The Ashes

[NTA]

Mitch Marsh highest test score. His tenure in the test side assured forever. Except the 50% of games he'll miss every year, injured.

[mimic]

And he brings up his ton..

[Chris B.]

England's selection of fast medium bowlers has no answers in these conditions.

Aussie seamers are generally taller and faster - able to ask more and better questions.

[MN5]

@mimic said in The Ashes:

And he brings up his ton..

@mariner4life thoughts on this effort?

[NTA]

Double ton to Smith. Fucking legend

[No Quarter]

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

[booboo]

Not read recent posts ... but who reckons he'll get 3 hundy?

[mariner4life]

Mitch marsh got 150? Get fucked. How shit are england?

[mimic]

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

[No Quarter]

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

.... against Sri Lanka at home... who haven't exactly set the world on fire recently...

Don't get me wrong, Kohli is some player, but Smith is in a league of his own at the moment.

[NTA]

@booboo nup. They'll get Marsh to 200 and think declare with half a session to go tomorrow, then unleash the Quicks.

[NTA]

@mariner4life said in The Ashes:

Mitch marsh got 150? Get fucked. How shit are england?

Fuck I know, right?

[mimic]

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

.... against Sri Lanka at home... who haven't exactly set the world on fire recently...

Don't get me wrong, Kohli is some player, but Smith is in a league of his own at the moment.

One can always find excuses.. Smith is batting on a road..
Heck, M. Marsh is on 181*, goes to show how shit England are..

Kohli has 6 test tons against Australia atm, with 5 of them in Australia.. I thought that was quite impressive..

[NTA]

@mimic said in The Ashes:

Kohli has 6 test tons against Australia atm, with 5 of them in Australia.

On roads.

[No Quarter]

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

.... against Sri Lanka at home... who haven't exactly set the world on fire recently...

Don't get me wrong, Kohli is some player, but Smith is in a league of his own at the moment.

One can always find excuses.. Smith is batting on a road..
Heck, M. Marsh is on 181*, goes to show how shit England are..

Kohli has 6 test tons against Australia atm, with 5 of them in Australia.. I thought that was quite impressive..

Haha, OK, let's simplify things. Who has the better record overall?

[KiwiMurph]

@no-quarter Steve Smith has the better test record. Kohli has the better ODI record.

[No Quarter]

@KiwiMurph yup, I'd have Kohli as the best ODI player. But was talking about tests, hence my comment about Kane.

[mimic]

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

.... against Sri Lanka at home... who haven't exactly set the world on fire recently...

Don't get me wrong, Kohli is some player, but Smith is in a league of his own at the moment.

One can always find excuses.. Smith is batting on a road..
Heck, M. Marsh is on 181*, goes to show how shit England are..

Kohli has 6 test tons against Australia atm, with 5 of them in Australia.. I thought that was quite impressive..

Haha, OK, let's simplify things. Who has the better record overall?

Best overall record is a bit different to "separating himself from the chosen 4"
Smith has 22 tons, Kohli has 20. Still close. Kohli has more double tons.
In terms of runs, Root is close to Smith.
Smith's average is out there though, but it is inflated by his not outs.

If anyone is a freak, it's Kohli.

Batting Rankings..
Kohli #2 tests, #1 ODIs, #1 T20
Root #3 test, #6 ODIs, #7 T20
Kane #5 tests, #10 ODIs, #4 T20
Smith is #1 in tests, not in top 10 for ODIs or T20.

If you wanna see separation, just compare their ODI stats.

If you could only choose one of the chosen 4, I know who I'd choose. He ain't lesbian.

[barbarian]

Smith v Kohli is pretty fluid and changes each test, really.

The reason I think Smith is ahead right now is when the two teams played, he was by far the better batsman. Kohli had a shocker, and for that reason (and blind patriotism) I have Smith #1.

[No Quarter]

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

@mimic said in The Ashes:

@no-quarter said in The Ashes:

Smith is an absolute freak. Right now he's seperated himself from the "chosen 4". Root, Kane and Kohli have some work to do to try & match his exploits.

Well, Root and Kohli do. Kane can't as we have no fucking tests scheduled.

What are you on about?
Kohli's has 6 double tons.. (3 of them in 2017)

His last 4 innings reads 104*, 213, 243, 50..

.... against Sri Lanka at home... who haven't exactly set the world on fire recently...

Don't get me wrong, Kohli is some player, but Smith is in a league of his own at the moment.

One can always find excuses.. Smith is batting on a road..
Heck, M. Marsh is on 181*, goes to show how shit England are..

Kohli has 6 test tons against Australia atm, with 5 of them in Australia.. I thought that was quite impressive..

Haha, OK, let's simplify things. Who has the better record overall?

Best overall record is a bit different to "separating himself from the chosen 4"
Smith has 22 tons, Kohli has 20. Still close. Kohli has more double tons.
In terms of runs, Root is close to Smith.
Smith's average is out there though, but it is inflated by his not outs.

If anyone is a freak, it's Kohli.

Batting Rankings..
Kohli #2 tests, #1 ODIs, #1 T20
Root #3 test, #6 ODIs, #7 T20
Kane #5 tests, #10 ODIs, #4 T20
Smith is #1 in tests, not in top 10 for ODIs or T20.

If you wanna see separation, just compare their ODI stats.

If you could only choose one of the chosen 4, I know who I'd choose. He ain't lesbian.

You're talking about best over all formats. Again, I'm talking tests where Smith is ahead of the pack. I would never claim Smith is better in ODIs or T20s - different ball game altogether. Some of the best ever test players never dominated the short forms like say Bevan and vice versa.

Personally I'm not really interested in trying to rank "best over all formats". You can end up excluding the best players in each.