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The Ashes 2017-18

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Aussies win the toss and bat first.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Early days but already looking like a long day for us.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    This pitch is flatter than the beer in my local.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,944
    Waiting up to see Tv's first over. They bring Moeen on ahead of him.. ffs I'm knackered. Let me sleep.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    mid_life_crisis said:

    This pitch is flatter than the beer in my local.

    Open a mini-cask!
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Is this the Shipping Forecast Christmas Special FGS???
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,640
    not going well. Pies being bowled by Woakes & Ali about as threatening as Magennis. Warner could be playing in his sleep. This has got the looks of a 340-1 at close of play. Glad I'm going to Southend so I can't stay up all night watching this garbage. It would be helpful if at least one of our bowlers could be above 82 mph.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    edited December 2017
    golfaddick said:

    not going well. Pies being bowled by Woakes & Ali about as threatening as Magennis. Warner could be playing in his sleep. This has got the looks of a 340-1 at close of play. Glad I'm going to Southend so I can't stay up all night watching this garbage. It would be helpful if at least one of our bowlers could be above 82 mph.

    Broad, according to the speedometer, has bowled a few over 88mph, but to the naked eye they look nothing like that, I do wonder how accurate these things are. Hardly thudding into Bairstow's gloves. All series he seems to be floating it up there rather than hitting the deck.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,102
    Riviera said:

    The Boxing Day Test at the "G" is an event whoever is playing. I'm looking forward to it.

    Correct. Currently at my second boxing day test, first was in 2005.

    Loads of empty seats in the members area, they should kick out a load of members and invite new ones (A cricket fan would not want to miss this and the waiting list is huge) or reduce the member's area when there is a lack of uptake.

    Surprised Bancroft lasted to lunch, I thought Broad had his number. It's going be a long day!
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,102
    What a debut that would have been for Curran if it wasn't a no ball. :disappointed:
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Sums up the England cricket team, that does.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    edited December 2017
    Malan bowling better spin than Moeen...

    His cr*p bowling is starting to wind me up a bit. Can't get any scoreboard pressure going when he's bowling. Curran doing an excellent job down the other end (1 run conceded in two overs) and Ali comes on for the over in between and they pick him off for eight.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    A couple of times now that Curran has deceived Smith with a slower ball. He hasn't picked it so far.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Malan bowling well in the absence of Ali here. Smith being very careful facing these two, scoring rate has slowed right down.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,807
    I cannot think of a more frustrating thing in cricket than a fast bowler bowling at front foot "no ball". Why do they think that they have to push it to the limits the whole time?

    Not picking on Curran (and as it happened Warner was out on 103 as opposed to being out on 99) but why do it? Even Anderson was only an inch or so inside the line when getting Warner. One extra bit of effort for a bowler who habitually plants that foot on the line means that it may well be an illegal ball.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,807
    Give credit where credit but a great effort, on this deck, to restrict the Aussies to 43-2 in that middle session.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,807
    244-3 at close.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,102
    Callumcafc said:

    Malan bowling better spin than Moeen...

    His cr*p bowling is starting to wind me up a bit. Can't get any scoreboard pressure going when he's bowling. Curran doing an excellent job down the other end (1 run conceded in two overs) and Ali comes on for the over in between and they pick him off for eight.

    When he started a new spell the Aussies near me commented, "Nice, we can get some runs now". Shame we couldn't get more wickets but did well to restrict their run rate.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Got him!!! Curran's first test wicket is Steve Smith!

    Bowled for 76.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,155
    My eldest video’d Smiths wicket I downloaded on to YouTube

    https://youtu.be/F11YCOYq-nw
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    edited December 2017
    Mitchell Marsh bowled for 9 by Woakes

    Australia 278-5
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    They are on the run boys.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Huge shout for lbw from Broad... given not out but reviewed...

    Big wicket this...

    Overturned!!!

    Broad gets the other Marsh for 61.

    314-6
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,102
    Great morning!
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    Really poor 'not out' decision from the umpire.
    Don't know on what basis he wouldn't have given that. Fortunately it didn't matter.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Anderson bowls Paine for 24.

    318-7
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Bird lbw to Broad for 4

    325-8
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,783
    Aussies reach lunch at 326-8.

    Session score: 82-5
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Cummins out 2nd ball after lunch, C Cook B Broad 4
    326-9
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    327 All Out

    Now the fun begins.

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