The Ashes 2023

[vvvslaxman]

Mark wood is not just all about pace. He is moving the ball into right handers.  He is not a gun barrell straight bowler.

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La Bamba is playing in the background 

[vvvslaxman]

oh not it might be twist and shout playing

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 W & W are in tandem 23 out of 34 wickets went to them.

[vvvslaxman]

ooops..  If Moeen reacted a touch early or if it were someone like Glen Phillips that would have been a catch.

 

[vvvslaxman]

45th over ball ils swinging back in. Kookaburra would lose its swing in 10 to 15 overs. That is a massive difference. SENA should be split into  SNA and E due to different balls.

[vvvslaxman]

Labu is taking time out for injury break after Mark wood  

[vvvslaxman]

Woakes is clocking 83 mph. Bairstow is standing up now as Marsh was coming down regularly.

[Lord]

Have to see whether Australia bat time looking for rain to save them or go for runs and try to set 150 target

[DeepSpace]

Would be disappointing if weather forces a draw.

[vvvslaxman]

5 minutes ago, Lord said:

Have to see whether Australia bat time looking for rain to save them or go for runs and try to set 150 target

 

They won't have the balls to do that after the hammering they got in the first innings. Cummins is running out of gas. With some indentation spinners can come into play. They don't have that either.

[vvvslaxman]

Ball is reversing for Mark Wood. Almost sneaked under Marsh's bat

[Kothili]

what a contrast from that shitshow Ind vs WI game.

[Kothili]

13 minutes ago, Lord said:

Have to see whether Australia bat time looking for rain to save them or go for runs and try to set 150 target

That would be wishful thinking to set a target. They are trying to survive the weather and the bowling. Perfect conditions for bowling.

[vvvslaxman]

Punter makes an interesting point. Australian bouncers are not as effective as England bouncers because they were unable to get the ball high enough like England did.  Sangakkara echoed the same thoughts yesterday

Edited July 22, 2023 by vvvslaxman

[vvvslaxman]

lol Bairstow    8.2 meters . Before the match he measured at what length that ball rolled to dismiss Root and he has been chirping with that measurement.  

[vvvslaxman]

Bouncer  ploy in effect. Even Anderson is part of it.  Round t he wicket to right hander with backward square leg.

[vvvslaxman]

Ploy almost worked

[rollingstoned]

Lol Marsh is pujara balling out there after that whirlwind century the previous test. 

[vvvslaxman]

Bad light So England cannot use seamers now. So forced change. Moeen Ali is bowling.  Lucky that they also have root. So they can use two spinners due to bad light. Otherwise they will have to leave the field.