Comrade 86 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) Brooke doing what Brooke does to try to drag England back into the game, surviving early chances before stepping on the gas. Ali has looked untroubled holding down the other end, but now pulls up with what appears to be a groin strain. He's going to try to bat on, but he doesn't look right to me at all 😞 EDIT: Ali can't run so has decided to start launching balls out of the ground. Edited July 27, 2023 by 86 Hair Islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyram59 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 England just chucking wickets away because they love to play BAZBALL, not exactly the best way to play test cricket. You can guarantee Australia won't chuck there wickets away and will get a lot more than 283. And will go on to get a 3-1 win in the Ashes series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 6 minutes ago, ziggyram59 said: England just chucking wickets away because they love to play BAZBALL, not exactly the best way to play test cricket. You can guarantee Australia won't chuck there wickets away and will get a lot more than 283. And will go on to get a 3-1 win in the Ashes series. Bet ya England have a first innings lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyram59 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 19 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: Bet ya England have a first innings lead. Maybe they will but I bet you Australia won't be as cavalier as England are when it comes to batting. I hope I'm wrong to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstand Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 19 hours ago, Anag Ram said: Did you sneak a peek at Root? Get back to those geraniums! No never checked until close of play, hoping we would still be batting, lol. Anag Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Bizarre first day to a test match. Both sides incredibly sloppy, with dropped catches and poor shot selection (even allowing for Bazball) Losing Moeen is a blow on a pitch which shows signs of spin. Hoping Root can pick up one or two. Was also hoping Anderson would find his mojo, but it looks more likely he’ll be finding his cocoa. So it’s pretty much down to Broad, Wood and Woakes to bowl Australia out. Note - autocorrect turned Root into Riot and Broad into B-road! cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tibbs Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 No panic yet but our bowlers looked pretty tired steaming in last night. Aussies got way more out of the pitch and more swing with the ball, creating 16 chances in just over two sessions. Jimmy and Broad were seen off without threat again with the new ball, the danger coming from Wood and Woakes. Hopefully we can get into them early and try and get ourselves back into the game. Not sure it's doing much for test cricket if we lose the series 3-1, probably more of a justification of playing the way Australia are currently. There's still plenty of time to turn this around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 England have had 20 maiden overs in this innings already (Aussies have had 32 in the whole series) not sure what their game plan is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Fantastic catch by Root Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, rynny said: England have had 20 maiden overs in this innings already (Aussies have had 32 in the whole series) not sure what their game plan is today. Run out the clock and take the 2-1 series win. "Take yer time boys" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, RadioactiveWaste said: Run out the clock and take the 2-1 series win. "Take yer time boys" Grumpy Git and RadioactiveWaste 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Okay so number ten’s in. The ball’s swinging and seaming a bit. What’s our plan? Let’s bowl short and hope he holes out at long leg. But that’s the shortest boundary in test cricket. Top edges will go for six. Absolutely. Keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tibbs Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Would have taken that at the start of play today but another innings we’ve let slip through our fingers? Don’t think we’ve been great with their tail all series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Another mistake from Bairstow cost us a crucial 50 runs extra in the Smith/Cummins partnership. So frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, Carnero said: Another mistake from Bairstow cost us a crucial 50 runs extra in the Smith/Cummins partnership. So frustrating. He took a really good catch too… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 38 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said: He took a really good catch too… The Smith one over the shoulder? Nothing you wouldn't expect Foakes to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Root took the best catch (getting Bairstow off the hook for that one...) Jubbs and rynny 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 37 minutes ago, Carnero said: Root took the best catch (getting Bairstow off the hook for that one...) Stokes’s wasn’t bad! Jimbo Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 4 hours ago, Jimbo Ram said: He took a really good catch too… He should have taken the one that Root had to take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tibbs Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Foakes probably makes less of a mess of the stumping too. Even if it was out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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