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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,829
    Neser finally edges behind off Carse for 24, 234-3
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,829
    This is a horrible horrible watch
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,829
    edited January 6
    Potts bowled a really good maiden to Smith pitching the ball up. For his next over Head is on strike so it's back to the short ball, Head immediately hits it into the second tier. It's just so tactically naive 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,829
    150* for Head. 264-3
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,961
    Sunburnt, beers shit, send me home
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    Another drop, Smith survives. Crawley at leg slip.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    Jacks puts one down off his own bowling now
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    281-3 at lunch
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,604
    Those two chances were very low percentage ones. In reality in this session we've shelled 3 half chances,  and one complete dolly.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    Bethell gets Head lbw for 163

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  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,903
    Getting done by Bethell chasing an Ashes 200 must be demoralising.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    England take the new ball with Potts and Carse. Carse serves up a full toss and a wide half volley with his first two deliveries.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,961
    Callumcafc said:
    England take the new ball with Potts and Carse. Carse serves up a full toss and a wide half volley with his first two deliveries.
    It’s utterly woeful. We should’ve got at least 450 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    edited January 6
    Carse gets Khawaja lbw with a full toss

    339-5
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    Tongue has Carey caught at leg slip, plan works against him again

    366-6
  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,289
    Potts is crap 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    377-6 at tea

    Smith 65
    Green 8
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    edited January 6
    Carse gets Green’s wicket cheaply but an expensive partnership

    437-7 and in comes Beau Webster at 9
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    One bright spot from watching almost every ball of this innings has been Bethell. He has bowled quite nicely and taken the spinner role from Will Jacks.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    “Anderson (24 in 10/11) is the only England bowler to take more wickets than Carse's 22 in an away Ashes series since 1980.”

    Incredible given how ordinary the bloke has bowled the majority of the time.

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    100 up for Steve Smith
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    Australia’s lead reaches 100
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,090
    Tbh won't be Bad thing losing this test as it would just paper over the cracks of how shit the captaincy,leadership and bazball is when it comes to playing the big matches.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    500 up for Australia
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    The bowling is unfortunately toothless.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,797
    edited January 6
    518-7 at stumps, lead of 134

    Smith 129
    Webster 42
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,487
    Unfortunately this is how it was always gonna go. On a pitch that made it a fair contest between bat and ball they just have more than us with both bat and ball (and in the field). 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,487
    Callumcafc said:
    “Anderson (24 in 10/11) is the only England bowler to take more wickets than Carse's 22 in an away Ashes series since 1980.”

    Incredible given how ordinary the bloke has bowled the majority of the time.
    Someone's gotta take them. He's played every game and bowled lots of overs. Aussies haven't been that good so he's bound to get some. 

    Reminds me of one of England's failed world Cups in the 2010s when Ian Bell kept banging on after the series about how he had the highest average and therefore he want the problem and it was everyone else. He completely ignored that his strike rate of barely 60 meant he was putting all the pressure on the other batsman while he ate up balls. In a side that also had at least one of Cook and Trott it was unforgivable.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,695
    Listened to a pretty extraordinary interview with Bethel on BT at the end there.
    Pretty much admitted he was showing nowhere near the form to get picked for an ashes series but is enjoying Austrailia all the same ( getting pi55ed!)
    Even the BT commentary team were all smiles at the end because they are all off for a surfing session later today
    Not Bethells fault obviously but just goes to show what a shambles this whole debacle has been. One big f******g jolly.
    I've listened to various podcasts over the past few weeks. The likes of Broad and Buttler think McCullum should stay regardless because he's given us so much enjoyment? Tuffnell also in that camp ,but I think that's more because he's best mates with him!
    Agnew is very much the opposite and although has actually said it, you can tell he's pretty disgusted by the whole thing.
    There so much wrong with the whole thing he has to go imo.
    I think a good floor wiping in this test, which now looks likely could be enough for the Bazball era to pass.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,532
    It's just so depressingly predictable. All this talk about this pace battery and the 2 main lynchpins of it were never going to last 5 tests leaving you with a bits and pieces attack that was never going to challenge the Aussies unless they gifted wickets playing stupid shots. 

    I know you've got a T20WC next month but this whole debacle can't be hidden in months of " internal reviews" and everyone survives.... 

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