Ashes 2017/18

[waspish]

They can’t get more than 50 runs in front that’s worse case scenario hopefully we get 2 early Wickets tonight.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

They can’t get more than 50 runs in front that’s worse case scenario hopefully we get 2 early Wickets tonight.

Hope Jimmy gets it swing early doors smith is the key I think.

 

[howfen blue]

I don't want to argue for dropping Cook but I don't think Hameed has been given anything like a decent go at it. 3 matches as test opener, averaged over 43, broke his thumb (I think) which meant he had to drop out of the rest of the tour and hasn't been given a sniff since.

Sorry only just seen this. Totally agree he's not but with form and more importantly injury I'd say it's been pretty much impossible to get him back in. He'll be our next after Root to get 10k runs imo

 

[ancoats]

i have a feeling the wicket is getting better and if you get in you can score big runs and steve smith the captain is in and going well and could take away the game from england on his own tomorrow he scores big tons and double tons so anything like that and anything over 100 runs lead england lose its that simple

the ashes this summer was there for england to win but england can not face bounce or spin bowling we just crumble under pressure and on the back foot i seen it for a long time and if the open 3 don't get runs and quick the tails does not wag and we fall a part its clear we have not done our homework and they know it and every time england looked like getting a foot in the door they change the bowling style and bounce it around the nose and bingo we are all out

the first day of a new tour and you set you ground for the rest of the series with just sitting in and slow run rate shows weakness and giving them the upper hand and they know now we have done nothing to improve our batting with bounce and this is the slowest pitch england will bat on good luck in the next 4 test

 

[Manc in London]

i have a feeling the wicket is getting better and if you get in you can score big runs and steve smith the captain is in and going well and could take away the game from england on his own tomorrow he scores big tons and double tons so anything like that and anything over 100 runs lead england lose its that simple

the ashes this summer was there for england to win but england can not face bounce or spin bowling we just crumble under pressure and on the back foot i seen it for a long time and if the open 3 don't get runs and quick the tails does not wag and we fall a part its clear we have not done our homework and they know it and every time england looked like getting a foot in the door they change the bowling style and bounce it around the nose and bingo we are all out

the first day of a new tour and you set you ground for the rest of the series with just sitting in and slow run rate shows weakness and giving them the upper hand and they know now we have done nothing to improve our batting with bounce and this is the slowest pitch england will bat on good luck in the next 4 test

'The Ashes are for the taking'? Not really. Our attack is limited and the top order has not been solid for a fair while. For a while we have lacked consistency over the duration of a series against good teams. It may not be the strongest Aussie team but they are not very weak either. It's never a given beating the Aussies down under without a very strong team.

We have clearly prepared. For example, we clearly had a plan for Warner by cutting off his supply of his stock boundaries that he likes to accumulate early on. He got frustrated and lost his wicket.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I think a little bit of cowardice has killed England's chance. The wicket was going to get better and quicker and they were scared of being unable to bowl the Aussies out before the pitch dried out, meaning their first innings would have been on a quick pitch batting second. So they've bottled the challenge, scored barely 300 at a snail's pitch on a plodding wicket and still managed to underachieve, just to avoid facing Starc and Cummins on a quicker pitch for as long as possible.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Haven't seen anything of this yet, due to starting work early morning. What time does it start ?

 

[Adidas Sharston]

Decent start last night, got me head down after the 5th wicket and woke up to another collapse. Still confident we can do this.

 

[Tragic meat van guy]

cant manage to stay awake for it like, where is best to catch the highlights please?

 

[jaiguruKun]

We need to bowl them our within the first two sessions otherwise, in the words of Brian Clarke, it’ll be Goodnight Vienna.