Ashes 2019

[NTA]

Aussies getting their length wrong here. England only 160 away so a real chance if they get through to lunch with these two at the crease

[NTA]

Pushing too hard here, as Ponting says.

English crowd has turned into India, cheering everything.

[Donsteppa]

So Australia strangle out Joe Root with the old ball, build pressure nicely, then take the new ball and bowl a pile of shite & start gifting five runs an over...

[mariner4life]

This crowd is fucking great

[NTA]

We're cooked.

1-1 coming up. Series alive.

The line is now shit. Paine needs to have a word to these fluffybunnies.

[Duluth]

They need to go back to Lyon

[canefan]

@Duluth said in Ashes 2019:

They need to go back to Lyon

He just bowled a brilliant over. Game in the balance, England hoping these two gingas can bring them home

[Godder]

2 more wickets and Aussie are into the tail - Woakes is useful, but they would want to be within 40-50 before he comes in.

[NTA]

@Duluth and they did.

I understand the decision to take the new ball, but he just got Root and is good against the left hand bats, including Stokes.

[canefan]

Lyon all over Stokes

[NTA]

@canefan said in Ashes 2019:

Lyon all over Stokes

Not going to matter. We fuct.

[NTA]

England in the box seat at lunch. Aussies pace bowling gone to shit, and Lyon will probably need to drag them home if they're to win.

I'm going to bed

[sparky]

England 238 -4 at lunch. Needing 121 runs to win.

More twist and turns to come in this one I suspect.

[sparky]

@mariner4life said in Ashes 2019:

This crowd is fucking great

Young and noisy crowd. Probably helps that there is a Rock festival also going in Leeds this weekend........

[ACT Crusader]

Exciting test match finishes are few and far between, but when they do come around and there is a noisy crowd and half decent commentary, there’s few sporting contests that match it.

What I’d like to see - these two score another 50 together and then OZ take a wicket. Then another 20-30 runs and OZ take a couple of quick ones.

Squeaky bum time with 3 tail enders to get and 40-50 runs to win.

[sparky]

Bairstow given out caught behind off Hazelwood almost straight after lunch. But a successful review to the delight of the crowd.

[ACT Crusader]

Then a half chance that goes through slip for 4.

Now Bairstow swipes at a wide one and caught. Poor

[sparky]

@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2019:

Then a half chance that goes through slip for 4.

Now Bairstow swipes at a wide one and caught. Poor

As loose as a goose.

[sparky]

Tight finish coming. My guess is England will end up about 15-20 runs short.

Lyons is going to put the remaining England batsmen under a lot of pressure on a Day Four pitch.

[canefan]

Stokes is key here. I for one am not ready to see England win at sports, cricket and rugby least of all