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The Ashes

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  • DonsteppaD Offline
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    #260

    Cook and Root once again doing a poor job of the Senior Player in an Ashes Test role...

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    • NTAN Offline
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      Fuck Mitch Marsh for dropping that easy catch

      Fuck Cameron Bancroft for dropping another fairly simple catch

      Fuck Shaun Marsh because... Well because he's there. Fuck him.

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        But good ton from Malan. Best Saffer wearing three lions since Skunkboi

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        • NTAN Offline
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          #263

          Great fight by Stoneman, Malan and Bairstow today really setting England up for a draw at worst. Weather for days 4 and 5 is reportedly dodgy so they may miss a classic victory here.

          Fuck Marsh(es).

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            What surprised me was how short Oz bowled when the common wisdom is pitch it up.

            Total wasted effort. I only saw the last session but I don't think I saw one they dug in cause any trouble for the batsman - and as for the review - fucking muppets

            Mind you apart from the first over with the second new ball Malan and Bairstow looked totally untroubled.

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            • dogmeatD dogmeat

              What surprised me was how short Oz bowled when the common wisdom is pitch it up.

              Total wasted effort. I only saw the last session but I don't think I saw one they dug in cause any trouble for the batsman - and as for the review - fucking muppets

              Mind you apart from the first over with the second new ball Malan and Bairstow looked totally untroubled.

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              @dogmeat the short stuff worked Stoneman over nicely, and then Mitchell "Fucking" Marsh dropped him. Malan was taking it on and not always executing cleanly. It wasn't a bad tactic considering a lot of the full stuff was disappearing to the fence.

              Keeping it full on that pitch, with a wearing ball, was a recipe for getting driven repeatedly. With the new ball we had another chance put down, then a bunch of streaky edges through slip. None of the LBWs were sticking because of height.

              That review was, again, fucking stupid.

              The execution could have been better, but there was a lot to like about the short ball work in the middle of the day.

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              • NTAN Offline
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                Another stupid review. NEVER believe the bowler

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                  #267

                  That review this morning was disgraceful, and just reeked of desperation. Not sure you can blame Starc, he didn't look overly convinced. Someone must have been, despite an awful lot of stumps showing. Very poor cricket.

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                    #268

                    Handscomb does more as sub fielder than Mitch Marsh will this entire game.

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                    • NTAN Offline
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                      Might get away with under 420 if we can keep up some pressure on the tail

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                        #270

                        solid collapse, 420 would be overs from here

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                        • RapidoR Offline
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                          This England team have such a weak lower order.

                          And a weak top order.

                          Thus will probably be their highest score of the series.

                          Bowling round the wicket from ball one at number 11's body is not on though IMO, no matter how much bad blood there is between Anderson and the Aussies.

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                          • RapidoR Rapido

                            This England team have such a weak lower order.

                            And a weak top order.

                            Thus will probably be their highest score of the series.

                            Bowling round the wicket from ball one at number 11's body is not on though IMO, no matter how much bad blood there is between Anderson and the Aussies.

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                            @rapido said in The Ashes:

                            This England team have such a weak lower order.

                            And a weak top order.

                            Thus will probably be their highest score of the series.

                            Bowling round the wicket from ball one at number 11's body is not on though IMO, no matter how much bad blood there is between Anderson and the Aussies.

                            Winning at all costs is the straya way

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                              Crying crocodile tears over Phil Hughes death, pledging behaviour had to change and then quickly reverting to type is also the Australian way it seems.

                              I don't really have an issue with the behaviour at all but every so often I sniff a whiff of hypocrisy from all involved

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                              • V Virgil

                                @rapido said in The Ashes:

                                This England team have such a weak lower order.

                                And a weak top order.

                                Thus will probably be their highest score of the series.

                                Bowling round the wicket from ball one at number 11's body is not on though IMO, no matter how much bad blood there is between Anderson and the Aussies.

                                Winning at all costs is the straya way

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                                @virgil I understand the wicket taking reasons for bouncing tail enders and all teams do that.

                                Perhaps it hollows the sentiments all teams proclaimed at the time following the Phil Hughes tragedy though in my opinion.

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                                  #275

                                  So England ended up the Malan, Barstow, and Assorted Bystanders show...

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                                    Lol at the sanctimonious shit about short bowling at tailenders.

                                    The only guy to get hit in the head was the opener, who took his eyes off it like a silly bastard.

                                    The bunnies have the sense to duck, and they don't get many body shots that leave them in no man's land.

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                                      Lol at the sanctimonious shit about short bowling at tailenders.

                                      The only guy to get hit in the head was the opener, who took his eyes off it like a silly bastard.

                                      The bunnies have the sense to duck, and they don't get many body shots that leave them in no man's land.

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                                      No Quarter
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                                      #277

                                      @nta said in The Ashes:

                                      Lol at the sanctimonious shit about short bowling at tailenders.

                                      The only guy to get hit in the head was the opener, who took his eyes off it like a silly bastard.

                                      The bunnies have the sense to duck, and they don't get many body shots that leave them in no man's land.

                                      cough Wagner cough... stones, glass houses etc

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                                      • No QuarterN No Quarter

                                        @nta said in The Ashes:

                                        Lol at the sanctimonious shit about short bowling at tailenders.

                                        The only guy to get hit in the head was the opener, who took his eyes off it like a silly bastard.

                                        The bunnies have the sense to duck, and they don't get many body shots that leave them in no man's land.

                                        cough Wagner cough... stones, glass houses etc

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                                        Donsteppa
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                                        #278

                                        @no-quarter said in The Ashes:

                                        @nta said in The Ashes:

                                        Lol at the sanctimonious shit about short bowling at tailenders.

                                        The only guy to get hit in the head was the opener, who took his eyes off it like a silly bastard.

                                        The bunnies have the sense to duck, and they don't get many body shots that leave them in no man's land.

                                        cough Wagner cough stones, glass houses etc

                                        In some ways we’re lucky that Wagner isn’t 10kmph faster...

                                        (And/or that he hasn’t toured the home of Bodyline with those tactics)

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                                        • DonsteppaD Donsteppa

                                          @no-quarter said in The Ashes:

                                          @nta said in The Ashes:

                                          Lol at the sanctimonious shit about short bowling at tailenders.

                                          The only guy to get hit in the head was the opener, who took his eyes off it like a silly bastard.

                                          The bunnies have the sense to duck, and they don't get many body shots that leave them in no man's land.

                                          cough Wagner cough stones, glass houses etc

                                          In some ways we’re lucky that Wagner isn’t 10kmph faster...

                                          (And/or that he hasn’t toured the home of Bodyline with those tactics)

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                                          #279

                                          @donsteppa said in The Ashes:

                                          In some ways we’re lucky that Wagner isn’t 10kmph faster...

                                          (And/or that he hasn’t toured the home of Bodyline with those tactics)

                                          Clearly that would cross the line. And the Aussies know where the line is. They don't ever cross the line. Do you not know this?

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