Ashes 2021-22

[NTA]

Once again, my daughter's annual dance concert is fucking up my cricket watching.

7 down for minus 5. Nice.

[booboo]

Aus have to bat.

[booboo]

@booboo said in Ashes 2021-22:

Aus have to bat.

Not for long probably.

8 down, 8 ahead.

[sparky]

England all out at lunch. Australia need 20 runs afterwards to go 1-zip up in the series.

[NTA]

Let's see if Marcus Harris can actually be there at the end

[sparky]

Difference between these two teams is attitudinal. Australia are ruthless, England are lacklustre at the moment.

[NTA]

Haaaaaa Carey!

Good line from Robinson.

[sparky]

Carey gone. England must be ruing not bowling first after winning the toss.

[NTA]

@sparky said in Ashes 2021-22:

Carey gone. England must be ruing not bowling first after winning the toss.

They made that mistake back in the early noughties under Nasser Hussain.

[sparky]

Australia 1-0 up with a 9 wicket win. Pleased for Pat Cummins who seems a decent sort. Australia big favourites for the series now, but I think England have enough quality in their squad to bounce back at some stage before the end of the Hobart Test.

[Chris B.]

@sparky said in Ashes 2021-22:

Difference between these two teams is attitudinal. Australia are ruthless, England are lacklustre at the moment.

Apart from talent, you mean?

Of the two teams that played here, I'd only take Root, Stokes and Buttler in a joint team.

[sparky]

https://twitter.com/PaulDennett_/status/1469507022441762818?t=CnA-ifOC8uMeVDgJnZCEoA&s=19

[sparky]

https://twitter.com/simmo_melb89/status/1469506674419396609?t=IG6CqdL5svWSWcn7Us9mrw&s=19

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https://twitter.com/melindafarrell/status/1469584644408446978?s=20

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https://twitter.com/melindafarrell/status/1469587588713357313?s=20

[voodoo]

Why didn't Warner bat? Is he injured or protecting his average?

[booboo]

@voodoo said in Ashes 2021-22:

Why didn't Warner bat? Is he injured or protecting his average?

Injured.

Got whacked in the ribs. Was off the field too long to bat.

Aus trying to pretend ... err say they're not broken.

Conjecture whether he's up to the next test.

[voodoo]

@booboo said in Ashes 2021-22:

@voodoo said in Ashes 2021-22:

Why didn't Warner bat? Is he injured or protecting his average?

Injured.

Got whacked in the ribs. Was off the field too long to bat.

Aus trying to pretend ... err say they're not broken.

Conjecture whether he's up to the next test.

OK good, thanks. I wasn't watching, glad it wasn't a cop out. And to be fair to him, despite all his faults, he doesn't seem the kind to shirk the duty

[Catogrande]

Sigh. All too predictable.
May I do a Glenn McGrath and predict 5-0 to Aus?

[NTA]

@catogrande said in Ashes 2021-22:

Sigh. All too predictable.
May I do a Glenn McGrath and predict 5-0 to Aus?

You may.

Looking at England they've still got quality - scoring 300ish in the second innings is a solid performance - but Australia found a way to come back.

With Warner probably broken and a couple of the bowlers already looking a bit shabby, the question is whether they can do it again.