Match Day Thread Rising like a Phoenix from the Ashes
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…… just I post that.
You’d think they’d give the sub fielder a kit that fitted him properly.
Looks three sizes too big.
Looks three sizes too big.
On this pitch under those conditions I think we may ha e just shaded it tbh, average first innings here in tests is 380+ so if we can skittle the last 2 cheaply then we've done well.
The chattering prattle coming from commentators, summarisers and experts alike, is that because of the weather forecast for the weekend, this is effectively a three day test.
I hope that England aren't unduly influenced by this known unknown.
Nip them out for another 20 in the morning then bat positively but sensibly. There's no need to go all bish, bash, bosh thinking that we then only have a day to bowl the cheating Convicts out.
We don't.
Unless the weekend rain is of an apocalyptic deluge level, we're gonna get at least two or three sessions during which we can bat hard to level the series.
I hope that England aren't unduly influenced by this known unknown.
Nip them out for another 20 in the morning then bat positively but sensibly. There's no need to go all bish, bash, bosh thinking that we then only have a day to bowl the cheating Convicts out.
We don't.
Unless the weekend rain is of an apocalyptic deluge level, we're gonna get at least two or three sessions during which we can bat hard to level the series.
My take on the game situation.
We need to bat well( state the obvious), exceed the Aussie total by at least 100 and do it quickly.
Any thing less and the Ashes are gone.
If we’re pretty much all square after the first innings with 2 1/2 days gone we’ll run out of time due the the amount of rain on the way.
We need to bat well( state the obvious), exceed the Aussie total by at least 100 and do it quickly.
Any thing less and the Ashes are gone.
If we’re pretty much all square after the first innings with 2 1/2 days gone we’ll run out of time due the the amount of rain on the way.