The Ashes 2023
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
No. Test matches always began on Thursday and Sunday was a rest day.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
The previous one started on Wednesday.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Um yes. And we've had Friday and Tuesday starts. All dictated by TV.
But they always used to start on a Thursday. Hence the rest day on Sunday because nobody was allowed to enjoy themselves on a Sunday.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Anyway, Brook is walking the walk. Long may it continue.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Everyone who isn't Cummins is looking a bit shit for Australia.
baldrick
hmmmmm
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Looking likely to see England bowling today
baldrick
hmmmmm
We're not even going to make it to tea are we
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Maybe worth declaring? See if we can fit 3 overs in before tea?
I like your thinking. Perhaps we should have declared after Root went down really.
If that's a hint. I still have a job, for now.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Players would go off and play a Sunday league match!
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
2nd Ashes series Anderson has fucked for England.
Is it sacrilege to point some plaudits in the way of the Aussies this series? They've stood up to Bazball, away from home, and are winning. And their own cricket hasn't been boring either really.
England need a new seamer pronto and a new medic or whoever the fuck is letting Mooen Ali in the side.
England need a new seamer pronto and a new medic or whoever the fuck is letting Mooen Ali in the side.
Just checked the guardian comments bit. Yeh, overwhelmingly the problem is selection. Bairstow, Moeen and Anderson should not be there. If Foakes had played this would still be a live game. And surely there's a spinner out there in the county game that can last a match? Jimmy - yeh, he had to play. This is his last match. I'll give them that dodgy selection.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I'll be honest, I don't watch cricket enough to know the detail of the choices faced by the selectors on those 3. However, there's a sense in which the Anderson decision should have been the easiest of all - to not pick him. Yeah, of course, it would have been hard, there's always the chance of one last hurrah - but did they really think that would happen? Absolutely shouldn't have been picked this time and almost certainly shouldn't have been the 4th test. 3rd, I dunno. Being a selector should occasionally requires you to be a hard nosed shit.
Bairstow was promised the day he injured his ankle while playing golf that as soon as he was fit he'd be back in the side. During his recovery time, Ben Foakes stepped in and England won everything. Bairstow's selection has cost these Ashes in my opinion. The selectors got that gravely wrong.
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
Smith is looking determined today
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Spectacular catch from Root there, but Baiirstow watched it fly past, rather adding to your line.
I admire the loyalty of the management to him on a human level. But Foakes must have spent the last couple of months sitting there tearing his hair out.
