The Ashes!
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Seriously, this Australia is no great shakes. England are wank.
I agree, this series has 5-0 written all over it, we really are that poor
Said it before a ball was bowled - I’ve no idea how they’re ever going to take 20 wickets.
They’ve ambled their way to 7 wickets in 2 days on a swinging pitch after sending Australia in to bat. Shambles. Meanwhile Broad is carrying on like a fucking hero.
Is it? Who else could they have selected? I ask cos I've no idea frankly.
I’d have taken Plunkett to be honest, at least he provides something different
Willey would have at least provided something different. He should be playing for sure. Test experience or not.
Topley being a left arm version of Finn and Roland Jones both injured. Wood still not up to speed.
A good shout.. A bit quicker than Broad and Anderson. Would love to bowl on these surfaces.
Should just concede the series and come home, they’re embarrassing themselves.
Not sure why Smith did enforce the follow on here ... already a wicket down for Australia.
Give the bowlers a break. All of Australia’s young quicks have been susceptible to injury, so he’d want to not overdo them.
I don’t think it’ll matter either way.
This test has been awful in all aspects - bowling, batting & captaincy decisions. Winning the toss and having a bowl - ridiculous. Root event spent a few months down in Adelaide as a youngster, so you'd expect him to know the ground.
The best England can hope for is lots of rain delays and Aus leaving it too late to declare. But in reality this is nothing but an Australia win.
The best England can hope for is lots of rain delays and Aus leaving it too late to declare. But in reality this is nothing but an Australia win.
For England to come to Australia without any bowler of real pace would be criminal if it weren't for the fact that there is no fit, Test-quality bowler of real pace for England to pick (two or three specialising in shorter forms of the game, but it's appalling that they haven't cultivated any decent fast bowlers in recent years). What is criminal is that, given the one-paced attack they have, they've consistently bowled way too short. Australia almost always come out with admirable discipline and common sense when it comes to their bowlers. I wouldn't blame Root for making adventurous and positive decisions, but a captain needs to include the quality of his attack in his deliberations, and he should have realised that he simply doesn't have the bowlers to make his plans succeed. Well done to Australia, though, they're a pretty average side but they play in a way to maximise their achievement - the opposite of England.
Yes - very well put. When we are seemingly up against it, our bowlers always seem to stray short. Broad especially. When he is in is ridiculous spells, he's bowling good-full and it potent. When he bowls back of a length he is too easy to read and loses his cool too easily after a few balls he thinks are menacing get pulled away.
Agree with every word of that.
I think we’re going down 5-0 but credit to the attack tonight. Some exquisite new ball usage went largely unrewarded
Well I said around 400.. All out isn't what I expected.
A few mutterings that ball tracking had a malfunction with the Cook wicket. I haven't seen it.
England need around 70 a session. They should have that in their mind and just play like a true test side. Everyone bats like they want to knock the runs off as quickly as possible these days leading to avoidable mistakes.
England need this. Australia win and it really could be 5-0. The confidence will be sucked out of them.
A few mutterings that ball tracking had a malfunction with the Cook wicket. I haven't seen it.
England need around 70 a session. They should have that in their mind and just play like a true test side. Everyone bats like they want to knock the runs off as quickly as possible these days leading to avoidable mistakes.
England need this. Australia win and it really could be 5-0. The confidence will be sucked out of them.
Until yesterday I was certain it would be 5-0.
It still could be, and there’s no way we’re winning this test but at least we’ve shown some balls and England will have some belief that they can certainly compete with this Australian side
First bit I've been able to see live is Vince playing a stupid shot to get out. Haha
Yes. They should never have got into such a bad position, but credit to them for fighting back. Cook, though, looks a shadow of his former self, and has done for quite a while now. Hameed looks the natural successor, but Cook's decline is happening at a faster rate than Hammed's progress.
