Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.
The Ashes 2017-18
Comments
-
Game onnnn
(Hopefully Warner and Smith don't turn the game off again)0 -
Oh god, this is the only wicket we're taking today isn't it :P0
-
Lovely first over from Ali. Where the hell has he been1
-
Crane brought on, 4 Tests too late0
-
Decent couple of overs from Ali and a promising start for Crane too.
Let's hope these two can do it in tandem now.0 -
Michael Vaughan is the worst goddamn commentator0
-
Anderson gets Warner for 56 at a crucial time.
86-20 -
That's vital. Now unleash Crane
0 -
96-2 at the tea break from 34 overs.
Khawaja 36* (88)
Smith 3* (5)0 - Sponsored links:
-
It don’t matter shit until we get Smith out, but a reasonable start I suppose.1
-
Smith's edged twice now, both times just short of slip/short leg.
Mason Crane no wickets yet but is creating chances0 -
As I post that, Broad takes his edge again and it's painfully just too wide for Bairstow but too short for first slip.0
-
Stumps day two.
193-2, 67 overs
Khawaja 91* (204)
Smith 44* (88)
Trail by 153.0 -
Callum have you stayed up for every single night of Ashes cricket?Callumcafc said:Stumps day two.
193-2, 67 overs
Khawaja 91* (204)
Smith 44* (88)
Trail by 153.
When do you sleep?!2 -
I think Callum is in a different time zone -literally !0
-
How did Crane bowl Callum?0
-
Callum’s out ?The_President said:How did Crane bowl Callum?
5 -
Correct! Although it's quite late here now...The_President said:I think Callum is in a different time zone -literally !
Not quite seen every ball but think I've caught at least a few overs of every session. Not sure why I do it to myself honestly.2 -
Well it was fun until smith came in today.
Burnt to a crisp after two days, forecast 42 tomo and 45 sunday.
Impossible to get drunk in SCG with their 3.5% shite. Good fun. Couple of charlton england flags up8 - Sponsored links:
-
Both our spinners were better than Lyon in my opinion.
Crane took the inside edge onto pad a couple of times and got one off a glove but nothing quite carried to the close fielders. Ali turned it and beat Khawaja's bat on a few occasions but nothing took the edge.
Crane, or "May-so" as Bairstow took to calling him, was compared a lot to Stuart MacGill by the commentary team in terms of his bowling action.
His first two balls were half trackers and I thought "oh please no" but he tightened it up nicely from then on. He did get a bit flustered on occasion and there were half a dozen times where he pulled out of deliveries because of it but there is 100% talent to work with.1 -
Only 29 tomorrow and 35 Sunday according to iPhone weather so hopefully won't be that bad.JT said:Well it was fun until smith came in today.
Burnt to a crisp after two days, forecast 42 tomo and 45 sunday.
Impossible to get drunk in SCG with their 3.5% shite. Good fun. Couple of charlton england flags up0 -
Felt like 40 sitting there today ! But yeah, we are too near the coast here0
-
The worry is that Australia end up batting only once. If they bat until lunch on day 4, England will be batting just when the pitch is deteriorating0
-
Generally good words being said about Crane - well done Mason.
Wouldn't it be great if he got Smith out tomorrow as his first Test wicket ?3 -
Any photos of the flags? BTW the one in your profile we took to Barbados last year.JT said:Well it was fun until smith came in today.
Burnt to a crisp after two days, forecast 42 tomo and 45 sunday.
Impossible to get drunk in SCG with their 3.5% shite. Good fun. Couple of charlton england flags up1 -
Cmon Mason,cmon Mason cmon Mason,cmon Mason.1
-
Smith is an absolute freak - how does he make the way he bats look so easy? At times he looks like he could light a cigar and have three puffs of it before deciding exactly where he wants to hit the ball.
3 -
Moeen could really, really do without the one that drops a bit short. I mean, *I* could do without that ball, but I'm not bowling for England*
*yet3 -
A freak indeed. And tonight he’s really taking the Michael. Logically he should be easy to get out by bowling a fast leg stump yorker, given that he’s virtually batting at gully by the time the ball is delivered. I just don’t get it.Addick Addict said:Smith is an absolute freak - how does he make the way he bats look so easy? At times he looks like he could light a cigar and have three puffs of it before deciding exactly where he wants to hit the ball.
1
