Ashes 2017/18

[ancoats]

hahaha am getting a big head now
how right have i been we will lose by a inings and runs in the 2nd test we could not even bowl them out with the pink ball hahahaha
look its a 5.0 and even the weather is not going to help with the ashes being early in there summer and i think we could even lose by the end of day 3 in this test we are that bad

 

[DelToro]

If they dont play anymore today eng would be able to post 350ish i reckon. Cook is due a big one

The only way that England will get 350 on the board is by combining their first and second innings.

I'd not be surprised of Australia did not bat again in this test.

 

[jay_mcfc]

England very lucky to have 19 overs washed out at the end there, could have been three or four down easy. Won't save them losing the test. Before the series all the talk was of the batting weaknesses but the problem is they can't and won't get 20 wickets with a reasonable chance of winning. I'm sure by May next year they'll all be top class bowlers again skittling teams out but in Australia they're not even close to average. 80mph dobbers won't cut it.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

The only way that England will get 350 on the board is by combining their first and second innings.

I'd not be surprised of Australia did not bat again in this test.

Cooky will deliver and first 2 sessions are relatively easy to bat. So i wouldnt rule out england matching or coming close to aus score

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

All Ive heard since the 1st test is, the toss will be a big one and Root has to bat first. So why did he choose to bowl ?

 

[RandomJ]

All Ive heard since the 1st test is, the toss will be a big one and Root has to bat first. So why did he choose to bowl ?

Probably cos it was cloudy and under the lights and thought the ball would swing. But to be fair his bowlers let him down by bowing 80mph short balls that their batsman will just smash for fun.

 

[jay_mcfc]

We should never have bowled first but let's be honest if we'd have batted we'd have been bowled out in 80 overs for 250 anyway. Bat first, bowl first it's all irrelevant - we're miles off the standard needed and this Aussie team isn't that good.

 

[ancoats]

We should never have bowled first but let's be honest if we'd have batted we'd have been bowled out in 80 overs for 250 anyway. Bat first, bowl first it's all irrelevant - we're miles off the standard needed and this Aussie team isn't that good.

i think that's spot on root feared batting first and england would have been out cheaply if he went and bat first england lost the ashes on the first morning of the first test you knew england would facing bounce and spin so when we just sat in and waited for the bad bowls to score from
we folded when its went nasty and england give them the ashes back there bowlers knew it would be easy to beat england on better wickets and they could not bat

also we are never going to take 20 wickets in each test with seam and swing bowlers and a part time spinner they also know a good score for them is 250 get that on the board and have wickets in hand england are in trouble and in this 2nd test they scored over 400 and we still could not bowl them out and that is also with the so called pink ball of death that's swings and nips of the seam when the night falls hahahahahahahaha

for me why not just change it in the 3rd test and play the ladies they would give it a better go than this lot of shower of shit

 

[mccity]

Vince out for 2. Played that like an amateur.

 

[mccity]

Crikey Root's gone for 9. Another clanger of a hit.