Cricket Thread

[Gabriel]

No they didn’t.

Smith and Labuschagne failed 4 times. They won’t do that again.

Would agree with that. It was a great Test match but not necessarily one with two teams at the peak of their powers. Question now is whether one or both are capable of ratcheting it up a notch.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

I think Jimmy felt 40 for the first time in Cricket, he must be ready to step down for the greater of the team and hand over to somebody else, All it takes is one little injury at his age and you are fighting father time,

I just think he was rushed back a little quickly from his injury and the pitch offered him nothing, he was bowling beautifully for Lancashire at the start of the County season.

 

[waspish]

No they didn’t.

Smith and Labuschagne failed 4 times. They won’t do that again.

Nope we got them out we got our selves out when on top..

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Great advert for test cricket. Just worry for the rest of the series now as that’s a game we really should have won and Smith and Labuschagne are bound to be amongst the runs at some stage.

 

[roman totale]

Elsewhere Matt Parkinson is leaving Lancs for Kent at the end of the season :-(

Well. That’s bollocks. Strange decision.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

It's amazing the kind of criticism that bm dishes out, 50 over champion, 20 over champion, playing a brand of test cricket that is not only turning heads around but bringing great success along the way and despite all that all it takes is one defeat for negativity to come out, it sucks to be on the loosing end but it was a great test match between 2 top teams. Bazz ball isn't to blame for this, how often does a 9th wicket partnership crosses 50 to win a test match? They didn't bowl good enough, if they had extra pace of wood to bowl at the tail it could have been a different story. Anyways, be thankful you have a world class team to represent England

 

[BringBackSwales]

I'd just play 4 seamers at Lords but Old Trafford and the Oval maybe he could come in. You have to play Foakes as well if you are going to play a leggie though imo.

I would play Foakes come what may

 

[bavarian blue]

Made a mess of that , that extra Root over did us .

 

[M18CTID]

Fair play to the Aussies it took guts to see that out

A superb contest

Yep - can’t fault them for getting over the line when it looked like they were done.

Weirdly, for all of Australia’s dominance over the past few decades it’s the first time I can recall a tight finish in an Ashes test going their way. Headingley 1981 (won by 18 runs after following on), Melbourne 1982 (won by 3 runs), Edgbaston 2005 (won by 2 runs), Trent Bridge 2013 (won by 14 runs), and Headingley 2019 (won by 1 wicket) were all wins for England.

 

[Claytop]

Yep - can’t fault them for getting over the line when it looked like they were done.

Weirdly, for all of Australia’s dominance over the past few decades it’s the first time I can recall a tight finish in an Ashes test going their way. Headingley 1981 (won by 18 runs after following on), Melbourne 1982 (won by 3 runs), Edgbaston 2005 (won by 2 runs), Trent Bridge 2013 (won by 14 runs), and Headingley 2019 (won by 1 wicket) were all wins for England.

First since 1924 I think it said on BBC earlier, the last 10 that finished within 30 runs were all won by England.