The Ashes 2023

[vvvslaxman]

Outstanding effort from Smith almost pulled off a spell binder

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Sgattick10 said:

They could have played that Parkinson guy ahead of Moeen. 

 

For one thing Moeen is coming in after IPL That mental weariness is going to be there. Second of all i am not even sure if he plays any first class games to be able to withstand rigors of Test match at this age. I think it must be something to do with CSK connection.

[Sgattick10]

Haha not out 

[vvvslaxman]

Bazball will work even better if Root plays his normal cricket. As it is he is  a quick scorer in Tests.

[wazza]

16 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Cummins is getting into rhythm. Remarkable fitness. He is sharing the bulk of the load. Ever since his  return from injury he hasn't looked back. Supreme fitness. Also relatively injury free action helped him. India used Bumrah like a workhorse by playing him in mindless bilaterals. India did not protect him for crucial matches.

Cummins makes half ass attempts in ipl. Barely tries for odi bilaterals. Does not play t20s. Usually skips. 

[vvvslaxman]

How come Erasmus is trigger happy. 

[Stan AF]

Aussies should have batted normally yesterday morning and should have gotten atleast a 20-30 run lead. Alas!!

[Sgattick10]

270 would be interesting 

[Stan AF]

Just now, Sgattick10 said:

270 would be interesting 

Screw that

[Nikola]

[Sgattick10]

1 minute ago, Stan AF said:

Screw that

U want Aus to win 

[vvvslaxman]

hazlewood's height is immensely helpful. High time we find a tall fast bowler. If possible two. These midgets don't win matches in ENgland. Bumrah braces his front leg without collapsing. Also his release point is further than others. So it makes him more potent even with out lack of height. Ishant collapses but his height compensates for it. Where as others like Umesh/Shami/Thakur completely collapses. As it is they are already short. So natural bounce is completely out of question. 

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Sgattick10 said:

U want Aus to win 

 

I don't like either of them. Aussie cheats and also they are very boring under Cummins. England for their haughtiness. So i don't care who loses. But England is more entertaining i have to say both while bowling and batting.

[vvvslaxman]

250..    Given the pitch nature and injury to Moeen i still give 60% to Aussies here.  Can't believe Cummins is treating Robinson like he is bowling to Rishab Pant. So many boundary riders.

[Sgattick10]

Aus should play Starc in a place of Hazelwood. Looks jaded 

[Stan AF]

Bowl a damn yorker hazlewood.

[vvvslaxman]

Green has just bowled 2 overs. He bowled more overs for Mumbai Indians lol

 

[vvvslaxman]

250 plus lead. This is getting ugly for Aussies. They allowed India to get away so many times like this when we toured. I thought it was just Tim paine being an idiot. Looks Aussies are not as ruthless as they used to be in the 2000s

[Nikola]

England has fought back. Their tail has made enough runs i guess. 270-280 and england is winning 9/10 times.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Nikola said:

England has fought back. Their tail has made enough runs i guess. 270-280 and england is winning 9/10 times.

 

This is why they play bazball. They have batting all the way up to 10. So they hope just 2 or 3 have to click.