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RandallFlagg · August 2019

England look beyond dejected and faithless in the field, they know that Aus just have to canter another 100+ runs and it's all over save 2 dead rubber matches.

RandallFlagg · August 2019

scrumhalf said:

Three wickets The Ashes lost in 20 minutes since lunch.

Words fail me.

FTFY

Dopesick · August 2019

Warner out lbw...I KNEW WE COULD WIN THIS...haaaa.

guitars4you · August 2019

RandallFlagg said:

If England have lost The Ashes by Old Trafford, I'm not going. I'm not.

I was just thinking about you

Can't see England winning this match now - Assume the Aussies will - So 2 nil up and as such they retain the Ashes

guitars4you · August 2019

Missed Butlers wicket - Looking at the score card, all wickets were catches from behind - Doesn't that tell part of a story

Lyons figures not very good - None for 2

Heartfeltdawn · August 2019

RandallFlagg said:

If England have lost The Ashes by Old Trafford, I'm not going. I'm not.

At this rate you will be going but as a top order batsman, not a spectator.

RandallFlagg · August 2019

guitars4you said:

RandallFlagg said:

If England have lost The Ashes by Old Trafford, I'm not going. I'm not.

I was just thinking about you

Can't see England winning this match now - Assume the Aussies will - So 2 nil up and as such they retain the Ashes

Yep, 4th Test will be dead rubber

guitars4you · August 2019

26-1 that is a lead of 138

Declaration might be coming before tea

crunchman · August 2019

guitars4you said:

Missed Butlers wicket - Looking at the score card, all wickets were catches from behind - Doesn't that tell part of a story

Lyons figures not very good - None for 2

Buttler was a catch at short extra cover. More poor batting.

scrumhalf · August 2019

So the Aussies have managed to match our first innings for the loss of three wickets.

Three wickets.

Bloody hell.

Heartfeltdawn · August 2019

George Dobell's article out today is right on the money.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27446421/jason-roy-woes-test-opener-epitomise-broken-system

"It was the fourth time in the Trevor Bayliss era that they have been bowled out for under 100; no other Test side has suffered such an indignity so often. It keeps happening. And if things keep happening, they can't be dismissed as an aberration."

and

"Ed Smith, the head selector who has pushed for Roy to open, Pope to bat at No. 4 and Denly to win an extended chance in the side, does not emerge from this situation especially well. He has previously defended his selection policy by stating "there has to be a compelling reason not to have one of your top players in the team". But such a naïve policy ignores the balance required to build a side; it ignores the specialism required at this level; it involved far too much wishful thinking. It just isn't working."

Makes Rob Smyth's column from last November look awfully smug. Which it was then and looks horrific now.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/07/ed-smith-england-cricket-selections-alex-ferguson-sport

Ed Smith isn't Ferguson. He's Claudio Ranieri, one big win under his belt and a reputation for tinkering until he can tinker no more.

cj73 · August 2019

can sandpaper on bails generate enough friction to cause ignition and hence ashes?

octatonic · August 2019

Well that was unexpected.
67... Jesus.

VimFuego · August 2019

in boxing this is called rope a dope, sadly it doesn't work when your the dope.

Moominpapa · August 2019

Bowled out for 67. England batsmen are stressing out too much over the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. Or the Amazon - yes that must be it, they're too upset about the destructive wildfires to concentrate on the Australian deliveries. Or no, wait, it could be Trump's bullying attitude to Denmark over the Greenland thing - that sort of thing gets to a batsman, you know.

RandallFlagg · August 2019

It's wounded animal time now, Aus will bat through this evening and all day tomorrow and still have 2 days to bowl England out again.

This is the slow pain that can be inflicted in a test match. I don't think I can watch.

I'm on the Jack Daniels, 1 litre bottle. Going on Peach Guitars and Guitars4You websites to look at expensive guitars

RandallFlagg · August 2019

Root fumbled catch as I typed. Just sums it all up.

scrumhalf · August 2019

RandallFlagg said:

It's wounded animal time now, Aus will bat through this evening and all day tomorrow and still have 2 days to bowl England out again.

This is the slow pain that can be inflicted in a test match. I don't think I can watch.

I'm on the Jack Daniels, 1 litre bottle. Going on Peach Guitars and Guitars4You websites to look at expensive guitars

Don't do it! You'll end up buying something and hating it because it's the "crap cricket" guitar.

Moominpapa · August 2019

RandallFlagg said:

Root fumbled catch as I typed. Just sums it all up.

Probably he's been going at a one litre Jack Daniels, too

crunchman · August 2019

Moominpapa said:

RandallFlagg said:

Root fumbled catch as I typed. Just sums it all up.

Probably he's been going at a one litre Jack Daniels, too

If you are the captain and number 3, and the selectors keep selecting Roy to open, that's probably the natural reaction.

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