear that out. Stokes-Bairstow-Moeen-Woakes works as a 5-8. Root should be put to 3, Brook 4.

 

[Petcha]

The problem is that Root refuses to bat 3.

I guess maybe because in the past that effectively means hes opening

Maybe now we have a slightly stable opening pair he'll rethink.