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It's pretty harsh on the umpires though.

First ball ALL the England players turned down the option of a review
Warner's dismissal BOTH ussie batsmen turned down the option of a review
All the players have got it as wrong as the Umpires probably bar the Siddle inside edge (which was exactly what DRS was introduced for) and the Smith one he got hit outside the line of off stump.

 

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6 minutes ago, RobboM said:

It's pretty harsh on the umpires though.

First ball ALL the England players turned down the option of a review
Warner's dismissal BOTH ussie batsmen turned down the option of a review
All the players have got it as wrong as the Umpires probably bar the Siddle inside edge (which was exactly what DRS was introduced for) and the Smith one he got hit outside the line of off stump.

 

Smith never played a stroke, hence the decision. Not out as missing the stumps though.

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21 minutes ago, Boris said:

Smith never played a stroke, hence the decision. Not out as missing the stumps though.

Understood, what I meant was it looked out, indeed it only needed to be clipping the stump for the decision to be upheld, and was a good use of DRS to overturn an error. Not a really terrible umpire decision and I'd guess that England would have used their review had it been given Not Out.
I guess my point is that the errors have been as much on the part of the players as the umpires.

Hardest game in the world umpiring ....

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1 hour ago, RobboM said:

Understood, what I meant was it looked out, indeed it only needed to be clipping the stump for the decision to be upheld, and was a good use of DRS to overturn an error. Not a really terrible umpire decision and I'd guess that England would have used their review had it been given Not Out.
I guess my point is that the errors have been as much on the part of the players as the umpires.

Hardest game in the world umpiring ....

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Brilliant! 😂

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That's an amazing ton considering how the innings went.

Aussies will be delighted with this total. Could be a tricky time when England eventually get in. 

This total might not be so bad. 

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Day 1 to Australia perhaps just. 

 

From 122-8. England a bit unlucky with injury to James Anderson. 

 

Great start to the Ashes. 

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9 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Day 1 to Australia perhaps just. 

 

From 122-8. England a bit unlucky with injury to James Anderson. 

 

Great start to the Ashes. 

 

I'd still give it to England as they have taken 10 wickets and are still intact. Can't really judge how good/bad a pitch is until both teams have batted on it but I reckon Australia are 60/70 runs short. Can't wait for tomorrow.

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35 minutes ago, JWL said:

 

I'd still give it to England as they have taken 10 wickets and are still intact. Can't really judge how good/bad a pitch is until both teams have batted on it but I reckon Australia are 60/70 runs short. Can't wait for tomorrow.

 

Agree.

I thought the openers for England looked relatively comfortable in those two overs, but tomorrow is another day.

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13 hours ago, Mikey1874 said:

I'll offer a prediction. By the end of the 3rd test Tim Paine will be dropped. And Steve Smith will be captain

 

Good start. Aussies stabilise things and Anderson injured. But England still have the momentum. Big session now. 

 

Can't be - his penalty included a clause that he couldn't be in leadership for the 12 months after his ban ended. What an innings from him though - it's right up there as one of the best 100's you're ever likely to see.

I'm beyond pumped for this series - I'm flying over for the second, third and fourth tests, and the gap between third and fourth allows a weekend to see us play Accies. 

 

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4 hours ago, Melbourne Jambo said:

 

Can't be - his penalty included a clause that he couldn't be in leadership for the 12 months after his ban ended. What an innings from him though - it's right up there as one of the best 100's you're ever likely to see.

I'm beyond pumped for this series - I'm flying over for the second, third and fourth tests, and the gap between third and fourth allows a weekend to see us play Accies. 

 

I'm pretty envious.  Hugely in fact.  Anderson's loss is a huge blow but that's sport for you.

 

Although I take a keen interest, it didnt occur to me that Anderson and Broad had taken well over 1,000 test wickets.

 

Just tremendous.

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Brilliant morning ahead.

Will the Aussies be batting again today? 

Could quite easily happen,not saying it will.

Looks like it could be another tricky day for batting when you're never really in.

England need to get a lead because batting last on this wicket could be tricky. Reckon it'll get very two paced.

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Well done Rory Burns. England 42 behind, 4 down. If they can bat most of, if not all of, tomorrow then they should be in a good position.

 

Aussies with the new ball though...

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Got my eye on an unusual record for Rory Burns that I'm sure Geoffrey Boycott (amongst very few others) achieved which is to bat on all 5 days of a Test match.

That's 3 days ticked off, needs to come back in to bat late on Day 4 into Day 5 😋

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Burns 👏

 

Does anyone else think the Captaincy is hindering Root. He should free himself and get back to his best.

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1 hour ago, ri Alban said:

Burns 👏

 

Does anyone else think the Captaincy is hindering Root. He should free himself and get back to his best.

I don't think he's a natural captain, comparing him to eg Eoin Morgan, but neither was Cook. If you mean affecting his batting I think you might be right but equally there's the pressure on his batting from the lack of a stable top 4 that has been coincidental to his captaincy. Just imagine the freedom and boost he would get if the rest of the top 4 could regularly contribute an extra 100 runs between them.

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9 hours ago, RobboM said:

I don't think he's a natural captain, comparing him to eg Eoin Morgan, but neither was Cook. If you mean affecting his batting I think you might be right but equally there's the pressure on his batting from the lack of a stable top 4 that has been coincidental to his captaincy. Just imagine the freedom and boost he would get if the rest of the top 4 could regularly contribute an extra 100 runs between them.

:thumb: Cheers!

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5 hours ago, Boris said:

England throwing this away!

What do thinks wrong? Stuck in an ODI mindset.

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So, 34 ahead with Smith still at the crease and Head alongside and both, dare I say it, looking settled. Massive morning tomorrow and a fair chance of a bit of weather kicking about.

 

This is why the Test Match arena is the finest form of the game, all 3 results still possible.

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Praying for weather and/or the heaviest roller in history because I put a tenner on Draw when that was at 9/1 and I've decided not to pull the trigger on cashing out 😬 Worth £45 back at the moment.

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On 02/08/2019 at 18:34, RobboM said:

Got my eye on an unusual record for Rory Burns that I'm sure Geoffrey Boycott (amongst very few others) achieved which is to bat on all 5 days of a Test match.

That's 3 days ticked off, needs to come back in to bat late on Day 4 into Day 5 😋

:yas:

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14 hours ago, Justin Z said:

Praying for weather and/or the heaviest roller in history because I put a tenner on Draw when that was at 9/1 and I've decided not to pull the trigger on cashing out 😬 Worth £45 back at the moment.

 

Thunderstorms early doors apparantly

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1 minute ago, ri Alban said:

If you're behind and the rain stops play, you should lose. End of.

 

That would create a nonsense like being behind 2 with 60 overs to play on the final day, and rain delaying and then never allowing the match to restart--so you lose.

 

Nah.

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1 minute ago, Justin Z said:

 

That would create a nonsense like being behind 2 with 60 overs to play on the final day, and rain delaying and then never allowing the match to restart--so you lose.

 

Nah.

Go to the first innings scores. This rain stopping defeat is an embarrassment the games world.

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2 minutes ago, ri Alban said:

Go to the first innings scores. This rain stopping defeat is an embarrassment the games world.

 

The whole point of test cricket is you have to bowl out the other side twice to win. The only exception being if the other side declared in their first innings, effectively bowling themselves out. It would be a completely different form if you just went to the first innings scores.

Edit: You might call it a limited-overs match. And have say, fifty overs a side. And if played between international sides, call it that too. And then think of a catchy abbreviation. Like say, I dunno. ODI? Yeah, that sounds good.

 

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Just now, Justin Z said:

 

The whole point of test cricket is you have to bowl out the other side twice to win. The only exception being if the other side declared in their first innings, effectively bowling themselves out. It would be a completely different form if you just went to the first innings scores.

 

Rain!!! That's probably why they've stopped Scotland playing test cricket. We'd be undefeated. :)

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1 minute ago, ri Alban said:

Rain!!! That's probably why they've stopped Scotland playing test cricket. We'd be undefeated. :)


Haha, it's hard to argue with that. At least at home. Touring, maybe not so much. image.png.1206b8a985ac1c9a851076d9199b5a30.png

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3 minutes ago, Justin Z said:


Haha, it's hard to argue with that. At least at home. Touring, maybe not so much. image.png.1206b8a985ac1c9a851076d9199b5a30.png

We'd last about ten minutes.

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9 minutes ago, Jeff said:

 

Longest 7 hours of your life

 

More like longest two hours, since this is now officially over. :lol:

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2 hours ago, Sooperstar said:

Done by tea.

Put the kettle on 😪

Looking ahead how many changes to England make for the next Test.

Anderson is obviously out, presumably Archer fit enough to play.
Moeen Ali so woefully out of form with bat and ball needs to be dropped for his own good, Jack Leach deserves a chance after his batting against Ireland and bowling performances for Somerset.
Any others? Does Bairstow need to be dropped as a kick up the backside?

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manaliveits105

Was like a death in the family on Talksport

Englands focus this year was the World Cup- too many injuries - blah blah blah then they just stopped speaking about it before game was over

world champions at 1 day rounders but shit at cricket

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A funny game. England really need a hard look at themselves. Having the Aussies 122-8 on day one and losing by a bucketload is terrible.

 

Lords should be fun.

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An absolute clinic on the last 2 days. 

Steve Smith the best batsman in the world, with Nathan Lyon the most consistent spinner and an array of quicks to compliment him. Lords traditionally good for us, however not as clinical there in recent series. 

 

Think we make one change - Starc will come in for Siddle IMO Lord's specialist. 

England will punt Ali with Anderson out as well. Wouldn't surprise me if Deenly is dropped either. Think they'll stick with Bairstow (but have no idea why). 

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19 hours ago, Melbourne Jambo said:

An absolute clinic on the last 2 days. 

Steve Smith the best batsman in the world, with Nathan Lyon the most consistent spinner and an array of quicks to compliment him. Lords traditionally good for us, however not as clinical there in recent series. 

 

Think we make one change - Starc will come in for Siddle IMO Lord's specialist. 

England will punt Ali with Anderson out as well. Wouldn't surprise me if Deenly is dropped either. Think they'll stick with Bairstow (but have no idea why). 

 

Agree with most of that but also think that Mitch Marsh will come in too. I actually think that England will only make the one enforced change, Archer for Anderson. Joe Root was vehemently defending Moeen at the end of the game and he has a major say on the line up. Could be well wrong though as he is a walking wicket and can't bowl for toffee just now; especially with Lord's not favouring spin.

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On 05/08/2019 at 10:24, ri Alban said:

We'd last about ten minutes.

 

You obviously know the square root of sod all about cricket so why you would post on a cricket thread is beyond me. You don't like England, we get that but can you take your nationalist shite elsewhere? Thanks.

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15 minutes ago, JWL said:

 

You obviously know the square root of sod all about cricket so why you would post on a cricket thread is beyond me. You don't like England, we get that but can you take your nationalist shite elsewhere? Thanks.

I want England to win the ashes. Always do. Feel free to ignore me or stick to the thread. 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, ri Alban said:

I want England to win the ashes. Always do. Feel free to ignore me or stick to the thread. 

 

 

 

Aye, okay then.

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2 hours ago, JWL said:

 

Agree with most of that but also think that Mitch Marsh will come in too. I actually think that England will only make the one enforced change, Archer for Anderson. Joe Root was vehemently defending Moeen at the end of the game and he has a major say on the line up. Could be well wrong though as he is a walking wicket and can't bowl for toffee just now; especially with Lord's not favouring spin.


I dearly love Moeen but tbh it would be a kindness to drop him just now. He'll be back.

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4 hours ago, JWL said:

 

Agree with most of that but also think that Mitch Marsh will come in too. I actually think that England will only make the one enforced change, Archer for Anderson. Joe Root was vehemently defending Moeen at the end of the game and he has a major say on the line up. Could be well wrong though as he is a walking wicket and can't bowl for toffee just now; especially with Lord's not favouring spin.

 

I reckon that was our plan a week ago re. Marsh as Starc doesn't typically bowl long spells but I'm not sure who you drop? 

I'm convinced the Australian selectors already know which of the 6 quicks in the squad will play in each test.  

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England squad for the Lord's Test, as expected Archer and Leach come in for Anderson and Moeen.

Mon the Somerset boy to turn it around 😁

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