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The Ashes 2017-18

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  • LeuthLeuth
    Game onnnn

    (Hopefully Warner and Smith don't turn the game off again)
  • addicksonaddickson
    @Leuth - OK, but I'm kinda sleepy now :wink:
  • LeuthLeuth
    Oh god, this is the only wicket we're taking today isn't it :P
  • LeuthLeuth
    Lovely first over from Ali. Where the hell has he been
  • LeuthLeuth
    Crane brought on, 4 Tests too late
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Decent couple of overs from Ali and a promising start for Crane too.

    Let's hope these two can do it in tandem now.
  • LeuthLeuth
    Michael Vaughan is the worst goddamn commentator
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Anderson gets Warner for 56 at a crucial time.

    86-2
  • LeuthLeuth
    That's vital. Now unleash Crane :)
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    96-2 at the tea break from 34 overs.

    Khawaja 36* (88)
    Smith 3* (5)
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  • Exiled_AddickExiled_Addick
    It don’t matter shit until we get Smith out, but a reasonable start I suppose.
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Smith's edged twice now, both times just short of slip/short leg.

    Mason Crane no wickets yet but is creating chances
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    As I post that, Broad takes his edge again and it's painfully just too wide for Bairstow but too short for first slip.
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Stumps day two.

    193-2, 67 overs

    Khawaja 91* (204)
    Smith 44* (88)

    Trail by 153.
  • DamoNorthStandDamoNorthStand
    Callumcafc said:

    Stumps day two.

    193-2, 67 overs

    Khawaja 91* (204)
    Smith 44* (88)

    Trail by 153.

    Callum have you stayed up for every single night of Ashes cricket?

    When do you sleep?!
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    I think Callum is in a different time zone -literally !
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    How did Crane bowl Callum?
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    edited January 2018
    The_President said:

    I think Callum is in a different time zone -literally !

    Correct! Although it's quite late here now...

    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.
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  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    edited January 2018
    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.
  • DamoNorthStandDamoNorthStand
    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 up

    Only 29 tomorrow and 35 Sunday according to iPhone weather so hopefully won't be that bad.
  • JTJT
    Felt like 40 sitting there today ! But yeah, we are too near the coast here
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    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 deteriorating
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    edited January 2018
    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 ?
  • Friend Or DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    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 up

    Any photos of the flags? BTW the one in your profile we took to Barbados last year.
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    Cmon Mason,cmon Mason cmon Mason,cmon Mason.
  • Addick AddictAddick Addict
    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.

  • LeuthLeuth
    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*

    *yet
  • AshBurtonAshBurton
    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.

    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.
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