The Ashes 2023

[Kothili]

[Bigg Brother]

Looks like Australia has found a way to combat Bazball, short ball barrage is enough to halt them. Anyway good for them till it lasted. Cant see them making comeback after 0-2. English were the most excited after England smashed NZ and then India last year about Ashes. But the would have realised that Bazball or not, Australia is just way too superior than them.

[vvvslaxman]

You can deal with Bazball . But to deal with Australia approach Rishab Pant :)

[GeeGaw]

Poms started reading too many of their own headlines and got it in their head that their sh!t don't stank.

 

In the immortal words of Ice Cube, "Don't get high off your own supply."

 

F England.

[Pakistan]

Aussie match to lose.

[wazza]

8 hours ago, putrevus said:

India should have comfortably won that test and series.

I blame bumrah the idiot for his absolute moronic captaincy. Should have been kphli for captain. We would have won. Also we should have won that first match. Only 200 to chase. We were like 60/1 or something. Lucky rain.

[Frustrated]

10 hours ago, Gollum said:

With Andu-Broad having declined so much, doesn't matter what 'ball' these Poms chest beat about. Their entire home dominance the last 10+ years has been thanks to these two. Also a note of caution for India, maybe this WTC cycle expect a significant dip in performance from Ash-Jaddu, and with that our soft underbelly will be exposed big time. 

Andu is defintely finished.  But not sure about broad who almost won them the 1st test singlehandedly.  Was superb in both the innings of 1st test as well as yesterday (without much luck)   

[Nikhil_cric]

4 hours ago, Frustrated said:

Andu is defintely finished.  But not sure about broad who almost won them the 1st test singlehandedly.  Was superb in both the innings of 1st test as well as yesterday (without much luck)   

Anderson does look finished. 3rd Test in a row he has looked knackered. Just not able to hit the deck and get any seam movement. Broad is much more inconsistent so it is hard to say if he's truly done.

 

Jimmy, on the other hand, has been good for so long that it is quite remarkable that he is this ineffectual. 

 

From 12th June 2014 to 16th Feb 2023, he took 339 Test wickets

 

216 at home averaging 20.29 and 

123 away averaging 22.66 odd

 

Till then he was an inconsistent swing bowler and a bit of a home bully. But at the age of 32 , he became a deadly accurate seamer looking to hit the deck consistently at a slightly shorter length and darting it both ways at 132-135 kph. 

 

Extraordinary career considering he debuted in 2002. 

[Suhaan]

Australian bowling isn't impressive,you combine it with England's toothless bowling and Gazball they have given windows of opportunity to Australia and then you combine it with Emperor Smith's supremacy,it's Australia all over England

 

India too were helpless without Pant,Bumrah,Sundar +ageing Shami well accompanied by DisCount and Co. or someone with spark against Australia and paid the price

Koolie,Rohit don't belong to that level which is needed to tame Australia in red ball(or may be any ball)

[Serpico]

15 hours ago, nitinbwj said:

I have a feeling that Pujara was told by the TM and Dravid to attack and play that horrid shot. This was never his game. He could have grounded the Aussie bowlers to dust. I blame the gadha company called the TM. 

Pretty sure pujara played upper cut a bunch of times before, successfully. It is strange that he loves that low percentage shot, but it used to work for him in his prime. See at 0:38

 

 

 

Edited July 1, 2023 by Serpico

[Gollum]

3 majestic boundaries by Smith in that Andu over. He's batting so so well.

[putrevus]

Why is everyone involved with English cricket talking as if it is England  who has self destructed than Australia beating them so far in this series.

Edited July 1, 2023 by putrevus

[wazza]

22 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Why is everyone involved with English talking as if it is England  cricket who has self destructed than Australia beating them so far in this series.

Only india can beat Aussies and that too only if we have full strength side. We have too many washed players now. We need new blood in batting. And a great captain to replace virat who was our best captain.

[Bigg Brother]

Pace is needed. Tongue showing why. All other three, specially Anderson and Robison are proper trundling...

[Norman]

We were in this exact position the start of day 4 last year in the 5th test and fukked it up royally thanks to some brainless batting. 

 

Let's see if Aussies do the same.

[wazza]

2 minutes ago, Norman said:

We were in this exact position the start of day 4 last year in the 5th test and fukked it up royally thanks to some brainless batting. 

 

Let's see if Aussies do the same.

Yea we should have put 500. There was nothing in the pitch.

[Bigg Brother]

1 minute ago, Norman said:

We were in this exact position the start of day 4 last year in the 5th test and fukked it up royally thanks to some brainless batting. 

 

Let's see if Aussies do the same.

This is already beyond the reach of Bazball. Aussies have found the way to get these brainless batters out..

[Nikola]

1 minute ago, Norman said:

We were in this exact position the start of day 4 last year in the 5th test and fukked it up royally thanks to some brainless batting. 

 

Let's see if Aussies do the same.

 

153-3 to all out on 245. We were ahead at start of 4th day and batting collapsed all of sudden. 

 

[Bigg Brother]

England have also started the short ball technique but little they know is Smith-Khwaja are more equipped and have brains unlike English batters and also 130kph trundling doesn't help.

[Bigg Brother]

Khawaja looks rattled..can go anytime