Ashes 2023

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  1. I'm Spartacus

    I'm Spartacus Well-Known Member

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    Yet another absorbing session of Test cricket. Can see the garden going to 5hit this summer....
     
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    Cracking morning, great to see Anderson and Robinson taking wickets, game on!
     
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    2 very good sides going toe to toe what more could we want.
     
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    Love the ebb and flow of a test match.
     
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    I think we have to accept that this is a very aggressive and attacking England regime and picking Bairstow as keeper to bat at seven is the aggressive and attacking option. He’s selected for his superior batting ability and we know he isn’t the keeper Ben Foakes is. I’m not sure there are many in world cricket as good behind the stumps.

    I could only drop one of the openers - and I’d think it harsh to make Bairstow or Pope open.

    Bairstow had dropped a bollock or two yeah - but there’s another innings, if Mo can sort his finger out he’ll get chance to redeem himself on the fourth innings. The reason he came in for Foakes is still valid; I’d prefer the better keeper to take the chances but Bairstow is no amateur and he’ll improve through the series you’d imagine.

    Big game on now.
     
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  6. x11barnsley

    x11barnsley Well-Known Member

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    Well said.
    The England squad is for 2 tests so, barring injury I don’t see Foakes getting in for next game.
    I still think we’ll win this test match though.
     
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    Tough facing 90mph guys from both ended in that darkness. Once the rain arrives that will be the end of the days play.
     
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    I thought that ball touched the ground from that replay When Ducket out. The conditions have definitely turned to help the Aussies at the moment though
     
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    Poor test match for Duckett. One thing doing it against Ireland and another against Australia.
     
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    Didn't realise they d started back and we've lost 2 wickets. And now they're off again!
     
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    It’s amazing how much things changed there before the first rain we looked comfortable. After coming back out the conditions totally different and batting much more difficult Weather certainly favouring the Aussies at the moment
     
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    I was praying for rain, another half an hour we'd have been 5 down. Unplayable batting conditions.
     
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    Yep 2 wickets to the weather I think.
     
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    So his runs against Pakistan and NZ don't count?
     
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    Should be a cracking day tomorrow weather permitting
    Anyone struggling to view it legally I found a way ish
    VPN connected to an Aussie IP, download the channel 9 app and create a free account, put any area postcode within Oz and bingo, free to air over there plus it's their own comm team if ya fancy a change
     
  16. x11barnsley

    x11barnsley Well-Known Member

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    You lost me at VPN but we’ll bowl them out today …..
     
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    I've got sky anyway.
     
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    270 might not be enough.

    But possibly...
     
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    Need an early wicket or two!
     
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