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The Ashes 2019
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 Stirlingsays  06 Sep 19 6.45am |
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Originally posted by YT
Fail to regain the Ashes you mean, Stirling. We lost them a few years ago.
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Goal Machine  The Cronx 06 Sep 19 9.21am |
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The pessimism of England sports fans is so frustrating. Football and cricket in particular. So much doom and gloom on this thread. Losing 1 wicket at the end of the day with a new ball is no disaster. The Aussie were two down at this stage in their first innings. This summer we've won the cricket world cup and had the most dramatic ever win in our last match. We almost snatched an unlikely win from the jaws of defeat at Lords. Why do fans have no faith? The bookies have the odds at evens currently for a draw - it's far from over. The wicket did very little yesterday for the seamers, hopefully more of that today. We have some quality batsman to come who on their day are well capable of big scores. Who knows what Roy's capable of against a soft ball? Keep the faith boys! Edited by Goal Machine (06 Sep 2019 9.22am)
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| Bexley Eagle Bexley Kent 06 Sep 19 9.31am |
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Originally posted by Bexley Eagle
Batting unit in disarray so I know I’ll drop Chris Woakes who is averaging 20 runs per wicket in the series and averages over 30 with the bat in test cricket. Nothing against Craig Overton but he averages over 40 per wicket in the tests he has played and bowls no quicker than Woakes. Edited by Bexley Eagle (03 Sep 2019 9.33pm) It seemed a strange decision at the time and 497 runs later it still seems a strange decision. Someone also pointed out the Woakes had actually got Smith out 3 times in the series.
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| Midlands Eagle 08 Sep 19 8.42am |
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Originally posted by Goal Machine
The pessimism of England sports fans is so frustrating. Football and cricket in particular. So much doom and gloom on this thread. Losing 1 wicket at the end of the day with a new ball is no disaster. The Aussie were two down at this stage in their first innings. This summer we've won the cricket world cup and had the most dramatic ever win in our last match. We almost snatched an unlikely win from the jaws of defeat at Lords. Why do fans have no faith? The bookies have the odds at evens currently for a draw - it's far from over. The wicket did very little yesterday for the seamers, hopefully more of that today. We have some quality batsman to come who on their day are well capable of big scores. Who knows what Roy's capable of against a soft ball? Keep the faith boys! My faith has disappeared when Cumming took two important wickets in his first over. Eight wickets to go and six hours to bat with no rain forecast. I can't see us pulling any more rabbits out of the hat. The difference between the two sides is just one Australian player and just think what would have happened if Jack Leach had been just an inch further back when he "bowled" him
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| Goal Machine The Cronx 08 Sep 19 8.50am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
My faith has disappeared when Cumming took two important wickets in his first over. Eight wickets to go and six hours to bat with no rain forecast. I can't see us pulling any more rabbits out of the hat. The difference between the two sides is just one Australian player and just think what would have happened if Jack Leach had been just an inch further back when he "bowled" him I think mine has too now. We were in the game up until 6:30 last night. Root and Burns were the two main men who could hang around. Hope will be restored if we can get to lunch without losing a wicket. For some reason I am doubtful that Roy will be there for much longer.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 08 Sep 19 9.48am |
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Originally posted by Goal Machine
I think mine has too now. We were in the game up until 6:30 last night. Root and Burns were the two main men who could hang around. Hope will be restored if we can get to lunch without losing a wicket. For some reason I am doubtful that Roy will be there for much longer. If this is the case and we lose this test, I suspect he will be dropped for the final one.
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| chris123 hove actually 08 Sep 19 10.21am |
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Originally posted by Goal Machine
I think mine has too now. We were in the game up until 6:30 last night. Root and Burns were the two main men who could hang around. Hope will be restored if we can get to lunch without losing a wicket. For some reason I am doubtful that Roy will be there for much longer. Not just Root and Burns - our batting at test match level is poor. We don't have batsman with the mental strengths of a Smith or Atherton, who can bat all day. And tactically we're inept - Root does not read the game well enough to be skipper.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 08 Sep 19 10.25am |
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Originally posted by Willo
If this is the case and we lose this test, I suspect he will be dropped for the final one. The umpires were wrong to play in that light Burns and Root did not pick the ball up against the background. The Aussies pace attack is the real difference here, we only have Broad of that standard. We would rather have the World Cup I think, to win a series after that has been denied to others including Australia.
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| Bexley Eagle Bexley Kent 08 Sep 19 9.12pm |
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Originally posted by Bexley Eagle
I'll stick with the cricket. I have had a little on the Aussies at 7/4 so fully expect them to be rolled over b4 lunch Edited by Bexley Eagle (04 Sep 2019 11.01am) Every cloud. To be fair England showed a lot of fight today and it will be interesting to see what changes are made to the team for the Oval.
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| Stirlingsays 08 Sep 19 9.26pm |
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The better team....by some distance, won.
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| Midlands Eagle 09 Sep 19 6.11am |
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Good article on the poor selection policy here [Link]
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| Bexley Eagle Bexley Kent 09 Sep 19 10.22am |
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I can't argue with any of that. The trouble is there has only been 1 round of Championship matches since the beginning of July. In the old days if a batsmen lost form they would be sent back to their county to try and find some. The last thing these guys need is more T20.
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