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The Ashes 2021/22

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    297 all out.

    Woakes caught behind off Green.

    Australia need 20 to win.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    golfaddick said:
    Morning session  = 77/7 in 30 overs.


    77/8 actually.

    Pathetic that we couldn't even get to 300
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    BT's viewing figures crash as nobody will want to see the Aussies get the 20 runs
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Eight wickets in a session is truly abysmal.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
  • Andyessgee90
    Andyessgee90 Posts: 845
    Malan didn’t need to bring his bat near the shot, let alone come down to pitch that early. 
    Pope’s dismissal was the worst of the lot. Followed by Buttler’s. 
    Our record at the Gabba is shocking but at start of play this morning they had a real opportunity to take the game away from Australia…and they failed. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    And now they are lunch. 

    Cricket does my head in sometimes. Spectators have to sit around for 40 mins when the players could h6e out there finishing the game off. It will only take 3 or 4 overs - 20 mins or so. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    golfaddick said:
    Morning session  = 77/8 in 30 overs.

    And wd don't manage to even get to 300. 

    Sack the lot of them. 


    Over 3 an over you got to be happy , that’s almost teeing off for us 
  • Andyessgee90
    Andyessgee90 Posts: 845
    They really just called the very first ball of the innings a no ball……so the umpires can see it…..utter bullshit officiating. 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    16-1

    Carey edges Robinson behind to the keeper.
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Next ball goes for four and Australia win by nine wickets.
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,735
    I half wish we’d have just crumbled yesterday and it would have saved me the hope :( 

    It would have been half acceptable if they’d taken the new ball and blown us away but the fact we were cooked by Lyon and Green with the old ball is absolute bollocks.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,244
    I would say its the hope that kills you but I think most of us could see this coming 


  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    So fucking predictable. This is absolutely textbook England and has been for 90% of my lifetime. Pathetic English batting collapses are one of the most reliable occurrences in this topsy turvy world. 
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,773
    FishCostaFortune said:
    It’s the hope that kills. 
    *sigh*
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,334
    You don’t win many tests by playing well for 25% of the days. I can’t see us getting anything out of this series.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    AllHailTheHen said:
    It's the hope that kills you. Knowing England Root and Malan will probably add single figures to their overnight totals before we are skittled for 270!
    At least we made more than 270 I suppose.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,812
    Elthamaddick said:
    they'll both be gone in the first half hour tomorrow and we'll be skittled out cheaply after that

    standard
    Oh well…
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    The top order group are very poor. The rest bar Root have flashes of quality but are so inconsistent.
    Inconsistency in top level cricket means you'll lose most you play.
    When we were good in recent years,yes we'd have inconsistency but there would always be two or three who would dig in when their team mates were floundering and get the job done. The following test it would be a different two or three that would drive us on.
    We just don't have that anymore.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    England fined 100% of their match fee and 5 world test championship points for slow over rates
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  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    edited December 2021
    Turned on the radio about half 5 this morning, caught the last wicket falling and thought we had done well to bat throughout the day with some sort of dignified lead. It was the highlights reel and it was all over hours earlier….
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    Woke up yesterday and was pleasantly surprised but still the odds were on for an innings defeat. Thank god I don’t bet much as despite all evidence to the contrary I thought we may have got a 200 lead.

    woke up this morning after a shit night of domestic arguments to find out normal service had been resumed. 


  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    A question for the more knowledgable.

    Why is it we always go into an Ashes tour under prepared?

    When the Aussies come to us, half their squad have been playing county cricket, they have half a dozen tour matches, etc

    When we go there, do we get the same assistance?

    If not, why the hell do we offer them an advantage?
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    what we all expected, a heavy defeat inflicted by a talented and better prepared Aussie team, aided and abetted by a poorly prepared, captained and selected England team. Little respite before the second test, let's hope England have some time time for both rest (the pace bowlers) and practice for the batsmen, it is sorely needed .. and a note to the England batsmen, this is TEST cricket and not a one day merry bash, do your jobs properly and start to earn your big salaries 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    Absolutely pathetic. 

    Our batsmen - sorry ‘batters’ - have failed over and over again this year in two series against India and against NZ and now this. 

    No surprise when they barely play any cricket other than international cricket. 

    Silverwood must go.
    His rotation policy is ridiculous. These players barely play any cricket. If you can’t play 5 tests then you shouldn’t be in the squad. 

     Been found wanting at this level. Maybe it was Porter/Harmer consistently getting 100 wickets a season that gave him success at county level rather than his tactical and coaching nous. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Lincsaddick said:
    and a note to Golfie , this is TEST cricket and not a one day merry bash

  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,788
    JohnBoyUK said:
    A question for the more knowledgable.

    Why is it we always go into an Ashes tour under prepared?

    When the Aussies come to us, half their squad have been playing county cricket, they have half a dozen tour matches, etc

    When we go there, do we get the same assistance?

    If not, why the hell do we offer them an advantage?
    Some of the squad were at the T20 WC. It's not the same white ball prep as red. The rest have only been able to play and practice against people in their bubble because of Covid restrictions. Again it's not the same because you're batting and bowling against players should already know everything about. Also, because of Covid and the WC being moved, it meant a very short period of time before the 1st Test.

    It would not have been any different though for a lot of the Aussies though - Warner, Smith, Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood all played in the WC Final
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,572
    Paid £25.00 for the pass. A long way to go but me thinks a fool and his money.....
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Saw “Australia 20/1” on Google scorecard and was like “get in, must’ve batted most of the day and got an early wicket before stumps.” Nope, then saw the “Australia won by 9 wickets”. Ffs. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    England lost their first warm up game today, but hopefully will be better when the Ashes start next week...

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