Ashes 2013-14
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Not at all! It's obviously a low-scoring game. Let's see how many Australia make in their second innings! 😀
Well I love your optimism, I am going to sit through the game tonight in hope your right!👍
Can't believe it...there are calls for Flower to be sacked. I don't know if any other coach has presided over the kind of success that Flower has had. I'm not a fan of his ways, but I think he has done well for England. I
http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013-14/content/current/story/705075.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013-14/content/current/story/705075.html
There does need to be a review of the reasons why this Ashes tour has gone so spectacularly off the rails, but Flower should absolutely not be sacrificed at the end of it. He may have made mistakes, I don't know, but it's principally because of him that England had been doing well enough beforehand to make this such a disappointment.
has anyone caught the Kiwi-Windies game? NZ had 280+ off 21 overs in ODIs ... including fastest 100 ever (& 6th fastest) ...
I agree - if England were to play Australia at Lord's tomorrow, they would probably win (weather permitting! 😀). Many of us feared that - as the 3-0 Ashes win in the summer flattered England - we would struggle in Australian conditions where bowlers can't get much movement in the air or off the wicket. We don't need a massive upheaval in the England setup.
Right, I'm past caring really but I'd like to see this line up today.
Cook, Root, Bell, KP, Ballance, Stokes, Bairstow, Borthwick, Broad, Anderson, Rankin
We deserve to go down 5-0, especially after pissing away such a promising position at the MCG, but a win would at least make it 4-4 in 2013/14.
That scoreline would flatter the fuck out of us, but it would at least give me some comeback against the fairweather Aussie 'supporters' I'm surrounded by who are suddenly showing an interest in cricket again after 6 years of England winning.
Cook, Root, Bell, KP, Ballance, Stokes, Bairstow, Borthwick, Broad, Anderson, Rankin
We deserve to go down 5-0, especially after pissing away such a promising position at the MCG, but a win would at least make it 4-4 in 2013/14.
That scoreline would flatter the fuck out of us, but it would at least give me some comeback against the fairweather Aussie 'supporters' I'm surrounded by who are suddenly showing an interest in cricket again after 6 years of England winning.
Fuck me why would you drop Root and keep Carberry opening?
All he's done this series is find new ways to get out. I'm gonna go for 'handled ball' in this one.
At least Root could have taken some pressure off Borthwick if he starts getting tonked.
All he's done this series is find new ways to get out. I'm gonna go for 'handled ball' in this one.
At least Root could have taken some pressure off Borthwick if he starts getting tonked.
As predicted, Carberry was like a glue-sniffing, sleep-deprived rabbit in the headlights. A rabbit that owes a lot of money to local gangster rabbits, and knows they are on their way over to his warren. And he can't do a runner, cos they know where his dad lives. And they wouldn't hesitate to torture his dad. That's how scared he looked.
Can someone please confirm that this was a new mode of dismissal? As predicted? Guiding the ball to a fucking LEG SLIP placed there specifically for that fucking shot. Two overs before stumps.
Can someone please confirm that this was a new mode of dismissal? As predicted? Guiding the ball to a fucking LEG SLIP placed there specifically for that fucking shot. Two overs before stumps.
Yeah but usually it's off a glove/splice through to the keeper.
Not playing a fucking leg glance when you are aware that there is a bloke at fucking leg slip.
I doubt even Warner would be stupid enough to do that. And he would be a million times more of a chance to pull it off than than Carberry.
Not playing a fucking leg glance when you are aware that there is a bloke at fucking leg slip.
I doubt even Warner would be stupid enough to do that. And he would be a million times more of a chance to pull it off than than Carberry.
I was worried enough when a bit of a bandwagon began to build up to take Carberry on tour, then moved on to a demand that he be selected in the side. I got even more worried when Carberry himself became an enthusiastic participant and I'm afraid his failure doesn't surprise me now. The guy's a legend in his own lunchtime.
This is sad...
Stokes has done well in this series.
England have very little positives to come out of this series but Stokes is one of those. He has come a long way...
England have very little positives to come out of this series but Stokes is one of those. He has come a long way...
As a left hander myself the leg glance is almost an involuntary act - it is unnatural not to play a shot in a strange way. To be fair it was a good plan from Australia - left arm around the wicket at a left hander. Leg slip is not used nearly enough imho especially at lefties. We don't seem to be able to come up with any innovative plans or stick to the ones we have.
At least he is showing he has some bollocks, and he balances the side a bit now we have lost Swann.
How do you think the Aussies will get on in SA ? I think they will get found out big style.
