Ashes 2023
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For Australia, it'll be interesting to see if Labuschagne and Smith finally front with the bat. One top innings aside from Smith, they've mainly been AWOL. Likewise if Cummins has learnt any captaincy lessons.
Warner might jam one, but only on the stopped clock basis.
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As for England, their bowling attack looks about right. Just the bewildering choice of concrete shoes Bairstow for keeping duties to back them up. Some good keeping analysis from Dinesh Karthik in the buildup.
Ali at 3 is a puzzler. I imagine there would have been large odds on that selection two months ago...
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Another cracking day of test cricket
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Waking up to that scorecard, looks like a lot of starts from Australia, but England stopping them from becoming big scores.
Probably not a bad total after being sent into bat, but looks like it could have been bigger with Australia batting down to number 10.
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From various comments either a form slump, now due, or because he's been all but opening the batting...
https://twitter.com/SEN_Cricket/status/1678697637783171072?s=20
This is the first series that I have seen much of him. And for a guy with a big reputation, I haven’t been impressed with him.
He has a very punchable face too
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@nzzp said in Ashes 2023:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
Look, whatever Bazball is, if the crowds keep coming and people keep watching, it's a success. It's getting a slightly inferior team to perform, and that's impressive. Roll on Test 4, and I wish I didn't have to sleep so I could settle in and watch it!
They always get full houses for the Ashes and England haven't lost a series to Australia in England for over 20 years - minnows they were not before BMac and the 2 squads are very similar to 4 years ago.
