Match Day Thread Rising like a Phoenix from the Ashes

This also down to bad umpiring
The Ashes 2023: Ollie Pope out for rest of summer with shoulder injury - BBC Sport

 

The Australian cricket team are a bunch of ****s always have always will be only a Aussie would say otherwise.
Though I am glad it happened has it was all too nice and England fell for it.

 

But not calling up Foakes.

Seems strange.

 

Ali, Woakes and Wood in for Pope, Tongue and Anderson. Brook to bat at 3.

 

Harsh on Tongue is that. Probably want more control and deeper batting, hence Woakes.

 

i think crawley is living on borrowed time.

 

As he always does, he’ll score around 50 runs in the test and just about keep his place.

His average is poor for someone who has played, I’d guess getting on for 30 tests.

He’s due a big score, surely?

 

Sky have employed bodyguards for Ricky Ponting and Mark Taylor for tomorrow’s test, allegedly.

I find that really sad. I hope tomorrow is boisterous and highly charged but on the same note I hope it’s all done in the right spirit.

Plenty of banter but this is cricket, not football.

The travelling Aussie supporters have paid a lot of money to watch their team in our country and shouldn’t be targeted by idiots.

Watch this space.

 

Totally agree. However saying that come on England stuff em and do it the right way.

 

Right, three days to reflect...


We're two nil down but it's not been a million miles away from one - one or even two up.

Our defeats have really turned on a couple of errors of judgement (some will say gambles that didn't pay off but I prefer errors of judgement).

Declaring in the first test was stupid. Not brave, bold or brazen but stupid. It was the first day of the first Ashes test; the brief is to grind them into dust. Another 40 or so runs and we're winning that test.

Deciding to go all T20 in the second test when 180 odd for one and their experienced spinner had just limped off obviously unable to play a further part in the game was incredibly ill-judged. Absorb their short pitched plan for an hour whilst ticking the score over with easy singles and they wouldn't have had anywhere to turn. Instead the cream of our batting committed suicide. Madness.


The Bairstow stumping. Didn't really effect the outcome. In fact it probably ensured that we got closer than we would have as Stokes probably wouldn't have played like a demon from the third circle of Hell if he hadn't have been so pissed off. Hopefully the incident will motivate us and make the crowd hostile.


We go again.

 

Toss won. Bowling.

 

Look out for the opportunity to stump the twats.

 

Yorkshire racked up 500+ batting first last game at Headingley.

Just saying... It's pretty flat these days

 

|Owzaaat.

 

Decent start.

 

Ooo!
Warner gone.

 

Warner gone.

 

Wood is a quick bowler!

 

|Owzaaat.