Well done England. By far better to lose like that than by blocking to 250 & 150 and losing by an innings.
What, I had you down as knowledgeable. If we had played an attacking but sensible game, without a ridiculous declaration and had selected Foakes as keeper I believe we would have won that game.
corr the negativity on here is as bad as the takeover thread! Unbelievable test match that we look like coming up just short. We go again
Yeah, we have to try and win the series, no point drawing to placate the Boycs
In "trying to win the series" we've just gone 1 down and have likely ruined any chance we had. We should have won or drawn that game. I've never seen an England Test Match gifted to the opposition like that in 50 odd years.
Well done England. By far better to lose like that than by blocking to 250 & 150 and losing by an innings.
What, I had you down as knowledgeable. If we had played an attacking but sensible game, without a ridiculous declaration and had selected Foulkes as keeper I believe we would have won that game.
I had mostly drifted away from watching England play Test cricket due to time difference and how bloody miserable it was to watch under Root and Bayliss who claimed they were trying to play aggressive but sensible cricket.
This team under Stokes has me setting an alarm for 4 in the morning so I can get up and watch a five day Test match that ended up being a coin flip.
There are four coin flips left. It’ll be tough to win three of them but at least we all know we’re in the series. I can barely remember the last time we felt genuinely competitive against them lot in the five day format.
corr the negativity on here is as bad as the takeover thread! Unbelievable test match that we look like coming up just short. We go again
Yeah, we have to try and win the series, no point drawing to placate the Boycs
In "trying to win the series" we've just gone 1 down and have likely ruined any chance we had. We should have won or drawn that game. I've never seen an England Test Match gifted to the opposition like that in 50 odd years.
On Friday morning if you had been offered 50 runs and 20 overs to get out 9, 10 and Jack to go 1 up or risk going 1 down or the draw which of the two options would you have taken?
We didn't lose that test match on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday we lost it in the last hour on Tuesday.
If we had won Sydney Life would have having a melt down about the defensive fields and low scoring rate.
We got picked off in this Test match. Bazball has won us Test matches because it gives us time to do so but we set it this one up for the Aussies. We now have to win 3 of the final 4 Tests to win the Ashes. We will not do that against this Australian team especially with all the question marks we have with ours in terms of injuries, wicket keeper, spinner and all rounder. If we can scrape a 2-2 draw then we will have done very well.
For those who say that "it's only one match" I would say this. How many of our team, apart from Root would get into their side? Let's not forget that their two best batsmen, Labuschagne and Smith scored 35 runs in the match and they still won. What's the chances of them doing that every game?
corr the negativity on here is as bad as the takeover thread! Unbelievable test match that we look like coming up just short. We go again
Yeah, we have to try and win the series, no point drawing to placate the Boycs
In "trying to win the series" we've just gone 1 down and have likely ruined any chance we had. We should have won or drawn that game. I've never seen an England Test Match gifted to the opposition like that in 50 odd years.
The most criminal aspect is the fact that we are having to cram the 5 Tests in just so August is free for that so called competition. It is absolutely disgraceful that the ECB have shown such scant disregard for a Series that is right up there with all the greatest of sporting events.
Disgraceful that the series is so crammed in that bowlers need to be rotated.
Imagine past Ashes series with the likes of Willis, Lillee, McGrath or Harmison having to be rested for a match
Very disappointed. We did well to almost defend a target of 281. We needed 50 more. Can’t see us regaining the Ashes; the Aussies have players (besides Khawaja) who will make big scores at some stage.
If only there could have been a way that we could have scored 50 more runs.
Will be full of ifs, buts and maybes at the end. Declaring too early, Bairstow's keeping, way too many no balls, not digging in at times like Khawaja did, Aussies getting that spell under the lights. A whole load of things that will have contributed to the result.
Hopefully England can look at what was right and what wasn't. Trying to Bazball every test won't work as the Aussies are too good a side for that and will work us out.
Exactly. With a slightly dodgy top order, bairstow and Anderson back from injury, Ali back from retirement, stokes clinging on, we came within the slimmest of margins beating the world test champs. shame we're shit at Lord's!
England were too reckless, the declaration, some of the shot selection. Root for example should have got another century in the second innings, but threw it away. Australia on the other hand were too passive, they allowed England a ridiculous number of singles on Day 1 for example, giving us a flyer without even have to take risks.
England had a bowling attack which was rusty - Anderson, injured - Stokes, or completely lacking "match hardness" for red ball cricket - Moeen. And gave away a ridiculous number of no balls. Plus a rusty keeper who shelled loads of chances.
Australia also had a rusty bowler in Hazelwood, but you feel were more hardened than England, and even then their best 2 players both failed.
Well done England. By far better to lose like that than by blocking to 250 & 150 and losing by an innings.
What utter tripe
You’re right. Get rid of them, McCullum and Stokes haven’t got a clue. Let’s go back to the old way of getting out for 185 & 68 and losing by an innings…
Have not seen anyone saying get rid of coach and captain.
What some are pointing out is to declare when your 2nd all time highest batter is on 118, the pitch is dead and no movement, declaring was the wrong option which ultimately meant we did not get at least a draw
One of a few factors that you could point to. There was no guarantee of the apparent 30-40 runs given the way Root was swinging the bat, almost expecting to give his wicket away at the end.
I am far more disappointed in the lack of discipline around no balls bowled and dropped catches / missed stumpings.
We didn't even need 30-40 runs. If we had batted even for another 15 mins and scored 15 runs, we likely would have at least drawn that game. The dropped catches and missed stumpings by Bairstow were also the result of a poor decision to leave out Foakes. We lost that game because of bad decision making, more than poor cricket.
corr the negativity on here is as bad as the takeover thread! Unbelievable test match that we look like coming up just short. We go again
Yeah, we have to try and win the series, no point drawing to placate the Boycs
In "trying to win the series" we've just gone 1 down and have likely ruined any chance we had. We should have won or drawn that game. I've never seen an England Test Match gifted to the opposition like that in 50 odd years.
You can’t watched that much cricket then
I've watched every ball of every home Test since 1972 and nearly every ball of every away Test since it's been televised on Sky Sports.
Well done England. By far better to lose like that than by blocking to 250 & 150 and losing by an innings.
What utter tripe
You’re right. Get rid of them, McCullum and Stokes haven’t got a clue. Let’s go back to the old way of getting out for 185 & 68 and losing by an innings…
Have not seen anyone saying get rid of coach and captain.
What some are pointing out is to declare when your 2nd all time highest batter is on 118, the pitch is dead and no movement, declaring was the wrong option which ultimately meant we did not get at least a draw
One of a few factors that you could point to. There was no guarantee of the apparent 30-40 runs given the way Root was swinging the bat, almost expecting to give his wicket away at the end.
I am far more disappointed in the lack of discipline around no balls bowled and dropped catches / missed stumpings.
We didn't even need 30-40 runs. If we had batted even for another 15 mins and scored 15 runs, we likely would have at least drawn that game. The dropped catches and missed stumpings by Bairstow were also the result of a poor decision to leave out Foulkes. We lost that game because of bad decision making, more than poor cricket.
I don't disagree with any of this. But I think this is a process, a total change in philosophy and game psychology - I think the end goal of where we are trying to get to the way we play is a game changer, this is the first real test of it we have had after what has been basically a dazzling success so far - that doesn't mean we should throw it all out because the best in the world just scraped a win against us.
Probably not the worst thing….. losing chunks of the day makes it harder and puts much more pressure on a run chase. And the muggy damp overcast conditions make it easier to take wickets….. the weather is better for us than them that’s for sure.
Before this match started I fancied the Aussies to win a very close match because as brilliant as Baz ball is to watch I felt because a draw is a total anathema to the present mindset England might push their luck with a declaration or Joe Root might believe he's Kevin Pietersen and rush down the wicket and get stumped when in great form 🧐
We will/have won matches with this approach and a few defeats will obviously happen but drama and entertainment is the priority so Baz and Ben are the dream team even if the odd nightmare will occur 😱
Good call. The Aussies just had too many overs to get the runs and I admit I didn't expect them to have 67 overs after the washed out first session. If You live by the sword you will die by the sword if you get too Cavalier against a dangerous opponent. Declaring on day 1 of a 5 day test when Root was going so well looks a poor decision when another 30 possible runs could've made such a difference. The no balls and dropped catches didn't help and having 3 bowlers not really match fit because of knee, groin and spinning finger for Ben, Jimmy and Mo made the taking of 20 wickets unlikely.
The Aussies will keep their bowlers fresh, Mitchell Starc coming in, and the number one and two batsman in the world last year in Marnus Labuschagne and Smithy will go up a gear from now on.
If you are going to die on a hill the Ashes hill wouldn't be the one of choice.
Great entertainment and there is no turning back now but the Aussies will go for the jugular with renewed confidence. Excellent stand by Captain Cummins and Gary.
Triumph and disaster, the two imposters that Ben and Baz treat just the same.
what makes me laugh is, if our two top guys had failed in both innings everyone would be calling for them to be dropped or calling them bottle jobs.... but when its the Aussies its "oh they are gonna go up a gear and batter in the centuries now"
thats the kind of change in mind set the fans need to make more than anyone tbh
I'm still bemused why knowledgeable cricket fans calling out the poor match losing decisions, is interpreted as let's go to scoring at 2 an over and stop playing attacking cricket.
You can play attacking cricket without making match gifting declarations, leaving out Foakes which cost us how many runs with Bairstow's missed stumpings and catches, (bringing back a "spinner" who hadn't played red ball cricket for years).
Poor decisions lost us that game. There are always dropped catches in the outfield and no balls bowled, even if there were a few more than average.
Such a shame but there's a difference between being attacking and positive but the declaration and root's stumping was reckless and we have to have a bowler with more pace oh we have to have a replacement for Moeen...but we nearly won ..what a game of cricket !
Well done England. By far better to lose like that than by blocking to 250 & 150 and losing by an innings.
Not sure how it was well done to lose a game in that manner
Because as much as you might disagree with the approach, it’s the best we’ve done against this Australian team in eight years.
And there’s still four Test, that could genuinely either way, to play for.
With this team from that position on Day 1 we’ve thrown the game away. And we now have to likely win three of the next four. Have really shot ourselves in the foot - chances of regaining the Ashes are very slim now
corr the negativity on here is as bad as the takeover thread! Unbelievable test match that we look like coming up just short. We go again
Yeah, we have to try and win the series, no point drawing to placate the Boycs
In "trying to win the series" we've just gone 1 down and have likely ruined any chance we had. We should have won or drawn that game. I've never seen an England Test Match gifted to the opposition like that in 50 odd years.
You can’t watched that much cricket then
I've watched every ball of every home Test since 1972 and nearly every ball of every away Test since it's been televised on Sky Sports.
Then you’ll remember us gifting a 5-0 series defeat with the first ball in 2006
Well done England. By far better to lose like that than by blocking to 250 & 150 and losing by an innings.
What, I had you down as knowledgeable. If we had played an attacking but sensible game, without a ridiculous declaration and had selected Foulkes as keeper I believe we would have won that game.
I had mostly drifted away from watching England play Test cricket due to time difference and how bloody miserable it was to watch under Root and Bayliss who claimed they were trying to play aggressive but sensible cricket.
This team under Stokes has me setting an alarm for 4 in the morning so I can get up and watch a five day Test match that ended up being a coin flip.
There are four coin flips left. It’ll be tough to win three of them but at least we all know we’re in the series. I can barely remember the last time we felt genuinely competitive against them lot in the five day format.
Well we haven’t lost a series to them at home since 2001 so I’m thinking we were competitive against them on every one of those series (05, 09, 13,15,19) and you talking absolute bollox
what makes me laugh is, if our two top guys had failed in both innings everyone would be calling for them to be dropped or calling them bottle jobs.... but when its the Aussies its "oh they are gonna go up a gear and batter in the centuries now"
thats the kind of change in mind set the fans need to make more than anyone tbh
Are you serious? You mean that we would call for the two players ranked numbers one and two in the world in Test cricket to be dropped? The ones who have Test averages of 59.19 and 55.14 respectively?
I'm happy to have a bet with you that neither will be dropped in this series. Are you happy to take that bet?
I'm still bemused why knowledgeable cricket fans calling out the poor match losing decisions, is interpreted as let's go to scoring at 2 an over and stop playing attacking cricket.
You can play attacking cricket without making match gifting declarations, leaving out Foakes which cost us how many runs with Bairstow's missed stumpings and catches, (bringing back a "spinner" who hadn't played red ball cricket for years).
Poor decisions lost us that game. There are always dropped catches in the outfield and no balls bowled, even if there were a few more than average.
i'm bemused as a non-knowledgeable cricket fan that people with actual knowledge who follow the game actually thought we would play any other way to how we have done for the last 9 months or more.
i'm literally only taking an interest because we are taking it to them and not just trying to scrape past or lose by an innings like we always have done. Call it reckless, full of mistakes, whatever - I think some of you lot need to kinda get over it or just don't watch if you don't like it. The way we are playing is not a sudden shocking turn of events is it?
corr the negativity on here is as bad as the takeover thread! Unbelievable test match that we look like coming up just short. We go again
Yeah, we have to try and win the series, no point drawing to placate the Boycs
In "trying to win the series" we've just gone 1 down and have likely ruined any chance we had. We should have won or drawn that game. I've never seen an England Test Match gifted to the opposition like that in 50 odd years.
You can’t watched that much cricket then
I've watched every ball of every home Test since 1972 and nearly every ball of every away Test since it's been televised on Sky Sports.
Then you’ll remember us gifting a 5-0 series defeat with the first ball in 2006
Too silly for words. Harmison bowling one wide did not cause a 5-0 defeat and even in another world it was still a bowler bowling a rank bad ball. It wasn't conscious deliberate poor decision making.
what makes me laugh is, if our two top guys had failed in both innings everyone would be calling for them to be dropped or calling them bottle jobs.... but when its the Aussies its "oh they are gonna go up a gear and batter in the centuries now"
thats the kind of change in mind set the fans need to make more than anyone tbh
Are you serious? You mean that we would call for the two players ranked numbers one and two in the world in Test cricket to be dropped? The ones who have Test averages of 59.19 and 55.14 respectively?
I'm happy to have a bet with you that neither will be dropped in this series. Are you happy to take that bet?
i assume you misread my post mate because i most certainly didn't say that
what makes me laugh is, if our two top guys had failed in both innings everyone would be calling for them to be dropped or calling them bottle jobs.... but when its the Aussies its "oh they are gonna go up a gear and batter in the centuries now"
thats the kind of change in mind set the fans need to make more than anyone tbh
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If we had played an attacking but sensible game, without a ridiculous declaration and had selected Foakes as keeper I believe we would have won that game.
You can’t watched that much cricket then
This team under Stokes has me setting an alarm for 4 in the morning so I can get up and watch a five day Test match that ended up being a coin flip.
There are four coin flips left. It’ll be tough to win three of them but at least we all know we’re in the series. I can barely remember the last time we felt genuinely competitive against them lot in the five day format.
We didn't lose that test match on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday we lost it in the last hour on Tuesday.
If we had won Sydney Life would have having a melt down about the defensive fields and low scoring rate.
Imagine past Ashes series with the likes of Willis, Lillee, McGrath or Harmison having to be rested for a match
our record vs Australia
W7
L15
D15
England were too reckless, the declaration, some of the shot selection. Root for example should have got another century in the second innings, but threw it away. Australia on the other hand were too passive, they allowed England a ridiculous number of singles on Day 1 for example, giving us a flyer without even have to take risks.
England had a bowling attack which was rusty - Anderson, injured - Stokes, or completely lacking "match hardness" for red ball cricket - Moeen. And gave away a ridiculous number of no balls. Plus a rusty keeper who shelled loads of chances.
Australia also had a rusty bowler in Hazelwood, but you feel were more hardened than England, and even then their best 2 players both failed.
If we had batted even for another 15 mins and scored 15 runs, we likely would have at least drawn that game.
The dropped catches and missed stumpings by Bairstow were also the result of a poor decision to leave out Foakes.
We lost that game because of bad decision making, more than poor cricket.
I'm with Stokes - trust the process
Good call.
The Aussies just had too many overs to get the runs and I admit I didn't expect them to have 67 overs after the washed out first session.
If You live by the sword you will die by the sword if you get too Cavalier against a dangerous opponent.
Declaring on day 1 of a 5 day test when Root was going so well looks a poor decision when another 30 possible runs could've made such a difference.
The no balls and dropped catches didn't help and having 3 bowlers not really match fit because of knee, groin and spinning finger for Ben, Jimmy and Mo made the taking of 20 wickets unlikely.
The Aussies will keep their bowlers fresh, Mitchell Starc coming in, and the number one and two batsman in the world last year in Marnus Labuschagne and Smithy will go up a gear from now on.
If you are going to die on a hill the Ashes hill wouldn't be the one of choice.
Great entertainment and there is no turning back now but the Aussies will go for the jugular with renewed confidence.
Excellent stand by Captain Cummins and Gary.
Triumph and disaster, the two imposters that Ben and Baz treat just the same.
Game on.
thats the kind of change in mind set the fans need to make more than anyone tbh
You can play attacking cricket without making match gifting declarations, leaving out Foakes which cost us how many runs with Bairstow's missed stumpings and catches, (bringing back a "spinner" who hadn't played red ball cricket for years).
Poor decisions lost us that game. There are always dropped catches in the outfield and no balls bowled, even if there were a few more than average.
I'm happy to have a bet with you that neither will be dropped in this series. Are you happy to take that bet?
i'm literally only taking an interest because we are taking it to them and not just trying to scrape past or lose by an innings like we always have done. Call it reckless, full of mistakes, whatever - I think some of you lot need to kinda get over it or just don't watch if you don't like it. The way we are playing is not a sudden shocking turn of events is it?
Harmison bowling one wide did not cause a 5-0 defeat and even in another world it was still a bowler bowling a rank bad ball. It wasn't conscious deliberate poor decision making.
MM this is what you said ?