Off Topic The official 2017-18 Ashes Thread

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Tramore Ranger said:
It was all going so well, then 5 minutes of stupidity at the end of play.....

As Boycs is so fond of saying "add 2 wickets to the score to see how it really looks"....well England did that rather well at the close.....from being in a decent position to a precarious one in 5 minutes.....Now is the time for Moeen to rediscover his batting form.

Expect us to be all out before lunch.....
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Poor end to the day, thought they had been fortunate earlier with uncharacteristic Australian fielding...

Will still head to Sydney for Day 3, never been to the SCG before.
 
Yet another depressing day for England....doubt they will have the willpower to bat 5 sessions to salvage a draw...
 
So much for a spinners wicket as Ali & crane could only muster 3 wickets at a cost of about 360 runs, looks like another heavy defeat.
 
Not looking good for test cricket, if England concede over 600 every other match away from home.

Not that there's any joy trying to watch an Indian play and miss on a green wicket at Old Trafford on a cold May Day either.

Anyone know if sky has the limited overs games?
 
More chance of rain in the afternoon unfortunately, but should be all over by then :emoticon-0148-yes:

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Just flashed up joe root in hospital with dehydration & dihorea, so he won’t be batting today.
 
Lost the series 4-0. I know some on here like Stan and Strolls said that they thought there wasn't much between the two sides, well I have to say that I think there was a huge chasm between the two of them! England were completely out-played.
 
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rangercol said:
Lost the series 4-0. I know some on here like Stan and Strolls said that they thought there wasn't much between the two sides, well I have to say that I think there was a huge chasm between the two of them! England were completely out-played.
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rangercol said:
Lost the series 4-0. I know some on here like Stan and Strolls said that they thought there wasn't much between the two sides, well I have to say that I think there was a huge chasm between the two of them! England were completely out-played.
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You are right we were completely outplayed, but I still don’t think, if both teams were at their best, there is much between them. The England team never fired as a unit. Having said that, and as we have discussed, we didn’t have the bowlers for the conditions or Smith, who is brilliant at the moment.

I wouldn’t bet against a similar result in England in the home teams favour next time round. As we have talked about, away series wins for anyone amongst the bigger Test teams are becoming very rare.

Well done the Aussies though.
 
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