2nd Test (PINK ball Test) (D/N), Adelaide, Dec 16 - 20 2021, The Ashes

[putrevus]

1 hour ago, Serpico said:

Wut. Show me another board that bans players for an year for ball tampering. CA has already over reacted. There's no law that says smith shouldn't be captain again

Show me another team where players who got caught publicly like them on live TV. If they did not ban even after getting caught like that nothing will ever change. 

 

Nobody said Smith should not be captain again but why play this hide and seek just to look good in public eye. Do you believe only Warner , Smith  and Bancroft were involved in it. bowlers had no clue ?

 

One year ban was too much. The ACB did that only to please public and come across as some sort of righteous organization. FYI this is the same ACB who did not find anything wrong with what Paine did and appointed him as captain.

Edited December 16, 2021 by putrevus

[GeeGaw]

The scoring tomorrow has to start off with a single so we can get the always funny 222 / 2 scoreline.

[Sean Bradley]

Is Marnus लबुस्चगने really as good as the English make him look ? Can't beleive Woakes who tormented us is a cannon fodder for the Aussies. 

[vvvslaxman]

1 hour ago, Sean Bradley said:

Is Marnus लबुस्चगने really as good as the English make him look ? Can't beleive Woakes who tormented us is a cannon fodder for the Aussies. 

 

Stokes gave him a torrid time.  He was distinctly uncomfortable. At one stage he played like Raina/Shreyas Iyer (by backing away to the leg side) to deal with bouncers. I know he is not a bad puller. But he looked out of depth against Stokes who tormented him with short stuffs. He even created a chance which Butler failed to hold on to. To create that chance Stokes bowled 3 overs of short balls at Marnus. Must have been  heart breaking for Stokes not have his wicket early on.

 

Same way Broad bowled one peach after another at Marnus. He was far too lucky not to get any edge.  In between he left the ball well. Put away bad balls. So yea he did make use of the luck he enjoyed fully.

Edited December 16, 2021 by vvvslaxman

[Jay]

4 hours ago, Sean Bradley said:

Is Marnus लबुस्चगने really as good as the English make him look ? Can't beleive Woakes who tormented us is a cannon fodder for the Aussies. 

When did woakes ever torment us in India? He is dogshit outside England. He averages 19 in England. He is trash everywhere else. 

[Jay]

2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Stokes gave him a torrid time.  He was distinctly uncomfortable. At one stage he played like Raina/Shreyas Iyer (by backing away to the leg side) to deal with bouncers. I know he is not a bad puller. But he looked out of depth against Stokes who tormented him with short stuffs. He even created a chance which Butler failed to hold on to. To create that chance Stokes bowled 3 overs of short balls at Marnus. Must have been  heart breaking for Stokes not have his wicket early on.

 

Same way Broad bowled one peach after another at Marnus. He was far too lucky not to get any edge.  In between he left the ball well. Put away bad balls. So yea he did make use of the luck he enjoyed fully.

*er got lucky vs India many times. He was dropped multiple times and he expected lbw too. About 3 or 4 times all up. Aussies actually very lucky to even score 250 plus tbh in test 3 and 4. 

[Iconoclast]

Warner 94 & 95

 

5 more innings and he will get his century.

[Sean Bradley]

5 hours ago, Jay said:

When did woakes ever torment us in India? He is dogshit outside England. He averages 19 in England. He is trash everywhere else. 

So is Ashwin. Great in Subcon, below par everywhere else. 

[vvvslaxman]

Robinson strikes. Finally Labu ran out of luck.  Slight deviation of the pitch. But oh my It is a NO BALL !!

[vvvslaxman]

How lucky this Marnus must be.

[VT87]

Whaat a lucky bugger

[vvvslaxman]

Another drop haha  Marnus will make 500 at this rate.

[vvvslaxman]

Luck Ran out lol 2nd time exiting the ground. This time for real.

 

 

 

[Chalks]

If Asian phaast bowlers were overstepping to negate wicket taking deliveries, everybody would be screaming "MATCH-PHIXING!!!" or "SPOT-PHIXING!!!", but when England do it it's just plain old incompetence?

 

[Jay]

1 hour ago, Sean Bradley said:

So is Ashwin. Great in Subcon, below par everywhere else. 

Ashwin did well in sena recently post 2016.

[ravishingravi]

Hmm. Must say. Very strange tactics by England. I haven't seen any team use short ball as stock ball with bodyline kind field placement in many years. 

[Majestic]

When did Root become an all-rounder?

[Sgattick10]

Lmao what is Rory Burns doing in the team, can't bat, can't field, can't catch 

[Sgattick10]

3 hours ago, Chalks said:

If Asian phaast bowlers were overstepping to negate wicket taking deliveries, everybody would be screaming "MATCH-PHIXING!!!" or "SPOT-PHIXING!!!", but when England do it it's just plain old incompetence?

 

It's mostly Pakiiis who do it 

[GeeGaw]

4 hours ago, Majestic said:

When did Root become an all-rounder?

When they realized the rest of their spinners are complete horseshit.