Ashes 2021-22
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@hooroo said in Ashes 2021-22:
@majorrage said in Ashes 2021-22:
@rotated said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mariner4life said in Ashes 2021-22:
The Ashes is just like the Bledisloe. Massively overrated despite one side being almost eternally shit bar a couple of out of character spikes in performance.
Neither are top draw sporting competitions.
Disagree.
The Ashes is one of the few series left in sport that are played with real stakes. Careers end, players/coaches are dropped, genuine psychological scars seem to inflicted (often on your own team mates). There is a huge gap between the typical post-series interview with "they were the better side in the series" like you get with the Bledisloe and "we need to overhaul the entire domestic structure of our game" or "we need to ex-communicate our best batsman" or "we need to sack our captain".
That combined with cricket being a sport that lends itself to nostalgia makes it a great series.
So less like the Bledisloe and more like a prize fight where there is serious trash talk in the lead up and the result guaranteed to either going to be a 12 round classic or a first round knockout and whatever happens the loser is going to go into a two-year long spiral.
Harnessing your inner Gould there.
I enjoy the Ashes but it’s a long long way down my list of sport watching. One of the few series left with real stakes … that’s just taking the piss!
I'm the opposite. It is my favourite sporting event outside Rugby WC. I love it and tend to agree with @rotated
Not sure we are opposite - comment was really that @rotated piece sounded like a Gould pre-origin spiel! Origin wicket! Origin 6!
The only thing I really disagreed with was it being the last series left in sport played with real stakes. IT's arguably not even the biggest thing in cricket, with India / Pakistan perhaps meaning more things to more people. I'd take the Ashes over that myself though.
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@majorrage said in Ashes 2021-22:
@hooroo said in Ashes 2021-22:
@majorrage said in Ashes 2021-22:
@rotated said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mariner4life said in Ashes 2021-22:
The Ashes is just like the Bledisloe. Massively overrated despite one side being almost eternally shit bar a couple of out of character spikes in performance.
Neither are top draw sporting competitions.
Disagree.
The Ashes is one of the few series left in sport that are played with real stakes. Careers end, players/coaches are dropped, genuine psychological scars seem to inflicted (often on your own team mates). There is a huge gap between the typical post-series interview with "they were the better side in the series" like you get with the Bledisloe and "we need to overhaul the entire domestic structure of our game" or "we need to ex-communicate our best batsman" or "we need to sack our captain".
That combined with cricket being a sport that lends itself to nostalgia makes it a great series.
So less like the Bledisloe and more like a prize fight where there is serious trash talk in the lead up and the result guaranteed to either going to be a 12 round classic or a first round knockout and whatever happens the loser is going to go into a two-year long spiral.
Harnessing your inner Gould there.
I enjoy the Ashes but it’s a long long way down my list of sport watching. One of the few series left with real stakes … that’s just taking the piss!
I'm the opposite. It is my favourite sporting event outside Rugby WC. I love it and tend to agree with @rotated
Not sure we are opposite - comment was really that @rotated piece sounded like a Gould pre-origin spiel! Origin wicket! Origin 6!
The only thing I really disagreed with was it being the last series left in sport played with real stakes. IT's arguably not even the biggest thing in cricket, with India / Pakistan perhaps meaning more things to more people. I'd take the Ashes over that myself though.
OPPOSITE!!
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@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
33 from 34. Wicket just fell so 5 to get for Australia.
TBH there should be more Women's Test cricket. Only way to raise the skill level, which is quite a bit better than it was but still a bit lacking at points.
I can’t believe that Mitchell Starc is married to Alyssa Healy who is basically a mirror image of her dad. #nohomo but Mitch can do A LOT better than that.
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@mn5 said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mn5 uncle.
Handles balls well from behind, so assume a bit of rusty trombone is in play
Oh righto. Family genes are bloody strong aren’t they ?
Queenslanders. Brother-wives. Sister-cousins. Etc
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@donsteppa England went too hard instead of gathering their breath. Dunkley could have taken an over off then crushed it.
Now the tail after playing at balls they don't need to.
A draw means England can still win the Ashes. A loss ends the series in competitive terms.
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but good on them for playing to get the most out of the game.