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  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,580
    This is about as good as it gets and the TNT coverage/commentary has been awful
    what a first days play 

  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,058
    What a wild day. We're in for some series here
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,584
    71.5 overs in the day. What am I missing here? 
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,988
    Addick Addict said:
    71.5 overs in the day. What am I missing here? 
    Gets reset when we were bowled out doesn't it?
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,513
    Addick Addict said:
    71.5 overs in the day. What am I missing here? 
    Entertainment
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,656
    Addick Addict said:
    71.5 overs in the day. What am I missing here? 
    About 20 overs 
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,988
    To be honest if 90 were bowled today, game would be over by lunchtime tomorrow so I'm happy with 71 action-packed overs

  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,584
    kinveachyaddick said:
    Addick Addict said:
    71.5 overs in the day. What am I missing here? 
    Gets reset when we were bowled out doesn't it?
    I think it's two overs per innings break which means just 76 overs for the day? That's 14 overs lost!
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,614
    Just 72 overs bowled in the day. I demand my money back ! 😀
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,106
    edited November 2025
    Ben stokes you absolute farking legend 💪

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  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,702
    What a day!
    Stokes bowls with such intelligence
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,904
    edited November 2025
    Woke up thinking, oh fuck, Aussies 5-0 is on, and then now it’s, we we’re going to win the Ashes! 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,614
    Who would have seen that coming at 6.30 this morning. 
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,988
    Old cliche but always worth waiting till both sides have had a bat before jumping to conclusions 
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,969
    Hope nobody's going out for the 4th day. This may not go 3 days at this rate.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,558
    golfaddick said:
    Who would have seen that coming at 6.30 this morning. 
    Anyone who's been tracking the Aussie batting of late. They need to make some big selection calls immediately after this Test
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,207
    golfaddick said:
    Hello all  !

    Went to bed after the fall of their 1st wicket....have I messed much 🤭
    Not sure anyone wants an image of your messed bedsheets mate!! 🫣😱😂
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,584
    Leuth said:
    golfaddick said:
    Who would have seen that coming at 6.30 this morning. 
    Anyone who's been tracking the Aussie batting of late. They need to make some big selection calls immediately after this Test
    We need to wait for their second innings and I don't think they will anyway. Not until the third Test at least by which time they will, hopefully, be 2-0 down. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,613
    Leuth said:
    golfaddick said:
    Who would have seen that coming at 6.30 this morning. 
    Anyone who's been tracking the Aussie batting of late. They need to make some big selection calls immediately after this Test
    Really don't know what they do at the top of the order. Weatherald looked like a deer in the headlights , Khawaja looks done at international level. 

    Do they turn to Renshaw and maybe promote Head to open, bring Webster back in to solidify the middle order? Can't see them going to Konstas 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,178
    What a day, fantastic effort from our bowlers.

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,178
    MarcusH26 said:
    Leuth said:
    golfaddick said:
    Who would have seen that coming at 6.30 this morning. 
    Anyone who's been tracking the Aussie batting of late. They need to make some big selection calls immediately after this Test
    Really don't know what they do at the top of the order. Weatherald looked like a deer in the headlights , Khawaja looks done at international level. 

    Do they turn to Renshaw and maybe promote Head to open, bring Webster back in to solidify the middle order? Can't see them going to Konstas 
    Imagine waiting until 31 to get a Test call up then falling over for a second ball duck.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,584
    edited November 2025
    The decision to bat first and go in with five seamers were the right things to do. As was playing Carse in front of Tongue because we have enough bowlers to knock over the tail. Carse getting the wickets of Smith and Khawaja plus his extra potential with the bat puts him ahead of Tongue but rotation will see them swap at some point.  
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,670
    Great to see a pitch with pace and bounce. With the pace of the game, I'm not sure the pitch will have time to deteriorate much, so it probably won't make much difference whether we batted first or second.

    With the Kookaburra ball going soft after 30 overs, we do need to last long enough to benefit tomorrow. Wear down Starc, as he's by far their biggest threat. Yes we want to be positive, but that doesn't mean compulsive hooking to catchers, as the boundaries are longer here.
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 281
    edited November 2025
    puts into perspective the innings of Brppk,Pope and also Smith.
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 281
    I bet the 'curator' will be fired after this. Although tbh, it didnt seem a 19 wicket strip.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,558
    MarcusH26 said:
    Leuth said:
    golfaddick said:
    Who would have seen that coming at 6.30 this morning. 
    Anyone who's been tracking the Aussie batting of late. They need to make some big selection calls immediately after this Test
    Really don't know what they do at the top of the order. Weatherald looked like a deer in the headlights , Khawaja looks done at international level. 

    Do they turn to Renshaw and maybe promote Head to open, bring Webster back in to solidify the middle order? Can't see them going to Konstas 
    They should bring Jake Lehmann in imo 
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 281
    killerandflash said:
    Great to see a pitch with pace and bounce. With the pace of the game, I'm not sure the pitch will have time to deteriorate much, so it probably won't make much difference whether we batted first or second.

    With the Kookaburra ball going soft after 30 overs, we do need to last long enough to benefit tomorrow. Wear down Starc, as he's by far their biggest threat. Yes we want to be positive, but that doesn't mean compulsive hooking to catchers, as the boundaries are longer here.
    At last years test at Perth, there were first innings scores of 150 and 106, then India scored 487-6 in their 2nd innings, so the pitch may likely flatten out.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,670
    Zulu said:
    I bet the 'curator' will be fired after this. Although tbh, it didnt seem a 19 wicket strip.
    The pitch was fine. Challenging yes, but nothing unacceptable. Good bowling was rewarded, bad batting was punished.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,558
    Stokes' first 4 wickets were all terrible shots
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,356
    killerandflash said:
    Zulu said:
    I bet the 'curator' will be fired after this. Although tbh, it didnt seem a 19 wicket strip.
    The pitch was fine. Challenging yes, but nothing unacceptable. Good bowling was rewarded, bad batting was punished.
    Exactly this, we lost at least 4-5 wickets to poor shots, with Smith and Carse being particularly brainless getting caught out in the deep when slogging it for no real reason. And the Aussies have been just as poor with some of their shots, if not worse.

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