The Ashes 2023

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Moeen can't bat right now due to his absence yesterday all day.

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So many fielders riding the boundary

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Stokes almost got out first ball to Todd murphy.  I think spin will play a part here

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Pretty authoritative knock from Crawley. But poor bowling from Australia. They were just feeding what he wanted. Drivable length balls.

[Majestic]

28 minutes ago, Serpico said:

They give two MOTS in England,.one from each team 

 

So its Johnny Bairstow from Australia and David Warner from England 

 

 

Johnny hasn't done that well for Australia tbh. 

 

It's probably Warner for England, the difference. But is it enough to allow England to level the series, let's see!

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2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Johnny hasn't done that well for Australia tbh. 

 

It's probably Warner for England, the difference. But is it enough to allow England to level the series, let's see!

 

Warner is less harmful. Dropped catches, missed stumpings, missed run outs are more damaging.

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Crawley is just in total sync.Everything is coming off smoothly for him

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24 overs 129 for 1

 

Australia after

 

54 overs 127/4

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Pretty good positive cricket as against what we saw yesterday from Labu and Khawu

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So Stokes is trying to become an off spinner

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Twirling your bata helps loosen your hands and injects fluidity. Crawley seems to have picked up from Jo Root. Jo Root reportedly learnt from Kane Williamson.

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I think Shubman Gill would definitely benefit from this if it actually helps batsmen relax a bit as Nasser Hussain says.

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Starc puts down a toughie also converted into a six by parrying it over

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Cummins strikes. 5th stump line got him again. 

[Nikhil_cric]

Cummins bowling 6 back to back matches has been a disaster. His accuracy and pace were at an all time low in the last Test. Instead of bowling short of a length on a sixth stump line, they have either bowled too full or too short. 

[Vijy]

crawley butchered aus lambs again, and had them for dinner, before getting out

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Every now and then one or two balls beats the batsman comprehensively. Australia needs to be lucky enough to catch the edge. It is surrounded by average deliveries.

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They should review.

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Looks almighty close

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Impact umpire's call saved Root. Looked close.