Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.
England Cricket 2025
Comments
-
A shame we wasted the hardness of the ball by bowling too short before lunch/dinner1
-
GET IN!!1
-
Its coming home boys2
-
Archer bowls a full one on the stumps rather than feeding Weatherald's addiction to width and traps the batter LBW for 72 (78)
146-2 (25.5)0 -
Get these 2 out and it’s a very weak middle order & tail for the Aussies. Just need to get into them early0
-
England Lions are playing Australia A in an unofficial Test. The Lions were 166 all out in their first innings - Bethell made 19.
In reply Australia are 150-2 but any hope that England's number one spinner is going to come to England's rescue in the Ashes seem to be diminishing by the second - Bashir bowled two overs for 21 and was immediately taken off.
1 -
Some more great news this morningAddick Addict said:England Lions are playing Australia A in an unofficial Test. The Lions were 166 all out in their first innings - Bethell made 19.
In reply Australia are 150-2 but any hope that England's number one spinner is going to come to England's rescue in the Ashes seem to be diminishing by the second - Bashir has bowled two overs for 21.1 -
Atkinson and Carse in particular were struggling for the right length that's for sure.Addick Addict said:Just caught up with things. Ignoring the unfortunate drop, it appears from what Finn is saying that we've bowled the wrong length and line - more than 6 an over says it all and even though you don't want to be bowling too straight consistently, just 4 balls on the stumps says it all.
We've accused the Aussies of having a one-man bowling attack but that's because their two other main strike bowlers are injured. What's our excuse? It's certainly not Wood because he hasn't picked up a Test wicket in 15 months.
The next two sessions will define whether we have any chance of taking the Ashes.
Atkinson was bowling so short the ball was actually on the downward trajectory by the time it reached the batsmen.
Archer and Stokes were okish0 -
Has Carse been bowling like this all day? Any pressure built has just been released with ease0
-
Australia are going at more than five an over. But this isn't Bazball. It's controlled aggression. Treating every ball on its merit but punishing the bad ones. The likes of Brook would do well to look and learn.
175-2 (34) at drinks
2 -
Sponsored links:
-
Not having that fifth bowler is going to hurt us. Archer has bowled 11 overs already and will lose his effectiveness the more he is forced to do, Atkinson hasn't taken a wicket in the series, Carse is going for virtually 9 an over, Jacks' only over went for 9 which leaves just Stokes who, the more he bowls the more he is likely to break down.0
-
Potts/Tongue would surely have been more discplined and effectived here0
-
oohaahmortimer said:I’m going back to bed I’m feeling 200-2 when I wake up rather than 150-5 zzzzz
Fffs predictable cnuts3 -
this is pathetic bowling
stumped up 31 quid for tnt sports early yesterday
too late to get a refund ?0 -
Addick Addict said:England Lions are playing Australia A in an unofficial Test. The Lions were 166 all out in their first innings - Bethell made 19.
In reply Australia are 150-2 but any hope that England's number one spinner is going to come to England's rescue in the Ashes seem to be diminishing by the second - Bashir bowled two overs for 21 and was immediately taken off.
Yeah just saw the Lions attack and I'm not surprised by that , Nathan Gilchrist leading the attack is a bold move and the rest of the options aren't great. Not surprised a strong Aus A side are making light work of it.0 -
Labuschagne edges Stokes to Smith for 650
-
Depends on your definition of Bazball.Addick Addict said:Australia are going at more than five an over. But this isn't Bazball. It's controlled aggression. Treating every ball on its merit but punishing the bad ones. The likes of Brook would do well to look and learn.
175-2 (34) at drinks
In it's initial concept I'm pretty sure it was to score quickly and blow the opposition away early, which Australia are currently doing pretty effortlessly. They took a few risks early on with a newish ball but yes, controlled. It's not necessarily a way we've seen them play in the past. This is Bazball with brains
Our version, the blueprint has turned into brain-dead cricket and I'm pretty sure destined for the dustbin in a few weeks.
0 -
Stokes strikes - Labuschagne wafts at one and is well taken by Smith
196-30 -
Thankfully the "ball trim" break does the business.0
-
Get in - bowling plan working a treat
285 all out - you heard it here first0 -
Sponsored links:
-
oohaahmortimer said:I’m going back to bed I’m feeling 200-2 when I wake up rather than 150-5 zzzzz
Wakey, wakey @oohaahmortimer, it's 200-32 -
I don't believe anyone said it was our best ever Ashes bowling attack.Leuth said:This is what happens when you prioritise pace over skill and direction, and select an attack that's entirely made up of shock bowlers. All that talk of this being England's best ever Ashes bowling attack was the biggest load of nonsense I've ever heard. You want one or two shock bowlers, not this
They said it was the quickest.
While I agree we may need a more balanced attack I'm not sure who we currently have that are better than selected for this series0 -
Australia have never played Bazball. They invented the version of cricket you talk refer to with the advent of Gilchrist coming in at 7 and have continued to play with caution when things are tough and foot on the throat when they are on top.carly burn said:
Depends on your definition of Bazball.Addick Addict said:Australia are going at more than five an over. But this isn't Bazball. It's controlled aggression. Treating every ball on its merit but punishing the bad ones. The likes of Brook would do well to look and learn.
175-2 (34) at drinks
In it's initial concept I'm pretty sure it was to score quickly and blow the opposition away early, which Australia are currently doing pretty effortlessly. They took a few risks early on with a newish ball but yes, controlled. It's not necessarily a way we've seen them play in the past. This is Bazball with brains
Our version, the blueprint has turned into brain-dead cricket and I'm pretty sure destined for the dustbin in a few weeks.
The difficulty for McCullum and Stokes is that they've made such a big thing of "this is how we play, win or lose" that to modify that is an admittance that they had it wrong all along. It simply will not win us series against the best in the world especially away from home.0 -
228-3 (44) at the session end . Australia are 106 runs behind.0
-
Clever plan by England. Bowl filth to get the ball knocked out of shape, so we can get it changed.3
-
We’ve actually looked pretty dangerous when we’ve bowled full and at the stumps.Shame we decided to bowl so much short rubbish early on.2
-
We might want to think about having a deep third man for Smith2
-
Aussies showing that our 1st innings was below par.1
-
Well at least Hazelwood is out of Brisbane0
-
I thought it was supposed to be difficult batting under lights with a pink ball.2
