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  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,796
    Very kind of the Aussies to prepare a pitch that moved around like Derby in April. Given how much England fans moan about those being the only conditions our team get to play red ball cricket in, that was very generous.

    Of course it's important not to let one narrow win in a chaotic match that the opposition didn't care about cover over the cracks in the England setup. But laughter is good for the soul so it's important that we all laugh long and hard at the Aussies.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,298
    MrOneLung said:
    To have two 2-day pitches in four games is a disgrace 
    Cricket Australia will have lost millions in revenue. 
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,972
    Too little too late 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,364
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    MrOneLung said:
    To have two 2-day pitches in four games is a disgrace 
    Cricket Australia will have lost millions in revenue. 
    Boxing Day test they will have been banking on going 5 days. Huge losses for CA and I suspect the groundsman might not have a job much longer for preparing such a poor pitch. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,396
    Having watched the morning session and read Callum’s updates I think there are positives to take from that. Carse was brilliant, if he’d bowled like that all series he’d have more wickets at a better rate with less caught on the boundary. Tongue was fantastic. Our slip fielding was brilliant. Aggressive cricket was the way to go on this wicket but our opening pair did it well in a way the Aussies didn’t and Bethell got a good score after a good decision from management to throw an extra player up the order. 

    Yes it’s very small green shoots but we’ve won a test down under for the first time in 14 years so I’m going to focus on the positives for a day!
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,036
    Swindon_Addick said:
    Very kind of the Aussies to prepare a pitch that moved around like Derby in April. Given how much England fans moan about those being the only conditions our team get to play red ball cricket in, that was very generous.

    Of course it's important not to let one narrow win in a chaotic match that the opposition didn't care about cover over the cracks in the England setup. But laughter is good for the soul so it's important that we all laugh long and hard at the Aussies.
    That's like getting pasted in a fight and then laughing at the other bloke because he's got blood on his shirt ...... your blood.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,116
    I can’t get as excited about winning that game as much as I would have been annoyed if the innings/result was reversed 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,519
    Yet again, worst shot award belongs to Cameron Green. Australia actually have more problems with their batting than England do
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,466
    Harry Brook becomes the first England player to hit the winning runs in an Ashes Test in Australia since Chris Broad, 39 years ago. 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,112
    MarcusH26 said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    MrOneLung said:
    To have two 2-day pitches in four games is a disgrace 
    Cricket Australia will have lost millions in revenue. 
    Boxing Day test they will have been banking on going 5 days. Huge losses for CA and I suspect the groundsman might not have a job much longer for preparing such a poor pitch. 
    A simple mower would have corrected it. Not sure you can blame the groundsman though (but he will be the scapegoat) - he would have been instructed to do what he did.


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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,396
    Chizz said:
    Harry Brook becomes the first England player to hit the winning runs in an Ashes Test in Australia since Chris Broad, 39 years ago. 
    Weren’t they leg byes?
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,466
    fenaddick said:
    Chizz said:
    Harry Brook becomes the first England player to hit the winning runs in an Ashes Test in Australia since Chris Broad, 39 years ago. 
    Weren’t they leg byes?
    Oh, I thought he hit it! In that case the wait goes on...
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,396
    Chizz said:
    fenaddick said:
    Chizz said:
    Harry Brook becomes the first England player to hit the winning runs in an Ashes Test in Australia since Chris Broad, 39 years ago. 
    Weren’t they leg byes?
    Oh, I thought he hit it! In that case the wait goes on...
    I only knew because I was about to post the question hoping to catch someone out, you just caught yourself before I could! 

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