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The Ashes 2015
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M18CTID
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That really couldn't have gone much better so far this morning. Still work to be done of course and lots of it but we want shooting if we can't win this game from here.
Come on England. Fuck off Australia.
Come on England. Fuck off Australia.
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anti-Johnson, pro-Jimmy pitch, no excuses for the swinger.
England 200 runs light
Australia are edging this game .
England needed 500 in that first innings .
You were saying guys? And by guys I mean depressing sods (not you JMW, you were right)
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without a dream
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If we can add another 250 this should be ours with the variable bounce and that rough.
Come on England. Fuck off Australia.
Come on England. Fuck off Australia.
If we can add another 250 this should be ours with the variable bounce and that rough.
Come on England. Fuck off Australia.
yep we can't fcuk it up now and collapse all out for 130
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Nowt wrong with the pitch mate. It's a top quality test pitch that gives both teams a chance to ply well.England bowling dictates that we'll get them 320-9 and then Starc and Hazlewood will get a 200 run partnership as Broad tries to bowl them out by bouncing the ball by his own front foot for 20 overs.
Good day overall, the best I've seen England bowl and work in the field for a long while. Turgid pitch but the ECB obviously panicked and had to kill it. I'd rather lose with a strong fight and learning experience, a la Aussies 2013, that plod in matches where we just kill the pitch and our players learn nothing about playing cricket in the real world. The NZ ODIs were a breath of fresh air, we need the bounciest pitches and blood our batsmen to grow a pair and take Johnson on.
M18CTID
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what you reckon is a good winning score? I'll be happy with 400 lead
Few teams have ever chased down 400+ to win a test. But being the pessimistic twat that I am, I'd like a lead of over 500!
M18CTID
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Nowt wrong with the pitch mate. It's a top quality test pitch that gives both teams a chance to ply well.
20 wickets taken in a little over 2 days and scoring rates up near 4 an over or more suggest that you're correct and there's something in this pitch for everyone