Alex Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Dropped catches look to be costing us this test too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Moon Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Third time lucky. Only good Aussie is a dismissed Aussie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) For the first time this series England have had two very good sessions in a day with the ball. Edited July 6, 2023 by Ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Moon Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 they'll make up for it with the bat ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, Blue Moon said: they'll make up for it with the bat ... 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Southgate's at the test, was a real shame his transfer from Villa never worked out, would have liked to see him at Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Michael Tucker when are you going to contribute to this thread, and remember me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tucker Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 11 hours ago, Alex said: Michael Tucker when are you going to contribute to this thread, and remember me! I remember you mate, I've just been busy with other things! Good to see you back and firing😇 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boratsbrother Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Catching proving to be the crucial difference between the sides. I can't remember seeing such poor catching from an England team. The difference in wicket keeping alone is huge. Bairstow drops two, one of which a test keeper should be taking with ease, while the Aussie keeper takes an excellent diving catch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 "Catches win matches" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 We've had many periods of poor fielding before, but this is up there for sure. Bairstow hasn't kept wicket for ages and is heavy since his injury. Foakes is the world's top wicket-keeper, but his conservative batting-style doesn't seem to fit in with Bazball. Or maybe he just hates the Stokes, Foakes, Woakes jokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Alex said: Or maybe he just hates the Stokes, Foakes, Woakes jokes Which largely revolve around their names rhyming with the word 'choke'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 Cumball > Bazball. Great session for the us Aussies, hopefully skittle the rest of the tail quickly after lunch. I do feel a bit sorry for Stokes though, only one that's shown some stones and a willingness to stick it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 These tests have been so compelling. Every session seems to be taking the game in one direction only for it to be turned on it's head in the next session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 England should have been far ahead by the time Stokes had a whack. He should bat higher up second innings rather than try to make runs with the tail while all the Aussie fielders hug the boundary ropes. Each game has swung between the two teams, it's been a great series and shame it's not 1-1. We pissed the first one away and nearly rescued the second. Poor catching and Bairstow's keeping has been the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 No bazball gifted wickets this innings please, we need to dig-in and grind it out. Stokes needs to bat higher up too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singleton Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 So 251 to get. No silly stuff, please. Be aggressive, but be sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 It's the hope that kills you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Worth saying that England didn't manage 251 runs in the first innings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boratsbrother Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Even though only one team has ever come back from two down to wi the Ashes (Aussies did it decades ago) I said last week I thought we were still very much in this series. We'll win this test tomorrow and I can see the Aussies being a bit twitchy at the start of the next one. I'll say it again, this is not a great Aussie team and they are there for the taking if we cut out the unforced errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 8 hours ago, boratsbrother said: Even though only one team has ever come back from two down to wi the Ashes (Aussies did it decades ago) I said last week I thought we were still very much in this series. We'll win this test tomorrow and I can see the Aussies being a bit twitchy at the start of the next one. I'll say it again, this is not a great Aussie team and they are there for the taking if we cut out the unforced errors. I applaud your optimism, but IMO the series is most probably already gone. It's too close for one of the three results left not to go their way. I wouldn't rule out an England collapse today either. I also think this is a great Aussie team with many of the best bowlers and batsmen of this generation. They needed a statement away series to cement their legacy and this Ashes, against an extremely competitive England side with some top players of their own, is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 Good start to the day with an early wicket. Hopefully the Aussies manage to snag a couple more quickly and really put the pressure on the English lower order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Ali at #3 was a resounding success 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singleton Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 on my MacBook Pro on my iPad on my TV Busy Day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 16 minutes ago, Bob Singleton said: on my MacBook Pro on my iPad on my TV Busy Day!!! Spoiler alert. Verstappen wins the British GP by 50 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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