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The Ashes 2023


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  1. 1. Who will triumph?


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  • Poll closed on 07/07/23 at 04:00 PM

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I do believe not selecting ash was correct for any other pitch but not for oval which was flat. I don't blame selectors for that however not picking a tall bowler, kishan and jaiswal was a major blunder. 

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6 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

If Australia doesn't show aggression they will play into the hands of England and implode.

How times have changed.

 

Don't forget England had to lose 20 odd tests to finally figure out a method to succeed in tests. They are yet to win in India, Australia and West Indies. A series that is. They do have the wood over south africa and somewhat ok against kiwis. They smashed a weak Pakistan side there in their how town.

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2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Field set on the off side is great for Head. They  have plugged all the gaps for Head.

Why dint we do that? Why is our bowling coach so stupid.

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35 minutes ago, Sgattick10 said:

We are so behind in cricket analysis, data, strategy, fitness that it's embarrassing.. Chutiya richest board only knows to mint money. 

This may not be well received but us Indians are not pioneers, we wait for others to create and then after a few years we will adopt that , by that time it’s already obsolete and they have moved on to better things and we are always playing catch up.

 

Money doesn’t buy foresight.

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Just now, wazza said:

How times have changed.

 

Don't forget England had to lose 20 odd tests to finally figure out a method to succeed in tests. They are yet to win in India, Australia and West Indies. A series that is. They do have the wood over south africa and somewhat ok against kiwis. They smashed a weak Pakistan side there in their how town.

 

Current English team won't have issues in Windies. Against India, if India plays the same guys we play now we may be in for some surprise.

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23 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

What did Thakur do actually in that Test? Did he contain or dismiss Smith/Head early?

He scored 50 and took few wickets,  do you expect  Ashwin to do better? I don't think so.

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Under rohit:

Win vs aus 2-1 at home

Loss to nz in wtc final

Loss to England one off test in the fifth one

Barely won vs bang

2 0

Win vs Lanka 2 0

Again Loss in wtc final

 

What has rohit achieved? How is he captain? Seniority? Shameless.

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1 minute ago, wazza said:

Why dint we do that? Why is our bowling coach so stupid.

 

Kohli is not very good strategically either. But when you compare him with Rohit he was better.  Gautam Gambhir is one of the best i have seen. Sadly he didn't get to do a lot of captaincy for India

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1 minute ago, putrevus said:

He scored 50 and took few wickets,  do you expect  Ashwin to do better? I don't think so.

 

50 with 3 or 4 lives. Sure Ashwin can do that too in both innings. He would have nailed  both Smith/Head much much early.  Thakur average was 50 in that match.

Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, putrevus said:

He scored 50 and took few wickets,  do you expect  Ashwin to do better? I don't think so.

Agreed. Loss was due to bowling coach and useless batting coach. 

No preparation. No accountability 

Bad selections as well.

Ashwin was not the solution. Should have been a tall bowler. We had too much sameness. Also batting was a major flop. Coming right off ipl they had prep.

 

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4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Kohli is not very good strategically either. But when you compare him with Rohit he was better.  Gautam Gambhir is one of the best i have seen. Sadly he didn't get to do a lot of captaincy for India

Thse days coaches have lot input in strategy, that is why it was shocking, Head was not bounced once before he reached 100.What were coaches doing?

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