Ashes 2019
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I also hope this test is a draw just to amp up the pressure on both teams for the final test! Winner takes all
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@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Hooroo A tie in this one would be even better - last day drama.
OOOOOOHHHH Yes! I like!! Heartbreak and elation on the last ball of the day!
Speaking of heartbreak!!
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@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Hooroo A tie in this one would be even better - last day drama.
OOOOOOHHHH Yes! I like!! Heartbreak and elation on the last ball of the day!
Speaking of heartbreak!!
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@Snowy said in Ashes 2019:
@Hooroo A tie in this one would be even better - last day drama.
OOOOOOHHHH Yes! I like!! Heartbreak and elation on the last ball of the day!
Speaking of heartbreak!!
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2019:
Made 100 more than he would have done if Leach hadn't overstepped. He may have helped save the Ashes in the last game only to lose them in the next ....
Well... 93 or so
But a spinner overstepping? Jeez...
A cardinal sin. I saw Roy(?) drop a sitter of a catch in the slips off Broad around midnight NZT too, the Poms had a day to forget in the field
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@canefan said in Ashes 2019:
A cardinal sin. I saw Roy(?) drop a sitter of a catch in the slips off Broad around midnight NZT too, the Poms had a day to forget in the field
Roy is fucked - can't bowl, can't bat, can't catch.
@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@canefan said in Ashes 2019:
A cardinal sin. I saw Roy(?) drop a sitter of a catch in the slips off Broad around midnight NZT too, the Poms had a day to forget in the field
Roy is fucked - can't bowl, can't bat, can't catch.
Shame he couldn't have been shithouse a couple of months ago....
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@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
@canefan said in Ashes 2019:
A cardinal sin. I saw Roy(?) drop a sitter of a catch in the slips off Broad around midnight NZT too, the Poms had a day to forget in the field
Roy is fucked - can't bowl, can't bat, can't catch.
Shame he couldn't have been shithouse a couple of months ago....
@canefan said in Ashes 2019:
@NTA said in Ashes 2019:
Roy is fucked - can't bowl, can't bat, can't catch.
Shame he couldn't have been shithouse a couple of months ago....
They're not even letting him open at this point. Sent Denly out there then the big goofball as nightwatchman.
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so, this Steve Smith ( i hope i pronounced that correctly) bloke is quite good at the crickets.
His last 9 Ashes innings? 1,149 runs @ 144.
3 centuries
2 double centuries
4 half centuries (one not out)Where is all England's shit talk now?
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so, this Steve Smith ( i hope i pronounced that correctly) bloke is quite good at the crickets.
His last 9 Ashes innings? 1,149 runs @ 144.
3 centuries
2 double centuries
4 half centuries (one not out)Where is all England's shit talk now?
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@mariner4life Archer is the only one that stopped him, for a game at least
@canefan said in Ashes 2019:
@mariner4life Archer is the only one that stopped him, for a game at least
And now England's shiny new toy looks broken.
50 overs terrifying a bunch of County Cricketers on a List A wicket is different to Test Cricket, it would seem.
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An interesting write-up on the No Swing Bully.
@Donsteppa Bit OTT Warner's position would be in danger if Oz had any credible alternative.
Do agree that his best option is trying to hit his way into some sort of form as "batting responsibly" clearly isn't his forte.
Working out where his off stump is wouldn't hurt either
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Smith is on the verge of winning a series single-handedly. It's phenomenal, and I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
@barbarian said in Ashes 2019:
Smith is on the verge of winning a series single-handedly. It's phenomenal, and I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
"like the World XI at one end, and Ilford Second XI at the other." Graham Gooch
That Australian batting lineup is dogshit, except for one bloke whose output is better than anyone i have seen.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2019:
Smith is on the verge of winning a series single-handedly. It's phenomenal, and I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
"like the World XI at one end, and Ilford Second XI at the other." Graham Gooch
That Australian batting lineup is dogshit, except for one bloke whose output is better than anyone i have seen.
@mariner4life said in Ashes 2019:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2019:
Smith is on the verge of winning a series single-handedly. It's phenomenal, and I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
"like the World XI at one end, and Ilford Second XI at the other." Graham Gooch
That Australian batting lineup is dogshit, except for one bloke whose output is better than anyone i have seen.
And Marnus
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Smith is on the verge of winning a series single-handedly. It's phenomenal, and I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
@barbarian As everyone says - not since Bradman. Batsmen have had big series since then but usually in a batting line-up also making comfortable runs.
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The size of the hundreds is so relevant too. We were 5/241 when he notched his ton. There's still a very real chance we could be bowled out for under 300 if he loses his wicket for a Mark Waugh-esque 104.
Instead he kept his focus (and his luck), and put us in a winning position.
Same goes for the first test - a massive difference between 100 and 140 in the context of both innings.
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Smith is on the verge of winning a series single-handedly. It's phenomenal, and I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
@barbarian and each innings is almost like seeing him for the first time, such is his uniqueness and obvious success. Listening to warne and ponting you can hear the same thoughts in their commentary.
Truly awesome, in the correct sense of this overused term, including the weird mannerisms and talking to himself.
Opposition teams must spend hours on plans for him alone
