The Ashes 2023

[sage]

1 minute ago, Vivek92 said:

Stokes is a smashing captain. The tactics, attacking field sets have been spot on.

 

Australia bowling line up is significantly better than the English counterpart but Stokes is head and shoulders above Cummins as a captain.

Not sure how much is him or the backroom experts that have wargamed every match up that England have brought in

[zen]

Moeen picks up dangerman Head

 

(whiners like Ashwin can only dream of such a thing based on doing well on rank turners, rather than deliver performances on field in varying conditions)

[Stan AF]

2 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

hes got more match wining centuries that Gujara in the last 3 years

And far lesser # of threads on this forum.

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, LordPrabhzy said:

hes got more match wining centuries that Gujara in the last 3 years

 

Ofcourse. Pujara is gutter level performer currently. What I meant was he completely stalled today. No effort to apply pressure so far. 

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Stan AF said:

And far lesser # of threads on this forum.

 

Count Khawaja thread is not there l ol

[Stan AF]

150

[vvvslaxman]

Hazlewood/Lyon two freebie wickets. Even Cummins is not going to make huge runs. That is 3 wickets. They just have to get rid of 2 of the next 3. I am sure Carey will reverse sweep and get out.

[Kothili]

Green getting too defensive.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Kothili said:

Green getting too defensive.

 

What do you think he will do when England is just 2 wickets away from running through them.

[LordPrabhzy]

3 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

And far lesser # of threads on this forum.

Due to his Pakistani heritage- some people have issues with a Pakistani batter having more impact on their side than Rohit/Kohli and Pujara combined

[Stan AF]

4

[Frustrated]

Garbage bowling by Ali once again.  

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Frustrated said:

Garbage bowling by Ali once again.  

He was slightly more than a part timer. Indian batsmen made him look good. But in India he didn't have much success. 

[Norman]

They just need to eek these 20 odd runs somehow and the pressure will be back on England. Bowlers tired, settled batters, queiter crowd and it can all be one way traffic from there on.

 

[vvvslaxman]

Assuming there are not light issues late in the evening they have 46 overs 120 runs to get. That is tricky even in ODIs when you have not many to come.

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Norman said:

They just need to eek these 20 odd runs somehow and the pressure will be back on England. Bowlers tired, settled batters, queiter crowd and it can all be one way traffic from there on.

 

 

Australia's problem is they don't have someone like Smith at the crease instead they have Usman who is in blockathan mode. If the askin rate touches 4 England will get more aggressive. They just need two good balls. It is almost like Aussies wanting to take loss out of the equation first before going after win. 

[vvvslaxman]

50 in 2nd the dig. Only half the job done.

[putrevus]

4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

He was slightly more than a part timer. Indian batsmen made him look good. But in India he didn't have much success. 

Ali gives the ball very good revs which aids in his dip and could always spin the ball.His problem is he is not as consistent as say Swann was so he leaks more runs.

 

You don't take 200 test wickets by accident.

 

How did Shane Udal and co make Indian batsmen like Sachin and Dravid look when they were bowled out for 100 in 2006.

[vvvslaxman]

This is how 36 year olds should bat. Not scoring 40s and unleash army of bots on twitter to hype that innings.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, putrevus said:

Ali gives the ball very good revs which aids in his dip and could always spin the ball.His problem is he is not as consistent as say Swann was so he leaks more runs.

 

You don't take 200 test wickets by accident.

 

How did Shane Udal and co make Indian batsmen like Sachin and Dravid look when they were bowled out for 100 in 2006.

 

Timidity. As far as batting on turning tracks Sehwag/Gauti are reasonably good. Laxman is good. Rest are including sachin gets nervous. Still remember how tentative Tendu was against Paul harris the debutant in SA.